The Springtime Blossom Square

Designed by
Jill Lindfield @gumleaf_crochet and Yralmy Pereira @mindfully_crafty

The story behind the square

This square is part of a really fun and special game called #whatwhereyouthinkinggame. First, Tess
@crochetedbyTess (@sistersinstitch) and Jill played the game and created the beautiful Patch of Poises square and
after that Jill thought that it was so much fun that she couldn't wait to ask me to play along with her.
I felt very honoured and of course I was absolutely delighted to say yes and start designing my first pattern ever
with her, so we quickly got to it. I created the first round and Jill continued with the second and so on. We took
our time as life & other crochet commitments had to be done but we came back to our shared project whenever
possible and we were so eager to see what ideas the other one had come up with.
"It really became something special when Yralmy created round 5, our pattern really had a direction at that stage.
A second round of pretty petals flowed easily off our hooks, then to square it up and create the most gorgeous
flower we have made together" - Jill said.
We called it the Springtime Blossom because we completed the square right in time for Spring in Australia and
the blossom had bloomed from the combination of our two minds.
It was a really fun and awesome game to play with Jill, we can't believe how beautiful this square is.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do and we would love to see yours too, so please let us know when you
make it by sharing it on Instagram using #springtimeblossomsquare, #whatwhereyouthinkinggame and
#whatwhereyouthinkingsquare. Enjoy it.

Jill & Yra

Abbreviations and stitches (US Terms):
Abbreviation Stitch
BPhdc Back post half double crochet. Yarn over, insert hook from back to front to back around
post of indicated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and pull through 3 loops
BPsc Back post single crochet. Insert hook from back to front to back around post of indicated
stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops.
Ch Chain
Dc Double crochet. Yarn over and insert hook in specified stitch or space. Pull up a loop -
three loops on hook. (Yarn over hook and draw through two loops on hook) twice.
Dcblo Double crochet made in the back loop only
2DcCL 2 Double crochet cluster. Yarn over, insert hook into specified stitch and pull up a loop
(three loops on hook). Yarn over, pull through two loops (two loops on hook). Yarn over,
insert hook in same stitch, pull up a loop (four loops on hook). Yarn over, pull through two
loops (three loops on hook). Yarn over, pull through remaining three loops.
Hdc Half double crochet. Yarn over and insert hook in specified stitch or space. Pull up a loop
(three loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through all loops on hook.
FPsc Front Post Single Crochet. Insert hook from front to back to front around post of specified
stitch and pull up a loop (two loops on hook). Yarn over hook and pull through both loops
on hook.
FPdc Front Post Double Crochet. Yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front around post of
specified stitch and pull up a loop - three loops on hook. (Yarn over and pull through two
loops on hook) twice.
Picot3 Chain 3, slst through the front legs of base stitch.
Puff Puff stitch. Yarn over, insert hook in stitch or space indicated, (yarn over and draw up a
loop) x 3 - 7 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through 6 loops, yarn over and pull through
last 2 loops
Rnd Round
Rep Repeat
Sc Single crochet. Insert hook into stitch or space indicated, yarn over and draw up a loop,
yarn over and pull through both loops
Sk Skip
Slst Slip Stitch
Sp/s Space/spaces
St/s Stitch/Stitches
Tr Treble Crochet. Yarn over twice, insert hook in stitch or space indicated, yarn over and
draw up a loop (4 loops on hook), [yarn over and pull through 2 loops] twice, yarn over and
pull through 3 loops.
() Repeat instructions between parenthesis the number of times specified, normally used for
repeats in a specific stitch.
[] Repeat instructions between brackets the number of times specified, normally used for the
round repeats
{} Total number of stitches
Pattern:

Round 1: In magic ring make [ch3, 2dc, ch3, slst] x 6. {12 ch 3, 12 dc, 6 slst}

Round 2: [BPsc around dc x 2, skip 3ch sps, ch2] x 6. {12 BPsc, 6 ch 2}

Round 3: Starting in first of 2 BPsc [2dc in BPsc, ch2, 2dc in BPsc, 1FPdc around both ch3 from rnd 1] x 6.
{24dc, 6 ch 2, 6 FPdc}
Round 4: Start in any ch2 sp from rnd 3, [1sc, ch2, 1sc, working behind previous round make 4 tr in the
2ch loop from round 2] x 6. Fold rnd 3 towards you to make it easier. {12 sc, 6 ch 2, 24 tr}

Round 5: Start in the sp between a sc & tr from rnd 4 [(sc, ch1, dc, ch1, sc), rep between each tr, 1sc in
ch2 sp from rnd 3 (in front and between the 2 sc from rnd4)] x 6. {54 sc, 48 ch1, 24 dc}

Round 6: Work in ch2 loop from rnd 4, [(2dcCL, ch1) x 4, ch1] x 6. {24 dcCL, 30 ch1)
Round 7: Start in first ch1 sp between 2dcCL from rnd 6, [2puff, (1puff, ch1, 1puff) in next ch1 sp, 2puff st
in next ch1 sp, 1ch, sc, 1ch in ch2 sp] x 6. {36 puffs, 18 ch1, 6 sc}.

Round 8: Start in the first sp between 2 puffs of any petal, [*(sc, ch1, dc, sc)* repeat * to * in next sp,
then in ch1 sp between puffs (sc, ch1, dc – add a stitch marker here, sc, ch1, dc) repeat * to * in the
next 2 sps. FPsc around next sc, picot3 (finish picot with a slst through the 2 front legs of the FPsc)] x 6.
{60 sc, 6 ch 1, 36 dc, 6 FPsc, 6 ch3 picot}.

Round 9: Pull rnd 8 forward, [ sc in any sc from rnd 7 (behind FPsc of rnd 8), ch5, sc in the back of the
first dc in the middle set of stitches from rnd 8 (where you have the stitch marker), ch5 ] x 6. {12 sc, 12
ch5 loops}.
Round 10: make 6hdc in each 5ch sp, skipping all sc’s. {72 hdc}. See photo of the back side below.

Round 11: Squaring off. Start in any 4th hdc of a set from rnd 10 [ (2dc, ch2, 2dc), dc in next 2 sts, hdc
in next 2 sts, sc x 9, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts] x 4. {9sc, 4 hdc, 8dc, 1 ch2 sp per side}

Round 12: Starting in any corner [ (2dc, ch2, 2dc), ch1, skip next st, (1dc, 1hdc around the dc just
made, skip next st) x 10), ch1] x 4. {4 dc, 4ch, 10 dc/hdc combos per side}
Round 13: Starting in any corner, [ (2dc, ch2, 2dc), skip hidden st, dc in next st, (dc in sp between sts, dc
in hdc) x10, dc in ch1 sp, dc in next 2 sts] x 4. {28 dc, 2ch per side}.

Round 14: Starting in any corner, [ (2hdc, ch2, 2hdc), BPhdc around the next 28 sts] x 4. {4hdc, 2 ch, 28
BPhdc per side}.

Round 15: Starting in any corner, [1puff st x 5 (4 yarn overs in puffs), ch1, skip 3 sts (do not count the
hidden stitch), dcblo x 9, skip 3sts, ch1, 2dcCL x 3 in next st, ch1, skip 3sts, dcblo x 9, ch1, skip 3 sts] x 4.
{5 puffs, 4ch1, dcblo x18, 2dcCL x 3 per side}.
Round 16: Starting in first puff in any corner, [ (FPdc in puff st, hdc in sp between puffs) x2, (FPdc, ch2,
FPdc) in 3rd puff, (hdc in sp between puffs, FPdc in next puff) x 2, hdc in ch sp, FPdc in next st, (hdc in
next st, FPdc in next st) x 4, Tr in the bphdc from rnd 14 before the first dc cluster, FPhdc around 1st
2dcCL, (ch1, FPhdc) x2, Tr in bphdc from rnd 14 immediately after the last 2dcCL. FPdc, (hdc in next st,
FPdc in next st) x 4, hdc in ch sp] x 4 {16 FPdc, 14 hdc, 2 ch1, 3 FPhdc, 2 tr per side}.

Round 17: Starting in any corner, [ (2sc, ch2, 2sc), sc in the next 35 sts] x 4. Skip the ch1 sps {39 sc per
side}.
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Round 1: In magic ring make [ch3, 2dc, ch3, slst] x 6. {12 ch 3, 12 dc, 6 slst}

Round 2: [BPsc around dc x 2, skip 3ch sps, ch2] x 6. {12 BPsc, 6 ch 2}

Round 3: Starting in first of 2 BPsc [2dc in BPsc, ch2, 2dc in BPsc, 1FPdc around both ch3 from rnd 1] x 6.
{24dc, 6 ch 2, 6 FPdc}

Round 4: Start in any ch2 sp from rnd 3, [1sc, ch2, 1sc, working behind previous round make 4 tr in the
2ch loop from round 2] x 6. Fold rnd 3 towards you to make it easier. {12 sc, 6 ch 2, 24 tr}

Round 5: Start in the sp between a sc & tr from rnd 4 [(sc, ch1, dc, ch1, sc), rep between each tr, 1sc in
ch2 sp from rnd 3 (in front and between the 2 sc from rnd4)] x 6. {54 sc, 48 ch1, 24 dc}

Round 6: Work in ch2 loop from rnd 4, [(2dcCL, ch1) x 4, ch1] x 6. {24 dcCL, 30 ch1}

Round 7: Start in first ch1 sp between 2dcCL from rnd 6, [2puff, (1puff, ch1, 1puff) in next ch1 sp, 2puff st
in next ch1 sp, 1ch, sc, 1ch in ch2 sp] x 6. {36 puffs, 18 ch1, 6 sc}.

Round 8: Start in the first sp between 2 puffs of any petal, [*(sc, ch1, dc, sc)* repeat * to * in next sp,
then in ch1 sp between puffs (sc, ch1, dc – add a stitch marker here, sc, ch1, dc) repeat * to * in the
next 2 sps. FPsc around next sc, picot3 (finish picot with a slst through the 2 front legs of the FPsc)] x 6.
{60 sc, 6 ch 1, 36 dc, 6 FPsc, 6 ch3 picot}.

Round 9: Pull rnd 8 forward, [sc in any sc from rnd 7 (behind FPsc of rnd 8), ch5, sc in the back of the first
dc in the middle set of stitches from rnd 8 (where you have the stitch marker), ch5 ] x 6. {12 sc, 12 ch5
loops}.

Round 10: make 6hdc in each 5ch sp, skipping all sc’s. {72 hdc}.

Round 11: Squaring off. Start in any 4th hdc of a set from rnd 10 [ (2dc, ch2, 2dc), dc in next 2 sts, hdc
in next 2 sts, sc x 9, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts] x 4. {9sc, 4 hdc, 8dc, 1 ch2 sp per side}

Round 12: Starting in any corner [ (2dc, ch2, 2dc), ch1, skip next st, (1dc, 1hdc around the dc just
made, skip next st) x 10), ch1] x 4. {4 dc, 4ch, 10 dc/hdc combos per side}

Round 13: Starting in any corner, * (2dc, ch2, 2dc), skip hidden st, dc in next st, (dc in sp between sts,
dc in hdc) x10, dc in ch1 sp, dc in next 2 sts, repeat *. {28 dc, 2ch per side}.

Round 14: Starting in any corner, [ (2hdc, ch2, 2hdc), BPhdc around the next 28 sts] x 4. {4hdc, 2 ch, 28
BPhdc per side}.

Round 15: Starting in any corner, [1puff st x 5 (4 yarn overs in puffs), ch1, skip 3 sts (do not count the
hidden stitch), dcblo x 9, skip 3sts, ch1, 2dcCL x 3 in next st, ch1, skip 3sts, dcblo x 9, ch1, skip 3 sts] x 4.
{5 puffs, 4ch1, dcblo x18, 2dcCL x 3 per side}.

Round 16: Starting in first puff in any corner, [ (FPdc in puff st, hdc in sp between puffs) x2, (FPdc, ch2,
FPdc) in 3rd puff, (hdc in sp between puffs, FPdc in next puff) x 2, hdc in ch sp, FPdc in next st, (hdc in
next st, FPdc in next st) x 4, Tr in the bphdc from rnd 14 before the first dc cluster, FPhdc around 1st
2dcCL, (ch1, FPhdc) x2, Tr in bphdc from rnd 14 immediately after the last 2dcCL. FPdc, (hdc in next st,
FPdc in next st) x 4, hdc in ch sp] x 4. {16 FPdc, 14 hdc, 2 ch1, 3 FPhdc, 2 tr per side}.

Round 17: Starting in any corner, [ (2sc, ch2, 2sc), sc in the next 35 sts] x 4. Skip the ch1 sps {39 sc per
side}.