Free Indie Feathers Crochet Pattern With Written and Video Instructions.
This is an easy pattern to create a textured feather with a strongly delineated quill and flights. It’s a lovely project which can be highly customized with colours and then used as you please in other projects.
-MATERIALS -
· DK yarn in colours of choice
· 3.5mm crochet hook
· Embroidery needle and scissors
· Stitch markers
-ABBREVIATIONS-
· Magic Loop (I chain two and crochet into first loop to create ring)
· CH – Chain
· ST – Stitch
· SL ST – Slip stitch
· SK ST – Skip stitch
· SC – Single crochet
· HDC – Half double crochet
· DC – Double crochet
· HTR – Half treble crochet
· TR – Treble crochet.
· SC2TOG – Single crochet two together
· SC3TOG – Single crochet three together
· HDC2TOG – Half double crochet two together
· DC2TOG – Double crochet two together
· DC3TOG – Double crochet three together
· SP ST – Spike stitch
· JOIN and FO – SL ST into next ST, chain one, cut yarn
· FO- Fasten off
· FLO – Front loops only
· BLO – Back loops only
· T – Turn
· FPHDC – Front post half double crochet
· BPHDC – Back post half double crochet
· FPTRC – Front post treble crochet
· FPDTRC – Front post double treble crochet
-PATTERN NOTES-
· Pattern written using American terminology.
· CH3 counts as DC.
· Video Tutorial can be found at the end of written pattern.
Feather– make with chosen colour.
1. CH14, SC into the 2nd CH from hook and the next 5 chains, CH10, 2DC into the 4th CH from hook, DC3, DC3TOG, TRC into top of first 6 stitches (the stem), working into remaining unworked chains, DC3TOG, DC3, 3DC into the last ST, CH3, T
All rows from here on are made in the BLO – Back loops only of every ST.
2. 2DC into the 1st ST, DC3, DC3TOG, FPTRC into treble from previous row, DC3TOG, DC3, 3DC into the last ST, CH3, T
3-10. 2DC into the 1st ST, DC3, DC3TOG, FPTRC into treble from 2 rows below, DC3TOG, DC3, 3DC into the last ST, CH3, T
11. DC into the 1st ST, DC3, DC3TOG, FPTRC into treble from 2 rows below, DC3TOG, DC3, 2DC into the last ST, CH3, T
12. DC into the 1st ST, DC2, DC3TOG, FPTRC into treble from 2 rows below, DC3TOG, DC2, 2DC into the last ST, CH3, T
13. DC into the 1st ST, DC1, DC3TOG, FPTRC into treble from 2 rows below, DC3TOG, DC1, 2DC into the last ST, CH3, T
14. DC into the 1st ST, DC3TOG, FPTRC into treble from 2 rows below, DC3TOG, 2DC into the last ST, CH3, T
15. SK 1st ST, DC2TOG, FPTRC into treble from 2 rows below, DC2TOG, DC into the last ST, CH3, T
16. DC2TOG stop decreasing when there are 3 loops on the hook, FPDTRC into treble from 2 rows below stop decreasing when there are 4 loops on the hook, DC3TOG stop decreasing when there are 7 loops on the hook, Yarn over and pull through all 7 loops.
Join and FO.
-VIDEO TUTORIAL-