GEOMETRY: Moroccan Lantern design

After a couple of days of some crochet I need to change crafts so todays project is the Moroccan Lantern design.
I worked out how to draw this interlocking design in a size i wanted, with the compass and ruler and cut out a template in card

Now i'm cutting dozens out in wallpaper samples to make a patchwork wall of Moroccan Lanterns in lots of different pale grey, white and ochre colours 

 TORUS SQUARE

4 put together to see how they work hex will be next

blocking on the ironing board

Love to make a door fly curtain for the work room..need lots of squares though they aren't quite 6" square might be finished for 2019! lol

TORUS SCARF PATTERN

TORUS SCARF PATTERN

Torus is an ancient geometrical spiral makes a perfect crochet motif, circle, square or hexagon.

Alize space dyed, cotton yarn takes about 6g per motif depending on the join stitch...

In a Square...

In a Hexagon...

Again as the original circle...

quite a choice for the adaptable TORUS

TORUS SQUARE PATTERN

US TERMS

Alize space dyed cotton

4mm hook

Each Square weighs approx. 6g and 14 motifs measure approx. 3'/ 184cms
 2 balls will make approx. a 6' scarf with a narrow border of hdc.

Finger wrap of 10 wraps

ROUND 1: [Ch1 counts as first sc], 12 sc into circle, sl st to complete circle, cont. [12sc]

ROUND 2: Ch7, sc into next st, ch7 sc into next st, repeat until you have 11 x ch7 loops, ch4, tr into last st, cont. [12 ch7 loops]

  NOTE: Using ch3 and a tr, for the last loop means you are at the top of the loop to continue round 3.

ROUND 3: ch6, sc, into next loop, repeat to end, for the last loop ch3, tr for last loop, cont. [12 x ch6 loops]

NOTE: To help find the first loop add a stitch mark so you don't miss it as you do the round..it's easily done!

ROUND 4, 5 & 6: repeat round 3, ch6 loops, sc into each previous round loops.
ON ROUND 6, ch6 and sl st into first ch to complete the round

ROUND 7: Will turn the circular motif into a square that can be joined together to make a scarf.

6sc in next loop, ch1, 6sc into next loop, ch1, 3sc, ch3, 3sc in corner sp. repeat for all sides

JOIN AS YOU GO

After completing the first square with round 7...

start in any corner of the next square, 3sc, ch1, sl st to join to first completed square, ch1, 3sc in corner sp, sl st, into next ch1 sp, 6sc in next loop, sl st, into next ch1 sp, 6sc, in next loop, sl st into next ch1 sp, repeat for each joining side

CENTRE JOIN AS YOU GO

FINISH
Make 28 motifs, 2 rows of 14 motifs, approx 6'/ 184cms. long width 10"/ 25cms
edge with one row of 1hdc, in each st, and sp, 2hdc, ch2, 2hdc, at corners

 If a deeper border is required then you will need a 3rd ball of the yarn 

BLOCK AND STEAM INTO SHAPE

Pin it out and either spray and leave to dry or steam with an Iron

Torus

Torus is an ancient geometric spiral and quite a simple crochet too...ingers felt quite good this morning so i had a little play, only took about 2 minutes for the pains to start up...not good for fingers but I can see a crochet pattern from the geometric design...

 My Pinterest fold of TORUS SPIRALS.

Reference an expert...ERIC BROUG

Research said Eric Brough is the go too expert of Moroccan/Islamic Geometric Design. You Tube has been very useful but they go so quickly I thought a couple of good books would be useful. 

These 2 easy to use, great starter books arrived next day from Amazon. 

Having so much fun. Creating the geometric patterns from scratch is so very distracting from any pain i'm feeling in my hands. I was totally zoned out and lost in the world of geometry yesterday, it's so very relaxing to do. And colouring in is a great relaxer in the middle of the night when you cant sleep.

From what he says in his books i've jumped right in with a more difficult pattern first, instead of starting with a simple one. So back to basics with a repeated pattern next I think. 

Not worked with pencil crayons much for a long time so I'm love getting the perfect finish with coloured pencils and they says its supposed to be very relaxing, colouring. It seemed to work. I dropped right off to sleep again after and hour or so's colouring in the middle of the night.

 New tiny box of water colours to try next and a repeated design instead of just a single shape.

All the designs in Eric's books are listed with a date and where they can actually be seen, one day maybe i might get to see some of them in the place of origin.

Hope you have got your copy of Simply Crochet issue 64?

I am honoured to be included in a short list of top designers who were asked to create a Luxury mini project for the Christmas Issue 64 of Simply Crochet Magazine....just published

Jane Crowfoot, Kat Golden, Alessandra Hayden, Sue Pinner, Nicki Trench, Dedri Uys, 

we all have a small Luxury Christmas design in the magazine this month and 

they are all in the  super soft Debbie Bliss Aymara

Thanks Simply Crochet for asking me to take part 

Hope you all enjoy the Luxury Mini projects 

A SCARF FROM THE CAROUSEL SECRET BLANKET INFILL...

 Found totally by accident from the infill pattern for the Extra Secret Carousel Blanket

its come a long way from the original design... a Christmas decoration in 2013

then to Amelia

 and Amelia Box

and now an infill to the Extra Carousel Secret blanket

 and then as a decorative Lacy Trellis Scarf...

Link to Secret Carousel Blanket infill
here

PATTERN FOR LACEY SARF INFILL PATTERN

MOTIF PATTERN

First colour, 1finger wrap of 5 wraps or ch4, sl st, into a circle.

Round 1: Basically a first round granny square but with 4dc [4tr], on each side, instead of 3dc [3tr], in first colour..... 

ch2 counts as first dc [tr], 3dc [3tr], ch3, 4dc, [4tr], repeat until you have 4 sides, sl st, to complete round. (16dc [16tr]

Round 2: Att. new colour, in any ch3, sp, ch5, 2tr [2dtr], in same sp, ch5, sc, [dc], into same sp, sc,[dc], in next 3sps, sc, [dc], into next ch3 sp, repeat for each side, sl st to complete. 

Join as you go

between the 3rd and 4th ch st, and 2nd and 3rd ch st, each side of centre

 tr [dtr], using a slip st, into first motif