Stitch Sampler Wall Hanging
Design by Jennifer E. Ryan
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 16 inches wide x 21 inches long, excluding fringe MATERIALS
• Omega Sinfonia light
(DK) weight mercerized cotton yarn (31/2 oz/
218 yds/100g per skein):
1 skein each #816 teal, #813
denim and #869 gold 2 skeins #808 silver
• Size F/5/3.75mm crochet hook
or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
• 17-inch-long 1/2-inch diameter
dowel GAUGE 17 YSS = 4 inches; 20 rows of YSS = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Project is worked in three parts: Section A, Section B (Cable Section) and Section C.
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. SPECIAL STITCHES Yarn over slip stitch (YSS):
Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw through st and lp on hook. Single crochet join (sc join):
Place slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook.
Puff stitch (puff st): (Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull up a lp approximately 1/2 inch long) 5 times, yo, draw through all 11 lps on hook, ch 1. Front post double treble (fpdtr): Yo 3 times; work around post of st indicated inserting hook from front to back and then out to front again, yo, draw up a lp, (yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 4 times. WALL HANGING SECTION A
With silver, ch 64. Row 1: Working in the back bar of the chain (see illustration), YSS (see Special Stitches) in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Turn. (63 sts)
Back Bar of Chain Row 2: Ch 1, YSS in each st across. Rows 3–12: Rep row 2. Fasten off. Row 13 (RS): Sc join (see Special Stitches) denim in first st, sc in each st across. Turn. (63 sc)
Row 14: Ch 3 (counts as dc), [ puff st (see Special Stitches) in next st, dc in each of next 2 sts] across to last 2 sts, puff st in next st, dc in last st. Turn. (21 puff sts) Row 15: Ch 1, sc in first dc and in top of first puff st, sc in each puff st and dc across. Turn.
( 63 sc)
Row 16: Rep row 14.
Row 17: Rep row 15. Fasten off. Row 18: Sc join silver in first st, ch 5, sk next 2 sts, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next st, [ch 5, sk next 4 sts, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next st] across to last 4 sts, ch 5, sk next 3 sts, sc in last st. Turn. (13 ch-5 sps)
Row 19: Ch 5, [(sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch-5 sp, ch 5] across, ending with sc in last ch-5 sp. Turn.
Rows 20 & 21: Rep row 19.
Row 22: Ch 5, sc in first ch-5 sp, [ch 5, sc in next ch-5 sp] across, ending with ch 6, sc in last ch-5 sp. Do not turn. ( 13 ch sps)
Row 23 (WS): Sc join teal in first ch-5 sp, 2 sc in same ch-5 sp, [sc in next sc, 4 sc in next ch sp] across, sc in last sc. Turn. ( 64 sc)
Row 24: Ch 3 (counts as dc),
[puff st in next st, dc in each of next 2 sts] across to last 3 sts, puff st in next st, dc dec (see
Stitch Guide) in last 2 sts. Turn. (21 puff sts) Row 25: Rep row 15. Row 26: Rep row 16. Row 27: Rep row 15. Fasten off. Row 28: Sc join silver in first st, sc in each st across. Turn.
Rows 29–32: Rep row 2. Fasten off. SECTION B (CABLE SECTION)
With gold, ch 14.
Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch from hook (2 sk chs count as hdc) and in
each ch across. Turn. (13 hdc) Row 2: Ch 2 (counts as a st), hdc in each st across. Turn. Note: The cable rows are formed by working hdc sts on the current row and post sts around sts on rows below. Row 3: Ch 2, fpdtr (see Special Stitches) around the 5th st in row 1, fpdtr around the next st in row 1, hdc in next st, fpdtr around the 2nd and 3rd st in row 1, hdc in next st, fpdtr around 11th and 12th sts on row 1, hdc in next st, fpdtr around the 8th and 9th sts on row 1, hdc in last st. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 2, hdc in each st across.
Row 5: Ch 2, fpdtr around each of next 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in next st, sk next 2 fpdtr, fpdtr around each of next 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in next st, working behind fpdtr just made, fpdtr around the 2 sk fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in next st, fpdtr around each of last 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in last st. Turn. (13 sts)
Row 6: Ch 2, hdc in each st across. Turn.
Row 7: Ch 2, sk first 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, fpdtr around each of the next 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in next st, working in front of sts already made fpdtr around each of the sk fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in next st, sk next 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, fpdtr around next 2 fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in next st, working in front of sts already made fpdtr around each of 2 sk fpdtr 2 rows below, hdc in last st. Turn.
Rep rows 4–7 until the length of this piece measures the same as the width of Section A, ending with a WS row. Last row (RS): Ch 2, hdc in each st across. Fasten off. SECTION C Rows 1–10: Rep rows 1–10 of Section A. Fasten off.
Rows 11–15: With teal, rep rows 13–17 of Section A. Fasten off. Row 16: Rep row 18 of Section A. Rows 17–21: Rep row 19 of
Section A.
Row 22: Rep row 22 of Section A. Do not fasten off. Turn.
Row 23: Ch 1, sc in first sc, 3 sc in first ch sp, [sc in next sc, 4 sc in next ch sp] across to last sc, sc in next sc, 3 sc in last ch sp. Turn. (63 sc)