Tunisian Entrelac Stitch Count

I am writing this post to keep some information stored for myself and for others who may need it too.

I happened across a video tutorial made by Bethintx1 (her you tube channel).

The video was a crochet along making an afghan with the tunisian entrelac method.

The out come of her afghan was just lovely.

But I wanted to down size my project and just followed along for 3 rounds and a, half squares round for my face cloth.

The next face cloth I did I made some improvements on and I did a sc border, simple but it looked nicer, so I went back to my first one and did the same thing.

I really wanted to know the break down of the stitch count, so I could make other shapes and items with this pattern.

I asked the professional, Beth!

I had this st count. 

‎( 2 diamonds = 21 chain, 3 diamonds = 31chain, 7 diamonds = 71 chain...) think I found it, cheers Cat :)

This is the st count and explanation she gave me.

 10 for the square and one for the joining chain between the squares. so if you start with 7 squares, it would be 70, plus 6; because there are six joinings between the 7 squares.

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(2 diamonds= 21 chains, 3 diamonds 32 chains, 4 diamonds = 43 chains, etc. )

I am officially excited to have the formula.

Below is the beginning of the video tutorial I crocheted along with, thank you Beth.

Crochet Preemie Baby Hats

I am currently making baby hats for preemie baby's,some are small enough for the precious ones we loose. I will be donating these and more to my local country hospital.

I got the sizing from Bev,s blog link here.

 I made mine with AU 5 ply and a 3.5m hook.

I began the first round with 12 dc.

Ch 4, work 11 dc into 4th ch from hook, sl st to join round

Second round was increased to 24 dc.

ch 3, work 1 dc in same space, work 2 dc in each dc around, sl st to join round

Third round was increased to 36 dc.

Ch 3, work 2 dc in next dc, *work 1 dc in next dc, work 2 dc in next dc* repeat from *to* to end, sl st to join round

The hat measure's approx 22 cm around.

I made 5 more rounds in dc (work 1 dc in each dc to end of round, sl st to join round, repeat 4 more times (5 times in total)

Then I did 2 rounds of hdc for the rim of the hat.
Work 1 hdc in each st around for 2 more rows, finish off, weave in ends.
My hat length is approx 7.5 cm long.

These little hats can be difficult to measure with a tape, you can take some yarn to place around your hat circle and place it against the tape to get your measurements.

All hats have a small pattern piece in them to make them more appealing.

Crochet T Strap Booties

You can find the free pattern for these little beauties here. Free membership available for the free pattern.

They look great on my baby grand daughters little feet.

I just had to share this lovely picture of my 2 grand daughters, Bella and Cindy