Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 3

In this step we crochet Row 4.

We begin by executing the instructions prior to first *, which read:

dc in next dc.

That was quite simple. Next we need to work the instructions from * to second star *, which read:

*ch 3, sc in space between next 2^nd and 3^rd dc (it’s the space between two shells, and by shell I mean 3 dc worked in same space), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, 3 dc in next dc, 3 dc in next dc*

Probably the trickiest line here is “sc in space between next 2^nd and 3^rd dc (the space between two shells)”, look carefully at the picture below for visual help.

The picture below shows instructions from * to second * worked one time.

Worked two times.

Worked four times. We need to work these instructions the total of 12 times.

After we worked the instructions from * to second * 12 times, the row is not finished yet.

We finish Row 4 by executing the instructions after second *, which read:

ch 3, sc in space between next 2^nd and 3^rd dc (the space between two shells), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc. Ch 2, turn.

The Row 4 is complete!

And we can see our overall lacy pattern taking its form.

I will post Step 4 next week.

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 1

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 2