Alka and Arts: February 2022

Monday, February 21, 2022

Beautiful Crochet Doily Using Solomon Knot

Hello friends,

Hope you are fine and busy in some crocheting work.

My next project is making a doily with Solomon knot stitch.

I used here so many colours for Holi special but in one colour also it will look amazing.

I used 4 ply yarn and 3.5 mm hook. The diameter of the doily comes out to be 18" and it's weight is 65 gm. If you want to make bigger in size then after round 11, you can have again two rounds of Solomon knot and then similar rounds as R4, R5 or R8 and R9 and then make border.

Pattern: Ring of ch4.

R1: dc 16 in ring, cl.

R2: (2dctog, ch3) rep, cl.

R3: dc 3 in each ch3-sp, cl.

Join yellow in the middle st out of 3 dcs. st,

R4: (Solomon knot (SK) 2 join by sc 1 in the middle dc of next 3dcs) rep till end, cl.

R5: Make SK 1 extra , join by sc 1 to reach the top of first pair of SK, then (2SK, join by sc at the top of next pair of SK) rep, cl. BO.

Join green yarn at the top of any pair of SK.

R6: (3dctog at the top of pair of SK, ch7) rep till end, cl.

R7: dc9 in each ch7-sp, cl (144 sts).

Join red yarn at the middle st out of 9dc-sts.

R8: (SK 2, join by sc at the joint of 9-9 dcs, SK 2, join by sc at 5^th dc-st) rep till end,

R9: Extra SK sc at the top, this round same as R5.

Join green yarn at any top joint of 2SK.

R10: (3dctog at the top of joint of 2SK, ch5) rep till end, cl (32 ch5-sp).

R11: dc7 in each ch5-sp, cl (224sts). BO.

Join yellow yarn at the first dc-st (out of 7dcs).

R12: (ch5, skip 5 sts, sc 1 in each of the next 9 sts) rep till end, cl (32 ch5 sps).

R13: (dc10 in ch5-sp, skip 2 sc-sts, sc 1 in 5 sts, skip last 2 sc-sts) rep till end, cl.

R14: [ch1, (bpdc 1 in dc, ch1) 3 times, (bptr1, ch1) 4 times, (bpdc 1,ch1) 3 times), skip 2 sts, sc1, skip 2 sts] rep till end, cl. BO.

Join red yarn at ch1-sp between first and second bpdc.

R15:[ (hdc 1 in ch1 sp, ch2) 9 times, ch2] rep till end, cl.

R16: [ (sc2 in ch1-sp, ch3-picot join by sc in last sc) 3 times, sc 2 in ch1-sp, ch5-picot (at centre), sc2 in ch1-sp, ch3-picot join by sc in last sc) 3 times, sc 2 in last gap, sc 1 in middle ch2-sp, sc 2 in first gap] rep till end, cl.

The beautiful doily is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Thursday, February 10, 2022

How to Make Solomon Knot Triangle? Summer Triangular Shawl by Solomon Knot

Hi,

February arrived and summer is knocking the door. Actually in Vidarbh region (where I live) and it is impossible to wear any shawl. So I want to make shawl, just as a fashion to wear in summer, very lacy and open to air. Hence I choose Solomon knot design for this. Totally lacy and airy.

In the first part I have shown, How to make Solomon knot triangle.

I used 4 ply yarn Ganga Winter King yarn and 3.5 mm hook.

SK means Solomon Knot: How to make Solomon knot (Lover's knot) can be seen in,

https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?q=how+to+make+solomon+knot

R1: Make SK 4 join with the beginning sc,

R2: (make SK 3, join with sc to form square) 2 times, (refer the diagram).

Make 1 extra SK to get the stitch up

Use following diagram to make SK and join at proper place.

R3: Make 3 SK join to for corner square, (make SK2, join to form a square), SK3 join to form the corner square.

Make 1 extra SK to get the stitch up (see the diagram).

R4: Make 3 SK join to for corner square, (make SK2, join to form a square) 2 times, SK3 join to form the corner square

Make 1 extra SK to get the stitch up

R5: Make 3 SK join to for corner square, (make SK2, join to form a square) 3 times, SK3 join to form the corner square

Make 1 extra SK to get the stitch up

R6: Make 3 SK join to for corner square, (make SK2, join to form a square) 4 times, SK3 join to form the corner square

In this way one middle square increases in each row and the size of the triangle increases.

Make as long as you wish.

The diamensions of this is length 67"and height 30". Weight 150 gm.

BORDER: For border join contrast colour yarn at the end of long side.

Petal: [4dctog, (first dc as sc1, ch2), ch4,

remove hook, insert in second ch of first dc by sl st, a ring formed.

Make petal in this loop (ch4, 2 incomplete dc, YO pass through all, ch1 to fix it, ch3, sl st in the ring).

Make 5 such petals means total 6 petals.

After the sl st of the last petal make SK 2,

skip one joint and join by sc in the next joint]

repeat this till end, BO.

Then make 6" tassels and attach them as per your choice.

The following videos with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

How to Make Solomon Knot: Solomon Knot Rectangle: for Shawl, Curtain, Tote Bag, Stole etc

Hello friends,

Solomon Knot (in Marathi which is called Rudragath रुद्र गाठ ) is very old technique in crochet. It is lacy, airy pattern. It is used to make Summer Shawls, Stole, even Tote Bag for fruits, Lamp Shades, Curtain and what not. Many decorative pieces can be made with this stitch. It is the best example of creating a beautiful pattern using just basic stitches as single crocget and chain. It is also known as Lover's Knot, abbrivated as SK or LK.

How to make Solomon Knot?

Crochet designer Carolyn Calderon describes it very nices as, "LK is made of two sttitches, a long chain and a single crochet worked into the back bar of the chain".

R1: First make ch2,

sc 1 in first ch,

[ Make the loop of chain long in height,

YO the working yarn on left hand,

Get the stitch out of the long loop, Now there is a long loop with one strand on left side and two loops on right side,

Make a single crochet in this loop. For this insert hook in the loop, YO and get one st out. Now there are 2 sts on hook.

YO, pass through both sts ]

One Solomon knot made.

Repeat from [ to ] as many time as you want the knots. We made 11 SK.

R2: Place marker in last sc st. Make 3 more SK. Skip 4 sc-sts (joints) (considering the first as one which is just made) and join at fifth sc-st by sc.