| Ripple: Begin by chaining 32. Ch 32. Skip the first four chains that are closest to your hook. Those four chains are your first triple crochet. Triple crochet in chain stitch number 5. Tr in 5th ch from hook. Triple crochet in the each of the next 4 chain stitches. Tr in each of the next 4ch. Now, triple crochet in the next chain stitch three times. You should have 3 triples in one chain stitch. You have just increased. Work 3 tr in next ch. Ok. Now triple crochet in each of the next 6 chain stitches. Tr in each of the next 6 ch. We begin decreasing. Skip the next two chains and triple crochet in the 3rd one. Triple crochet in each of the next 5 chain stitches. Skip 2 ch. Tr in each of the next 6 ch. For the next increase triple crochet in the same stitch 3 times. Then triple crochet 6 more times in each of the next 6 chain stitches. Tr 3 times in the next ch. Tr in the next 6 ch. Chain 4 times. This counts as your first triple. So, if you need 6 triples in the next step, The chain 4 is #1 and then you will skip the 1st triple stitch and crochet 5 triples in the next 5 triple crochets. Confusing. Nah. Sometimes, the instructions won't say to chain 4 and skip the first stitch. It is assumed you will know what to do. So.... Tr in the next 6 st. This produces a ripple pattern. I started you out with the triple so you can finish a scarf if you would like. |