The Studio

I’m playing again with crochet.  I made a lap throw with cotton yarn and used a neat little stitch that I have heard called Offset and Block or Tipsy Clusters.  I like the look and it worked up quickly.  If I do it again though I would only use a solid color yarn with this stitch as it shows up better.  Here’s the best I can do with the pattern:  Make it any length you like using a multiple of 12 stitches plus 4. 

Chain to desired length.  (Mine is 34″ wide x 72″ long.)   

Row 1:  Turn.  Chain 3 (count as first dc).  Skip 1 ch on base chain, *5 dc, sk 3 chs, 5 dc in the next ch, sk 4 chs, ch 2; repeat from * across ending with 5 dcs.

Row 2:  Turn.  Ch 3 (count as first dc). *5 dcs in dcs, sk ch 2 , 5 dcs in the first dc of shell, sk 4 dcs of shell, ch 2;  repeat from * across ending with 4 dcs and dc in turning chain.

Repeat Row 2 until length you desire.  You can easily change colors in the rows if you wish to use more than one color as I did with a few solid rows and a few variegated ones.