One more stone pattern on the blog! This one I made for the first time in 2022. I made a small one for my nephew Úlfur – more on that just below in the post. His stone was pretty small but after I made his stone I made another one that was bigger. Last summer I re-did this one and made it in three different sizes AND I actually drafted the pattern as I did them. Now I finally finished the pattern and publish it!
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 251 Garden Rose, color 253 Tropic & color 385 Crystalline.
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 largest stone. With additional information on how to make it smaller. The largest stone in the photos is 10,5cm x 9,5cm, the smaller stone is 9,5cm x 8,5cm and the smallest stone is 7,5cm x 6,5cm. 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.
Special stitches:
Puff stitch: Yarn over, insert the hook in the stitch, yarn over, draw the yarn through the stitch and draw the loop up to about 1 cm height, *yarn over, insert the hook into the same stitch, yarn over, drag the yarn through the stitch and up to the same height as the previous loop*, repeat from * to * once more, then you have 7 loops on the hook, yarn over and draw through 6 loops, then you have 2 loops on the hook, yarn over and draw through last 2 loops.
Beg-puff stitch: Draw the loop on the hook up to about 1 cm height, * yarn over (1st photo), insert the hook into the same stitch as the slip stitch was made in, yarn over, draw the yarn through the stitch and up to the same height as previous loop (2nd photo)* repeat from * to * twice more, then you have 7 loops on the hook (3rd photo), yarn over and draw through all 7 loops, close the beg-puff with ch 1 (4th photo).
Crochet abbreviations US:
st – stitch
ch – chain
ch-sp – chain space
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet
beg-puff – beginning puff stitch
puff – puff stitch
dc3tog – double crochet 3 together
The pattern:
The pattern is written for the largest stone. With additional information on how to make it smaller.
Make a magic loop.
Rnd 1: Ch 1 (does not count), 9 sc in magic loop, join with sl st in 1st sc. (9 sc)
Rnd 2: Make beg-puff in first st (same as sl st from prev rnd), ch 2, *puff in next st, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 7 more times, join with sl st in beg-puff. (9 puffs + 9 ch-2-sp)
Rnd 3: Sl st in first st (to start in middle of ch-2-sp), ch 1 (does not count), 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 7 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (9 sc + 9 ch-3-sp)
Rnd 4: Make beg-puff in first sc, ch 2, puff in next ch-sp, ch 2, *puff in next sc, ch 2, puff in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 7 more times, join with sl st in beg-puff. (18 puffs + 18 ch-2-sp)
Rnd 5: Sl st in first st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc + 18 ch-3-sp)
Rnd 6: Make beg-puff in first sc, ch 2, puff in next ch-sp, ch 2, *puff in next sc, ch 2, puff in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in beg-puff. (36 puffs + 36 ch-2-sp)
Rnd 7: Sl st in first st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 5 (counts as 1st tr + ch 2), *1 tr in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 34 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-5. (36 tr + 36 ch-2-sp)
Rnd 8: Sl st in ch-sp, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 2 dc in same ch-sp, *3 dc in next ch-sp*, repeat from * to * 34 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3. (108 dc)
If the piece is too wavy here with this amount of dc’s you can decrease stitches in the next 3 rnds by making dc2tog until you feel it fits better. The final amount of dc’s must be dividable by 4 so that rnd 12 adds up, just with fewer repetitions.
Rnd 9-11: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in every st till end of rnd, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3. (108 dc)
Rnd 12: Ch 2, dc2tog in next 2 st (counts as 1st dc3tog), ch 3, *skip 1 st, dc3tog in next 3 st, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 25 more times, join with sl st in 1st dc3tog. (27 dc3tog + 27 ch-3-sp)
You might have to place the stone inside the crochet cover before you finish rnd 13.
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 13: Sl st in first 2 st (to start in middle of ch-3-sp), ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch-3*, repeat from * to * 25 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (27 sc + 27 ch-3-sp)
Rnd 14: Sl st in first 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 1, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 1*, repeat from * to * 25 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (27 sc + 27 ch-1-sp)
Rnd 15: Sl st in first ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in same ch-sp, 1 sc in each ch-sp till end of rnd, join with sl st in 1st sc. (27 sc)
Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Make it smaller:
Make rounds 1-5 of pattern and then continue from here.
Rnd 6: Sl st in first st (to start in middle of ch-3-sp), beg-puff in first ch-sp, ch 4, *puff in next ch-sp, ch 4*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in beg-puff. (18 puffs + 18 ch-4-sp)
Rnd 7: Sl st in first 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 7 (counts as 1st tr + ch 4), *1 tr in next ch-sp, ch 4*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-7. (18 tr + 18 ch-4-sp)
Rnd 8: Sl st in first 2 ch, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 3 dc in first ch-sp, *4 dc in next ch-sp*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3. (72 sc)
Rnd 9: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in every st till end of rnd, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3. (72 dc)
Rnd 10: Ch 2, dc2tog in next 2 st (counts as 1st dc3tog), ch 3, *skip 1 st, dc3tog in next 3 st, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 1st dc3tog. (18 dc3tog + 18 ch-3-sp)
You might have to place the stone inside the crochet cover before you finish rnd 11.
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 11: Sl st in first 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch-3*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc + 18 ch-3-sp)
Rnd 12: Sl st in first 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 1, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch-1*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc + 18 ch-1-sp)
Rnd 13: Sl st in first ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in same ch-sp, 1 sc in each ch-sp till end of rnd, join with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc)
Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Make it even smaller:
Make rounds 1-5 of pattern and then continue from here.
Rnd 6: Sl st in first st (to start in middle of ch-3-sp), beg-puff in first ch-sp, ch 4, *puff in next ch-sp, ch 4*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in beg-puff. (18 puffs + 18 ch-4-sp)
Rnd 7: Sl st in first 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 4 (counts as 1st tr + ch 1), *1 tr in next ch-sp, ch 1*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-4. (18 tr + 18 ch-1-sp)
Rnd 8: Sl st in first st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 3, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 3*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join rnd with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc + 18 ch-3-sp)
You might have to place the stone inside the crochet cover before you finish rnd 9.
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 9: Sl st in first first 2 st, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 1, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 1*, repeat from * to * 16 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc + 18 ch-1-sp)
Rnd 10: Sl st in first ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, 1 sc in each ch-sp till end of rnd, join with sl st in 1st sc. (18 sc)
Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Before you go!
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