SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Caron® One Pound™: Fig, 2 balls
- Size U.S. H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
- 1" diameter x 36" long dowel
- 5", 9", 18" & 30" wide pieces of cardboard for tassels
- Tapestry needle
- MEASUREMENTS: Approx 32" wide x 36" tall, including fringe & after hanging.
- GAUGE: 17 sts and 8 rows = 4" in pat.
DIRECTIONS:
NOTES:
Worked over foundation ch multiple of 8 ch +10.
Piece is worked from Top down. Pat creates a curved bottom edge as side edges of pat work-up shorter than central pat repeats.
Piece will stretch to size once hung on dowel.
Ch 146.
1st row: (WS). 1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook (counts as 2 hdc). Ch 7. Skip next 5 ch. *1 hdc in each of next 3 ch. Ch 7. Skip next 5 ch. Rep from * to last 2 ch. 1 hdc in each of last 2 ch. Turn. 181 sts (including hdc and ch sts).
2nd row: Ch 2 (counts as 1 hdc). 1 splhdc in next hdc. Ch 3. *Skip next 3 ch. 3 hdc in next ch. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. Splhdc3tog. Ch 3. Rep from * to last ch-7. Skip next 3 ch. 3 hdc in next ch. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. Splhdc2tog (working in last hdc and ch-2). Turn.
3rd row: Ch 5 (counts as 1 hdc. Ch 3). Skip next 3 ch. 1 splhdc in each of next 3 hdc. *Ch 7. Skip next: (Ch-3. Splhdc3tog. Ch-3). 1 splhdc in each of next 3 hdc. Rep from * to last ch-3. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. 1 hdc in top of last hdc. Turn.
4th row: Ch 2 (counts as 1 hdc) 1 hdc first hdc. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. *Splhdc3tog. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. 3 hdc in next ch. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. Rep from * to last 3 hdc before last ch-3. Splhdc3tog. Ch 3. Skip next 3 ch. 2 hdc in next ch. Turn.
5th row: Ch 2 (counts as 1 hdc). 1 splhdc in next hdc. Ch 7. Skip next: (Ch-3. Splhdc3tog. Ch-3). *1 Splhdc in each of next 3 hdc. Ch 7. Skip next: (Ch-3. Splhdc3tog. Ch-3). Rep from * to last 2 hdc. 1 splhdc in next hdc. 1 hdc in last hdc. Turn.
6th to 45th rows: Rep 2nd to 5th rows 10 times more, ending on a 5th row. Fasten off.
FINISHING
Fringe: Cut strands of yarn 12" long. (Taking 1 strand, fold in half and knot into fringe) 7 times in each ch-7 sp and once into each hdc along Bottom edge of Wall Hanging (45th row). Trim fringe evenly.
Hang piece by weaving dowel through work along top edge (as shown in photo).
DECORATIONS
Pom poms (make 4): Wind yarn around 4 fingers approx 150 times. Tie yarn tightly in the middle and leave long ends for attaching to Wall Hanging. Cut loops at both ends and trim to smooth round shape (make different sizes by winding around more or fewer fingers).
Tassels (make one of each 5", 9", 18" and 30" long): Wrap yarn around piece of cardboard the appropriate length 50 times. Tie securely at one end leaving Long Tails. Cut across other end. Wrap yarn 3 times around tassel 1" from tied end and fasten securely.
Sew Pom poms and Tassels to top left-hand corner of Wall Hanging layering tassels below pompoms as shown in diagram. Braid small sections of the longer tassels, tying at the ends to secure, for added texture (as shown in photo).
ABBREVIATIONS
Approx = Approximately
Ch = Chain(s)
Hdc = Half double crochet
Pat = Pattern
Rep = Repeat
RS = Right side
Sc = Single crochet
Splhdc = Split half double crochet: work hdc between 'legs' at front and back of stitch (splitting stitch) instead of through top loops.
Splhdc2tog = (Yoh and draw up a loop in between “legs" at front and back of stitch (splitting stitch) instead of through top loops) in each of next 2 stitches. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook.
Splhdc3tog = (Yoh and draw up a loop in between “legs" at front and back of stitch (splitting stitch) instead of through top loops) in each of next 3 stitches. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook.
Sp(s) = Space(s)
St(s) = Stitch(es)
Tog = Together
WS = Wrong side
Yoh = Yarn over hook