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I am excited to share with you the latest guest pattern, the Asti Doily designed by Tayu Purnamasari. You can check out her designs in Ravelry, and make sure to follow her on Instagram!
** All the pictures in this blog post are provided by Tayu Purnamasari
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Meet the designer
Hi, my name is Tayu and I come from Indonesia. Designing is really new thing for me. But with a help of a friend finally I encourage my self to start design. And here is one of my tiny mandala. Hope you all enjoy it. Happy crocheting.
Inspiration for the pattern
I had no special inspiration while designing Asti. I just want to make the tiny cute mandala that could also be used as a coaster or a mini doily. In Sanskrit, Asti means ‘gem’ and in Indonesian it means ‘small, beautiful’.
About the pattern and the yarn
I used Crochet Rockstar Balinese Cotton 8 ply, a local balinese cotton yarn in Indonesia.
Pattern
This pattern is available for free on the KnitterKnotter blog. I would love to see your projects on Instagram! Tag your posts with:
@knitterknotter #knitterknotter @tayupurnamasari
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You can see some very pretty tester versions there too
What you will need (with clickable affiliate links)
Experience level
Beginner
Sizing
The pictured doily measure 18 cms in diameter.
Abbreviations
st / sts : stitch / stitches
ch : chain
sc : single crochet
hdc : half double crochet
dc : double crochet
tr : treble crochet
sp /sps : space / spaces
sk : skip
tog : together
fp : front post
bp : back post
pm : put marker
*..* : repeat the instruction between the asterisks as many times as directed
(..x) : repeat of stitches made in the same chain-space or stitch
(…) : long repeats of group of stitches over multiple stitches
{…} : total of stitches in a row or side
Special Stitches
dc2tog (2 double crochet together): yarn over, insert the hook in the indicated st, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through -2 loops on the hook- , yarn over, insert the hook in the next indicated st, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on the hook, yarn over, pull through all 3 loops on the hook. ~ s-picot-hdc: ch3, hdc in the top loop, sideways, of the dc just made.
bphdc (back post half double crochet): yarn over, insert your hook around the indicated post of the stitch from back to front and to back again. Finish as a normal hdc.
popcorn: Make 5 dc into the indicated st / sp, take your hook out of the 5 th st, insert hook into the first dc from front to back pick up the loop of the 5th st and pull through, ch 1 to secure -does not count as a stitch-. ~ fpdc (front post double crochet): yarn over, insert your hook around the indicated post of the stitch from front to back and to front again. Finish as a normal dc.
picot: ch3, slst in the first ch.
Gauge
After 3 rounds, the doily measures 3 cms from the center.
Pattern Notes
1. Each round starts with a standing st
2. Each round ends with an invisible join
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Instructions
Step 1:
(A). 12 dc in a magic ring.
{Total: 12 dc}
Step 2:
(B). Start in any dc.
*make (dc, ch1) in each dc*(12x).
{Total: 12 dc, 12 ch1-sp / 24 sts}
Step 3:
(C). Work only in the ch1-sp, sk all other sts. Start in any ch1-sp.
*(2 dc, ch2) in each ch1-sp*(12x).
{Total: 24 dc, 12 ch2-sp / 48 sts}
Step 4:
(A). Start in any ch2-sp.
*2 sc in the ch2-sp -pm in the 1st sc-, sc in the next 2 sts*(12x).
{Total: 48 sc}
Step 5:
(C). Start in the marked sc.
*dc2tog -the first leg is in the (marked) sc, the second leg is in the next sc-, ch2*(24x).
{Total: 24 dc2tog, 24 ch2-sp / 72 sts}
Step 6:
(B). Work only in the ch2-sp, sk all other sts.
Start in any ch2-sp.
*(dc, s-picot-hdc, dc) in the ch2-sp, ch1*(24x).
{Total: 48 dc, 24 s-picot-hdc, 24 ch1-sp / 96 sts}
Step 7:
(A). Work only in the ch3-sp -made from s-picot-hdc that has been made
at the previous round-, sk all other sts.
Start in any ch3-sp.
*(3 dc, ch1, 3 dc) in ch3-sp, (sc, ch3, sc) in the next ch3-sp*(12x).
{Total: 24 sc, 72 dc, 12 ch1-sp, 12 ch3-sp / 144 sts}
Step 8:
(C). Start in any ch3-sp.
*7 dc in ch3-sp -pm in the 1st dc-, (sc, ch2, sc) in the next ch1-sp*(12x).
{Total: 24 sc, 84 dc, 12 ch2-sp / 132 sts}
Step 9:
Start in the marked dc.
*bphdc around the next 7 dc, ch1, popcorn in the next ch2-sp,
ch1*(12x).
{Total: 12 popcorn, 84 bphdc, 24 ch1-sp / 120 sts}
Step 10:
Start at any popcorn.
*fpdc around the popcorn, ch3, sc in the next bphdc -the 1st bphdc-, ch3, sk 2 bphdc, sc in the next bphdc -the middle bphdc-, ch3, sk 2 bphdc, sc in the next bphdc -the last bphdc-, ch3*(12x).
{Total: 36 sc, 12 fpdc, 48 ch3-sp / 192 sts}
Step 11:
Work only in the fpdc and the ch3-sp, sk all scs.
Start in any fpdc.
*(sc, pic, sc) in the fpdc, (3 sc in the next ch3-sp)4x*(12x).
{Total: 12 picot, 168 sc / 180 sts}
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