I am so excited to share the crochet pattern for these Iced Pie Squares with you.  A huge “Thank YOU!!” to Pam Perkins, Venetia Smith and Beth Spaulding for testing the pattern for me.  I appreciate your friendship, help and constructive feedback.  Beth and Aunty V, thank you for letting me use your photos!

These simple quarter-circles-in-a-square are very basic, but basic is not necessarily a bad thing.

Using double knit yarn or light worsted weight yarn and a 4 mm crochet hook, each square will be roughly 10 cm (4”) across.

As an aid to planning any blanket you might wish to make with these squares, you can find blank templates for a bunch of different layouts at the end of this post.

If you are after the PDF version of the pattern, it lives in my Ravelry Store and contains the pattern and chart below as well as a written-only pattern.  It does not, however include the blank templates (found below) or instructions for joining the squares to each other (link below).

Iced Pie Square Crochet Pattern

©Dedri Uys 2013

 Lovingly tested by:

Venetia Smith       Pam Perkins       Beth Spaulding

Please note

You are welcome to make as many or as few of these blocks as you wish.

Should you wish to sell some Iced Pie Blankets, be my guest.

All I ask is that you credit me as the designer as and when you make anything using this pattern (even if you alter it).

You may in no way copy or reproduce the actual pattern.

 

Abbreviations

US Terminology used.

(US/UK Comparison chart here.)

Ch	Chain
Dc	Double Crochet
Dc inc	Double Crochet Increase – work 2 dc’s in the same stitch.
Hdc	Half-double Crochet
Hdc inc	Half-double Crochet Increase – work 2 hdc’s in the same stitch.
Sc	Single Crochet
Sc inc	Single Crochet Increase – work 2 sc’s in the same stitch.
St	Stitch
Tr	Treble Crochet
Tr inc	Treble Crochet Increase – work 2 tr’s in the same stitch.
*	Repeat instructions between asterisks the number of times indicated.  *Dc inc, dc* x 3, for example, will mean dc inc, dc, dc inc, dc, dc inc, dc.

Materials

• 4 mm Crochet hook
• Double knit yarn (light worsted weight – #3) in any colours you fancy:
•            Main Colour:  11 m (12 yards) per square
•            Contrasting Colour:  7 m (7.5 yards) per square
• Yarn needle

 

Instructions

Please note:  the initial ch-2 in each of the first 8 rows/rounds does NOT count as a dc.

1. With Main Colour:  Ch 3.  Dc x 3 in the third chain from the hook.  Ch 2 and turn. {3}

2. Dc Inc x 3.  Ch 2 and turn.  {6}

3. *Dc Inc, dc* x 3.  Ch 2 and turn.  {9}

4. *Dc Inc, 2 x dc* x 3.  Ch 2 and turn.  {12}

5. *Dc Inc, 3 x dc* x 3.  Ch 2 and turn.  {15}

6. *Dc Inc, 4 x dc* x 3.  Ch 2 and turn.  {18}

7. *Dc Inc, 5 x dc* x 3.  Ch 2 and turn.  {21}

8. *Dc Inc, 6 x dc* x 3.  {At this point you will have 24 stitches.}  Ch 2.  Turn your work 90 degrees (photo 1).  2 x sc into each row down the side of the quarter-circle, so 16 sc’s in total.  See photo 2.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) into the hole at the pointy end of the quarter-circle formed by working into the third stitch from the hook in Row 1 (photos 3 and 4).  Continue around.  Sc x 2 into each row up the other side of the quarter-circle, so again 16 in total (photo 5). {58 – not including ch st’s.} 

9. Change to Contrasting Colour and ch 2 (photo 6).  Working into the st’s of round 8:  3 x sc, 3 x hdc, 3 x dc, 2 x tr.  Tr inc in the next st, ch 2 and tr inc in the next stitch.  2 x tr, 3 x dc, 3 x hdc, 3 x sc.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) in the ch-2 space (see photo 7).   17 x sc.  Note that the first stitch you need to work into will be slightly hidden under the stitches you just worked into the ch-2 space (see photo 8).  (Sc, ch 2, sc) in the ch-2 space.  17 x sc, again remembering to start in that “hidden” first stitch.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) in the ch-2 space (see photo 9).  {66 stitches – not including the ch st’s.} 

10. This is a short row.  You will only be working around the “rounded” sides of the square.  Starting in that first “hidden” stitch (see photo 10 below):  7 x sc, sc inc, 2 x hdc, hdc inc, dc, dc inc.  (Tr inc, ch 2, tr inc) in the ch-2 space.  Skip the next  “hidden” st (see photo 11 below).  Dc inc, dc, hdc inc, 2 x hdc, sc inc, 7  x sc.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) into the ch-2 space.  Sl st in the next (hidden) st and bind off.  {38 stitches – not including the ch st’s.} 

The resulting square will have 84 st’s around the outside edge (including the ch st’s, but NOT the sl st).

Each side will therefore have 21 st’s (including the ch st’s).

Iced Pie Blanket Layout Options

Each of these layout options will yield a blanket that consists of 64 squares and is 80 cm x 80 cm (31.5” x 31.5”), providing you use the hook and yarn specified.

Needless to say, if you use a worsted weight yarn and a slightly bigger hook, your blanket will be bigger.  If you want to make a BIG blanket, simply add more pattern repeats.  You can find a list of common afghan sizes here.

Iced Pie Blanket Templates

You can find the blank templates for each of the layouts here.  It is in PDF format.  Simply print out the template you wish to use and colour in to your heart’s content.

Joining the Iced Pie Squares to Each Other

When you join these squares, start and end in the corner chain stitch closest to the side you are joining.

You can find a tutorial for the “zipper” method here.  It yields a completely flat slip stitch seam.

Yikes!  What a lengthy post for such a simple little square.  You deserve a glass of wine if you have managed to sit through all of that without nodding off.

Linky Parties

I have submitted this pattern to:

• Ladybug Blessings’ Handmade Tuesday Linky Party
• Oombawka Design’s Link and Share Wednesday Linky Party (yarn-related projects)

Feel free to share your latest projects there, or just head over for some inspiration.

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Happy Hooking!