FLOWER OCTAGON
 
I wanted to do something different and I have a big outdoor table which is screaming for a nice tablecloth. So with pride I present to you my latest design FLOWER OCTAGON.
 
Because this was my first time designing and crocheting an octagon, it comes with photo tutorial and video tutorial for overlay mosaic and interlocking filet crochet. The photo tutorial is for left and right handed crocheters.
What was surprising, as soon you know the corners, this pattern is not so advanced as it looks, it repeats the written pattern 8 times and the corners are written out and explained in detail in the abbreviations list.
 
The pattern comes in 3 languages, English, German and Dutch and is for left and right handed crocheters and in two techniques.
 
YARN:
Overlay mosaic crochet:
Based on Light fingering, 3mm hook
Pattern colour A (all even rounds) 2750 m or 3000 y.
Background colour B (all odd rounds) 3000 m or 3300 y.
Size 150 by 150 cm, 60 by 60 inches
 
Based on DK, 4mm hook
Pattern colour A (all even rounds) 3000 m or 3300 y.
Background colour B (all odd rounds) 3600 m or 4000 y.
Size 220 by 220 cm, 88 by 88 inches
 
Keep in mind when you change your hook size or yarn ply your work needs more or less yarn
164 rounds
 
Interlocking filet crochet:
Based on hook 3mm
Size 140 by 140 cm, 55 by 55 inches
Pattern colour A 2975, 3275y
Background colour B 2900 or 3200y
 
Make an ombre or combination yourself for colour B: change each 27th round in 6 different colours:
Colour 1 – round 1 till 27: 100m, 110y
Colour 2 – rounds 28 till 54:200m, 220y
Colour 3 – rounds 55 till 81: 345m, 375y
Colour 4 – rounds 82 till 108: 550m, 605y
Colour 5 – rounds 109 till135: 700m, 770y
Colour 6 - -round 136 till end: 1050m, 1175y
Size will depend on tension, hook size and yarn thickness
Keep in mind when you change your hook size or yarn ply your work needs more or less yarn
169 rounds (167 by 167 windows)
 
My thanks goes to my dropdead gorgeous tester team: Connie Haag, Felicia Miller, Miri Froschle, Monique Verwijk and Annuska Kauffman. They made sure the pattern made sense 😊