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Clue #1 - And so it begins!

DROPS-Along Spring Lane

The first clue to this season's Crochet-Along is made of diagrams accompanied by text, and pictures that will show you the progress of the clue, step by step. You will also find videos and the complete diagram for the clue at the bottom, in case you prefer to skip the pictures and work that way!

So let's get started!

First, the colors

In this first step (A.1) you will use the following color combination:

CASTING ON + ROUND 1: 01 white
ROUND 2: light wash
ROUND 3: 06 light jeans blue
ROUND 4: 17 light lilac
ROUND 5: 16 lilac

CROCHET INFO:
Information written within two * is meant to be repeated everytime it appears a *-* in the pattern.
The symbols in red in the diagrams are the one explained in the text above the pictures.

CASTING ON:
Work 4 chain stitches with white, form them into a ring with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch – see point on circle, the round starts and finishes here.

ROUND 1:
Work 3 chain stitches (= 1 double crochet).

Work * 1 chain stitch, 1 double crochet around the chain-stitch ring *, repeat *-* 11 times in total, 1 chain stitch = 12 double crochets around the chain-stitch ring.

The round finishes with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch, read COLOR CHANGE TIP below, change to light wash and cut the white strand.

COLOR CHANGE TIP:
To get the neatest transition when changing colors, work the last slip stitch on the round with the new color.

ROUND 2:
Work 3 chain stitches.

Work * 2 double crochets around the next chain stitch, 1 double crochet in the next double crochet *, repeat *-* 11 times in total, 2 double crochets around the last chain stitch.

The round finishes with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch, read COLOR CHANGE TIP above, change to light jeans blue and cut the light wash strand.

ROUND 3:
Work 4 chain stitches (equivalent to 1 treble crochet), work 2 treble crochets in the next stitch, but wait with the last yarn over and pull through on both of these treble crochets, work 1 treble crochet in the next stitch and pull the last yarn over through all 4 loops on the hook, 5 chain stitches.

Work *1 treble crochet in the next stitch, but wait with the last yarn over and pull through, work 2 treble crochets in the next stitch, but wait with the last yarn over and pull through on both of these treble crochets, work 1 treble crochet in the next stitch and pull the last yarn over through all 5 loops on the hook, 5 chain stitches *, repeat *-* 11 times in total.

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 4th chain stitch at the beginning of the round, read COLOR CHANGE TIP above, change to light lilac and cut the light jeans blue strand.

ROUND 4:
Work 1 chain stitch.

Work 6 single crochets around each chain-space the complete round (= 72 single crochets).

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 1st chain stitch at the beginning of the round. Change to lilac, read COLOR CHANGE TIP above, do not cut the light lilac strand.

ROUND 5:
Work 1 chain stitch.

Work * 1 single crochet in each of the next 6 stitches, 1 half double crochet around the top of the treble crochet group from the 3rd round *, repeat *-* the complete round (= 12 times total).

Put your work a side and crochet the same circle again in this new color combination:

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the chain stitch at the beginning of the round, read COLOR CHANGE TIP above. Change to white and cut the lilac strand. 72 single crochets and 12 half double crochets.

Put your work a side and crochet the same circle again in this new color combination (B):

A.1 – color combination B:
CASTING ON + ROUND 1: 01 white
ROUND 2: 17 light lilac
ROUND 3: 16 lilac
ROUND 4: 05 light wash
ROUND 5: 06 light jeans blue

Finished!

Here's how both color combinations of diagram A.1 will look up to and including round 5.

The final result of clue #1 is 2 circles measuring approx. 5 3/4" in diameter each.

Are you using a different color combination than the one we are crocheting with?
Make a small note of which color number replaces which before starting, by seeing the original materials here. here.

Complete clue diagram

= 4 chain stitches, form them into a ring with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch – see point on circle, the round starts and finishes here
= chain stitch
= slip stitch
= single crochet around chain-space
= single crochet in stitch
= double crochet around chain stitch/chain-stitch ring
= double crochet in stitch
= 4 TREBLE CROCHETS WORKED TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROUND: 4 chain stitches (equivalent to 1 treble crochet), work 2 treble crochets in the next stitch, but wait with the last yarn over and pull through on both of these treble crochets, work 1 treble crochet in the next stitch and pull the last yarn over through all 4 loops on the hook
= 4 TREBLE CROCHETS WORKED TOGETHER: work 1 treble crochet in the next stitch, but wait with the last yarn over and pull through, work 2 treble crochets in the next stitch, but wait with the last yarn over and pull through on both of these treble crochets, work 1 treble crochet in the next stitch and pull the last yarn over through all 5 loops on the hook
= 5 chain stitches
= work 1 half double crochet around the top of the treble crochet group from the 3rd round.

Comments (148)

Country flag Evy wrote:

Finns ledtrådarna som pdf,? är lättare att skriva ut.

04.03.2017 - 14:18

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Evy. Vi arbejder med at faa lavet en printervenlig version, den kan du saa evt gemme som pdf.

06.03.2017 - 13:37

Country flag Yvonne Ann-Mari Marfelti Omgang wrote:

I omgang 1og 2 står der treble crochets og det er en tre dobbelt stangmaske. I omgang 6 og 7 står der double crochets som er en dobbelt stangmaske og der bliver lavet fastmasker som heder single crochets

04.03.2017 - 13:20

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Yvonne. Pröv lige at se skemaet med US/UK terms i forhold til de danske her

09.03.2017 - 14:08

Country flag Meena Rihal-Vinterhed wrote:

Oops. I think I made a mistake. In part 12 the instructions were NOT to cut the the light coloured strand but I did just that. Looking at some of the pictures it seems that they have done the same thing. The question is how bad a mistake is this and should begin again?

04.03.2017 - 12:17

DROPS Design answered:

Hi Meena, No problem, you will solve it in the next clue. Good Luck!

06.03.2017 - 10:49

Country flag Laurie wrote:

Bonjour, à quelle fréquence les indices vont-ils être dévoilés ? quelle sera la durée totale du CAL ? Merci d'avance.

04.03.2017 - 07:48

DROPS Design answered:

Bonjour Laurie, plus d'informations seront prochainement indiquées. Bon crochet!

06.03.2017 - 11:03

Country flag Bodil Skriver wrote:

Hæklenål str.?

04.03.2017 - 07:40

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Bodil, Vi anbefaler hæklenål nummer 4,5. Det står også på siden med materiale. God fornøjelse!

06.03.2017 - 10:45

Country flag Mette Schou wrote:

Er det med vilje i Skriver hvid i sidste omgang (16) men på billedet er den yderste kant pink??

03.03.2017 - 22:28

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Mette, den sidste omgang er i syren, men det sidste vi gør inden vi lægger cirklen til siden er at vi skrifter til hvid (se billedet).

08.03.2017 - 14:09

Country flag Julia wrote:

Liebes Drops-Team, ich häkele mit der originalen Wolle (DROPS YOU 8) und der angegebenen 4,5 er Häkelnadel. Der Durchmesser meiner Kreise beträgt nur 13 cm. Was soll ich tun? Liebe Grüße Julia

03.03.2017 - 17:57

DROPS Design answered:

Hi Julia, you could try no 5,0 or just let it be 13 cm. Good luck!

06.03.2017 - 10:53

Country flag Coralie wrote:

Bonjour ! Merci pour ce super premier indice ! Ma question c'est : Du coup, à la fin, on a les deux en attente avec du blanc ? Merci

03.03.2017 - 17:21

DROPS Design answered:

Bonjour Coralie, tout à fait, au dernier tour de chacun des cercles, on termine par 1 mc en blanc. Bon crochet!

06.03.2017 - 11:00

Country flag Anni Gade wrote:

Hvor tit kommer der ledetråde?

03.03.2017 - 17:05

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Anni. Her kan du se hvornår ledetrådene kommer.

08.03.2017 - 14:07

Country flag Trude Paulsen wrote:

Hvor mange skal det lages av hver type mønstre? Er det bare to? Jeg har laget en av hver farge.

03.03.2017 - 15:20

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Trude, Ja du skal kun lave en av hver farge. God fornøjelse!

03.03.2017 - 15:28

Country flag Johanna wrote:

Beste Margriet, Deken wordt 90 x 115 cm. Staat bij de beschrijving.

03.03.2017 - 14:51

Country flag Margriet Van Dijk-Meijer wrote:

Ik heb 2 vragen: 1. Hoe groot wordt de deken? Zou beter zijn dit te vermelden bij de informatie. 2. Hoeveel weken gaat deze CAL duren? Misschien heb ik deze informatie over het hoofd gezien, en ligt het tempo niet erg laag als je maar 2 bloemen per week hoeft te haken? Het wordt een leuk project zo te zien!

03.03.2017 - 14:05

DROPS Design answered:

Hoi Margriet. De afmetingen staat hier. Wij zullen later een overzicht toevoegen met hoeveel clues er komen. Wij beginnen rustig omdat er ook veel beginners meedoen en wij willen graag iedereen de kans geven om de CAL goed te kunnen volgen.

06.03.2017 - 13:37

Country flag Sanne Adamsen wrote:

Hvordan tilmelder man sig til at få det må mail , eller er det kun her på siden vi kan lave det . Er nervøs for jeg misser noget når der går en uge imellem . 😊

03.03.2017 - 13:45

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Sanne, Klik på "Tilmeld dig her" lige under Spring Lane billedet øverst til venstre på siden. Så får du alle ledetråde tilsendt pr mail. God fornøjelse!

03.03.2017 - 15:30

Country flag Yvonne Ann-Mari Marfelt wrote:

Der er en forskel på videoen og tegn i opskriften de stemmer ikke overens med hvad der laves og hvad der står skrevet. Jeg håber at i kan se det på mit foto af en hvid og grøn prøve som jeg hæklet. Hilsen Yvonne Marfelt

03.03.2017 - 13:02

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Yvonne, Hvilken omgang, billede og maske er det som ikke stemmer med videoen?

03.03.2017 - 15:31

Country flag Cloty wrote:

Cuantos diagramas hay que hacer de este modelo?

03.03.2017 - 12:54

DROPS Design answered:

Hola Cloty. Con la primera pista hay que hacer un total de 2 círculos de aprox 14,5 cm de diámetro cada uno.

04.03.2017 - 11:37

Jan Dunn wrote:

Is there an option to download the clues. I have widows 10 and can print but don't seem to be able to download.

03.03.2017 - 12:28

Country flag Lotte wrote:

Ik wil mijn deken graag groter maken. Hebben jullie tips? (Bij The Meadow heb ik van alle vierkantjes vier keer zo veel gemaakt en de rand volgens patroon; zo werd mijn deken groot genoeg als sprei voor een 1 persoonsbed, dat wil ik nu weer).

03.03.2017 - 11:49

DROPS Design answered:

Hoi Lotte. Op dit moment heb ik nog geen informatie over hoe je precies het deken groter kan maken. Je kan het dubbele aantal haken (dus vier vierkantjes ipv 2 in de eerste clue) of wacht de volgende clues eerst af om te zien of er andere manieren zijn hoe je het liever groter wilt maken.

06.03.2017 - 13:35

Country flag Gabriele Meier wrote:

In der Anleitung steht "hell lila Faden nicht abschneiden". Was mach ich denn dann damit? Bleibt das Knäuel dran? Ich werde es doch sicherlich noch für weitere Motive brauchen? Ich bin wirklich gespannt. Das ist eine wunderschöne Idee! Liebe Grüße

03.03.2017 - 11:13

DROPS Design answered:

Liebe Frau Meier, einfach so lassen, und nächste Clue warten :)

06.03.2017 - 11:01

Country flag Birgitta Donnerholt wrote:

Då ni har tre olika paket med varierande färger, varför skriver ni bara en i mönstret. Undrar hur ni har tänkt att vi andra ska räkna ut vilka färger som är rätt att använda?

03.03.2017 - 11:01

Country flag Agnetha wrote:

Hej garnstudion. Det vore lättare om ni använde färg 1,2 och 3 osv. Skulle det vara möjligt? Jättefint mönster hittills.

03.03.2017 - 10:29

DROPS Design answered:

Hej Agnetha, Gör en anteckning om vilket färgnummer som ersätter vilket innan du börjar genom att se på original materialet. Lycka till!

06.03.2017 - 10:47

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