Back in October 2013 I published my first crochet pattern, Spring Greens Coaster. It’s always bothered me that back in the day, I mainly used acrylic, before the allergies kicked in.
So I’ve decided to go back and re-crochet some of my earlier patterns in quality cotton yarn, take some clearer photos, and make any amendments where necessary. I do not want to change the patterns, I want them to serve as a record of my earliest work, I’ve just clarified a few details.
Apart from the Spring Greens Coaster, so far I’ve also updated Rambling Wildflower and Dragon Claws. Here are some before and after photos, I hope it shows clearly that I have improved somewhat over the years! These may be FREE patterns, but I still put as much effort into making them look nice 🙂
This design was intended to be a butterfly lace washcloth, Chris said there are too many things with butterflies on, and decided it was a Moth Cloth. I couldn’t really argue, after all it is full of holes!
Whether you decide to knit it as a washcloth, or incorporate the design into a scarf, or a blanket, just remember that you’re supporting all the unloved moths out there that get overlooked in favour of butterflies!
The Moth Cloth
Materials
Sample used DK weight Cotton with 4.00mm needles.
Finished Size:
Approximatively 7”/ 17cm square.
Abbreviations
yo – yarn over
sl – slip
k – knit
p – purl
st/sts – stitch/stitches
psso – pass slipped stitch over
k2tog – knit two stitches together
skpo – sl 1 st, k1, pass sl st over
Finished Size:
Approximately 6″/15cm along each side
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
sk – skip
st(s) – stitch(es)
mc – magic circle
yo – yarn over
beg – beginning
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only
hdc-picot – work 1 hdc, 3ch, sl st in top of hdc
Foundation Round: Into mc, 8ch (counts as 1dc, 5ch), [3dc, 5ch] twice, 2dc, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch to join, 1ch, turn.
Round 1: 1sc in same place as join, 2sc, [1sc in each of 5ch, 3sc] twice, 1sc in each of 5ch, sl st in FLO of 1st sc to join, 3ch (counts as 1dc), turn.
Round 2: Working in BLO, 2dc, *[1dc, 5ch, 1dc] in next st, 7dc* repeat from * to * once more, [1dc, 5ch, 1dc] in next st, 4dc, sl st in top of beg ch to join, 1ch, turn.
Round 3: 1sc in same place as join, 5sc, [1sc in each of 5ch, 9sc] twice, 1sc in each of 5ch, 3sc, sl st in FLO of 1st sc to join, 3ch (counts as 1dc), turn.
Round 4: Working in BLO, 5dc, *[1dc, 5ch, 1dc] in next st, 13dc* repeat from * to * twice, [1dc, 5ch, 1dc] in next st, 7dc, sl st in top of beg ch to join, 1ch, turn.
Round 5: 1sc in same place as join, 8sc, [1sc in each of 5ch, 15sc] twice, 1sc in each of 5ch, 6sc, sl st in FLO of 1st sc to join, 5ch (counts as 1hdc, 3ch), turn.
Round 6: Working in BLO, *sk 2 sts, 1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc, 3ch, sk 1 st, 1hdc, 1hdc-picot, [1hdc, 3ch, 1hdc] in next st, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc, 3ch, sk 1 st, 1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc, 3ch, sk 2 sts, 1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc, 3ch* repeat from * to * 3 times, omitting last [1hdc, 3ch], sl st in 2nd ch of beg ch to join, do not turn.
Round 7: Sl st into 3ch space, 2ch (counts as 1hdc), [1hdc-picot, 1hdc] in same space, 3ch, *[1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc] in next 3ch space, 3ch, [1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc, 3ch, 1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc] in 3ch corner space, 3ch, ([1hdc, 1hdc-picot, 1hdc] in next 3ch space, 3ch) 3 times* repeat from * to * 3 times, omitting last of the 3 repeats, sl st in top of beg ch to join, do not turn.
Round 8: Sl st into 1st picot, 1ch, [1sc, 3ch] 3 times in 2nd ch of 3ch, 1sc in same place, 1ch, sl st into next picot, 1ch, [1sc, 3ch] 3 times in 2nd ch of 3ch, 1sc in same place, 1ch, *sl st into next picot, 1ch, [1sc, 3ch] 5 times in 3ch corner space, 1sc in same place, 1ch, (sl st in next picot, 1ch, ([1sc, 3ch] 3 times in 2nd ch of 3ch, 1sc in same place), 1ch) 5 times* repeat from * to * twice, then sl st into next picot, 1ch, [1sc, 3ch] 5 times in 3ch corner space, 1sc in same place, 1ch, (sl st in next picot, 1ch, ([1sc, 3ch] 3 times in 2nd ch of 3ch, 1sc in same place), 1ch) 3 times, sl st in 1st sl st to join.
Finished Size:
Approximately 6″/15cm across at the widest point
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
sk – skip
st(s) – stitch(es)
mc – magic circle
yo – yarn over
beg – beginning
3dctog – crochet 3 dc together (work a dc without completing the last step 3 times, then yo and draw through all the loops)
FPdc – Yo and insert hook from the front to the back around the post of the dc on the previous row. Complete as for regular dc.
Foundation Round: Into mc, 3ch, (counts as 1dc), 14dc, sl st in top of beg ch to join.
Round 1: 4ch, (counts as 1dc, 1ch), *1dc, 1ch* repeat from * to * 13 more times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch to join.
Round 2: Sl st into 1ch space, 6ch (counts as 1dc, 3ch), *sk 1 dc, 4dc in next dc, 3ch, sk 1 dc, 1dc in 1ch space, 3ch* repeat from * to * 3 more times, sk 1 dc, 4dc in next dc, 3ch, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch to join.
Round 3: 1FPdc around ch in previous row, 3ch, 3ch, *2dc in next dc, 2dc, 2dc in next dc, 3ch, 1FPdc in dc, 3ch* repeat from * to * 3 more times, 2dc in next dc, 2dc, 2dc in next dc, 3ch, sl st in 1st FPdc to join.
Round 4: 1FPdc, 3ch, *1dc in 3ch space, 3ch, [work a 3dctog over next 3 dc, 3ch] twice, 1dc in 3ch space, 3ch, 1FPdc in dc, 3ch* repeat from * to * 3 more times, 1dc in 3ch space, 3ch, [work a 3dctog over next 3 dc, 3ch] twice, 1dc in 3ch space, 3ch, sl st in 1st FPdc to join.
Round 5: Sl st into 3ch space, 3ch (counts as 1dc), 2hdc in same space, *3hdc in each of next 3 3ch spaces, [2hdc, 1dc, 3ch] in next 3ch space, [1dc, 2hdc] in next 3ch space* repeat from * to * 3 more times, 3hdc in each of next 3 3ch spaces, [2hdc, 1dc, 3ch] in next 3ch space, sl st in top of beg ch to join.
Round 6: 1ch, 1sc in same place, 1sc in each st around working 3sc in each 3ch space, sl st in 1st sc to join.
