Color Wheel

Crochet DROPS carpet with stripe pattern in 2 strands "Snow".

DROPS 162-43
DROPS design: Pattern no ee-520
Yarn group E + E or F
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Measurements: Diameter: Approx. 94 cm
Materials:
DROPS SNOW from Garnstudio
500 g colour no 01, off white
150 g colour no 37, sapphire
150 g colour no 54, medium purple
150 g colour no 35, lime
150 g colour no 26, hot pink
100 g colour no 05, petrol

DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 8 mm – or size needed to get 8 dc/tr in width with 2 strands = 10 cm.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.4.

STRIPE COLOURS:
Work with 2 strands of each colour.
A.1:
ROUND 1: Petrol
ROUND 2: Sapphire

A.2:
ROUND 1-2: Off white
ROUND 3: Medium purple
ROUND 4: Lime

A.3:
ROUND 1-2: Off white
ROUND 3: Hot pink
ROUND 4: Medium purple
ROUND 5-6: Off white
ROUND 7: Sapphire
ROUND 8: Petrol
ROUND 9: Lime

A.4:
ROUND 1-2: Off white
ROUND 3: Hot pink
ROUND 4: Medium purple
ROUND 5-6: Off white
ROUND 7-8: Sapphire

CROCHET INFO:
Replace first dc at beg of every dc round with 1 ch. Finish every round with 1 sl st in ch from beg of round.
Replace first tr at beg of every tr round with 3 ch. Finish round with 1 sl st in 3rd ch at beg of round.

COLOUR CHANGE:
Crochet last sl st on the last round with the colours of next round to get a nice colour change.

CROCHET TOG:
Work 2 tr into 1 tr: Work 1 tr but wait with last pull through (= 2 strands on hook), then work next tr but on last pull through, pull yarn through all sts on hook.
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CARPET:
Crochet 4 ch on hook size 8 mm with 2 strands petrol and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch. READ STRIPE COLOURS. Work either according to diagram or pattern, i.e. work as follows:

Work according to diagram:
Read CROCHET INFO and COLOUR CHANGE! Work A.1 the entire round (= 1 repetition in total), A.2 (= 6 repetitions in total), A.3 (= 12 repetitions in total), finish with A.4 (= 18 repetitions).

Work A.1 as follows:
ROUND 1: READ COLOUR CHANGE. Work 5 ch (= 1 dtr and 1 ch), * 1 dtr in ch-ring, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* 10 more times, finish with 1 sl st in 4th ch from beg of round = 12 dtr and 12 ch.
ROUND 2: 2 ch (= 1 dc and 1 ch), 2 dc in next ch, 1 ch, 2 dc in next ch *, repeat from *-* 9 more times, work 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch, finish with 1 sl st in 1st ch from beg of round = 24 dc and 12 ch. REMEMBER THE CROCHET TENSION!
Work A.2 as follows:
ROUND 1: READ CROCHET INFO! Work * 3 tr in first ch, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 12 tr-groups and 12 ch.
ROUND 2: * 1 tr in each of the next 3 tr, 1 tr in next ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 48 tr.
ROUND 3: * 1 dc in each of the first 3 tr, 2 dc in next tr *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 60 dc.
ROUND 4: * work 2 tr into 1 tr in first dc – READ CROCHET TOG, 3 ch, skip 1 dc, work 2 tr into 1 tr in next dc, skip 2 dc, work 2 tr into 1 tr in next dc, 3 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 24 tr-groups and 24 ch-spaces.
Work A.3 as follows:
ROUND 1: Work 3 dc in every ch-space the entire round = 72 dc.
ROUND 2: * 1 tr in each of the first 3 dc, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 72 tr and 24 ch-spaces.
ROUND 3: * 3 ch, 2 dc in first ch-space *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 24 ch-spaces and 48 dc.
ROUND 4: * 4 tr in first ch-space, 2 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 24 tr-groups and 24 ch-spaces.
ROUND 5: * 5 ch, 1 dc in first ch-space *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 24 ch-spaces and 24 dc.
ROUND 6: * 5 dc in first ch-space, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 120 dc and 24 ch.
ROUND 7: * work 2 tr into 1 tr in first dc, 2 ch, skip 1 dc, work 2 tr into 1 tr in next dc, 2 ch, skip 1 dc, work 2 tr into 1 tr in next dc, 2 ch skip 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 72 tr-groups and 72 ch-spaces.
ROUND 8: * 2 ch, 1 dc in first ch-space *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 72 dc and 72 ch-spaces.
ROUND 9: * 2 tr in first ch-space, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 72 tr-groups and 24 ch-spaces.
ROUND 10: * 4 tr in first ch, 2 ch, skip 2 tr + 1 ch + 2 tr *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 36 tr-groups and 36 ch-spaces.
Work A.4 as follows:
ROUND 1: Work * 5 ch, 1 dc in first ch-space *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 36 ch-spaces and 36 dc.
ROUND 2: * 5 dc in first ch-space, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 180 dc and 36 ch.
ROUND 3: * work 2 tr into 1 tr in first dc, 1 ch, skip 1 dc, work 2 tr into 1 tr in next dc, 1 ch, work 2 tr into 1 tr in next dc, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 108 tr and 108 ch-spaces.
ROUND 4: * 1 dc in first ch, 1 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 108 dc and 108 ch.
ROUND 5: * 1 tr in first dc, 2 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 108 tr and 108 ch-spaces.
ROUND 6: ** 1 tr + 2 ch + 1 tr in first ch-space, 2 ch, * 1 tr in next ch-space, 2 ch *, repeat from *-* 4 more times **, repeat from **-** the entire round = 126 tr and 126 ch-spaces.
ROUND 7: * 1 dc in first ch-space, 2 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 126 dc and 126 ch-spaces.
ROUND 8: * 1 dc in first ch-space, 2 ch *, repeat from *-* the entire round = 126 dc and 126 ch-spaces.
Fasten off. Carpet measures approx. 97 cm in diameter.

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