Portrait
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A community chart made from a photo in Bobble, free for anyone to crochet.
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Details
- Technique
- Corner-to-corner (C2C)
- Size
- 50 × 50 squares
- Finished size
- ~125 × 125 cm / 49 × 49 in
- Stitches
- 2500
- Stitch
- ch 3 and 3 tr in UK terms, 3 dc in US terms
- Yarn and hook
- DK, 4 mm hook
- Difficulty
- Confident
- Time
- About 14 hours
Yarn (8 colours, DK weight)
- Pink258 m, most of a ball
- White214 m, about three quarters of a ball
- Tan143 m, about half a ball
- light grey100 m, about a third of a ball
- dark grey68 m, under a quarter of a ball
- dark slate64 m, under a quarter of a ball
- light slate62 m, under a quarter of a ball
- Black57 m, under a quarter of a ball
Estimates for DK-weight yarn, including a 10% allowance for tension and tails. A 100 g ball of DK is about 285 m. If you can, buy a spare ball of your main colour: dye lots vary.
How to make it
Tap Make this and the design opens in Bobble as your own project, with its colour palette, ready to make row by row in Make Mode.
UK terms. Each block is a chain of 3 and 3 trebles (tr); in US terms, 3 double crochet (dc).
Questions about this design
How many stitches is the Portrait chart?
50 by 50 squares, 2500 stitches in total. Worked in corner-to-corner it comes out at about 125 by 125 cm (49 by 49 in).
What yarn do I need for the Portrait chart?
DK-weight yarn in 8 colours, with a 4 mm hook: about 258 m of Pink, 214 m of White, 143 m of Tan, 100 m of light grey, 68 m of dark grey, 64 m of dark slate, 62 m of light slate and 57 m of Black, including a 10% allowance for tension and tails.
Can I make the Portrait chart in single crochet?
Yes. It is a colour grid, so it works either row by row or on the diagonal. Make Mode takes you through it in Corner-to-corner (C2C), and the grid is the same whichever you choose.
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