Clue #4 - Flowers and bubbles

The 4th clue for our mystery blanket contains the first 6 rounds of a large square, worked according to diagram A.2., which we will make in 2 different colour combinations. We will use the same stitches as before, but combining them to make, among other things, bubbles and other exciting patterns!

Colours

The first 6 rounds in A.2 are worked in the following colours:

CAST ON + ROUND 1: 01 white
ROUND 2: 17 light lilac
ROUNDS 3 - 4: 15 heather
ROUND 5: 01 white
ROUND 6: 17 light lilac

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

CROCHET INFO:
Information written between two * is to be repeated every time there is *-* in the text.
The red symbols in the diagrams are described in the text over the pictures.

Let's get started!

CAST ON:
Work 4 chain stitches with white, form them to a ring with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch.

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

Work * 1 chain stitch, 1 treble crochet in the chain-stitch ring *, repeat *-* 11 times in total, 1 chain stitch (= 12 treble crochets).

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch at the beginning of the round, read COLOUR CHANGE TIP below. Change to light lilac, cut the white strand.

COLOUR CHANGE TIP:
To get the neatest transition possible when changing colours, work the last stitch of the round with the new colour.

ROUND 2:
Work 1 slip stitch in the chain stitch from the previous round, work «BUBBLE AT THE START OF THE ROUND», as follows: 3 chain stitches (equivalent to 1 treble crochet), work 3 treble crochets in the same stitch, slip the loop from the last treble crochet, push the hook in the front of the third chain stitch at the top of the first treble crochet worked, pick up the loop from the last treble crochet and pull it through the stitch on the hook.

Work * 3 chain stitches, «BUBBLE» as follows: Work 4 treble crochets in the next chain stitch, slip the loop from the last treble crochet off the hook, push the hook in the front of the top of the first treble crochet worked, pick up the loop from the last treble crochet and pull it through the stitch on the hook *, repeat *-* 11 times in total, 3 chain stitches = 12 bubbles.

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch (in the 1st bubble) at the beginning of the round.

ROUND 3:
Work 1 slip stitch in the top of the 1st bubble, change to heather, 1 chain stitch, cut the light lilac strand.

Work * 1 double crochet around the chain-space, 5 chain stitches, 1 double crochet around the next chain space, 9 chain stitches, 1 double crochet around the next chain-space, 5 chain stitches *, repeat *-* 4 times in total.

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 1st double crochet at the beginning of the round.

ROUND 4:
Work 1 slip stitch in each of the next 2 chain stitches, 1 chain stitch.

Work *1 double crochet around the chain-space, 2 chain stitches, 5 treble crochets around the 9-chain-space, 3 chain stitches (corner), 5 treble crochets around the same 9-chain-space, 2 chain stitches, 1 double crochet around the next 5-chain-space, 5 chain stitches *, repeat *-* 4 times in total.

Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 1st double crochet at the beginning of the round.

ROUND 5:
Work 1 slip stitch in the 1st chain stitch, at the same time as you change to white, cut the heather strand, work BUBBLE AT THE START OF THE ROUND.

Work 2 chain stitches, 1 treble crochet in the next treble crochet, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 treble crochet, 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 treble crochets.

CORNER. Work 2 treble crochets around the chain-space, 3 chain stitches, 2 treble crochets around the same chain-space.

Work * 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 treble crochets, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 treble crochet, 1 treble crochet in the next treble crochet, 2 chain stitches, work BUBBLE in the 2nd chain stitch, 2 chain stitches, work BUBBLE in the 3rd chain stitch, 2 chain stitches, BUBBLE in the 1st chain stitch, 2 chain stitches, 1 treble crochet in the next treble crochet, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 treble crochet, 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 treble crochets *, repeat CORNER and *-* 3 times in total, work CORNER.

Work * 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 treble crochets, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 treble crochet, 1 treble crochet in the next treble crochet, 2 chain stitches, work BUBBLE in the 2nd chain stitch, 2 chain stitches, work BUBBLE in the 3rd chain stitch, 2 chain stitches. Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch at the beginning of the round, do not change colour.

ROUND 6:
Work 1 slip stitch in the 1st chain stitch, at the same time as you change to light lilac, cut the white strand, 3 chain stitches, skip 1 chain stitch.

Work 1 treble crochet in/around each of the next 3 stitches, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 stitches.

CORNER. Work 2 treble crochets around the chain-space, 3 chain stitches, 2 treble crochets around the same chain-space.

Work * 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 stitches, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 treble crochet in/around each of the next 3 stitches, 1 treble crochet around each of the next 2 chain spaces, 1 treble crochet in the top of (the middle) BUBBLE, 1 treble crochet around each of the next 2 chain-spaces, 1 treble crochet in/around each of the next 3 stitches, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 stitches *, repeat CORNER and *-* 3 times in total, work CORNER.

Work 1 treble crochet in each of the next 3 stitches, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 treble crochet in/around each of the next 3 stitches, 1 treble crochet around each of the next 2 chain-spaces, 1 treble crochet in the top of (the middle) BUBBLE, 1 treble crochet around the next chain-space.
Finish with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch at the beginning of the round (= 84 treble crochets, 8 chain stitches and 4 corner with 3 chain-stitches, around the square).

Put your work a side and crochet the same square again in this new colour combination:

CAST ON + ROUND 1: 01 white
ROUND 2: 16 lilac
ROUNDS 3 - 4: 15 heather
ROUND 5: 01 white
ROUND 6: 17 light lilac

Finished!

This is what both colour combinations look like after working according to diagram A.2, up to and including round 6.

The final result of clue #4 is then 2 squares of approx. 17 cm x 17 cm.

Complete diagram for clue #4

	=	4 chain stitches, form them to a ring with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch – see point on circle, the round starts and ends here
	=	chain stitch
	=	slip stitch in/ around stitch
	=	treble crochet around chain-stitch ring/ chain-space
	=	BUBBLE AT THE START OF THE ROUND: 3 chain stitches (equivalent to 1 treble crochet), work 3 treble crochets in the same stitch, slip the loop from the last treble crochet, push the hook in the front of the third chain stitch on the top of the first treble crochet worked, pick up the loop from the last treble crochet and pull it through the stitch on the hook
	=	3 chain stitches
	=	BUBBLE: Work 4 treble crochets in the same stitch, slip the loop from the last treble crochet, push the hook in the front of the top of the first treble crochet worked, pick up the loop from the last treble crochet and pull it through the stitch on the hook
	=	double crochet around stitch
	=	5 chain stitches
	=	9 chain stitches
	=	treble crochet in stitch