From Crochet at About.com: Chart for Bushy-tailed Squirrel for Filet Crochet or Cross-Stitch
To make a crocheted background to cross-stitch the design on, starting chain is 25 chains for single crochet or 24 chains for afghan stitch. Work this background for 19 rows.
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Working the Chart in Filet Crochet
For a 4 dc mesh, starting chain is 73, plus chain 3, (which will count as first dc of first row), plus chain 2 (which is the ch-2 of the first open mesh). Begin by working a double crochet in the 8th chain from the hook. Follow chart for placement of solid mesh and open mesh for each row. For a refresher on how to do open and solid mesh, see Basics link below. |
Chart is worked starting at the bottom right; work first row right to left. Second row is worked left to right. Continue alternating row directions in this same manner, following chart.
One Idea: Placement of Squares for Afghan
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Approximate finished sizes (for each square) in filet crochet
(once through the chart, worked in 4 dc mesh):
With size 5 thread: (58 yards) and a size US 4 steel hook, finished size is about 6.6 inches x 6 inches. With size 10 thread: (52 yards) and a size US 7 steel hook, finished size is about 5.5 inches x 4.8 inches. With size 20 thread: (49 yards) and a size US 9 steel hook, finished size is about 5.3 inches x 4.6 inches. With size 30 thread: (46 yards) and a size US 11 steel hook, finished size is about 5 inches x 4.4 inches. |
With fingering/baby weight yarn: (114 yards) and a size US F hook, finished size is about
16.8 inches x 13.7 inches.
With sport weight yarn: (132 yards) and a size US G hook, finished size is about
19.2 inches x 15.6 inches.
With worsted weight yarn: (150 yards) and a size US I hook, finished size is about
21.6 inches x 17.5 inches.
Gauge:
With size 5 thread: 5 squares = 1.4 inches, 5 rows = 1.6 inches
With size 10 thread: 5 squares = 1.2 inches, 5 rows = 1.3 inches
With size 20 thread: 5 squares = 1.1 inches, 5 rows = 1.2 inches
With size 30 thread: 5 squares = 1 inch, 5 rows = 1.1 inches
With fingering/baby weight yarn: 5 squares = 3.5 inch, 5 rows = 3.6 inches
With sport weight yarn: 5 squares = 4 inch, 5 rows = 4.1 inches
With worsted weight yarn: 5 squares = 4.5 inch, 5 rows = 4.6 inches
Basics in How to Do Filet Crochet, here: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm
I recharted this design, so you'd have better quality charts to work from --- Sandi Marshall. Chart was originally printed in The Antonie Ehrlich Crochet Book, No. 3, Filet Crochet, published in the year 1915. Info on Length of Copyright Protection Terms: www.loc.gov/copyright
The 1915 pattern book contained the chart with no instructions. I added all the instructions for working the chart in filet crochet.
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