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PATTERN DIFFICULTY Easy - Moderate MEASUREMENTS Pattern Sizes: One
size fits most Measurements: One size fits most Completed
measurements: Width: 80cm Length: 55cm MATERIALS Nurturing Fibres
Eco-Fusion 9 balls of 125m/50g in Denim 1 ball each of: Aventurine
Bordeaux Charcoal Cobblestone Paris Hook: 3.75mm & 4.00mm
Tapestry Needle Scissors GAUGE 19 sts x 11 rows = 10x10cm Using a
3.75mm hook working in main pattern ABBREVIATIONS beg – beg/inning
ch – chain chsp/s – chain space/s dc – double crochet rep – repeat
sk – skip RS – right side tch – turning chain tr – treble
IMPORTANT! PATTERN NOTES • Pattern is written in UK
terminology • Ch3 at the beginning of
rows count as 1 tr or work a standing tr for a neater edge.
(YouTube has excellent tutorials)
INSTRUCTIONS THE BODY
Using a 3.75mm hook and Denim, loosely make 99 ch.
Row 1: (RS) Insert hook in 4th ch from hook and work 1tr in each ch
across, turn. (97tr) Row 2: Ch4 (count as tr & ch1), *sk next
st, 1tr in next st, ch1*, rep from * across, 1tr in the 3rd ch of
the tch, turn. (48 1chsps) Row 3: Ch3, work 1tr in each tr and
1chsp across, turn. (97tr) Row 4: Rep row 2. Fasten off. Row 5:
With Bordeaux rep row 3, fasten off. Row 6: With Aventurine, ch3,
work 1tr in each tr, fasten off and turn. Row 7: With Paris rep row
6, fasten off. Row 8: With Denim, rep row 2. Row 9: Ch4 (count as
tr, ch1), *1tr in the next tr, ch1*, rep from * to end, 1tr in last
tr, turn. Row 10: Rep row 9. Row 11: Rep row 3. Row 12: Rep row 2.
Row 13: Rep row 3. Row 14: Rep row 6. Row 15: Rep row 2, fasten
off. Row 16: With Cobblestone, rep row 3, fasten off. Row 17: With
Denim, rep rom 6. Row 18 – 22: Rep row 2 & 3. Row 23 – 24: Rep
row 9. Row 25: Rep row 3, fasten off. Row 26: With Aventurine, rep
row 6, fasten off.
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Row 27: With Cobblestone, rep row 6, Fasten off. Row 28 – 35: With
Denim, rep row 2 & 3. Row 36: Rep row 6, fasten off. Row 37:
With Bordeaux, rep row 6. Row 38 – 41; Rep row 2 & 3. Row 42:
Rep row 2, fasten off. Row 43: With Cobblestone, rep row 3, fasten
off. Row 44: With Charcoal, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 45: With
Aventurine, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 46 – 53: Rep row 2 & 3.
Row 54; Rep row 2, fasten off. Row 55: With Paris, rep row 3,
fasten off. Row 56: With Charcoal, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 57:
With Denim, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 58: With Aventurine, rep row
6, fasten off. Row 59: With Bordeaux, rep row 6, fasten off. Row
60: With Denim, rep row 2, fasten off. Row 61: With Cobblestone,
rep row 3, fasten off. Row 62: With Denim, rep row 2. Row 63 – 64:
Rep row 9. Row 65: Rep row 3. Row 66 – 67: Rep row 2 & 3. Row
68: Rep row 2, fasten off. Row 69: With Bordeaux, rep row 3, fasten
off. Row 70 – 73: With Denim, rep row 2 & 3. Row 74: Rep row 2,
fasten off. Row 75: With Aventurine, rep row 3, fasten off. Row 76:
With Cobblestone, rep row 6, fasten off.
Row 77: With Paris, rep row 6. Fasten off. Row 78 - 83: With Denim,
rep row 2 & 3. Row 84: Rep row 2, fasten off. Row 85: With
Bordeaux, rep row 3 and fasten off. Row 86: With Charcoal, rep row
6 and fasten off. Row 87: With Denim, rep row 2. Row 88: Rep row 9.
Row 89: Rep row 3. Row 90: Rep row 2. Row 91 – 92: Rep row 9. Row
93 - 96: Rep row 3 & 2. Fasten off. Row 97: With Aventurine,
rep row 3, fasten off. Row 98: With Paris, rep row 6, fasten off.
Row 99: With Cobblestone, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 100: With
Charcoal, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 101: With Bordeaux, rep row 6,
fasten off. Row 102 - 109: With Denim, rep row 2 & 3. Row 110:
Rep row 2, fasten off. Row 111: With Aventurine, rep row 3 and
fasten off. Row 112 – 115: With Denim, rep row 2 & 3. Row 116:
Rep row 2 and fasten off. Row 117: With Bordeaux, rep row 3, fasten
off. Row 118 – 127: Rep row 2 & 3. Row 128: Rep row 2 and
fasten off. Row 129: With Aventurine, rep row 3, fasten off. Row
130: With Charcoal, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 131: With
Cobblestone, rep row 6, fasten off.
Row 132 – 135: With Denim rep row 2 & 3. Row 136: Rep row 2,
fasten off. Row 137: With Bordeaux, rep row 3, fasten off. Row 138
- 139: With Denim, rep row 6. Row 140 – 145: Rep row 2 & 3. Row
146: Rep row 2, fasten off. Row 147: With Charcoal, rep row 3,
fasten off. Row 148: With Aventurine, rep row 6, fasten off. Row
149: With Denim, rep row 6. Row 150: Rep row 2. Row 151 – 152: Rep
row 9. Row 153 – 157: Rep 3 & 2, fasten off. Row 158: With
Cobblestone, rep row 6, fasten off. Row 159 – 160: With Denim, rep
row 2 & 3. Row 161: Rep row 6. Row 162 – 163: Rep row 2 &
3. Row 164: Rep row 2. Row 165 - 166: Rep row 9 and fasten off. Row
167: With Paris, rep row 3 and fasten off. Row 168: With
Aventurine, rep row 6 and fasten off. Row 169: With Bordeaux, rep
row 6 and fasten off. Row 170 – 174: With Denim, rep row 2 & 3
and fasten off. INTERMEDIATE FINISH OFF
Fold the piece in half width- wise, with wrong sides facing, sew
the top edge closed, leaving a 31 cm neck opening. Weave in all
loose ends around the neck. Don’t weave away the bottom ends. This
can form part of the tassels.
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POLO STYLE NECK
With a 4.00mm hook and Denim and with the right side facing, join
yarn at the seam. Round 1: Ch1 (doesn’t count as st), work a round
of equally spaced dc all around, close with slst. Make sure to end
with an EVEN amount of stitches. (Hint: work approx. 2dc’s per row
edge) Round 2: Ch4 (count as tr & ch1), *sk next st, 1tr in
next tr, ch1*, rep from * across, close with slst in the 3rd ch of
the beg ch, turn. (approx. 64 1chsps) Round 3: Ch4 (count as tr
& ch1), *sk next chsp, 1tr in next tr, ch1*, rep from * across,
close with slst in the 3rd ch of the beg ch, turn. Rep round 3
until the neck measures 15cm, or to personal taste.
FINISH UP
Weave in all remaining loose ends. Cut pieces of yarn (to personal
preference) and add tassels on every second row along the bottom
edge. (We used 3 strings per tassel)