pattern help Mushroom
Can anyone help me with Rebecca Velasquez's Mushroom pattern - you can see it at crochetme.com/shroom I have tried and tried but get lost at about Round 8. (See my request for help in the comments. No one responded...)
Hoping to finish one of these for the holidays for my daughter....
I'm a beginner but get along pretty well on other patterns. Thanks. WildRose
Hi WildRose,
Here's how I read it -
You make it upside-down. Rounds 1-7 form the lid on the mushroom. I think you knew that.
On round 7 it says, "Rnd 7: Sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 7 sc, **ch 5**, sc in same sp as last sc, sc in each of next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 6 sc, 2 sc in last sc (37 sc)" The ch 5 with the asterisks around it is the fastening loop.
Round 8 begins the bowl on the mushroom. The 7 single crochets are the hinge for the lid. The 27 chains are the foundation chain for the rim of the bowl. The chain is joined into a loop by the sc into the first stitch of the hinge. Add 7 plus 27 to get 34 stitches, so it's a little smaller around than the lid (37 sts) and the lid will fit/overlap the bowl.
Round 9 you sc around, in the hinge and in the rim's foundation chain. Round 10 you go back to increasing.
I hope that's halfway clear. We're struggling with the one picture or the 1000 words!
Good luck. It is a very cute pattern.
Pauline