Welcome to Part 3 of Charlotte, my new Large Crochet Square.  At the end of this part, you will have a lovely BIG square to use however your heart desires.  Yes, I will be growing this square later on, and I am already working on it, but for now, this is all she wrote!

Today we will be adding a border to the small central square from Part 1 and the Triangles from Part 2.

For the photo tutorial below, I have used Scheepjes Sunkissed in shades 04, 06, and 16.  Please note that the photos are only to show you how to make the rows and do not reflect the colours I have used in the written pattern. 

Update 2021:  This post has been updated as part of the Charlotte’s Universe CAL 2021.

Charlotte Large Crochet Square Part 3:  Banksia Border

Resources

• You can find links to the right and left-handed video tutorials (US) for Part 2 HERE on It’s All in a Nutshell.
• If you need help with any of the special stitches or techniques used in this pattern, please see Special Stitches and Techniques.

Original Translations

• Dutch Translation
• French Translation
• Korean Translation
• Spanish Translation
• Swedish Translation

Updated Translations With Charts

• German Translation by Sabi Bulla and Silke Schippa-Witte
• Hebrew Translation by Michal Ben-Hur, Iris Fait, Tami Sultan Nudelman, Tali Shchori, and Sarit Grinberg

Abbreviations

US Terminology (US/UK Conversion HERE)

• Beg – Beginning
• BP – Back post (insert your hook from back to front around the post of the indicated stitch and complete the stitch as normal)
• Ch – Chain
• Dc – Double crochet
• Hdc – Half-double crochet
• Sl st – Slip stitch
• Sp/sps – Space/spaces
• St/sts – Stitch/stitches
• () and * – Repeat instructions between parentheses and/or asterisks the amount of times specified

Charts

Credit: Masako Kawahara from Crochet_Hmmm

Please follow the charts in a counter-clockwise direction, regardless of whether you are right or left-handed.

Instructions

© Dedri Uys 2016.  All Rights Reserved.

Round 29 (Colour C)

With RS facing, join your yarn by making a standing sc in any ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 2, sc) in the same sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Sc in the first 3 sts.  Sc between the 5-tr Bobble and the top of Row 27 of the Triangle.  Make 3 sc in the side of each of the next 8 rows.  Make 2 hdc in the side of the Cluster. Hdc in the st that contains the last leg of the Cluster.  Make 2 hdc in the next ch-2 sp from Round 28.

Make 2 hdc in the side of the next Cluster.  Make 3 sc in the side of each of the next 8 rows.  Skip the sl st.  Sc in the last 3 sts.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first sc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your ends.

Stitch Count Per Side:  64 sts {57 sc and 7 hdc – not including ch-2 corner sps}

Round 30 (Colour B)

Join your yarn by making a standing dc in any ch-2 corner sp.  (Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in each of the 64 sts across.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your ends.

Stitch Count Per Side:  68 dc per side – not including ch-2 corner sps

You can find the chart for the next 6 rounds at the end of Round 36.

Round 31 (Colour A)

Join your yarn by making a standing hdc in any ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 2, hdc) in the same sp.  This is your first corner made.

*BPdc in each of the 68 sts across.  (Hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  68 BPdc and 2 hdc per side – not including ch-2 corner sps

Round 32 (Colour A)

Sl st into the next ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Skip the first (hidden) st.  Dc in the next 2 sts.  (Ch 3, skip the next 2 sts and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same st so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 sts.  Dc in the next 5 sts) 6 times.  Each of these repeats should fall over 10 sts.

Ch 3, skip the next 2 sts and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same st so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 sts.  Dc in the last 2 sts.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beg ch-3 with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  38 dc, 7 ch-8 sps, and 14 ch-3 sps – not including ch-2 corner sps

Round 33 (Colour A)

Sl st into the next st and into the next ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first 4 sts.  (Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 sps and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the next 5 dc) 6 times. Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 sps and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the last 4 dc.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beg ch-3 with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  42 dc and 7 ch-5 sps – not including ch-2 corner sps

Round 34 (Colour A)

Sl st into the next st and into the next ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first st.  (Ch 3, skip the next 2 sts and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same st so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 sts {Photo 1}.  Dc in the next ch-5 sp.  Dc2tog in the same ch-5 sp {Photo 2}.  Catch the ch-8 loop from Round 32 by making a dc into the ch-8 loop and the ch-5 sp {Photo 3}.  Dc2tog in the same ch-5 sp.  Dc in the same ch-5 sp {Photo 4}) 7 times.

Ch 3, skip the next 2 sts and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same st so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 sts.  Dc in the last st.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beg ch-3 with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  41 dc, 8 ch-8 sps, and 16 ch-3 – not including ch-2 corner sps

Round 35 (Colour A)

Sl st into the next st and into the next ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first 3 sts.  (Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 sps and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the next 5 dc) 7 times. Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 sps and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the next 3 dc.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beg ch-3 with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  45 dc and 8 ch-5 sps – not including ch-2 corner sps

Round 36 (Colour A)

Sl st into the next st and into the next ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 1, sc, ch 2, sc) into the same ch-2 corner sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Skip the first (hidden) st.  Sc in the next 4 sts.  (Make 2 sc in the next ch-5 sp.  Catch the ch-8 loop from Round 34 by making a sc into the ch-8 loop and the ch-5 sp.  Make 2 sc in the same ch-5 sp.  Sc in the next 5 dc) 7 times.

Make 2 sc in the last ch-5 sp.  Catch the ch-8 loop from Round 34 by making a sc into the ch-8 loop and the ch-5 sp.  Make 2 sc in the same ch-5 sp.  Sc in the last 5 sts.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your ends.

Stitch Count Per Side:  86 sc – not including ch-2 corner sps

Remember to check your gauge at the end of this round.

And that is all for now!  I hope you enjoy making your Large Charlotte Squares.  I would love it if you would share pictures of your completed squares with me.  You can use #simplycharlotte on any of the social media platforms listed below.

Update 2021:  If you would like to continue growing your square, you can now do so by following the Charlotte’s Universe CAL HERE.

Thank you so much for your continued encouragement and enthusiasm.  It does me the world of good!

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