Rose Square

Color chart for graph:

Blank is Off-White

o is pink

x is green

Materials: Caron Simply Soft, 1.5 oz Off-White, ¾ oz. Pink. ½ oz Sage (green), divided into 3 balls or bobbins. Crochet hook size H, Crochet hook 4.5 mm.

Gauge: Project is 10” square.

This project is worked in 3 colors. The leaves are worked in balls or shuttles. Work the green over the off-white and pick up the pink after the green is completed. Working over both pink and off-white makes the green stitches too large.

Since this is not a symmetrical pattern, follow the graph from right to left for all odd-numbered rows, and from left to right for all even-numbered rows. Reverse this if you are left-handed. This project was worked left-handed.

With off-white, ch 42.

Row 1-Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. 41 sts.

Row 2-Bsc in 1st st with 1st lp in off-white. Join pink with 2nd lp of first bsc. Bsc with pink in next 37 sts, working over the off-white. Work next bsc with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white. Drop pink, bsc with off-white in last st, ch 1, turn.

Row 3-Sc in 1st st with 1st lp in off-white and 2nd lp in pink, sc in next st with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white, sc in next 37 sts, working over pink yarn, sc in next st with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white, drop pink, work last sc in off-white, ch-1, turn.

Row 4-Bsc in 1st st with 1st lp in off-white and 2nd lp in pink, bsc in next st with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white, bsc in next st, working over pink yarn, bsc in next st with 1st lp in off-white. Join green with 2nd lp of bsc just worked. Drop pink yarn and work bsc in next 2 sts, working over off-white yarn. Bsc next st with 1st lp in green and 2nd l in off-white. Drop green, float pink across the green sts, work bsc in next 31 sts, working over pink yarn, bsc in next st with 1st lp in off-white and 2nd lp in pink, bsc in next st with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white, drop pink, bsc in last st, ch 1, turn.

Row 5-Sc in 1st st with 1st lp in off-white and 2nd lp in pink, sc in next st with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white, sc in next st. Sc in next st with 1st lp in off-white; join green with 2nd lp of sc just worked. Drop pink yarn and work sc in next 3 sts, working over off-white yarn. Sc in next st with 1st lp in green and 2nd lp in off-white; drop green yarn. Float pink across the green sts, work sc in next 23 sts, working over pink yarn, sc in next st with 1st lp in off-white. Pick up dropped green from row 3 and pull through for 2nd lp of sc just worked. Drop pink, sc in next 4 sts, working over off-white yarn. Sc in next st with 1st lp in green and 2nd lp in off-white; drop green. Pick up pink yarn and float across green sts, sc in next st, working over pink yarn. Sc in next st with 1st lp in off-white and 2nd lp in pink, sc in next st with 1st lp in pink and 2nd lp in off-white, drop pink, sc in last st.

Rows 6-10 Continue as above, picking up green and dropping pink for each leaf.

Row 11- End off green after last green st

Rows 12-14 Continue as above, end off green after last st on row 14.

Rows 15-24-Continue to follow chart with the 2 colors.

Row 25- Join green to begin 3rd leaf. Work in pattern as before, dropping pink and working green over the off-white yarn.

Rows 26-32- Continue with pattern, ending off green after last st on row 32.

Rows 33-40-Continue with pattern, ending off pink after last st on row 40.

Row 41-Change to smaller hook and work sc in each st across. End off.

Secure all pink and green ends. Weave in all ends.

Wrong Side of Project

Close-up of Leaf