The Autumn Moon Square is a gorgeous seasonal square that you can use for a lovely fall blanket, join a few together to make a scarf, or even try stitching one up in cotton yarn for a fabulous dishcloth too!
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Materials:
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I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
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Small amounts of worsted weight yarn in two or more colors. For this 8 inch square, I used just a few yards of yarn for each round of the square. For exact colors, see below section for “Order of Colors As Pictured” for color names and order of colors.
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Scissors
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Tapestry Needle
Sizing:
- 8 inches wide
- 8 inches tall
To easily and quickly make this square bigger, you can repeat round 9 as many times as you need, then add on the last two single crochet rounds to nicely frame it all in!
Try working the same colors in a different order for a slightly different effect. You can also slightly vary the color from round to round for a more ombre effect, or make each round high contrast for a bolder look!
Order of Colors As Pictured:
Feel free to change up the colors to your liking and the kind of yarn you have, but if you want to replicate the one shown, I used Color Theory by Two of Wands/Lion Brand in “Bee Pollen, Dijon, Canyon, and Moonbeam)
- Rounds 1 and 2: Bee Pollen
- Round 3: Dijon
- Round 4: Canyon
- Round 5: Moonbeam
- Round 6: Bee Pollen
- Round 7: Canyon
- Round 8: Moonbeam
- Round 9: Bee Pollen
- Round 10: Dijon
- Round 11: Canyon
Instructions:
Ch 4, then join in the ch furthest from the hook with a slip stitch to create a ring.
Round 1: ch 3 (counts as a dc), then work 7 dc into the center of the ring.
Round 2: ch 3, then work a dc into the first stitch. Next, work 2 dc into the next stitch and in each stitch around. Join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 3: Tie a new color into the back loop of any stitch, then ch 4 as if to bpdc (work that first chain around the post as if you were working a bpdc, then continue with the other chains ). Work a (bpdc, ch 1) in each st. Join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 4: Tie a new color into the back loop of any fpdc stitch, then ch 4 (working that first chain around the post as if you were working a fpdc). Work a (fpdc, ch 1) in each st. Join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 5: Tie a new color into any ch 1 space, then ch 4 (counts as a dc) *Work (a fpdc into the fpdc from previous round, chain 1, then a dc into the ch 1 space). Repeat from * around until the last fpdc, then work (fpdc into fpdc from previous round, ch 1). Join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 6: Tie a new color into the back loop of any fpdc stitch, then ch 4 (working that first chain around the post as if you were working a fpdc) *Work 2 dc in the ch 1 space, a bpdc into the next stitch, then a fpdc into the fpdc from the previous round. Repeat from * around. Join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 7: Tie a new color into the back loop of any fpdc stitch, then ch 4 (working that first chain around the post as if you were working a fpdc) *work a dc in each of the next two stitches, skip over the bpdc from the previous round, then a fpdc into the fpdc from the previous round, then ch 1. Repeat from * around. Join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 8: Tie a new color into any ch 1 space, then chain 3. Work (2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1) into the same ch 1 space. This creates the first corner of the square. *Work (3 dc, ch 1) into each of the next three ch 1 spaces. Work (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1) into the next ch 1 space to create the next corner of the square. Repeat from * around, then join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 9: Tie a new color into any ch 1 space, then chain 3. Work (2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1) into the same space. This creates the first corner of the square. *Work (3 dc, ch 1) into each of the next four ch 1 spaces. Work (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1) into the next ch 1 space to create the next corner of the square. Repeat from * around, then join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Round 10: Tie a new color into any corner space. Ch 1, then work (1 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) into the same corner space. *Work a sc in each stitch and space across. Work (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) into the corner space. Repeat from * across, then join to close the round with a slip stitch.
Repeat round 10.
Weave in any ends that remain and block your square if needed/desired.
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