Moody Blues Table Topper
Design by Gaurangi Shah
FINISHED MEASUREMENT 14 inches in diameter MATERIALS
• Cascade Yarns Paradigm
Shift medium (worsted) weight cotton yarn (7 oz/
371 yds/200g per cake):
1 cake #02 deep dive
• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle GAUGE
Rnds 1–3 = 21/2 inches in diameter
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-1 at beginning of round
as a stitch. Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
One cake of suggested yarn will make 3 Table Toppers. Due to gradual variegation in color throughout cake, the colors shift and change in a random way giving each topper a unique look that coordinates beautifully as a set.
SPECIAL STITCHES Front post double crochet
decrease (fpdc dec): (Yo, insert hook around vertical post of indicated st from front to back and front again, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook) rep around next indicated st, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook. Popcorn (pc): 5 dc in indicated ch sp, draw up a lp, remove hook, insert hook in first dc from front to back, pick up dropped lp, draw through st on hook. Beginning shell (beg shell): ( Ch 3— see Pattern Notes, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated sp.
Shell: (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated sp. 2-double crochet cluster (2-dc cl): (Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook) twice in same sp or st, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook. TABLE TOPPER Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join (see Pattern Notes) in beg sc. (6 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1 (see Pattern Notes) loosely, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-1, 2 dc in each of rem sc, join in beg dc. (12 dc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1 loosely, fpdc dec
(see Special Stitches) in same dc as beg ch-1 and next dc, ch 3, (fpdc dec in last dc and next dc, ch 3) around, using last dc and first dc for last fpdc dec, join in beg fpdc dec. (12 fpdc dec, 12 ch-3 sps) Rnd 4: Sl st in next ch-3 sp, ch 1 loosely, pc (see Special Stitches) in same ch-3 sp as beg ch-1, ch 4, (pc in next ch-3 sp, ch 4) around, join in beg pc. (12 pc, 12 ch-4 sps)
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in same pc as beg ch-1, 4 sc in next ch-4 sp, (sc in next pc, 4 sc in next ch-4 sp) around, join in beg sc. (60 sc)
Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, ch 4, dc in 3rd ch from hook (lp created), ch 1, sk next 4 sc, (sc in next sc, ch 4, dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, sk next 4 sc)
around, join in beg sc. (12 lps, 12 sc) Rnd 7: Sl st in next ch lp created, beg shell (see Special Stitches) in same ch lp as beg sl st, ch 1, ( shell— see Special Stitches in next ch lp, ch 1) around, join in 3rd ch beg ch-3. (12 shells, 12 ch-1 sps) Rnd 8: Ch 1 loosely, 2-dc cl (see Special Stitches) in same sp as beg ch-1, ch 3, dc in 3rd ch from hook to form lp, sc in next ch-3 sp of shell, ch 3, dc in 3rd ch from hook to form lp, (2-dc cl in next ch-1 sp, ch 3, dc in 3rd ch from hook, sc in next ch-3 sp of shell, ch 3, dc in 3rd ch from hook to form lp) around, join in beg 2-dc cl. (24 lps, 12 sc, 12 2-dc cl) Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, *(2 hdc, dc, 2 hdc) in next lp, sc in next sc, (2 hdc, dc, 2 hdc) in next lp**, sc in next 2-dc cl, rep from * around, ending at **, join in beg sc. (96 hdc, 24 dc, 24 sc)
Rnd 10: Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, ch 6, (sc in next sc, ch 6) around, join in beg sc. (24 sc, 24 ch-6 sps)
Rnd 11: Sl st in next ch-6 sp, ch 1 loosely, 6 dc in same ch-6 sp as beg ch-1, (6 dc in next ch-6 sp) around, join in beg dc. (144 dc)
Rnd 12: Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, (sc in next dc) around, join in beg sc. (144 sc)
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, ch 3, sk next sc, (sc in next sc, ch 3, sk next sc) around, join in beg sc. (72 sc, 72 ch-3 sps)
Rnd 14: Ch 1 loosely, (working behind next ch-3 sp, sc in next sk sc of previous rnd, ch 3, working in front of next ch-3 sp, sc in next sk sc of previous rnd, ch 3) around, join in beg sc. Fasten off.
(72 sc, 72 ch-3 sps)
Block each table topper.