Every month, I'll post a link to a pattern for a 12" square. The goal is to complete at least one square each month, and by the end of the year, you'll have enough squares to make a nice lap-sized afghan!
January-
Esther’s SquareFebruary-
Center Heart Square (and special thanks to yellowduckie for finding another link to the pattern for me!)
March-
Irish Rose --I had to make some corrections to the pattern {thanks fantastic.mio for double checking them!}and they are noted in red, and I may need to take it down if the author disapproves. But for now, it's a PDF that you can download, and I added a handy-dandy checklist to the end of the pattern to help make it a little bit more clear... I hope
. The actual pattern is only about 2 pages long. The rest of the file is the checklist.
April-
Arches- I only noticed a very minor correction: In rounds 9, 10 and 11 to finish the round it says to "join to 4th ch of beg ch 3." So, since you only have 3 chains, you just have to join to the 3rd chain
May-
Victorian Dream Square- I just have a couple of clarifications (may be unnecessary, but they were spots where I had to stop, rip out, and do over
):
On round 5, where it says "skip next ch," you'll be crocheting into the chain (the 2nd "link"), and not into the space formed by the 3 ch
On round 6, it starts "ch 9, tr in last ch-1 sp made" but it made more sense if I read it "in last ch-1 sp made ch 9 and tr"
On round 7, it says "dc in each sc and each ch-1 sp across" but I don't think I had any ch-1 spaces (but maybe I goofed in the previous round...)
June-
Bold SquaresAgain, a couple of clarifications:
Round 3- I think that there is a "ch1, skip next sc" missing from the section in brackets []. It appears before the brackets, but it seems like that bit should also be within the brackets. And, because of the repeat from * to *, that the missing bit should go at the start of the section in brackets. So, I think Round 3 should read:
Round 3: In BLO for this round, ch 3, dc in next 3 sc,
[*ch 1, skip next sc, (2dc, ch 2, 2dc) in next sc (corner made), ch 1, skip next sc*, dc in next 5 sc] 3 times, and * to * once more, dc next sc, join to 3rd ch of beg ch 3.
But, if that doesn't seem right... just ignore that bit
On Round 12- It says "3 dc in ch 2 loop" but, in keeping with the other rounds like it, I did "3 sc in ch 2 loop."
July-
Lovely in Green- No corrections! Yay!
August-
Popin' SquareI noticed only 2 minor corrections:
The directions for the PC (Popcorn) should read:
5 dc in same sp, pull hook out of loop,
put into top of 1st dc, pick up dropped loop and pull through.
And in Round 8, it should start off as: Rnd 8: Sl st in next dc,
ch 3, dc in next 9 dc...
September-
Vera's Spike Stitch Diasy, a pattern created by
mochaxlight!
ETA (9/17/09): Pattern corrections/clarifications are here:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=284599.msg3702498#msg3702498October-
Op-Art Afghan Square- I've been in touch with the pattern designer, and she may be making some changes to the pattern directions. In the meantime, I'm posting my notes here:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=284599.msg3725925#msg3725925ETA (10/12/09)- The author has made some changes to the pattern, so you may want to check out the updated version!
November-
Hometown Square: This square was pretty straightforward!
There are some very minor corrections, I think, but I can't seem to find my notes at the moment. I'll update here when I do (or if someone else figures out what they are ). Found them!
Round 6: There is one set of "dc in each of the next 14 dc of prev row" missing.
Round 7: I had to look up how to do a "decrease dc over next 4 sts" and this is what I did:
*YO, insert hook in first stitch, YO, pull through stitch, YO, pull through 2 loops. Repeat from * for next 3 stitches, the YO, pull through all 5 loops. Ch 1 to close.Round 8: It looked neater when I worked into the closing ch 1 (of the dc decrease) when I did my 4 dc in the top of each "peak"
December-
Guardian Angel 1,
Guardian Angel 2,
Guardian Angel 3There are 3 variations for this block, but the angel is made the same for each block. The halo is a 3-dimensional bit and, while it is attached to the angel, it doesn't get crocheted "into" the block; it actually curves out across the angel's forehead. I don't think there were any pattern corrections, and I found that stitch markers were helpful...
Post pics of your completed squares here so we can cheer each other on throughout the year
Note: There is also a
sister CAL on Ravelry with a different set of squares, so you can use those squares as "filler" squares to make an even larger afghan!
