refresher

SKILL LEVEL

Easy peasy

YOU WILL NEED

■ Any DK yarn in red, white, lime

and dark green

■ Black stranded cotton

■ 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.

REFRESHER SQUARE

Using red, make a magic loop.

Round 1 (RS) Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), 6dc into loop. [6 dc] Round 2 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 st, 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. [36 dc]

Round 7 (Dc in next 5 st, 2dc in next st) 6 times, ss to top of beg dc. [42 dc]

Change to white.

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 lime.

Round 9 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 beg dc. [56 sts, 4 ch-2 sps]

Fasten off.

Join dark green in any st

Round 10 Ch3 (count as 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.

Using black stranded cotton, embroider small straight sts over Rounds 5-6 for the seeds. Weave in all ends.