Step 40  – Brown Yarn

1. 15 SC (4th on the white cluster)

   

2. Cluster of 2 FTR in next 2 brown DCs, Skip 1 white stitch, 23 SC (12^th on white cluster)

   

3. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 8 SC instead of  23 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 41  – Blue Yarn

1. 4 SC (1^st on 8^th SC after brown cluster)

   

2. Cluster of 2 FTR through the blue TR, Skip 1 brown stitch, 23 SC (12^th on the brown cluster)

   

3. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 19 SC instead of  23 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 42  – Brown Yarn

You should have 193 stitches now in the previous row. We need to increase this to 196 (a number divisible by 7) in this row.  SC all the way round in each stitch but add 3 additional stitches along the way (I spread mine out – making 2 SC in 1 stitch every 65 stitches). Join with slip stitch.

Step 43  – White Yarn

1. 2 SC in back loops, Skip 2 brown stitches, 3 DC in next stitch

   

2. SC in same stitch, 3 DCs in the same stitch,

   

3. Skip 2 stitches, Repeat from (1) all the way round and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 44  – Blue Yarn

1. 6 SC (1st on 6th DC)

   

2. Cluster in white SC, 8 SC

   

3. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2 SC instead of  6 SC and join with slip stitch

   

Step 45  – White Yarn

1. 2 SC (1st in 4th blue SC from cluster)

   

2. 3 FDC in white DCs, SC in blue cluster

   

3. 3 FDC in white DCs
4. Repeat from (1) all the way round and join with slip stitch

   

Step 46  – Brown Yarn

1. SC on last white DC

   

2. 2 TR in front brown loop (see pic), Skip 2 white stitches, 7SC

   

3. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 6 SC instead of  7 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 47 – White Yarn

Use back loop when working in brown TR or SC

1. 6 SC (1st on the 6th SC are around brown DC)

   

2. Cluster of 6 DCs in white DC

   

   

   

3. Skip 3 brown stitches, repeat from (1) all the way round and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 48 – White Yarn

1 CH, SC all the way round and join with slip stitch

Step 49 – Brown Yarn

1. SC in the SC before white cluster

   

2. Cluster 2 DCs in brown front loops (this is done with one DC in brown front loop before the white cluster and the 2nd DC in brown front loop straight after the white cluster – when complete, you will get an inverted “V” shape around the white cluster as seen in the 2nd photo below)

   

   

3. DC in the same brown front loop used for the 2nd brown DC which you made as part of the brown DC cluster above – therefore you will now have 2 DCs in the 2nd brown front loop ( the one after the white cluster)
4. DC in the next brown front loop
5. FDC in leg of  brown TR

   

6. 2 FDCs in leg of 2nd  brown TR
7. DC in next brown front loop.
8. Repeat from (2) all the way round and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 50 – Blue Yarn

You should have 196 stitches now in the previous row. We need to decrease this to 192 in this row.  SC all the way round in each stitch, closing any pockets, and also reducing by the 4 stitches along the way. Join with slip stitch.

Step 51 – White Yarn

HDC in back loop of each stitch all the way round and join with slip stitch.

Step 52 – Brown Yarn

N.B. Any SC falling on white SC to be done in back loop

1. 2 DC in same blue SC front loop

   

2. Skip 1white stitch, 3 SC

   

3. Skip 1 blue stitch 2 DC in next blue SC

   

4. Skip 1 white stitch, SC
5. Skip 3 blue stitches, repeat from (1) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish on step 4 and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 53 – Blue Yarn

1. 5 SC (1st, 3rd, 4th on brown DC)

   

2. DC in blue front loop
3. skip 1 brown stitch, 7 SC

   

4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2 SC instead of  7 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 54 – White Yarn

1. 5 SC

   

2. DC in front loop of white HDC
3. FDC in leg of same HDC, Skip 1 blue stitch, SC in back loop of blue DC

   

4. DC in front loop of white HDC
5. FDC in leg of same HDC, skip 1 blue stitch
6. Repeat from (1) all the way round and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 55 – Brown Yarn

1. 2 SC (on white DCs)

   

2. 2 FDC on legs of brown DCs

   

3. 2 FDs on legs of next brown DCs, Skip 5 white stitches,
4. 5 SC

   

5. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 3 SC instead of  5 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 56 – Blue Yarn

1. 8 SC ( 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th fall on brown DC) and close any pockets as you go along

   

2. DC in front loop of blue DC

   

3. DC in leg of same DC, Skip 1 brown stitch,
4. Repeat from (1) all the way round and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 57 – White Yarn

1. 2 SC (on blue DCs)

   

2. 2 FDC on the white DCs, Skip 2 blue stitches, 4 SC in back loop
3. 2 FDC on the white DCs, skip 2 blue stitches,

   

4. Repeat from (1) all the way round and join with slip stitch

   

Step 58 – Brown Yarn

1. 5 SC

   

2. 2 FDC in the brown DCs, Skip 1 white stitch, SC

   

3. 2 FDC in the brown DCs, Skip 2 white stitches, 6 SC, closing pockets along the way
4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 1 SC instead of  6 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 59 – Blue Yarn

1. 2 SC

   

2. Cluster of 2 DC in blue DCs, Skip 2 brown stitches, 9 SCs

   

3. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 7 SC instead of  9 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 21 – Purple Yarn

1. SC into 5th SC from white DC

   

2. FDC into 1st purple DC
3. DC into front loop of next purple DC (you will see the white cluster infront of it)
4. FDC into 3rd purple DC

   

5. Skip 3 white stitches, SC
6. FDC into each purple DC (i.e 3 FDCs)
7. Skip 3 white stitches, 3 SC
8. FDC into each purple DC (i.e 3FDCs)
9. Skip 3 white stitches, repeat from (1) all the way round. and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 22 – Brown Yarn

1. SC on 3rd purple DC
2. Repeat (FDC into brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 3 SC) twice
3. FDC into brown DC
4. Skip purple stitch, SC
5. FDC into brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 3 SC
6. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2SC instead of  3 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 23 – White Yarn

1. 11 SC

   

2. FDC into white DC
3. Skip brown stitch, 13 SCs
4. Repeat from (1) all the way round.  N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2SC instead of 13 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 24 – Purple Yarn

1. 2 SC (1st in next SC after white DC)

   

2. DC3tog into the 3 purple DCs, Skip 1 white stitch, SC
3. SC into back loop, 1 SC
4. 3 FDC into purple DCs, Skip 1 white stitch, SC
5. SC into back loop, 1 SC
6. DC3tog into the 3 purple DCs, Skip 1 white stitch, 2 SC
7. SC into back loop (on white DC)

   

8. Repeat from (1) all the way round and close with slip stitch

   

Step 25 – Brown Yarn

1. 3 SC ( 1st on 3rd SC after DC3tog)

   

2. FTR2tog into brown DC and next brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 2 SC

   

3. FDC into same brown DC as (2), Skip purple stitch, 3 SC
4. FDC into next brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 2 SC
5. FTR2tog into same brown DC as (4), and next brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 5 SC

   

6. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2SC instead of 5  SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 26 – Blue Yarn

1. SC on brown FTR2tog

   

2. 2 DC into front loop of white DC, Skip 2 brown stitches, SC in back loop of SC

   

3. 2 DC in the same white front loop of white DC as in (2), Skip 2 brown stitches, 11 SC
4. Repeat from (2) all around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 10 SC instead of 11  SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 27 – White Yarn

1. 4 SC ( 3rd and 4th on blue DCs), SC in back loop
2. 4 SC (1st and 2nd on blue DCs)

   

3. 2 DC in front loop of white DC, Skip 2 blue stitches, 3 SC
4. 2 DC in front loop of white SC, skip 2 blue stitches

   

5. Repeat from (1) all the way round and close with slip stitch.

   

Step 28 – Purple Yarn

All SCs on white DCs to be done on back loop of white DC.

1. 5 SC (1st on white DC)

   

2. PC (popcorn) in blue front loop, Skip next white stitch, 7 SC (5th and 6th on white DCs)

   

3. TR3tog into 3 purple DCs, Skip white stitch, 7 SC (2nd and 3rd on white DCs)

   

4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2 SC instead of  7 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 29 – Brown Yarn

1. 2 SC (1st on 2nd SC from TR3tog)

   

2. FTR into brown DC, 3 SC, SC in back loop
3. 2 SC (one in popcorn , one in stitch closing popcorn), SC in back loop, 3 SC
4. FTR into brown DC, 3 SC

   

5. FTR2 tog into next 2 brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 3 SC

   

6. Repeat from (2) all the way around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 1 SC instead of  3 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 30 – Blue Yarn

1. 4 SC (4th on brown DC)

   

2. FTR in next 2 blue DC, Skip 2 brown stitches, 6 SC
3. FTR in next 2 blue DC, Skip 2 brown stitches, 9 SC

   

4. Repeat from (2) all the way around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 5 SC instead of  9 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 31 – White Yarn

1. SC into SC after blue TR
2. FTR into leg of first white DC

   

3. TR in front loop of 2nd white DC
4. FTR into leg of the same white DC
5. FTR into leg of first white DC
6. TR in front loop of 2nd white DC
7. FTR into leg of the same white DC
8. Skip 7 blue stitches, 12 SC

   

9. Repeat from (2) all the way around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 11 SC instead of  12 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 32 – Purple Yarn

1. 12 SC (3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th & 8th are on white DC)

   

2. PC (popcorn) in front loop of purple stitch, Skip 2 white stitches, SC in front loop of white stitch.
3. PC (popcorn) in front loop of purple stitch, Skip 1 white stitch, 14 SC. N.B – when doing SC, insert hook through blue stitches from Row 30 to close any pockets.

   

   

4. Repeat from (2) all the way around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 2 SC instead of  14 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 33 – Brown Yarn

1. 4 SC
2. FTR into brown DC, 4 SC

   

3. FTR into next brown DC, 15 SC (7th  and 10th in Popcorn closing loop)
4. Repeat from (2) all the way around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 11 SC instead of  15 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 34 – Blue Yarn

1. SC (on 11th brown SC from brown DC)

   

2. FTR into blue DC x 2, Skip 1 brown stitch, 12 SC (4th 9th are on brown DC)
3. FTR into blue DC x 2, Skip 1 brown stitch, 7 SC
4. Repeat from (2) all the way around. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 6 SC instead of  7 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 35 – White Yarn

1. 9SC (3rd and 4th are on blue DC)

   

2. FTR2tog in 1st and 2nd white DC
3. FTR through next 2 white DC

   

4. FTR2tog in 5th and 6th white DC, Skip 2 blue stitches, 21 SC (6th, 7th, 15th & 16th on blue DCs)

   

5. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 12 SC instead of  21 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 36 – Purple Yarn

1. 21 SC (10th on white 1st tr2tog). N.B. close pocket with SC 11 and 12.

   

2. 4 TR in front white loop (see pic above), Skip 3 white stitches, Repeat from (1) all the way round and close with a slip stitch.

   

Step 37 – Brown Yarn

1. 10 SC (1st on 4th purple TR)
2. FTR into brown DC, Skip one purple stitch, SC

   

3. FTR into brown DC, Skip one purple stitch, 22 SC. N.B. close pocket with SC 11,12 & 13 SC
4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 12 SC instead of  22 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 38 – Blue Yarn

1. SC (1st on 12th SC from brown DC)

   

2. FTR through the 2 blue DCs, Skip 1 brown stitch, 19 SC
3. FTR through the 2 blue DCs, Skip 1 brown stitch, 4 SC

   

4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 3 SC instead of  4 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

Step 39 – White Yarn

1. 2 SC (1st stitch on blue TR)

   

2. FDC4tog in 4 DC, Skip 2 blue stitches, 11 SC

   

3. Do together (FTR in 2 white TRs,DC in next white TR,FTR in 2 white TRs), Skip next blue stitch, 11 SCs

   

4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with 9 SC instead of  11 SC and join with slip stitch.

   

 

04/05/2019 – Latest update: I have just found out that the designer of this awesome pattern is a very talented Russian lady named Evgenia Tychenko.  I am blown over by her talent! If you would like to see more of her wonderful designs then you should visit: https://vk.com/tychenko_crochet .

I came across this most beautiful project on a Russian site (https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/5915568/post413209748/) – and not surprisingly, the pattern was in Russian. So, like all non-Russian speakers, off I went to translate it using Google Translate . Let’s just say that the outcome was not what I hoped for. While Google Translate is an awesome tool, it is not geared towards specialist terms used in crochet – so this was quite a challenge. With lots of searches on Pintrest, and other Russian sites, I managed to make some sense of the pattern. The rest was then fine-tuned using trial and error – and boy, did I have to redo large parts or what! Nonetheless, I would say that it was worth it!

I posted the end result on my Facebook page (now Studio Manjri) and also in a number of crochet groups – and was asked by many for the pattern. So, I have now published my translation of the pattern here in parts (Thank you Evgenia for your permission to do so!!). It has taken some time to do as I followed her method by photographing the project step by step as I went along, to make the pattern easier to follow. You can use your own colour scheme , but I have used for this instructional project brown, white (actually cream), purple and light blue. If you do try this project out, I would love to see some photos!

You will need 4 colours of yarn. I used acrylic DK yarn and a size 4mm hook. The end result is a mat which is approximately 75cm in diameter. I dont know exactly how much yarn I used, but I would say around 200-250g of each colour will do the trick.

Pattern credit: Original design by Evgenia Tychenko. This English translation was prepared and published by Manjri’s Place with the designer’s permission.

Instructions – Part 1

Legend:

CH – Chain Stitch
SC – Single Crochet
HDC –Half Double Crochet
DC – Double Crochet
TR – Treble Crochet
PC – Popcorn – 5 DC together in one loop. CH 1.
Cluster stitch – (Yarn over, insert hook into designated stitch, loop through) 3 times – now you will have 7 loops on the hook – yarn over and pull through all the stitches.

Method to join a new colour:

1. Leave the last loop or colour free. Join new colour into 2^nd stitch to the right from the free one with a SC.

   

2. Insert hook into the next stitch (next to free loop of previous colour) and pull yarn through. Insert hook into free loop of previous colour. YO and pull through all 3 stitches. SC all the way round.

   

   

When you get to the start of the row, insert hook into the same loop as in step 1 and make an SC

 

Pattern

Step 1 – Brown Yarn

1. CH 5. Close into ring
2. 10 SC into the ring.
3. 16 DC into ring over SC

   

Step 2 – White Yarn

1. 2 DC in back loop of each DC from previous step, all the way round and close by slip stitch into first DC

   

Step 3 – Brown Yarn

1. 2 SC
2. 2DC in brown front loop
3. skip 2 stitches (white loops), 2 SC, skip 1 brown front loop
4. 2 DC in the next front loop
5. repeat from (3) all the way round – close with slip stitch

   

Step 4 – Brown Yarn

1. SC in each stitch. When doing SC in brown DC, capture also the back loop of white DC from previous row all the way round and close with slip stitch.

Step 5 – White Yarn

1. 2 SC (1st on 2nd brown DC)
   
   

   

2. 2 FDC on white DC from row 2, 4 SC , repeat all the way round. N.B. in the last repeat, finish with 2 SC instead of 4 SC. Close with a slip stitch

   

   

Step 6 – Brown Yarn

1. SC in 2nd white DC.

   

2. FDC in leg of brown DC.

   

3. DC in front loop of 1st brown DC
4. DC in front half-loop of 2nd brown DC

   

5. FDC in leg of 2nd brown DC
6. Skip 4 white stitches. 2 SC, repeat from (2) all the way round. Close wth slip stitch

   

Step 7 – Brown Yarn

1. SC in back loop of brown stitches from last row all the way round.

   

Step 8 – White Yarn

1. 6 SC.

   

2. FDC – immediately under both white DC from Previous row

   

   

3. repeat from (1) all the way round. Close with a slip stitch.

   

Step 9 – Purple Yarn

1. 2 SC (1st in white DC)
2. DC in front loop of the 2nd brown DC, skip SC from previous row, SC
3. DC in front loop of the following DC, SC
4. DC
5. 3 SC (2nd on white DC), repeat from (2) till the end. N.B. in last repeat, finish with only 1 SC instead of 3 SC and slip stitch to close

   

   

Step 10 – Brown Yarn

N.B. For all SCs falling on Purple DCs, work in the back loop.

1. SC (in the 2nd purple SC).
2. FDC in 1st brown DC, skip SC, SC
3. FDC in 2nd brown DC, skip SC, SC
4. FDC in 3rd brown DC, skip SC, SC
5. FDC in 4th brown DC, skip SC,

   

6. repeat from (1) all the way round and close with slip stitch.

   

Step 11 – White Yarn

1. SC (in brown DC)
2. FDC in white DC, skip stitch,
3. 7 SC, repeat from (2) all the way round – N.B. in last repeat , finish with 6 SC instead of 7 SC. Close with slip stitch.

   

   

Step 12 – Purple Yarn

1. 3 SC (starting at the last white SC)

   

2. Do (DC in front loop of purple DC, DC in leg of the same DC, skip stitch, SC) 3 times

   

3. 2 SC,
4. repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. In last repeat, finish with 1 SC instead of 2 SC. Close with slip stitch

   

Step 13 – Brown Yarn

For all SCs falling on purple DCs, work in back loop

1. SC on 2nd purple DC

   

2. FDC on brown DC, skip stitch
3. SC, FDC on brown DC, skip stitch, 2 SC
4. FDC on brown DC, skip stitch, 2 SC
5. FDC on brown DC, skip stitch, 2 SC

   

6. FDC for brown DC, skip stitch, repeat from (3) all the way round – and close with slip stitch

   

Step 14 – White Yarn

1. 3 SC (3rd on brown DC)

   

2. repeat (FDC in white DC, skip Stitch, 10 SCs) all the way round. N.B. in last repeat finish with 7 SC instead of 10 SC and close with a slip stitch

   

Step 15 – Purple Yarn

1. SC.

   

2. FDC in leg of purple DC

   

3. DC in Front loop of the next purple DC
4. FDC in the leg of the same DC, skip 2 white stitches, 3 SC
5. Repeat (FDC in the leg of the purple DC, DC in Front loop of the next purple DC,FDC in the leg of the same DC, skip 2 white stitches, SC) 3 times
6. 2SC
7. Repeat from (5) all around. N.B. in the last repeat, do step 5 only twice instead of 3 times and skip the SC in second iteration. Close off with a slip stitch

   

Step 16 – Brown Yarn

For all SCs falling on Purple DCs work on back loop

1. SC on 3rd purple DC in 2nd cluster of DCs from previous row

   

2. FDC in brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 3 SC
3. FDC in brown DC, Skip purple stitch, SC

   

4. Repeat (FDC in brown DC, Skip purple stitch, 3 SC) 3 times
5. FDC in brown DC, Skip purple stitch, SC
6. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. in the last repeat, finish with the FDC (i.e. miss the last SC from step 5) and close with a slip stitch.

   

Step 17 – White Yarn

1. 6 SC (2nd and 6th on brown DC)
2. FDC in white DC
3. Skip stitch, 6 SC

   

4. Cluster stitch in front loop of 2nd purple DC of middle cluster of purple DCs

   

5. Skip stitch, and repeat from (1) all the way round, and join with a slip stitch

   

Step 18 – Purple Yarn

1. Start with SC on cluster stitch from last round

   

2. FDC into leg of 3rd purple DC, Skip stitch, SC
3. FDC into each of the purple DC (total 3 FDC), Skip 3 white stitches, 3 SC
4. FDC into each of the purple DC (total 3 FDC), Skip 3 white stitches, SC
5. FDC into 1st purple DC

   

6. Skip 1 white stitch, repeat from (1) all the way round and close with a slip stitch

   

Step 19 – Brown Yarn

Start in SC before cluster stitch from last row.

1. 3 SC (2nd SC into cluster stitch back loop only)

   

2. FDC into brown DC, skip purple stitch, 3 SC
3. FDC into brown DC, skip purple stitch, SC
4. FDC into brown DC, skip purple stitch, 3 SC
5. FDC into brown DC,

   

6. Skip purple stitch, repeat from (1) all around and close with slip stitch

   

Step 20 – White Yarn

1. 9 SC (1st on brown DC)
2. FDC into white DC

   

3. Skip brown stitch, 13 SCs
4. Repeat from (2) all the way round. N.B. on last repeat, finish with only 4SC instead of 13 SC and join with slip stitch.