Crochet in Rounds.
How to Read Crochet Charts in Rounds.

When a crochet in rounds pattern is pretty intricate, it is not easy to describe it in words. Crochet charts usually give you a better idea about the way stitches are organized in pattern.

Charts help you to visualize a pattern and understand its logic. When you don't have any experience working with crochet charts, they look pretty confusing from the first glance.

Meanwhile, all crochet pattern designers follow the same simple logic when they draw a crochet pattern chart. Otherwise they would never understand each other. How to read crochet charts and follow the pattern?

Here is an example of a crochet in rounds pattern. Yes, it doesn't not look like a round. But you would use the same idea of crocheting it whether you need to make a circle, square, rectangular or any other shape which can be made with crochet in rounds technique. Let's follow it step by step.

A large picture gives a general idea about pattern. Click to enlarge the picture in a new window if necessary.

A pattern starts from the chain ring made of 12 chains and joined into a circle with a slip stitch

1.There are 14 rows (see the red numbers) in this pattern.

2. Three kinds of stitches are used to form the pattern: chain stitch, single crochet, treble crochet. (See Crochet patterns page for crochet symbols.) Besides that the 14th row has picot stitches to form a neat edge.

3. A yellow frame is used to show the three first rows of the crochet in rounds pattern. Follow description to crochet each of them.

Row 1. (inside the yellow frame).
Crochet 3 chains for height (count that as the first treble crochet), 6 treble crochets, 2 chains.

(Crochet 7 treble crochets, 2 chains) - repeat three times.

1 slip stitch to join.

Row 2. (inside the yellow frame).

Crochet 3 chains for height (count that as the last treble crochet in a group), (5 chains, 3 treble crochets, 3 chains, 3 treble crochets ) - repeat 3 times.

5 chains, 3 treble crochets, 3 chains, 2 treble crochets

1 slip stitch to join.

Row 3. (inside the yellow frame).

Crochet 3 chains for height (count that as the last treble crochet in a group),

(3 chains, 1 single crochet, 3 chains, 6 treble crochets, 3 chains,6 treble crochets) - repeat 3 times.

3 chains, 1 single crochet, 3 chains, 6 treble crochets, 3 chains, 5 treble crochets,
1 slip stitch to join.

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