19 May 2013

Triskele - The Triple Spiral

This triple spiral pattern makes a great trivet or potholder when worked in cotton and a lovely decoration worked in any fiber.
The inner color uses approximately 30 yards of worsted weight yarn, and the outer uses approximately 35 yards of worsted weight yarn.
For more information about the triskele, you can visit its Wikipedia page


Materials:
Yarn: 2 colors worsted weight (acrylic used in model)
    A - outside connections (yellow) - 35 yards
    B - inside connections (blue) - 30 yards
Hook: 5.0mm
Stitch markers
Yarn needle


Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
mr = magic ring
sc = single crochet
slst = slip stitch
st = stitch(es)


Note: Magic ring (mr) can be substituted with (ch 3, slst to form ring).


Spirals (Make 3):
1: With A, make a mr, ch 1. Working into ring, 1sc, 1 hdc, 2dc. Remove hook and insert stitch marker into loop. This helps hold the previous stitches while working with the other color. Continue to insert the stitch marker in this way for the rest of the project. (4 st)
2: With B, attach to mr with slst, ch 1. Working into ring, 1sc, 1 hdc, 2dc. Work 2 dc in each of first four A stitches. Insert stitch marker. (12 st)
3: Remove stitch marker and insert hook into loop of A. Work 2 dc in each of first 8 st of color B. Work (1 dc, 2 dc) twice. Insert stitch marker. (22 st)
4: Remove stitch marker and insert hook into loop of B. Work 2 dc in next 4 stitches of A. Work (1 dc in stitch, 2 dc in next stitch) nine times. Insert stitch marker. (35 st)
5: Remove stitch marker and insert hook into loop of A. Work (1 dc in stitch, 2 dc in next stitch) seven times. Insert stitch marker. (49 st)
6: Remove stitch marker and insert hook into loop of B. Work (1 dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next stitch) six times. 1 hdc, 1 sc. End off leaving 6 inch tail. (26 st)
7: Remove stitch marker and insert hook into loop of A. Work 1(1 dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next stitch) seven times. Work 1 dc in next 14 st. End off leaving 6 inch tail. (14 st)



Assembly: Instructions are given using color names for ease of naming the parts.

1.Arrange spirals so blue sections face each other, yellow ends clockwise of blue ends.

2. Using yellow tails, attach the last yellow dc of each spiral to the fourth dc counter-clockwise of the last blue stitches on the neighboring spiral.

3. Using the blue tails, attach the last three blue stitches of each spiral to the three dc counter-clockwise of the last yellow stitches on the neighboring spiral.




15 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful pattern.

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  2. Wow; what a cool design.

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  3. Love this! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. how cool! they remind me of those shortbread cookies :)

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  5. How do you join all 3 together?

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    1. The little picture above shows the orientation for assembly. I just sew them together, using the tails to attach like colors.

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  6. Cute pattern...very clever.
    My daughter thinks it looks like the air-bender symbol. :o)

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  7. Thank you for sharing your patterns. We will be using this one for a SpiralScouts activity :)

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  8. perfect pattern! Thank you for sharing! Stitched one up in under an hour!

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  9. Beautiful! Had a blast making this! Thank you. Will make a perfect gift with my kitchen set

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  10. yes i finally found a pattern that shows how to make a triskelion symbol

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  11. I love this design. I think it will make a very nice design for my mom for Christmas.

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  12. Hi can you please help me understand the pattern. I am confused by Row 5 and row 7? On Row 5 the instructions amount to 21 stitches but it says (49)? Then row 7 seems too long? What am I reading wrong? I absolutely love this design. 💕 Jeanie

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    1. There are some errors on the stitch count for the last 3 rows of the spiral. Row 5 stitch count is 21 Row 6 is 20 Row 7 is 35. I was confused as well, hope this helps!

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