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Tiny Square Motif

© Gillian Buchanan 2001

This is another design which was inspired by the Tatted Alphabet and Numerals series.

MATERIALS

• Shuttle and ball thread
  
• No. 20 Crochet Cotton

SIZE

3 cm

CENTRE

1. Wind the SH without cutting off from the ball thread.
   
2. R 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
   
3. R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
   
4. C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, RW.
   
5. R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
   
6. R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
   
7. C 4 DS, J to P of previous C, 4 DS, RW.

Repeat from No. 5 to No. 7 three times more, in the process joining the last P of the last R to the 1st P of the 1st R and joining the last C into the base of the 1st R.

Finish ends.

OUTER ROW

1. Wind the SH without cutting off the ball thread.
   
2. J to free P of any R, making sure you are facing away from a corner.
   
3. C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, J to free P of next R, do not RW.
   
4. C 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, J to free P of next R, do not RW.

Repeat 3 and 4 four times in total, J last C to base of 1st C and finish ends.