Can you help me make up a pattern?

Question

For a workshop I'm giving, I'd like the girls to crochet a square while learning all the stitches. I'd like to combine all the squares at the end of the workshop to form a quilt as a memorian. What's the best way to crochet a square/rectangle that uses all the stitches (single, half-double, double and triple) and still look nice? Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Go to Yahoo Crafts - There is a Crochet Group who would be delighted to help you with this I'm sure.

Answer 2

How about thinking outside the box? Freeform crochet can be a really fun way of learning crochet basics. Changing colors and textures will give the girls opportunity to get creative. Guage and tension are no big deal. Stick pin on it and they can wear their creations. And, no pattern necessary, just make it up as you go. 5 sc, 7hd, etc. So, need more practice on a certain stitch? Throw it in there more often. You can't get that kind of flexibility from a pattern.

Answer 3

IMHO making a square is not going to be the problem. You can easily have them do one row of each stitch to get to the size you want. However, these are new crocheters. The tension of each crocheter is going to be different as they learn, AND the tension of a single girl within her project may be different. My point is that a dozen girls given the same pattern will come up with squares that are different sizes. Great opportunity to teach gauge though. If you have experience putting together squares of different sizes then maybe it won't be a problem. Only you can decide that.

Perhaps they could work on one square in class to learn how to adjust their tension and make a second square at home with the pattern and a better grasp of tension?

The other thing is to decide whether you want to do a sampler square or a granny square. For new crocheters, a sampler square would be easiest. For rounding smaller squares up to the size of the largest one for joining, grannies would probably be easier on the assembler.

I would also suggest having a simple chart available to remind them whether to go into the first stitch or second stitch on succeeding rows, and also how many to chain up for the tch. I actually have a page of charts if you want to use them.

http://www.crochetcabana.com/tutorials/c...

Note that there is some disagreement with the hdc. Some books say they count the tch as a stitch and some not. As long as it is done the same on the same project, it doesn't matter which way you go.

Good luck! You're sure working hard on this workshop. I am sure it will turn out great. Thanks for passing on the gift of crochet.