onegrannygoose said:
I can crochet entrelac but I don't know how to make the edges straight I can not find a u-tube showing the edges squared.
i dont' know if this will help, but i wrote a 'pattern' for myself and those I teach
C 2 C ENTRELAC TUNISIAN CROCHET DIRECTIONS FROM ANITA
YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW THE BASIC ENTRELAC METHOD OF PICKING UP THE LAST STITCH IN A ROW FROM A PREVIOUS SQUARELOTS OF VIDEOS ON THE NET EXPLAINING HOW TO DO TUNISIAN ENTRELAC
I JUST AVOIDED THE TRIANGLES
TIER 1---FOR THE LARGER SQUARE CHAIN 12 I MADE , MAKE A TUNISIAN SIMPLE STITCH SQUARE OF 10 ROWS BIND OFF. YOU CAN MAKE ANY SIZE YOU WANT
TIER 2---ATTACH A NEW COLOR TO A CORNER, CHAIN 11, PICK UP 11 LOOPS FROM THE CHAIN AND ONE FROM THE SQUARE, CAST OFF, PICK UP 11 LOOPS AND ONE FROM THE PREVIOUS SQUARE, REPEAT FOR A TOTAL OF 10 ROWS, BIND OFF.
CHAIN 11 AND REPEAT THE SQUARE YOU JUST MADE.
TIER 3---SWITCH COLORS ATTACH YARN TO UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF FIRST SQUARE IN SECOND TIER, CHAIN 11 AND COMPLETE THE SQUARE AS IN TIER 2, PICK UP 11 LOOPS DOWN THE V OF THE 2 SQUARES IN TIER 2, COMPLETE THE SQUARE, CHAIN 11 AND COMPLETE THE 3RD SQUARE OF TIER 3
TIER 4 TO---?
CONTINUE INCREASING AT EACH EDGE AND FILLING IN THE VS TILL YOUR SQUARE IS AS TALL AS YOU WANT, MINE IS ABOUT 33 INCHES, THEN YOU WILL START TO DECREASE, GOES FASTER , YEAH
NEW TIER DECRESE ROW
DO NOT START WITH A CHAIN, GO DIRECTLY TO FIRST V AND FILL IN ALL THE SQUARES, REPEAT UNTILL YOU MAKE YOUR LAST ROW OF ONLY ONE SQUARE.
THEN I SINGLE CROCHETED ONE ROW AROUND THE PERIMITER ADDED ANOTHER ROW OF* 3 DOUBLE CROCHET IN ONE STITCH, CHAIN 1, SKIP ONE STITCH, SINGLE CROCHET IN THE NEXT STITCH, CHAIN 1*