Maybelle Square Crochet Pattern

Let me tell you the story about this Maybelle Square. A couple of months ago, or even longer, this idea of turning the Maybelle flower into a crochet square started to take form in my head. I had a few goes without luck. I am telling you, you do NOT want to see my terrible trials... I left the idea to sit for a while and one day one of my readers, a Dutch girl named Jane, sent me a picture of how she had turn the Maybelle flowers into squares in a blanket. I instantly contacted her to ask if she could give me some hints how she had made her squares. Within a day or two she replied with some instructions and she gave me the magic number - 4.

I have tweaked her initial instructions, as I always tend to put my own twist on things (typical me). However, this Maybelle Square was born and I am loving it. All credits go to Jane who does not have her own blog and who wants to stay anonymous,  but I truly hope you read this. It was the magical number 4 that made it all work out. Thank you dear Jane!

I know many of you have waited for this pattern so here we go. Excuse my terrible hand drawn crochet symbols, but this is better than nothing for you who prefer a visual pattern. 

I have written the pattern in UK/US terms. I have used Tilda yarn on a 3mm / C-D (US) hook. A Svensk version finns här.


Row 1
Find the pattern for the Maybelle Crochet Flower here, picture tutorial here, and when you have your Maybelle Flower you are ready to get started with the square. 

Join a new yarn at the top of a petal and chain 5 (counts as 1dc/1sc + ch4), *make a 1htr/1hdc in the valley between two petals, chain 4, 1dc/1sc in top stitch on next petal, chain 4*, repeat * * until end of row. Join with slip stitch in first chain made on first petal.

Row 2
This row is worked into the chain spaces: Slip stitch into first chain space, make ch2 (counts as first htr/hdc) - 3htr/3hdc (a total of 4htr/hdc in same chain space), ch1,  4htr/4hdc in next chain space, ch1.

Now we work the corner: *In next chain space make 1htr/1hdc  -  2tr/2dc - 2dtr/2tr, ch2, in following chain space make 2dtr/2tr - 2tr/2dc - 1htr/1hdc, ch1.  In next chain space make 4htr/4hdc, ch1,  4htr/4hdc in next chain space, ch1*, repeat * *  2 times.

Make one more last corner: In next chain space make 1htr/1hdc - 2tr/2dc - 2dtr/2tr, ch2, in following chain space make 2dtr/2tr - 2tr/2dc - 1htr/1hdc, ch1. Join row with slip stitch in top chain of first 2 chains made.

Row 3
Ch2 (counts as first htr/hdc), 1htr/1hdc in next 2 stitches, skip 1stitch, 1tr/1dc in space between clusters, *skip 1 stitch, htr/1hdc in next 3 stitches, 1tr/1dc in space between clusters, 1htr/1hdc in next 4 stitches, skip 1 stitch , make 2tr/2dc - 1ch - 2tr/2dc in same corner space, skip 1 stitch, 1htr/1hdc in next 4 stitches, 1tr/1dc in space between clusters, 1htr/1hdc in next 3 stitches,  skip 1 stitch, 1tr/1dc in space between cluster*], repeat * * 2 times.

Finish your row with: Skip 1 stitch, 1htr/1hdc in next 3 stitches, 1tr/1dc in space between clusters, 1htr/1hdc in next 4 stitches,  skip 1stitch,  make 2tr/2dc - ch - 2tr/2dc in same corner space,  skip 1 stitch, 1htr/1hdc in next 4 stitches, 1tr/1dc in space between clusters. Join with a slip stitch in top chain of first 2 chains made. Cut yarn and fasten of gently.

VOILA! And now we will never ever stop making the Maybelle Crochet Flower or the Maybelle Square. Enjoy the hooky ride! Below you can find other Maybelle Flower Tutorials.

Kärlek
Annette

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