Strigidae Bubo: the CAL
Welcome Back
Here we are again, seven sections in. I'm finding my Saturday morning routine double checking the section page for the week a calming addition. I drink my coffee and play on the computer picking and re-picking pictures, checking the lay out, and linking pages. Sometimes I publish early and sometimes I wait until Sunday to publish. There is no rhyme or reason to my method, but some of you may have checked on a Saturday afternoon and found an early surprise.
This week we are continuing the process of squaring and straightening the lines. You will start to see the overlaying trc shells forming a second set of corners in the design. I enjoy the double square look, and I hope you do too.
Bubo grows by six rounds this week.
Section 7
Round 50 color 6
**Special Stitches**
Dcl- 3 dc worked all together in the same st.
Join with a standing sc in the 3rd st before the hdc3tog at the start of any corner, *Sk 2 sts, [dcl in next st, ch1, sk 1 st] 4 times. Trcl in next st. Ch1, sk 1 st. Trcl in next st, ch2, trcl in ch2 sp. Ch2, [trcl in next st, ch1, sk 1 st] twice. [Dcl in next st, ch1, sk 1 st] 3 times. Dcl in next st (this will be the hdc3tog). Sk 2 sts, Sc in next 5 sts. [Sk 3 sts, (4trc, ch3 p, 4trc) in next st. Sk 3 sts, sc in next st] 7 times. Sc in next 4 sts* 4 times, omitting last st. Join to the first st with a slst. FO.
16 sc, 8 dcl, 5 trcl, 56 trc, 7 ch 3 p, 2 ch2, 10 ch1 ea side
Round 51 color 3
Join with a standing sc in the 3rd st before the 1st dcl of any corner bud, sc in next st. *(Sc, FPhdc)tog in the next st and around the cluster. [Working in front of the ch, dc in the sk st of R49, FPhdc around next st] 3 times. Edc in next sk st of R49, FPhdc around next st. Trc in next sk st of R49. FPhdc around next st, trc in ch2 sp of R49. (FPhdc, ch2, FPhdc) around next st. Trc in ch2 sp of R49. FPhdc around next st, trc in next sk st of R49. FPhdc around next st, Edc in next sk st of R49. [FPhdc around next st, dc in next sk st of R49] 3 times. (FPhdc, sc)tog around next st and in the next st. Sc in next 4 sts. [Ch7, sk (4trc, ch3 p, 4trc), sc in next st] 7 times. Sc in next 3 sts* 4 times, omitting last 2 sc. Join to the first st with a slst. DO NOT FO.
14 sc, 7 ch7, 12 FPhdc, 2 tog sts, 4 trc, 2 Edc, 6 dc ea side.
Round 52
Ch2, counts as hdc. *Hdc3tog, hdc in next 11 sts. (2Hdc, ch2, 2hdc) in ch2 sp. Hdc in next 11 sts, hdc3tog. Hdc in next 2 sts, hdc in next st also catching the ch3 p of R47. 8Hdc in next ch7 sp. [Hdc in next st, also catching ch3 p of R47, 7hdc in ch7 sp] 5 times. Hdc in next st, also catching ch3 p of R47, 8hdc in ch7 sp. Hdc in next st, also catching ch3 p of R47. Hdc in next 2 sts* 4 times, omitting last st. Join to the top of the ch2 with a slst. FO.
89 hdc, 2 hdc3tog ea side
Round 53 color 4
Join with a standing trc in any corner ch2 sp, (trc, ch2, 2trc) in same sp. *[Ch1, sk 1 st, trcl in next st] 7 times. Sk 3 sts, sc in next 5 sts. [Sk 3 sts, (4trc, ch3 p, 4trc) in next st. Sk 3 sts, sc in next st] 6 times. Sc in next 4 sts. Sk 3 sts, [trcl in next st, ch1, sk 1 st] 7 times. (2Trc, ch2, 2trc) in next corner sp* 4 times, omitting last corner sp. Join to the first st with a slst. FO.
52 trc, 14 trcl, 14 ch1, 15 sc, 6 ch3 p ea side
Round 54 color 3
Join with a standing sc in any corner sp, (ch2, sc) in same sp. *Sc in next 2 sts. [Working in front of the ch, trc in sk st of R52. FPsc around next st] 6 times. Trc in next sk st of R52. (FPsc, sc)tog worked over the next 2 sts. Sc in next 4 sts. [Ch7, sk (4trc, ch3 p, 4trc) sc in next st] 6 times. Sc in next 3 sts. (Sc, FPsc)tog worked over the next 2 sts. [Trc in sk st of R52, FPsc around next st] 6 times. Trc in sk st of R52, sc in next 2 sts. (Sc, ch2, sc) next corner sp* 4 times, omitting last corner sp. Join to the first st with a slst. DO NOT FO.
19 sc, 12 FPsc, 14 trc, 2 tog st, 6 ch7
Round 55
Ch2, counts as hdc. *(2Hdc, ch2, 2 hdc) in next corner sp. Hdc in next 20 sts, hdc in next st, also catching the ch3p of R50. 8Hdc in ch7 sp. [Hdc in next st, also catching ch3 p of R50. 7Hdc in ch7 sp] 4 times. Hdc in next st, also catching the ch3 p of R50, 8hdc in ch7 sp. Hdc in next st, also catching the ch3 p of R50. Hdc in next 20 sts* 4 times, omitting last hdc. Join to the top of the ch2 with a slst. FO.
95 sts ea side