Second stone pattern on the blog. This one I first made in 2017 and was a part of what I called the family stones. I might do a blog post about that later and link it to this post when that happens. I re-did it in 2022 but didn’t write anything down. I re-re-did it last summer and drafted the pattern AND this Easter I finally finished the pattern.
You can buy this pattern as a printable pdf file on Ravelry.
The pattern is adjustable. I like patterns that are adjustable. And a pattern like this really needs to be adjustable, cause it’s not guaranteed that you will find a stone that is in the exactly same size as the stone I have.
Why Clothed not Covered?
I was crocheting around stones when my little nephew, Úlfur (icelandic for Wolf), came to visit. He was very interested in what I was doing and asked, “Why are the stones wearing clothes”. I found this so funny that I decided to call my stones ‘Crochet Clothed Stones’ rather than ‘Crochet Covered Stones’.
Úlfur was so interested in my stones that I let him choose a color and made him a small stone before he went home. He was very happy with his stone and still has it in his room. I wanted to take a photo of him all happy with his stone. But he was not happy with that.
Materials:
Yarn: Crochet thread size 10. I didn’t weight how much I used, but it’s just a few grams. I used Scheepjes Maxi Sugar Rush (50g, 280m) – color 192 Scarlet & color 264 Light Coral.
Crochet hook: 1,75 mm
Gauge: Since no stones are the same, gauge doesn’t matter so much when crocheting around stones. I provide the crochet hook and yarn I use, as well as a simple measurement of the stone I used, so it can serve as a reference.
Size: Adjustable. The pattern is written for the larger stone. With additional information on how to make it smaller. The smaller stone in the photos is 7cm x 6cm, the larger stone is 10cm x 8,5cm. I measure the stone where it is the longest and then the widest.
I use meters and grams as a unit of measurements. I don’t have any sense for other ways to measure, and because of that I don’t feel confident in converting my measurements to inches or ounces or anything else. Hope you don’t mind having to do that yourself.
Pattern adjustments:
Since no stone is exactly the same size, you may need to adjust the pattern to fit your particular stone. This is done at the very end, when you’re closing the piece around the stone. The pattern might say to crochet 1 single crochet (sc) and chain 3 stitches (ch), but that may be too tight for the stone you’re working with. In that case, you can change it to 1 sc and ch 4 or even ch 5. Or the opposite might happen, the piece is to loose for the stone — you can change it to 1 sc and ch 2, or even just ch 1.
You can also do more or fewer rounds of single crochet and chain stitches than the pattern suggests. You will understand this better when you get to the end of the pattern.
Crochet abbreviations US:
st – stitch, ch – chain, ch-sp – chain space, sl st – slip stitch, sc – single crochet, dc – double crochet, tr – treble crochet
[brackets] – stitches that are grouped together with brackets are all worked in the same stitch.
*asterisks* –Repetitions are grouped together with asterisks.
The pattern:
The pattern is written for the larger stone. With additional information on how to make it smaller.
Make a magic loop.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 19 dc in loop, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3. (20 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 7 (counts as 1 tr + ch 3), *skip 1 st, 1 tr in next st, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 4th ch of beg-7. (10 tr + 10 ch-3-sp)
Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch-sp, ch 3 (counts as 1st st), 4 dc in same ch-sp, * ch 1, 5 dc in next ch-sp*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with 1 sc in 3rd ch of beg-3. (The rnd is joined in this way so the next rnd starts in the middle of the ch-sp)
Rnd 4: Ch 1 (does not count), 1 sc in ch-sp (the sc join from prev rnd), ch 8, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 8*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join rnd with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 5: Sl st in next 4 st (to get to the middle of the ch-8-sp), ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 10, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 10*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 6: Sl st in next 3 st, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 3 dc in same ch-sp, ch 2, 4 dc in same ch-sp, ch 2, *[4 dc, ch 2, 4 dc] in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with 1 sc in 3rd ch of beg-3.
Rnd 7: Ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 5, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 5*, repeat from * to * 18 more times, join rnd with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 8: Sl st in next 3 st, ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 5, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 5*, repeat from * to * 18 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 9: Sl st in next 3 st, ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 5, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 5*, repeat from * to * 18 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc.
You might have to place the stone inside the crochet cover before you finish rnd 10.
I recommend weaving in the end from the beginning before you place the stone in. It’s much easier than doing it after you finish your stone.
Rnd 10: Sl st in next 3 st, ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 2, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 18 more times, join rnd with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 11: Sl st in next ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in same ch-sp, 1 sc in each ch-2-sp till the end of rnd, join rnd with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc)
Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Make it smaller:
Make rnd 1-5 of pattern and then continue from here.
Rnd 6: Sl st in next 5 st, ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc.
You might have to place the stone inside the crochet cover before you finish rnd 7.
I recommend weaving in the end from the beginning before you place the stone in. It’s much easier than doing it after you finish your stone.
Rnd 7: Sl st in next 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 8: Sl st in next 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in ch-sp, ch 1, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 1*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-1-sp)
Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Before you go!
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