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Strigidae Bubo: the CAL
Welcome back! Just in time for Christmas we will be hiding all of those unsightly chains from last week and outlining the eyes. This week you will finish the faces section. The rest of your journey will be smooth sailing from here on out.
Your Bubo grows by 6 rounds this week.
Section 13
Round 86 color 4
**Hint**
Enclose the chs in the stitches
Join with a standing trc in any corner sp, (trc, ch2, 2trc) in same sp. *Trc in next 11 sts. [FPtrc around next st of R85. Trc in available sc of R84. Working in R84, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 3 sts. Hdc in next st, dc in next st, trc in next st. Etrc in sk st of R82. Working in R84, Trc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 3 sts. Hdc in next st, dc in next st, trc in next st] 8 times. FPtrc around next st of R85, trc in next 11 sts. (2Trc, ch2, 2trc) in next corner sp* 4 times, omitting last corner sp. Join to the first st with a slst. DO NOT FO.
48 sc, 32 hdc, 32 dc, 58 trc, 8 Etrc, 9 FPtrc ea side
Round 87
Ch3, counts as dc, dc in next st. *(2Dc, ch2, 2dc) in next corner sp. Dc in next 187 sts* 4 times, omitting last 2 sts. Join to the top of the ch2 with a slst. FO.
191 dc ea side
Round 88 color 1
Join with a standing sc in any corner sp, (ch2, sc) in same sp. *Sk first (hidden) st. Sc in next 18 sts. Sk next st, FPQuadtr around the tog st of R85. Sc in next 12 sts. [Ch8, slst around the tog st of R85. Ch8, sk 8 sts of R87, sc in next 12 sts] 7 times. Sk next st. FPQuadtr around the tog st of R85. Sc in next 18 sts. (Sc, ch2, sc) in next corner sp* 4 times, omitting last corner sp. Join to the first st with a slst. FO.
134 sts, 14 ch8, 2 FPQuadtr ea side
Round 89 color 4
Join with a standing sc in any corner sp, (ch2, sc) in same sp. *Sc in next 19 sts, FPsc around next st. Long sc into R87 next 11 sts. [BPsc around next st, hdc in next 8 sts of R87. BPsc around next st. Long sc into R87 next 10 sts] 6 times. BPsc around next st, hdc in next 8 sts of R87. BPsc around next st. Long sc into R87 next 11 sts. FPsc around next st. Sc in next 19 sts. (Sc, ch2, sc) in next corner sp* 4 times, omitting last corner sp. Join to the first st with a slst. DO NOT FO.
40 sc, 82 long sc, 56 hdc, 2 FPsc, 14 BPsc ea side
Round 90
Ch2, counts as hdc. *(Hdc, ch2, hdc) in next corner sp. Hdc in next 20 sts, sk next st of R89. FPhdc around FPQuadtr of R88. Hdc in next 11 sts. [Sk next st, hdc in sc of R88 the BPsc of R89 is worked around. Hdc in next 8 sts. Sk next st, hdc in the sc of R88 the BPsc of R89 is worked around. Hdc in next 10 sts] 6 times. Sk next st of R89, hdc in the sc of R88 the BPsc of R89 is worked around. Hdc in next 8 sts. Sk next st, hdc in sc of R88 the BPsc of R89 is worked around. Hdc in next 11 sts. Sk next st of R89, FPhdc around the FPQuadtr of R88. Hdc in next 20 sts* 4 times, omitting last st. Join to the top of the ch2 with a slst. DO NOT FO.
194 hdc, 2 FPhdc ea side
Round 91
Ch2, counts as hdc, hdc in next st. *(Hdc, ch2, hdc) in next corner sp. Hdc in next 196 sts* 4 times, omitting last 2 sts. Join to the top of the ch2 with a slst. FO.
198 hdc ea side
You have completed section 13
This was the last section working 6 rounds in. Each section from here on out will get a bit shorter to make up for the amount of time each round now takes.
As always, please take a moment to stitch in all your ends and take a few pretty pictures.
Please remember this pattern is my original design and is protected by copyright. It is and will be available only on my website.
Nickie
December 2018
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