“see enhancements made since first publication”
BREAKING DESIGNER RULE NUMBER ONE
ALWAYS write down the crochet hook size you are playing with right from the start!
“I must have needed that hook somewhere else, right?”
You may get distracted for several days (or weeks) from your design process (like I did) and when you come back to your project you’ll be scratching your head like me today on what hook I was using! If you have several crochet hooks the same size – leave it with the project – I did none of these things. Also, we could talk about tension changes too right now but I won’t!
This is Part 4 of my Pie Crust Obsession. If you have been following along we will finish the top of the Pie. You don’t have to use the color I chose, I just thought it fitting for the holidays coming. Most of all I hope you have fun playing in C R O C H E T!
CROCHET CHERRY PIE
MATERIALS LIST
Medium-4 Yarn
MC: Red (Cherries)
Crochet Hook: F/5 3.75mm
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
SPECIAL STITCHES
Magic Ring: Form a ring with yarn; leaving loose end about 6 inches long, insert hook in center of ring and under yarn coming from the ball. YO and draw through lp on hook: ch made. Ch 3 (counts as first dc); work as many dc in ring as specified in pattern; join with slip st to top of beg ch-3. Pull the 6 inch tail to close the center of work. This foundation start can also be called adjustable ring because the size can easily accomodate many stitches. Click on Magic Ring to be taken to a Red Heart Video on how to make this foundation beginning.
5-dc-Popcorn (Pop): Work 5 dc in specified stitch; drop lp from hook, insert hook front to back in the top of the first dc made, pick up dropped lp, and draw through lp on hook; ch 1 to secure stitch. Normally you would use a ch 1 to secure the stitch, in this pattern I am using 2 chs. Note, all popcorns will be gathered to pop to the front of the motif.
V-Stitch (V-St): Work (dc, ch 2, dc) in specified stitch.
Shell (Shell): Work (sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc) in specified stitch.
ABBREVIATIONS
beg: beginning, ch: chain, dc: double crochet, lp: loop, MC: main color, pop: popcorn, Rnd: round, RS: right side, sc: single crochet, slip st: slip stitch, sp(s): space(s), tr: treble crochet, YO: yarn over
CHERRY PIE MOTIF PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS
Rnd 1 RS: With MC, Magic Ring, ch 3 (counts as first dc now and throughout), 4 more dc in ring, drop lp from hook, insert hook front to back in the top of the first dc made, pick up dropped lp, and draw through lp on hook (first pop made), ch 2, (pop, ch 2) 7 times more in ring, slip st to first pop, slip st into ch-2 sp, do not turn. (8 pops)
Pull 6 inch tail to close center of motif and secure.
Rnd 2: *In ch-2 sp, (pop, ch 2) again, ch 3; rep from * around, ending with slip st into beg pop and ch-2 sp. (16 pops)
Rnd 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc and ch 2 sp), dc in same sp, *ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, V-st in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending with ch 1, slip st in 3rd ch of beg ch-5. (8 V-sts, 24 dc)
Tip: Marking with a stitch marker to keep track of rounds is a great idea. A simple contrasting yarn color works!
Move the stitch marker(s) to each new round.
Rnd 4: *Ch 5, sc in next ch-1 sp; rep from * around, ending with slip st into first ch of beg ch-5 and 3 more times in ch-5 sp. Place a stitch marker in first ch-5 sp. (16 ch-5 sps)
Rnd 5: *Ch 6, sc in next ch-5 sp; rep from * around, ending with slip st into first ch of beg ch-6 and 4 more times in ch-6 sp. Move stitch to first ch-6 sp. (16 ch-6 sps)
Rnd 6: *Ch 7, sc in next ch-6 sp; rep from * around, ending with sc into the fourth slip st of ch-6 sp. Remove stitch marker. (16 ch-7 sps)
Remove stitch marker(s).
Rnd 7: Work (sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc) in ch-7 sp (first Shell made); *shell in next ch-7 sp; rep from * around, ending with slip st into beg sc. Fasten off. Weave in all ends (16 Shells)
That’s the top of our pie. Enjoy playing with this pattern,
would love to hear from you on what pie obsession your having.
The bottom of our Pie Crust will be coming soon
stay tuned for The start of a Pie Crust Crochet Obsession – part 5
Errata: Rnd 1 added “MC”, Rnd 2 added “and into ch-2 sp”, Updated Rnd(s) 4, 5, 6 and 7 for more clarification.
