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KINNEDY NICHELLE by

A Yarn of

Serendipity

Pam-Knighton Haener

Kinnedy Nichelle is the fourth square in a series that I am designing as a legacy for my grandchildren. Kinnedy loves volleyball and her four younger brothers; she is kind and nurturing, with a beautiful soul. Skill Level: Intermediate to Experienced

Crochet Terms: US terminology throughout

Hook: 4.5 mm, (Optional: 5.5 mm for rnd 13)

Yarn Used: I Love This Cotton (Worsted Weight), 100% cotton

Colors Used: The colors used in the rounds of the pattern are for the square shown above. Photos used for stitch

placement instructions are to help identify the stitch.

OPTION #1 A = Buttercup; B =Mint; C = Royalty; D = Ivory: E = Deep Teal

OPTION #2 A =Pewter; B = Tart Orange; C = Burnt Sienna; D = Olive: E = Taupe; F = Dove

Additional items needed: Stitch marker and darning needle

Final Stitch Count: 168 total and 42 per side

STITCHES USED magic circle (Double magic circle) Standing Stitch Invisible Join (JOIN) sk (skip) st(s) (Stitch/Stitches) sp (Space) ch (Chain)

yo (Yarn over) sc (Single crochet) long sc (Long single crochet) hdc (Half double crochet) dc (Double crochet) FPsc (Front post single crochet) FPdc (Front post double crochet)

BPsc (Back post single crochet) tr (Treble crochet) 2tr-cluster (2 Treble crochet cluster) Picot Back-stitch HPS (Horizontal puff stitch) Shell (5 tr, picot, 5 tr)

(Double) Magic Ring Video at Oombawka Design

Standing Stitch • Start with a slip knot on your hook;

• Insert your hook into the designated stitch or chain space and finish the stitch as normal, whether it’s a sc, hdc, dc, tr, etc.

Video at Moogly

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Invisible Join • Do not join after completing the last stitch of the rnd;

cut the yarn and pull the yarn tail through the stitch.

• Remove hook and insert it from the back to the front of the 2nd stitch of the rnd; grab the yarn and gently pull through.

• Insert the hook from back to front and bottom to top of the center of the last stitch of the rnd; pull yarn gently through and weave in end.

Long sc • Insert hook into designated st and pull up a loop, pull

the loop up almost the length of the previous st.

• Yo and pull through the two loops on hook.

FPsc

• Insert hook around indicated post from the “front-to-back-to front”; the post is in front of your hook.

• yo and pull up a loop; • yo and pull through both loops on hook. Video at Cynthia At Moon Loops: from the beginning through 58 seconds

BPsc

• Insert hook around indicated post from the “back-to-front-to back”; the post is in back of your hook.

• yo and pull up a loop;

• yo over and pull through both loops on hook. Video at New Stitch a Day

2tr-cluster

• Yo twice; insert hook in stitch; yo, pull through stitch, [yo, pull through 2 loops on hook] twice;

• yo twice, insert hook in same stitch; pull through stitch, [yo, pull through 2 loops on hook] twice;

• yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

Picot • Once you have completed the stitch, ch 3;

• insert hook into the back bar of the first ch, yo, pull though all loops on the hook.

Back-Stitch • Fold the work toward you, identify the back of the

designated stitch.

• Insert your hook between the inverted “V” and complete the stitch.

HPS (Horizontal Puff Stitch) • sc into next designated stitch, ch 1;

• puff stitch - [yo, insert hook into the same sc, pull up a loop to the height of the stitch] 3 times; yo and pull through all 7 loops.

Symbol Guide

ASTERISKS: * to* means that the steps following the asterisk are to be repeated in order the number of times indicated. Example *(2 dc, ch-2, 2 dc); ch-1, sk 2 sts; [(dc, ch-1, dc in next st), ch-1, sk 3 sts] twice; (dc, ch-1, dc), ch-1, sk 2 sts*; REPEAT FROM *to* THREE MORE TIMES

PARENTHESIS: ( ) indicates a group of sts that are to be worked together in the same st. Example: (2 dc, ch-2, 2 dc)

BRACKETS: [ ] Work the sts between the brackets the number of times indicated. Example: [(dc, ch-1, dc in next st), ch-1, sk 3 sts] twice

COUNT TOTALS: • Corner spaces are not included in the total. • Chain spaces are included in the stitch count.

Example: 6-ch 3 sps = 18 • (x total sts/y per side)

Example: (100 total/25 per side)

ALL ROUNDS BEGIN WITH A STANDING STITCH AND END WITH AN INVISIBLE JOIN, UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.

RND 1, Option #1: COLOR A – BUTTERCUP / Option #2: COLOR A – PEWTER

This round does not use a standing stitch.

Magic circle, ch 3 (as a dc); 7 dc into magic circle; JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 8 dc (8 total)

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RND 2, Option #1: COLOR B – MINT / Option #2: COLOR B – TART ORANGE

For 2tr-cluster: See STITCHES USED

Starting in any dc, *(2tr-cluster, ch 1, 2tr-cluster) in dc, ch 1*; REPEAT FROM * TO * 7 more times. JOIN: using

invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 16 2tr-cluster, 16-ch 1 sps (32 total)

RND 3, Option #1: COLOR C – ROYALTY / Option #2: COLOR C - BURNT SIENNA

Starting in ANY ch 1 sp,

PETAL as follows:

*(hdc, dc, tr), ch 2; fold your work toward you;

• sc in the previous ch 1 sp (to your right), inserting your hook from front-to-back and behind the ch 2 sp just

made;

• ch 2, sk next 2tr-cluster (move to your left, skipping the petal just made)*;

REPEAT FROM * TO * 15 more times. JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: (16 PETALS)

RND 4, Option #1: COLOR B – MINT / Option #2: COLOR D - OLIVE

Starting in the ch 2 sp behind any petal, *(sc, ch 3, sc) in ch 2 sp; ch 3, sk next ch 2 sp behind next petal; (sc, ch 2, sc) in

next ch 2 sp; ch 3, sk next ch 2 sp behind next petal*; REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times. JOIN: using invisible join,

fasten off. Counts: 16 sc, 4-ch 2 sps, 12-ch 3 sps (60 total)

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RND 5, Option #1: COLOR D – IVORY / Option #2: COLOR E -TAUPE

For Shell: See STITCHES USED

Starting in the ch 2 sp in any (sc, ch 2, sc), *(5 dc) in next ch 2 sp, sk next sc, ch 1; sc in next ch 3 sp, sk next sc; shell in

next ch 3 sp, sk next sc; sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 1, sk next sc*; REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times. JOIN: using invisible

join, fasten off. Counts: 8 sc, 20 dc, 4 shells, 8-ch 1 sps (40 total)

RND 6, Option #1: COLOR E - DEEP TEAL / Option #2: COLOR B – TART ORANGE

Starting in first tr of any shell, *BPsc in next 5 tr, ch 1, sk picot; BPsc in next 5 tr, ch 1; sk next sc AND ch 1 sp;

(FPdc, ch 1, FPdc, ch 1) around each of the next 5 dc;

• sk next ch 1 sp AND sc*;

REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times. JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 40

BPsc, 40 FPdc, 48-ch 1 sps (128 total)

RND 7, Option #1: COLOR B – MINT / Option #2: COLOR D – OLIVE

For Picot: See STITCHES USED

Starting in the 1st BPsc after any skipped picot AND ch 1 sp,

• *dc in the next 5 BPsc, ch 1;

[FPsc around next 2 FPdc as one, ch 1] 5 times;

• dc in each of the next 5 BPsc, ch 1;

• dc in to the ch 3 sp of the next rnd 5 picot, ch 1*;

REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times; JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off.

Counts: 44 dc, 20 FPsc, 32-ch 1 sps (96 total)

RND 8, Option #1: COLOR C – ROYALTY / Option #2: COLOR C - BURNT SIENNA

Starting in ch 1 sp before any dc in picot, *(3 dc) in ch 1 sp before picot dc, ch 2, sk picot dc; (3 dc) in ch 1 sp following

picot dc; dc in next 2 dc, hdc in next dc; sc in next 2 dc, sc in next ch 1 sp; [sc in next FPsc, sk next ch 1 sp] 4 times; sc in

next FPsc; sc in next ch 1 sp, sc in next 2 dc, hdc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc*; REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times; JOIN:

using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 44 sc, 8 hdc, 40 dc, 4-ch 2 corner sps (92 total/23 per side)

RND 9, Option #1: COLOR D – IVORY / Option #2: COLOR F - DOVE

Starting in any ch 2 corner sp, *(5dc) in corner ch 2 sp, [sk next dc, (2 dc) in next dc] twice, sk next dc; (3 dc) in next

hdc; ch 1, sk next 3 sc; hdc in next ch 1 sp of rnd 6 (before the groups of FPdc); ch 1; sc in next 5 sc of rnd 8, ch 1; hdc

in next ch 1 sp of rnd 6, ch 1; sk next 3 sc, (3 dc) in next hdc; [sk next dc,(2 dc) in next st] twice; sk next dc*; REPEAT

FROM * TO * 3 more times. JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 20 sc, 76 dc, 8 hdc, 16-ch 1 sps (120 total)

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RND 10, Option #1: COLOR B – MINT / Option #2: COLOR A – PEWTER

Starting in the first dc of the corner (5dc) group,

• *BPsc in the next 11 sts-place stitch marker in 3rd

BPsc;

• ch 1, sk next dc, sk next skipped sc of rnd 8;

• dc in next 2 sc of rnd 8 (the second 2 of the 3 skipped

ones);

back-stitch dc in each of the next 5 sc of rnd

8;

• dc in next 2 sc of rnd 8 (the first 2 of the 3 skipped

ones;

• ch 1, sk next sc of rnd 8, sk next dc in rnd 9;

• BPsc in next 6 sts*;

REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times. JOIN: using invisible

join, fasten off. Counts: 68 BPsc, 16 dc, 20 dc back stitch,

8-ch 1 sps (112 total)

RND 11, Option #1: COLOR E - DEEP TEAL / Option #2: COLOR E - TAUPE

Starting in any marked st, *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) – in marked stitch remove stitch marker; hdc in next 7 BPsc; ch 1, sk

next BPsc; (2 hdc) in next ch 1 sp; [sk next dc, (2 hdc) in next dc] 4 times; sk next dc, (2 hdc) in next ch 1 sp; ch 1, sk

next BPsc; hdc in next 7 BPsc; *; REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 more times. JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 120

hdc, 8-ch 1 sps, 4-ch 2 corner sps (128 total/32 per side)

RND 12, Option #1: COLOR C– ROYALTY / Option #2: COLOR C - BURNT SIENNA

For HPS: Horizontal Puff Stitch: See STITCHES USED

Starting in any ch 2 corner sp,

• *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc), in ch 2 corner sp, sk next 2 hdc;

• [HPS in next hdc; ch 1, sk next 2 hdc] 2 times;

• HPS in next hdc; ch 1, sk next ch 1 sp AND hdc;

• [HPS in next hdc; ch 1, sk next 2 hdc] 3 times;

• HPS in next hdc; ch 1, sk next hdc AND ch 1 sp;

• [HPS in next hdc, ch 1, sk next 2 hdc] three times*;

REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 MORE TIMES. JOIN: using invisible

join, fasten off.

Counts: 16 dc, 40 HPS, 40-ch 1 sps, 4-ch 2 corner sps (96 total/24 per side)

sc into designated st, ch 1, insert hook into the same sc,

and complete puff stitch

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RND 13, Option #1: COLOR D – IVORY / Option #2: COLOR B – TART ORANGE

I suggest switching to one size larger hook for this rnd or work very loosely with same hook.

Starting in any ch 2 corner sp, *(sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch 2 sp; ch 2, AND working around in all spaces between 2 dc

group and HPS, (long sc in next sp, ch 2) 11 times*; REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 MORE TIMES. JOIN: using invisible join,

fasten off. Counts: 8 sc, 44 long sc, 48-ch 2 sps, 4-ch 2 corner sps (148 total/37 per side)

RND 14, Option #1: COLOR B – MINT / Option #2: COLOR F - DOVE

Starting in any ch 2 corner sp, *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in corner ch 2 sp; [sk next sc, (3 hdc) in next ch 2 sp] 12 times*;

REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 MORE TIMES. JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off. Counts: 160 hdc, 4-ch 2 corner sp (160

total/40 per side)

RND 15, Option #1: COLOR E - DEEP TEAL / Option #2: COLOR A - PEWTER

Starting in any ch 2 corner sp, *(sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch 2 sp; sc in next 40 hdc*; REPEAT FROM * TO * 3 MORE

TIMES. JOIN: using invisible join, fasten off, and weave in all ends. Counts: 168 sc, 4-ch 2 corner sp (168 total/42 per

side)

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OPTION #2

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