ISO crocheted mitered square instructions

Do any of you lovely yarnheads have suggestions as to where I can find mitered square instructions for crochet? I can't seem to write them out in any sort of sensible manner myself and I have a young newbie in need of clear instructions so she can learn to make a simple-but-fancy pillow set for her first apartment. I've Googled and Googled but I'm just not seeing what I'm looking for. Any book references or something I can peek at?

--Threnody not good at writing instructions, not good at following orders

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Threnody
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Decide how big you want your square, work out how many stitches that is in the yarn you're using to give the fabric you want. Double this and add 1. I'd use half trebles (half doubles for those over the Great Shining Water) and work into the back "bump" of the chain stitch to give an easy edge for working into on the next square. *On every other row work to the middle minus 1 and then work 3 together.* Repeat from * to * until 1 stitch remains and then pick up along the edge of the square, either with the same yarn or different (obviously!) half the number you started with. If using different yarn use the last stitch as the first loop of the new square and work over the end (to avoid having ends to sew in) Add one extra stitch by working 2 into the last stitch, then chain the rest to make the number up to the same as the first square. Repeat until strip is long enough. I'll work out what happens next if she gets that far!! HTH Love & higs Christine

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Christine in Kent, Garden of

Ok, please ignore previous answer worked from a Tunisian crochet mitered squares formula before enough thought. Here goes again:

Decide how big you want your square, work out how many stitches that is in the yarn you're using to give the fabric you want. Double this and add 3 (2 turning chain which DON'T count.) I'd use half trebles (half doubles for those over the Great Shining Water) and work into the back "bump" of the chain stitch to give an easy edge for working into on the next square. *On each row (including foundation row) work to the middle stitch minus 1 and then work 3 together. Turn with 2 ch which again DON'T count and don't use* Repeat from * to * until 1 stitch remains and then pick up dc (USA sc)along the edge of the square, either with the same yarn or different (obviously!) half the number you started with. Add one extra stitch by working 2 into the last stitch, then chain the rest to make the number up to the same as the first square plus 2 (for turnign chain as before). If using different yarn use the last stitch as the first loop of the new square and work over the end (to avoid having ends to sew in) Repeat until strip is long enough. HTH and is easy to understand Love & higs Christine

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Christine in Kent, Garden of

So much good advice ,,,, lovely !!! Christine , you can write the book

mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

You wouldn't say that if you'd seen me after I sent that first message trying to make it work. Things got quite heated here for a while and DH was quite bewildered!! Love & higs Christine

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Christine in Kent, Garden of

*laugh* You're a peach, Christine. Thank you for the chuckle with this post and the instructions with the other(s).

And I'm going to let you in on the Prime Secret of being a writer: your spouse will always be bewildered by whatever it is you're ranting about. I have whole arguments in my head about some topic or another, and I'll mutter half of it out loud to the former consternation and current completely enjoyment of my husband. Now the kids are getting in on the act and the littlest one has been known to pull up a chair to watch Mommy clicking at the keyboard and muttering and telling her own self "No no NO!" and "Knock it off!"

One day when I'm gone and they're reminiscing about their childhood, they're going to wonder aloud, for the first time, if Mommy had multiple personality disorder.

--Threnody

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Threnody

Dear Christine i still feel you might print a lovely book or booklet ,,, Start with printing in on your computer [ a page at a time and see how far you get ,,,, you might ask ladies here to join in special items ,,,, now print it 2-5 times yourself and ask in local shops if they would have a selling ability ,,, than you approach some small printer and do it ... mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

My lot have already left home, and they are very aware of their mother (parents)'s eccentricities. DD"'s poor boyfriend was terrified before he first met us after she had told him some strange stories!! I haven't asked him lately if he's still terrified or if he's used to us yet. Comes to that we haven't seen him lately.... I wonder!?*

I had another think about the crochet mitred squares and am working on something that comes out more evenly square. Will keep you informed Love & higs Christine

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Christine in Kent, Garden of

Do you know Mirjam, maybe I'll do that one day when work and family stuff stop taking up so much time!! Sounds like just the sort of thing to keep me out of mischief Love & higs Christine

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Christine in Kent, Garden of

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