Working with a double-ended crochet hook creates a wonderfully soft reversible fabric with the delightful surprise of a different predominant color on each side. The triangular shape provides lots of options for styling.

Skill Level: Easy

Size: Shaped like the letter V with an 8” depth at point, 27” length for each side and 6” depth along length

Gauge: 14 sts and 22 rows = 4” [10 cm] (Gauge is not critical for this pattern)

Materials

Yarn: Red Heart with Love (100% acrylic; 390 yards [357 meters]/198 grams): 1502 Iced Aqua (A, 1 ball), 1938 Beachy (B, 1 ball)

Hook: US size M/13 (9.0 mm) 24” (or longer) cabled, double-ended crochet hook

Notions: Locking stitch marker, tapestry needle

Special Stitches

Picking up lps in horizontal sts: Horizontal sts are created when working the loops off the hook in the previous row and look like a series of chains connecting the vertical bars. When picking up in a horizontal st, insert hook under top strand of the horizontal stitch, yo and pull through to form lp on hook.

Pattern Notes

Working with a double-ended hook is similar to standard Tunisian Crochet except with the double-ended hook you will turn your work each time your hook is fully loaded with stitches.

Odd numbered rows are forward passes, working from right to left, picking up stitches and holding them on the hook.

Always change color and turn your work at the end of a forward pass when you have picked up all of the stitches.

Even numbered rows are return passes, working lps off the hook from left to right until you have only 1 lp remaining on the hook. Do not turn at the end of a return pass row.

Carry unused yarn up along side edge.

Pattern

With A, ch 181.

Row 1:  Working in bumps on back side of ch, pick up lp in 2nd ch and each rem ch, pm in 91st st; slide lps to opposite end of hook and turn. (181 sts)

Row 2: Place B on left end of hook and draw through first 3 lps on hook, [yo, draw through 2 lps] until 2 lps rem before marked st, yo, draw through 4 lps (marked st becomes center st in cluster of 3), [yo, draw through 2 lps] until 4 lps rem on hook, yo, draw through 4 lps. (1 st rem on hook) Do not turn.

Row 3: With B, sk beg cluster; pick up a lp in each horizontal st until 1 horizontal st rem before center cluster, sk horizontal st, pick up lp in top of cluster (move marker to this lp), sk next horizontal st, pick up a lp in each horizontal st until end cluster, pick up lp in top of end cluster. Slide lps to opposite end of hook and turn. (175 sts)

Row 4: Pick up A on left end of hook, yo and draw through first 3 lps, [yo, draw through 2 lps] until 2 lps rem before marked st, yo, draw through 4 lps (marked st becomes center st in cluster of 3), [yo, draw through 2 lps] until 4 lps rem on hook, yo, draw through 4 lps. (1 st rem on hook)  Do not turn.

Row 5: With A, sk beg cluster; pick up a lp in each horizontal st until 1 horizontal st rem before center cluster, sk horizontal st, pick up lp in top of cluster (move marker to this lp), sk next horizontal st, pick up a lp in each horizontal st until end cluster, pick up lp in top of cluster. Slide lps to opposite end of hook and turn. (169 sts)

Row 6: Pick up B on left end of hook, yo and draw through first 3 lps, [yo, draw through 2 lps] until 2 lps rem before marked st, yo, draw through 4 lps (marked st becomes center st in cluster of 3), [yo, draw through 2 lps] until 4 lps rem on hook, yo, draw through 4 lps. (1 lp remains on hook) Do not turn.

Rows 7- 22: Rep Rows 3-6 noting that there will be 6 fewer sts on the hook at the end of each odd numbered row. (121 sts at end of Row 21)

Rows 23-24: Rep Rows 3-4. Fasten off B. (115 sts at end of Row 23)

Bind off: With A, sk beg cluster, loosely sl st in each horizontal st until 1 horizontal st rem before center cluster, sk horizontal st, sl st in top of cluster, sk next horizontal st, sl st in each horizontal st until end cluster, sl st in top of cluster. Do not fasten off.

Finishing

1^st End: Rotate work so short end is at top, working in row-ends, sc in each row-end, join with sl st in end of foundation ch. Fasten off.

2^nd End: With predominantly B side facing, join A with sc in end of foundation row, sc in each row-end, join with sl st in end of bind off row. Fasten off. Weave in ends.