The blossom has opened. The energy has spread. And now comes a different kind of task: not just growing, but holding the shape. These rounds are simpler. Deliberately so. After all that expansion, there is a quiet kind of strength in containment. The circle closes around what has grown — not to restrict it, but to give it form.
I wanted to show you that even the wildest energy eventually finds its edges. And that simplicity can be the most elegant solution. All difficult situations can be solved in a simple way. The flower is still here. It’s just learning to hold itself together. And that’s the aim of Aries.
Abbreviations: st – stitch, sl-st – slip stitch, ch – chain, sc – single crochet, hdc – half double crochet, dc – double crochet, tr – treble crochet, dtr – double treble crochet, fp – front post, bp – back post, bl – back loop, tbl – third back loop, fpsc2tog – Insert hook from front to back and from back to front around 1st indicated st, yarn over and pull up a loop, 2 loops on hook, repeat around 2nd indicated stitch. 3 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.
ROUND 22 (Color B). Join with a standing fpsc around any 2dc cluster made in fpdc, *{sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, 2sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st} 2 times, sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, sc in ch1 space, fpsc2tog over next 2 sts, {sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, 2sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st} 2 times, [sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st] 2 times*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 160 sc, 120 fpsc, 8 fpsc2tog
ROUND 23 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 8 sts, 2sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts, skip next 3 sts, in next st (dc, ch1, dc, ch1, dc), skip next 3 sts, sc in next 5 sts, 2sc in next st, sc in next 9 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 248 sc, 24 dc, 16 ch1 spaces
ROUND 24 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 12 sts, skip next 3 sts, in next st (dc, ch1, dc), ch1, skip ch1, dc in next st, ch1, skip ch1, in next st (dc, ch1, dc), skip next 3 sts, sc in next 13 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-sts. Stitch count: 200 sc, 40 dc, 32 ch1 spaces
ROUND 25 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 9 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ch1, skip next st, dc in next st, {ch1, skip ch1, dc in next st} 4 times, ch1, skip next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 10 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 152 sc, 16 hdc, 56 dc, 48 ch1 spaces
ROUND 26 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 6 sts, hdc in next 5 sts, {hdc in ch1 space, hdc in next st} 5 times, hdc in ch1 space, hdc in next 5 sts, sc in next 7 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 104 sc, 168 hdc
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