perjantai 8. syyskuuta 2017

Kalevala CAL - Part 5 - Big Oak - in english and other languages


English pattern can be found also as written lower down on the same page.  

You can download below pattern as PDF 

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If you are looking for the page in finnish please see Kalevala CAL Iso tammi.


 “In the Kalevala, a great oak tree connects the earth, the heaven and the underworld. A big oak grows in the world as early as the world is still being edited and created. The oak covers the moon and the sun, and the world becomes dark. There is a search for a woodcutter, but nobody seems to succeed. Finally, from the sea becomes a small copper-colored dressed man who becomes a giant and hits the tree with three strokes of axe. The lights of heaven are finally released, and the world is ready. The magic powers of the tree are released for human joy. The treetop cutter gets the lifelong magic touch, the cutter of the branch gets happiness forever and the sprig cutter gets the eternal love.”



You can share pictures of the Big Oak square on social media with #kalevalacal_isotammi. Hashtags for Kalevala CAL are #kalevalacal and #kalevalacal2017.

General Kalevala CAL info and all the links to other parts of the blanket project will be found on 

You can find pictures of the squares made by other Kalevala CAL participants on Instagram:  #kalevalacal #kalevalacal2017 #kalevalacal_isotammi 



And the the pattern

You can load the pattern also as PDF. 

Big Oak - the world tree


Stitches and abbreviations: 

sh st            chain stitch
sl st             slip stitch
sc                single crochet
hdc              half double crochet
dc                double crochet (1 yarnover on hook)
tr                 triple crochet (2 yarnover on hook)
dtr               double treble crochet (3 yarnover on hook)
fpdc             front post double crochet
fptr              front post treble crochet
fptr 4tog      front post treble 4 sts together


** Repeat instructions between asterisks the amount of times specified. This is normally the repeat for a complete side and will consist of multiple instructions.

( ) Repeat instructions between parentheses the amount of times specified. This is a lower level repeat.

[…]  Between square bracket in purple and italic are instructions and hints which will guide you through the pattern.

Special stiches:

Front post


 Front post treble 4 stitches together


Tapestry crochet

·    Tapestry crochet means that other yarns runs inside stitches while crochet with one. The colour is always changed when you still have 2 loops on the hook, bring in the new colour on the last yarn over (to finish the last stitches in previous colour).
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In this pattern you can use three different colours, but you may also use only one colour of your choice.

Colors C1 -  Dark grey C2 – Olive green C3 – Orange 

You can find all the colours needed in every row for the different colour packs at Arteeni.fi


Rnd 1

Start by making a magic ring with colour C1 and into ring make ch 1, 12 sc. Join to the 1st sc with a sl st. Tighten the centre by pulling the short yarn end to form a ring so that the centre hole disappears. 

Stitch count: 12 sts



























Rnd 2

Continue with colour C1. Ch 3 [count as dc], dc from the front in st before [indicated with an arrow in photo below], *dc in next st, dc from the front in st before* repeat *-* 10 more times. Join to the 3rd ch with a sl st.

Stitch
count: 24 sts




 

Rnd 3

Continue with colour C1. Ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the same st, fpdc in the next st, *2 dcs in the next st, 1 fpdc* repeat *-* 10 more times. Join with colour C2 to the 3rd ch with a sl st. Do not fasten off yarn C1.

Stitch count: 36 sts
























Rnd 4

Continue with colour C2. Ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the same st, dc in the next st, with colour C1 fpdc, *with colour C2 2 dc in the next st, dc in the next st, with colour C1 fpdc* repeat *-* 10 more times. Join with colour C2 to the 3rd ch with a sl st.       

Stitch count: 48 sts

















Rnd 5

Continue with both yarns C1 and C2. With colour C2 ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the same st, fpdc in the next st, dc in the next st, with colour C1 fpdc in the next st, *with colour C2 2 dc in the next st, fpdc in the next st, dc in the next st, with colour C1 fpdc in the next st* repeat *-* 10 more times. Join with colour C3 to the 3rd ch with a sl st
  
Stitch count: 60 sts

























Rnd 6

Continue with colour C3. Ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the same st, dc in the next st, with colour C2 fpdc in the next st, with colour C3 dc in the next st [change colour C1 when you have finished the dc as in photo below], with C1 fptr4tog, *with colour C3 2 dc in the next st [do not skip the hidden st], dc in the next st, with colour C2 fpdc in the next st, with colour C3 dc in the next st, with colour C1 fptr4tog*, repeat *-* 10 more times. Join to the 3rd ch with a sl st.

Stitch count: 72 sts














































































Rnd 7

Continue with colour C2 and C3, do not fasten off yarn C1. With colour C3 ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the same st, fpdc in the next st, dc in the next st, [change to colour C2 when dc is finished], with colour C2 fptr4tog, with colour C3 dc in the next 2 sts, *2 dcs in the next st, fpdc in the next st, dc in the next st, with colour C2 fptr4tog, [change to colour C3], dc in the next 2 sts* repeat *-* 10 more times. Join with colour C1 to the 3rd ch with a sl st. Fasten off colour C2.


Stitch count: 84 sts







































Rnd 8


Continue with colour C1 and C3. With colour C1 ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the same st, dc in the next st [change colour C3 when dc is finished], with colour C3 fptr4tog, *with colour C1 dc in the next 4 sts, 2 dcs in the next st, dc in the next st, with colour C3 fptr4tog* repeat *-* 10 more times, with color C1 dc in the next 4 sts. Join to the 3rd ch with a sl st. Fasten off colour C3.


Stitch count: 96 sts

























Rnd 9

Continue with colour C1. *4 scs, 2 hdcs, 2 dcs in the next st, dc, 3 trs, 2 dtrs in the next st, ch 3, 2 dtrs in the next st, 3 trs, dc, 2 dcs in the next st, 2 hdcs, 4 scs* repeat *-* 3 more times. Join to the 1st sc with a sl st.

Stitch count: 112 sts and 3 ch -corners





















Rnd 10

Ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the next 13 sts, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) into the ch-sp, dc in the next 14 sts, *14 dc, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) into the ch-sp, 14 dc* repeat *-* 2 more times. Join to the 3rd ch with a sl st.

Stitch count: 136 sts























Rnd 11

Ch 3 [count as dc], dc in the next 16 sts, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) into the ch-sp, dc in the next 17 sts, *17 dcs, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) into the ch-sp, 17 dcs* repeat *-* 2 more times. Join to the 3rd ch with a sl st.

Stitch count: 160 sts and 3 ch- corners

























Finishing

Steam to block and let it dry.


Copyright:
I, Maija-Leena Siuvatti, have the rights to the entire pattern, pictures and instructions. You have no right to copy, modify, distribute or sell this entity or any part of it. You can share the blog link http://omaajalainattua.blogspot.fi/  if you want to share the pattern somewhere. You can sell your self-made product as long as you mention me as a designer. Thank you!