Amber Dickie

Loom used

Medium
Materials
I used:
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100g Home Farm Wensleydale Big Wool in Amber
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*see note at end of instructions
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6.5mm crochet hook (or similar size)
Instructions
This is soooo easy to make!
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If you want to practice your crochet, this is the place to start.
Follow Basic Wrapping and Knotting in the Instruction Booklet using the Daisy knotting technique, wrapping 3 rows and make a daisy pattern in the centre. Make 3 squares.
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On mine I used a buttonhole stitch around each 'petal' pulling it into the centre. This version looks nice with a contrast colour for the buttonhole stitch, but always do the initial cross stitch which brings the centre together in the main colour.
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I then crocheted around each square as follows:
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Row 1
Starting in one corner crochet 7 doubles into the corner loop. Then crochet a double into each loop to the next corner. In the corner repeat 7 doubles. Continue all the way around.
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Row 2
Crochet doubles into each gap
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To finish
Slip stitch the 3 squares together and then do a crochet row of chain all the way around.
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To keep it snug around your neck you can use a shawl pin, or if you have an old tin full of buttons which you have inherited from your Mum, search through and find an appropriate button, I found a lovely big brown one which finishes it off perfectly. I attached mine to one corner and then use the loop in the opposite top corner as the buttonhole.
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Rather annoyingly, mine took 110g. This is rather chunky so to make it within 100g I think you could wrap 2 rows instead of 3 or 1 row of crochet instead of 2. I am going to make another one trying to keep within 100g - so watch this space!
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