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| Basic Cro-Tat Cross, 1 round | with Shell Border, 2 rounds | with Irish Picot Border, 2 rounds |
MaryM's Original
Cro-Tat Cross©2002
- tatting with crochet
hook, crochet tatting, cross, bookmark-
Copyrighted. Please copy, reproduce,
collect or redistribute with permission only.
simple basic cross, with options for 2 edgings - suitable for framing, or add ribbon or tail-and-tassel for bookmark! - from a suggestion by KarenR
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| Basic Cro-Tat Cross, 1 round | with Shell Border, 2 rounds | with Irish Picot Border, 2 rounds |
I used No. 10 cotton, and a cro-tat hook. You can use any thread or yarn, with appropriate size crochet or afghan hook with a long, straight shaft, and having a small enough head to pull the thread through multiple loops without hanging up on the thread or yarn. These are not easy to find!
For the basics of Cro-Tat, see my earlier designs for the basics in tutorial form.
picot (p) - for this design, p are used only for joining, so they will all be mere little nubbins, a scant 1/8'' long when you are making the p space on your crotat hook, just enough to show you where to join on later on.
Basic Ring (R)- 4ds, p, 4ds, p, 4ds, p, 4ds, close ring- in some places in this design, the place where the ring is closed will serve as a joining spot for another ring as your turn the corners of this cross design.
Instructions:
- Rings are numbered in picture and in directions for ease of
understanding.
Basic cross, 1 round -
Beginning at the spot
marked with arrow in first picture above, or that is, with R1 in
the picture to the right -->,
(first arm of cross)
R1, ch 4, join in last p made, ch 4,
R2 with joining of 1st p to center p of R1, ch
4,
R3 with joining of 1st p to last p of R2, ch 2,
sl st back into the last ch-4 made, ch 1, (inside corner turned),
(top arm of cross)
R4 with joining of 1st p into space at base of
R3, ch 4,
R5 with joining of 1st p to last p of R4, ch 4,
sc into last p made, (outside corner turned), ch 4,
R6 with joining of 1st p to center p of R5, ch
4, sc into last p made, (outside corner turned), ch 4,
R7 with joining of first p to lcenter p of R6
and joining of center p to center p of corresponding R4 across
the arm of the cross, ch 4,
R8 with joining of first p to last p of R7 and
joining of center p to first p of corresponding R3 across the arm
of the cross, ch 2, sl st back into the last ch-4 made, ch 1,
(inside corner turned),
(last arm of cross)
R9 with joining of first p to space at base of
R8, ch 4,
R10 with joining of first p to last p of R9, ch
4, sc into last p made, (outside corner turned), ch 4,
R11 with joining of first p to center p of R10,
ch 4, sc into last p made, (outside corner turned), ch 4,
R12 with joining of first p to last p of R11 and
joining of center p to center p of corresponding R9 across the
arm, ch 4,
R13 with joining of first p to last p of R12 and
joining of center p to center p of corresponding R8 across the
arm, ch 2, sl st back into the last ch-4 made, ch 1 (inside
corner turned),
(leg of cross)
R 14, 15, 16, 17, 18: make R with joining of
first p to last p of previous R, ch 4,
then sc into last p of R18 (outside corner turned), ch 4,
R19 with joining of first p to center p of R18,
ch 4, sc into last p of R18 (outside corner turned), ch 4,
R 20, 21, 22, 23: make R with joining of first p
to last p of privious R and joining of center p to center p of
corresponging R across the leg of the cross, ch 4,
R24 with joining of first p to last p of R23 and
joining of center p to last p of R13 across the leg of the cross
and joining of last p to center p of corresponding R3 across arm
of cross, ch 2, sl st back into the last ch-4 made, ch 1 (inside
corner turned),
(completion of first arm of cross)
R25 with joining of first p to space at base of
R24 and joining of center p to center p of corresponcing R2
across arm of the cross, ch 4,
R26 with joining of first p to last p of R25 and
joining of center p to first p of R1, ch 4, sc into last p made
(final outside corner turned), ch 4, sl st into base of R1,
Cross completed -
At this point either finish off here, or prepare to make border.
Shell Border, 1 round
shell - (dc 2, ch 2, dc 2) in next ch-4 space
inside corner - ch 1, sc into next ch-4 space, sc into next ch-1 space, ch 1
Instructions:
sl st into next ch-4 space, (ch 3 for first dc, dc, ch 2, dc 2), beginning shell made,
shell, make inside corner, border made on upper part of first arm of cross,
[ shell 5 times, make inside corner ] twice, border made on top arm and last arm of cross,
shell 11 times, make inside corner, border made on leg of cross,
shell 3 times, join
with sl st in 3rd stitch of beginning ch-3, border made on lower
part of first arm of cross, border complete.
Finish off.
Irish Picot Border, 1 round
picot - ch 3, sl st into sc just made
Trefoil Picot - (ch 5, sl st into 5th ch from hook) 3 times, sl st into last sc made
inside corner - ch 1, sc into next ch 4 space, sc into next ch-1 space, ch 1
Instructions:
sl st into next ch-4
space,
(sc 2, picot, sc 2) in same space,
(sc 2, ch 2, sc 2) in next ch-4 space -upper border of first arm
of cross made,
make inside corner,
(sc 2, ch 2, sc 2) in
next 2 ch-4 spaces,
(sc 3, trefoil picot, sc 3) in next ch-4 space -top point of
cross made,
(sc 2, ch 2, sc 2) in next 2 ch-4 spaces -border of top arm of
cross made,
make inside corner,
(sc 2, ch 2, sc 2) in
next 2 ch-4 spaces,
(sc 3, trefoil picot, sc 3) in next ch-4 space -point of last arm
of cross made)
(sc 2, ch 2, sc 2) in next 2 ch-4 spaces -border of last arm of
cross made)
(sc 2, picot, sc 2)
in next 5 ch-4 spaces,
(sc 3, trefoil picot, sc 3) in next ch-4 spaces -bottom point of
cross made,
(sc 2, picot, sc 2) in next 5 ch-4 spaces -border of leg of cross
made,
make inside corner,
(sc 2, ch 2, sc 2) in
next 2 ch-4 spaces -lower border of first arm of cross made,
(sc 3, trefoil picot, sc 3) in next ch-4 space -point of first
arm of cross made),
join with sl st in beginning sc, border complete.
Finish off.
©2002MaryM All rights reserved.