Frost Rose by DROPS Design

PATTERN: See diagram M.1 and M.2.
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BLANKET:
Made up of 40 squares.

CROCHET SQUARE:
Each square beg with a crochet rosette in Eskimo.
Ch 4 with hook size 6 mm / J/10 and Eskimo and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch.
ROUND 1: * 1 sc in ring, 3 ch ,* repeat from *-* a total of 3 times and finish with 1 sl st in first sc at beg of round = 3 ch-loops.
ROUND 2: Crochet as follows in each ch-loop: 1 sl st, 5 dc and 1 sl st = 3 leaves. Turn piece – crochet next round from the WS.
ROUND 3: 1 ch, 1 sc in first sc from round 1, 4 ch, 1 sc at the bottom of the 3rd dc on first leaf from round 2, 4 ch, 1 sc in 2nd sc from round 1, 4 ch, 1 sc at the bottom of the 3rd dc in second leaf from round 2, 4 ch, 1 sc in 3rd sc from round 1, 4 ch, 1 sc at the bottom of third leaf from round 2, 4 ch, 1 sl st in first ch from beg of round = 6 ch-loops. Turn piece – crochet next round from the RS.
ROUND 4: Crochet as follows in each ch-loop: 1 sl st, 3 dc and 1 sl st = 6 leaves. Cut and fasten threads.
Change to hook size 4 mm / G/6 and Classic Alpaca or Puna. Continue in M.1 – crochet first sc between 2 leafs, crochet next sc at the bottom and in the middle of next leaf – repeat round the rosette = first round in diagram.

ASSEMBLY:
Place the squares with 5 squares vertically and 8 horizontally. Crochet the squares tog with Classic Alpaca and hook size 4 mm / G/6 as shown in M.2 – crochet them tog vertically and then horizontally.

CROCHET BORDER:
Crochet a border of ch-loops round the whole blanket with hook size 6 mm / J/10 and Eskimo as follows: 1 sc in ch-loop in corner, * 3 ch, 1 sc in next ch-loop *, repeat from *-* and finish with 3 ch and 1 sl st in first sc on beg of round.