Orange Slice
SKILL LEVEL
Easy peasy
YOU WILL NEED
■ Any DK yarn in pastel yellow, pastel orange, bright orange and green
■ A 3mm (US C/2 or D/3) hook ■ Stitch marker
NOTES
Square is worked in rounds with RS facing throughout. Parts of the pattern are worked in a continuous spiral without closing off each round with a slip stitch. You may find it helpful to mark the first st of the round, moving the marker up as you work.
ORANGE SLICE SQUARE
Using pale yellow, make a magic loop.
Round 1 (RS) Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), 6dc into loop, ss to top of beg dc. [6 dc] Change to pastel orange.
Round 2 Ch1, 2dc in each st around. [12 dc]
Round 3 (Dc in next st, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [18 dc]
Round 4 (Dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [24 dc]
Round 5 (Dc in next 3 st, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [30 dc]
Round 6 (Dc in next 4 st, 2dc in next st) 6 times, ss to top of beg dc. [36 dc]
Change to pale yellow.
Round 7 Ch1, (dc in next 5 st, 2dc in next st) 6 times, ss to top of beg dc. [42 dc]
Change to bright orange.
Round 8 Ch1, (dc in next 3 st, 2dc in next st, dc in next 3 st) 6 times, ss to top of beg dc. [48 dc] Change to green. Do not fasten off Orange, leave loop on a stitch marker on the RS of your work.
Round 9 (Working in bl throughout) Ch1, *dc in next 2 st, htr in next 2 st, tr in next st, 2tr in next st, ch2, 2tr in next st, tr in next st, htr in next 2 st, dc in next 2 st; rep from * 3 times more, ss to top of beg dc. [56 st, 4 ch-sp]
Round 10 Ch3 (count as first tr), *tr in each st to the ch-2 sp, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in ch-sp; rep from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3. Fasten off.
Pick up the strand of bright orange and ss in the fl from Round 8. Fasten off.
Using pale yellow, embroider long stitches between Rounds 2-6 using the image as a guide. Weave in all ends.