Sweet and Fair 2024 - Julie Yeager Designs

I am excited to once again be a part of the Mooglyblog Afghan Square CAL! Every year, Tamara at Mooglyblog.com does a wonderful job curating the work of 24 crochet designers as we produce a unique and varied sampler afghan. Follow along on her blog and Facebook page for the CAL.

Sweet and Fair is a fun and easy square I designed many years ago, but it is well worth a revisit. I updated it just a little for this year’s Moogly CAL, with just color changes and a few updates to language to better reflect my current writing style. I also added a last round because I think it was a little small for a 12″ block. You can add another round of single crochet or double crochet if you need more size. There is a YouTube video out there for this design as well, from a previous CAL.

Pattern will remain free here on the blog – print friendly version available. If you’d like to add the pattern to your Ravelry library, it is available there at a nominal fee, but here is a free coupon code to use there for a limited time: Sweet. (Expires April 30, 2024.)

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Sweet and Fair Afghan Square

by Julie Yeager Designs

For the Moogly 2024 Afghan Block CAL

See mooglyblog.com for all patterns.

12” Afghan Block U.S.Crochet Terms Crochet Hook Size J (6.0 mm)

Materials: Red Heart with Love (100% Acrylic, #4, 7 oz/198 g; 370 yds/338 m) Color A: Bluebell Color B: Peacock Color C: Iced Aqua Color D: Blue Hawaii Color E: Ochre Brown

Abbreviations and Special Stitches

beg – beginning ch- chain dc – double crochet sc – single crochet sl – slip st – stitch sp – space tr – treble crochet

Ch-3 at the beginning of a round counts as a dc; Ch-4 at the beginning of a round counts as a tr.

Double Crochet Cluster (CL): Into designated stitch, (dc to last step) three times, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook

Beginning Double Crochet Cluster (BCL): Into designated stitch, ch 3, (dc to last step) twice, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook

Front Post Treble Crochet (FPtr): Yo twice, insert hook from the front side of work from right to left around post of indicated stitch on a previous row, yo, pull up a loop and work tr as usual.

Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc): Yo, insert hook from the front side of work from right to left around post of indicated stitch on a previous row, yo, pull up a loop and work DC as usual.

Front Post Half Double Crochet (FPhdc): Yo, insert hook from the front side of work from right to left around post of indicated stitch on a previous row, yo, pull up a loop and work HDC as usual

Front Post Single Crochet (FPsc): Insert hook from the front side of work from right to left around post of indicated stitch on a previous row, yo, pull up a loop and work SC as usual.

TR4Tog – Treble Crochet 4 Stitches Together – Treble crochet to the last step over 4 designated stitches; yo and pull through all 5 loops on hook. One rounded petal made.

TR3Tog – Treble Crochet 3 Stitches Together – Treble crochet to the last step over next 3 designated stitches; yo and pull through all 4 loops on hook. One rounded petal made.

Shell – Shell Stitch: 5 double crochet in designated stitch.

Instructions

Round 1: With A, ch 4, join in first ch with sl st to form ring. BCL, (ch 3, CL) five times, ch 3, sl st to top of first CL. Fasten off. (6 CL, 6 ch-3 sp)

Round 2: Join B with sl st in any ch-3 sp, ch 3. 3 dc in same sp. (FPdc around top of next CL, 4 dc in next ch-3 sp) five times, FPdc around top of next CL, sl st to top of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (30 dc)

Round 3: Join C with sl st in any st. Ch 4, TR3Tog over the next 3 st. (Ch 5, TR4Tog over last st used and the following 3 st) nine times. ( Last st of the round will be worked in same st as the first st of the round.) Ch 5, sl st to top of beg petal. Fasten off. (10 petals, 10 ch-5 sp)

Round 4: Join B with sl st in any ch-5 sp, ch 3. 4 dc in same sp. (FPdc around top of next petal, 5 dc in next ch-5 sp) nine times, FPdc around top of next petal, sl st to top of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (60 dc)

Round 5: Join C with sl st in any st. Ch 4, TR3Tog over the next 3 st. (Ch 5, TR4Tog over last st used and the following 3 st) 19 times. (Last st of the round will be worked in same st as the first st of the round.) Ch 5, sl st to top of beg petal. Fasten off. (20 petals, 20 ch-5 sp)

Round 6: Join D with sl st in any ch-5 sp, ch 4. (2 tr, ch 1, 3 tr) in same ch-5 sp, [FPtr around top of next petal, 4 dc in next ch-5 sp, FPhdc around top of next petal, 4 sc in next ch-5 sp, FPsc around top of next petal, 4 sc in next ch-5 sp, FPhdc around top of next petal, 4 dc in next ch-5 sp, FPtr around top of next petal, (3 tr, ch 1, 3 tr) in next ch-5 sp for corner] three times, FPtr around top of next petal, 4 dc in next ch-5 sp, FPhdc around top of next petal, 4 sc in next ch-5 sp, FPsc around top of next petal, 4 sc in next ch-5 sp, FPhdc around top of next petal, 4 dc in next ch-5 sp, FPtr around top of next petal. Sl st to top of beg ch-4. Do not fasten off. (24 tr, 8 FPtr, 32 dc, 8 FPhdc, 32 sc, 4 FPsc, 4 ch-1 sp) (27 st plus ch-1 sp per side)

Round 7: Skipping the ch-4 beg st, sc in next st. [Sk 1 st, 7 tr in ch-1 sp for corner, sk 1 st, sc in next st (Sk 2 st, shell in next st, sk 2 st, sc in next st) four times] four times, omitting last st. Sl st to beg sc. Fasten off. (16 shells, 20 sc, 28 tr)

Round 8: (This round will trick you with a little asymmetry. There are 3 sc in the corner, with 1 sc before the corner and 2 sc after the corner.) Join E with sc in 4th tr of any corner, 2 sc in same st. [(Sc in next 2 st, hdc in next st, dc in next 2 st, hdc in next st) five times, sc in next st, 3 sc in next st] four times, omitting last 3 st. Sl st to first sc of round. Do not fasten off. (136 st, 34 st per side)

Round 9: Ch 3, [(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next st for corner, dc in next 33 st] four times, omitting last st, sl st to top of beginning ch-3. Fasten off. (148 dc, 4 ch-1 sp, 37 st plus ch-1 sp per side)

Round 10: Join A with sl st in any ch-1 sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in same sp for corner, [dc in next 37 st, ( 2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next sp] three times, dc in next 37 st, sl st to top of beginning ch-3. Fasten off. (164 dc, 4 ch-1 sp, 41 st plus ch-1 sp per side)

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