Gingerbread Lane
#dropsgingerbreadlane
Crocheted gingerbread house / Christmas decoration in DROPS Safran. Piece is worked bottom up. Theme: Christmas.
DROPS Extra 0-1664
DROPS design: Pattern e-410
Yarn group A
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SIZE:
Width: approx. 5 cm
Height: approx. 6 cm
DROPS SAFRAN from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
50 g colour 18, Off White
50 g colour 19, Red
50 g colour 22, Almond
50 g colour 68, Coffee
1 house weighs approx. 6 g.
DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 2.5 mm
CROCHET TENSION:
28 treble crochets in width and 16 rows vertically on hook size 2.5 = 10 x 10 cm.
28 double crochets in width and 35 rows vertically on hook size 2.5 = 10 x 10 cm.
REMEMBER: Remember that the hook size is only a suggestion. If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger sized hook or if you get too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller sized hook.
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EXPLANATION FOR THE PATTERN:
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PATTERN:
See diagram A.1.
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START THE PIECE HERE:
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GINGERBREAD HOUSE – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
Piece is crocheted in the round according to diagram, button up - so that the house is double. Then crochet an edge with strap along the roof.
GINGERBREAD HOUSE:
Work 26 chain stitches on hook size 2.5 mm with DROPS Safran in colour Coffee/Almond/Red, and form a ring with 1 slip stitch in first chain stitch. Work as shown in diagram A.1, begin on round marked with arrow. Fasten off when A.1 has been worked.
CROCHET EDGE:
Use colour Off White - begin on first row with double crochets after windows - see star in diagram and fasten yarn with a slip stitch in first chain stitch in the side on house, * work 3 chain stitches and 1 treble crochet in first chain stitch (= picot), skip 1 row with double crochets, work 1 double crochet in outermost stitch along the side on house *, work from *-* so that there are 4 picots up along one side, work last double crochet at the top of house. Work 30 chain stitches for strap, work 1 slip stitch in double crochet at the top of house, * work 3 chain stitches and 1 treble crochet in first chain stitch (= picot), skip 1 row with double crochet, work 1 double crochet in outermost stitch along the side on house *, work from *-* so that there are 4 picots along one side on house. Cut and fasten the yarn.
Diagram explanations
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= | 1 chain stitch |
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= | 1 double crochet in stitch below |
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= | 1 double crochet around chain space below |
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= | at the end of round work 1 slip stitch in 1st/3rd chain stitch from beginning of round |
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= | 1 treble crochet in stitch below |
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= | 2 double crochets together into 1 double crochet as follows: Insert hook through first stitch and get the yarn, insert hook through next stitch and get the yarn (= 3 loops on hook), make 1 yarn over and pull yarn over through all 3 loops on hook (= 1 stitch decreased). |
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= | begin here |
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