Testing & Support Forum

I can't find a thread already dedicated to this pattern, so I'll post here and cross my fingers!

I fell in love with this pattern when it was published in Interweave a couple years ago, but I was just starting out crocheting at that point and didn't think I had the skill. Finally bought it a year ago from Crochet Garden, and got the yarn for the holidays a week ago. I've made one motif thus far, and it came out ok. I decided to make a square to make sure it matched up. And that's where I've been stuck...

Honestly, I'm having trouble in round 1 with the chain 5. If I treble in the second chain from the hook (as indicated) there's not enough height to get a proper treble. Moving on from there, once I have 19 trebles in that chain, where do I slip stitch? Do I flip the extra chains "up" and slip into what was the first chain? Does that make any sense?

Then, my biggest problem comes in round 2. At the end of that round, I end with the (2 hdc, dc, 2hdc) to create the fourth corner, but it creates a HUGE gap in my trebles in round 1.

I have even tried modifying the directions to something I'm more familiar with (i.e. chain 4, slip to form ring, ch 3 for 1st treble, 19 treble in ring), but I still got the HUGE gap in the trebles because of the end of round 2.

I must be doing something very wrong! Can anyone help?!

I'll go take a look at the pattern and get back to you in a bit.

First of all, I pretty sure that you caught an error in the pattern. Rather than putting 19 tr in the 2nd chain from the hook, they should go in the 5th chain from the hook. I can imagine your frustration in trying to get those trebles to work. The chain 5 that you started with counts as a treble, so you should have a total of 20 treble stitches. You will join with a sl st to the top of the ch-5 that you started with which will make much more sense after you put your trebles in the right chain.

I'm pretty sure your problems with Rnd 2 are related to not getting Rnd 1 right. I am attaching a couple of pictures that show you what your piece should look like after Rnd 1 and again after Rnd 2.

Let us know if you continue to have problems with this!

Gah! That makes so much sense, and I can't believe I didn't try that on my own since I tried just about everything else! Thanks so much! Off to whip up a square!

here she to come to save the day ===

CAROLYN - now ya know why we love you -- you always come thru

Glad to help! This is a gorgeous afghan. Hope you share your completed afghan with us.

So I tested the fix by stitching rounds 1 and 2, and I still have a big gap in between treble 19 and the chain-5 treble. But, I found that if I pull on the ends (from round one and from the color change) that I can make it smaller. I might try slip stitching over a few stitches at the beginning of round two so that the last (hdc, hdc, dc, hdc, hdc) doesn't get stitched in to that space. We'll see! Hopefully it will be passable either way...

I LOVE this pattern and have thought about it for two years. I finally found the right colors, and I can't wait for it to be finished! I will definitely share pics!

Thanks so much for your help!

iherdcats wrote: But, I found that if I pull on the ends (from round one and from the color change) that I can make it smaller. I might try slip stitching over a few stitches at the beginning of round two so that the last (hdc, hdc, dc, hdc, hdc) doesn't get stitched in to that space. We'll see! Hopefully it will be passable either way...

try making your beg ch sts tighter - might help as well

This Afghan is absolutely the most beautiful afghan I've seen and the pattern is the most poorly written one I've ever come across. I'm convinced that it wasn't actually tested before publication. Also, I'm not a real advocate of using markers instead of counting the actual stitches because if you miss a stitch in the row before, the next row does not come out even.

I found 2 errors in the Triangle motif pattern. The first is the same as in the square mentioned before, you should TC in 5th chain from hook instead of 2nd chain from hook. Row 2 you end up with 17 total stitches... but in Row 3 she uses only 15 stitches, so in row 3 where you do "sc in next 6 sc", it should actually be " sc in next 7 sc" to use all 17 stitches. In Row 4 you do 2 sc in first sc, then she says sc to the marker. That should be "2 sc in first sc, sc in next 9 sc, 3 sc in nect sc, sc in next 9 sc, 2 sc in last sc, total of 25 stitches. In row 5, it is a repeat of row 4 except you replace the 9 with an 11 and you get 29 total stitches and Row 5 is also a repeat of 4, replacing the 9 with a 13 for a total of 33 stitches. This way it comes out beautiful.

Again, this is a beautiful pattern and I am determined to make it!!

Hello Wynne,

I am the designer of this afghan and I am terribly sorry for your trouble. I do put all my patterns through a testing process here on the forum. Unfortunately, this looks like this one may have had a few issues between versions because it was purchased by Interweave Crochet. Their tech editors change things, and files are exchanged back and forth. It looks like you may have received an older version or that a version was not updated properly.

I am truly sorry for your frustration as I definitely take a lot of care and pride in writing patterns and making sure they are released as best they can be. It looks like this one fell through the cracks per se. I really appreciate you bringing up these errors and I will be checking through all the venues this pattern is posted making sure the proper version is posted.

Lisa