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.

GEOMETRIC ART...

Wow! its been 4 months since I last posted. Double vision, hospital appointments, and not being allowed to drive and now arthritis, affecting several joints I'm continuing to look for alternative crafty projects.

A mad moment as i'm no party animal, I decided to have a joint Birthday party with Phil at the end of June and making lots of giant paper flowers for the party filled hours with fun...

 CROCHET BUNTING: took me ages to make because of the arthritis in my hands but you can't have a party without bunting can you? 

Tasseled bunting too...fun to make

I made table cloths and cushions sale bought Moroccan style duvet coverts and even cleared and redecorated my work room. 

About time too, it's now a fabulous space i can actually get into again...space for one or two workshops maybe?

My workroom wall decorated with a Moroccan look tile wallpaper and I love it...

 I'm reclaiming my workroom slowly, although 50+ boxes of wool/samples are still to be sorted

MOROCCAN TILE WALLPAPER: From B&Q, @£10 a roll a bargain and looks fabulous, went up really easy and the wall took 3 rolls to cover with some bits left over to decorate trays etc...

This wallpaper has sent me on a journey, into the world of Moroccan geometric art and architecture, colour and design.

 Couldn't find my compass, my ruler had chunks out of the edge, no hard pencils...its years since i had done any geometric drawings.

 It took a while to engage my brain in this rewarding mathematical fun..

Simple [i thought], 12 point rosette, typical of the Moroccan tiles in the wall paper

The seemingly simple shapes are intriguing, although not quite so easy as you think to draw, or is it that i've not used a compass and ruler and delved into the geometric world for such a long time?

All you need is a compass, a ruler and a few pencils, time and a brain! lol. 

No idea where its taking me, but as i'm unable to crochet for more than an hour at a time at the moment, its entertaining me between sewing [never thought i would go back to sewing again], paper crafting and decorating.