The Crochet Oak Round is the seventh round designed for my Treesacret afghan project and showcases herringbone half double crochet.

Design Inspiration

The Celtic zodiac has multiple iterations, including trees and animals. The ancient druids believed that a person’s birth correlated with a specific tree related to lunar cycles and that correlation contributed to one’s personality traits. My Treesacret afghan project incorporates each of these thirteen trees into one stitch sampler blanket. For the oak tree, I chose a simple stitch to create a bark-like design. Oak (June 10 – July 7) is considered the Equalizer and embodies generosity, courage, and loyalty.

PATTERN

Description

A crochet oak-inspired round pattern and the seventh design for my Celtic tree zodiac afghan.

Materials

Yarn: Lion Brand Hue + Me (weight 5 – bulky)
Shadow (4.4 oz/125 g, 137 yd/125 m) – 1 skein

Hook: L/11 – 8.00mm

Stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Sizing 

Finished Dimensions: 30.75” length x 30.75” width

Abbreviations (US)

st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sk – skip
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
tc – treble crochet
blo – back loop only

Special Stitches

Herringbone hdc: yarn over, insert the hook, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on the hook), pull the first loop through the second loop, yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook

Notes

Brackets [ ] indicate directions worked in the same st. For example, sc 5 means sc 1 in five sts; [sc 5] means sc 5 in the same st.

Beginning ch 2 counts as a double crochet; beginning ch 3 counts as a treble crochet

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Crochet Oak Round (Treesacret Afghan) – Instructions

Oak Round

Join with the last sl st of the Hawthorn Round

Round 25: ch 2, turn, [hdc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, *hdc blo 61, [hdc 2, dc, hdc 2] in the corner tc of the previous round, repeat from * until the final corner, [hdc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, sl st in the top of the starting ch (260 hdc, 4 dc)

Round 26: ch 2, turn, [hdc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, *hdc 65, [hdc 2, dc, hdc 2] in the corner tc of the previous round, repeat from * until the the final corner, [hdc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, sl st in the top of the starting ch (276 hdc, 4 dc)

Round 27: ch 2, turn, [hdc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, *hdc 69, [hdc 2, dc, hdc 2] in the corner tc of the previous round, repeat from * until the final corner, [hdc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, sl st in the top of the starting ch (292 dc, 4 tc)

Mark the sl st to add the next round later

Block

If you enjoyed this pattern, check out these other projects: Treesacret Afghan, Baby Countdown Series