Second stone of the Edinburgh four that I made back in 2018. I made four different stones to leave in random places around the city. I actually forgot to take the stones with me when I left our Airbnb apartment so I left the last two stones at the apartment. I hope they didn’t mind this, hopefully they just liked the stones. Who knows maybe they still have them.
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 246 Icy Pink, 101 Candle Light & color 509 Baby Blue.
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 12cm x 10,5cm, the smaller stone is 10cm x 8cm and the smallest stone is 9cm x 7,5cm. 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
tr2tog – treble crochet 2 together
[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 largest stone. With additional information on how to make it smaller.
Make a magic loop.
Rnd 1: Ch 2 (do not count), 20 dc in loop, join with sl st in 1st dc. (20 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 3, 1 tr in next st (counts as 1st tr2tog), *ch 6, tr2tog in next 2 st*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with ch 2, 1 tr in top of 1st tr. (This is done to start next rnd in the middle of the ch-sp). (10 tr2tog + 10 ch-6-sp)
Rnd 3: Ch 1 (does not count), [1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc] in first ch-sp, *ch 8, [1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc] in next ch-sp*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with ch 3, 1 tr in top of 1st sc.
(I use my fingers to drag the sc’s that go into the ch-sp closer together so that they are in the middle of the ch-sp and form a picot together with the ch-3)
Rnd 4: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 2 dc in first ch-sp, ch 8, *5 dc in next ch-8-sp, ch 8*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, 2 dc in last/first ch-sp, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, 1 sc in first st (same as sl st), [5 dc, ch 5, 5 dc] in first ch-sp, skip 2 dc, 1 sc in next dc (3rd dc of 5), *[5 dc, ch 5, 5 dc] in next ch-sp, skip 2 dc, 1 sc in next dc*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc.
Rnd 6: Sl st in back loop of next 5 dc and sl st in first 3 ch of ch-sp (this is done to start the rnd in the middle of the ch-sp), ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 2 dc in first ch-sp, ch 10, *3 dc in next ch-sp, ch 10*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3.
Rnd 7: Sl st in back loop of next 2 dc and sl st in first 5 ch of ch-sp, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 2 dc in first ch-sp, ch 10, *3 dc in next ch-sp, ch 10*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3.
Rnd 8: Sl st in back loop of next 2 dc and sl st in first 5 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 8, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 8*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-8-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 4 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 4, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 4*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-4-sp)
Rnd 10: Sl st in first 2 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 2, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-2-sp)
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 back loop of next 5 dc and sl st in first 3 ch of ch-sp (this is done to start the rnd in the middle of the ch-sp), ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 2 dc in first ch-sp, ch 8, *3 dc in next ch-sp, ch 8*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg-3.
Rnd 7: Sl st in back loop of next 2 dc and sl st in first 4 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 8, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 8*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-8-sp)
You might have to place the stone inside the crochet cover before you finish rnd 8.
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 8: Sl st in first 4 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 4, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 4*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-4-sp)
Rnd 9: Sl st in first 2 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first ch-sp, ch 2, *1 sc in next ch-sp, ch 2*, repeat from * to * 8 more times, join with sl st in 1st sc. (10 sc + 10 ch-2-sp) Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Make it even smaller:
Make rounds 1-6 of pattern and then continue from here.
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 back loop of next 2 dc and sl st in first 5 ch of ch-sp, ch 1, 1 sc in first 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. (10 sc + 10 ch-2-sp)
Rnd 9: Sl st in first 2 ch of 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. (10 sc)
Cut the thread and weave in the end.
Before you go!
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