Anti
Valentines UnCozy
Need/Need
to Know
- I hook
- G hook
- Red Heart w/Love yarn in 3 colors, A, B, C
- my colors were – A: white, B: dark blue, C: red
- needle to sew in ends
- will need basic crochet skills
- will need to know how to crocodile stitch
- v stitch in this pattern = 1 double crochet, 1 chain, 1 double crochet all in same stitch
- ( ) holds needed info and # of stitches
- [ ] repeat whats inside
Abbreviations
ch – chain
stitch(s) – stitches
sk – skip
sp – space
spk st – spike stitch
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
v st – v stitch
Gauge
in hdc with I hook 7 stitches x 6 rows = 2 inches
UnCozy
- with I hook and color A, ch 28, join in 1st ch, ch 1 (does not count as hdc), 1 hdc in each st around, join in 1st hdc (28hdc)
- ch 1 (does not count as hdc), 1 hdc in each st around, join in 1st hdc (28hdc)
- change to color B, and repeat row 2
- change to color A, ch 2 (does not count as dc), [1 dc in each of the next 4 sts, sk next st, v st in next st, sk next st] repeat around, join in 1st dc, tie off (4v sts & 16dc)
- with G hook and color C, we will now be making the hearts like a crocodile stitch, join around right dc of v st, ch 1, hdc around dc, 4 dc around dc,
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2, turn over to left dc of v st, 4 dc around dc, hdc around dc, ch
1, sl st around dc, tie off.......................................................
.......................................................... and repeat this step on each v st around for a total of 4 hearts - with I hook and color B, join in a dc after one of the hearts, ch 1 (does not count as hdc), [1 hdc in each of the next 4 sts, spk st in side right side of heart, spk st into middle of heart, spk st in left side of heart] repeat around, join in 1st hdc (28hdc) use picture to help with placing spk sts............
- change to color A, ch 1, 1 hdc in each st around, join to 1st hdc (28hdc)
- repeat 7, tie off
- sew in all you ends and your done!
