Mixed Media Rocks // Part 4

In which everything comes together as one. I was going to photograph the step-by-step, but I got carried away and finished the whole works. Hopefully, these pics will suffice.

Here’s Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

Once you get down around the curve of the side, you’ll really want to start decreasing your stitches. There will come a time when you’ll have to work with the rock inside the crochet work, and this can get a little tricky. You’ll find your own best way to do this. I balance the rock on my lap while I work the bottom and push my hook down into the stitch and kind of swoop it up behind the stitch after it hits rock. You’ll see what I mean.

Your stitches don’t have to be so loopy and open now, because you want to start tightening everything up. Here’s how I did my last five rounds:

1. Sc in first sc of last round, 5 dc in center ch of first ch 5 loop. *(sc in next sc, 5 dc in center ch of next ch 5 loop) around.
2. Sl st to center dc of first shell, ch 1, sc, ch 3. *(sc in center dc of next shell, ch 3) around. After making the sc in the final shell, (ch 1, dc in first sc – to end up in center of loop for next round).
3. Ch 1, sc in loop, ch 2. *(sc in next ch 3 space, ch 2) around. Join to first sc.
4. Make 2 sc in each ch 2 space, join.
5. Decrease a sc in each stitch around like so: (Insert hook in next st, pull up a loop) twice. Yarn over and pull through all three loops on hook. Join, weave in your end!

Done! Here’s how it looks from all angles:

After you make a couple of these, it becomes second nature. And, it’s highly satisfying, I might add – sort of like your own personal piece of crochet bombing. Let me know if try this out – better yet, go show off your stuff in the Flickr group!

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