Scheepjes Crochet in my DNA MAL - Week 1 - (English US)

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Welcome to Week 1 of the Scheepjes Crochet in my DNA MAL! Please read the introduction first, make sure you've made your swatches and then come back to read this weeks information and get started! Grab your yarn, a bit of patience, a bucket of motivation and get hooking :)!

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Voor de Nederlandse versie van dit bericht: Week 1 Nederlands.
For the English UK version: Scheepjes MAL Week 1 English UK.

Color chart of the project with horizontal bands in red, black, yellow, orange, pink, green and blue that shift like a wavy DNA strand

Speed Scheepjes Crochet in my DNA MAL

We are not doing that much this week on purpose. I have very consciously chosen this after years of experience with all kinds of CALs. My experience is that people really want to keep up. Also, the experience is that especially in the first two weeks, many questions come up about a new project or a new technique.

That is why we have chosen to crochet one strip of the project this week: the very bottom edge of the crochet pattern. For some that will be too little, they will have to be patient for a while before we release the entire bottom half next week. (Or they can buy the PDF crochet pattern via the button below and continue in one go):

PDF Pattern >

For others, such a calm first week ensures that they approach the entire project with confidence and courage, and that is exactly my intention.

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Are you having trouble after reading all the information and watching the YouTube Videos (those of the swatches last week and this weeks extensive tutorial)? Or do you want to show your progress and colours? Pleas join us in the cozy Scheepjes International Facebook Group!

Terminology

To follow along easily with this pattern, it's nice if you understand the terminology I'm using. I might use "crochet project" or perhaps "blanket" or "wall hanger", but I mean the same thing: the gorgeous Crochet in my DNA MAL from Scheepjes, designed by Hook to Hook and put into practice by Een Mooi Gebaar.

The crocheted wall hanging with shifting color bands on a wooden rod, above a blue armchair and a side table with a leopard figurine

We're going to crochet our project from the bottom to the top. We're NOT going to crochet diagonally with lots of bobbins, like is custom for C2C, but we're gonna crochet colour by colour.

Each horizontal line in the project, I'll call a strip. Each strip is made up of 5 pieces of one colour. Each piece in one colour will be called panel. There are two colour combinations of 5 panels, which keep alternating, from the bottom to the top. Each panel is 2 blocks high, but the width of the panels change, making the gorgeous DNA Helix feeling of this crochet project.

Close-up of corner to corner blocks in orange, lilac, purple and green, with black circles around some single blocks

Each block (I've circled a few at random in the picture above) is a combination of chain 6 and 3 double crochet, or of chain 3 and 3 double crochet. Blocks are attached with slip stitches. Those are the three stitches you'll need for this entire project: chain, double crochet and slip stitch.

It's important to pay attention to the direction (horizontal/vertical) of the blocks. Blocks adjacent to one another, should never have the same direction. It's also important that the orientation (front/back) of the double crochets alternates. The front of the double crochets in one block is always blocks with the back of the double crochets facing. In this picture below you see in blue: horizontal double crochets, seen from the front. In orange in the picture below, you see vertical double crochets, viewed from the back. Diagonally the blocks always have the same direction and orientation.

The same blocks in orange, lilac, purple and green, with blue lines on the horizontal double crochets and orange lines on the vertical double crochets

Not sure you get it? Please watch the YouTube video, I'll show you multiple times what to pay attention to and how it looks.

Start

Do you have all your materials? Ready to go?

Nine balls of Scheepjes Scrumptious in pink, purple, black, turquoise, yellow and lilac, with small scissors, crochet hook and darning needle on wood

Colors I used for the wall hanging in this photo tutorial, with the yarn Scheepjes Scrumptious. So nice to see them together like this, it always makes me want to start right away!

Strip 1 - Panel 1: 2 blocks high, 6 blocks wide; Colour A

I use the word "strip" for one horizontal line on the drawing, which is 2 blocks high. One strip always has 5 colours. Each piece of 1 colour is called a "panel". A "block" is a combination of chain 3 and 3 double crochet (or 2 chain and 3 half double crochet if you use Mini C2C).

Panel 1 - Row 1

Slip knot with Colour A.

A slip knot in purple-blue yarn on the crochet hook with a green handle, on a wooden surface

Chain 6

A chain of six in purple-blue yarn on the crochet hook

Double crochet into the 4th chain from the hook. Do you see where the needle is pointing in the photo below? That's the 4thchain from the hook.

The darning needle points to the fourth chain from the hook in the purple-blue chain

Double crochet into the next chain. The needle is pointing at it in the picture below:

One double crochet is made and the darning needle points to the next chain

Double crochet into the last chain. Do you see the needle in the photo below? The last chain is actually the first chain you made (confusing, no?), just besides the knot of the slip knot.

Two double crochets on the chain, with the darning needle pointing to the last chain next to the slip knot

Your first block is done. Leave the beginning yarn be, this is the bottom corner of your work, you'll be able to recognize where you started from this little yarn end.

The first purple-blue block is finished, with one loop on the crochet hook and the starting tail below

Panel 1 - Row 2

Chain 6

A new chain of six sits on top of the first block, with the crochet hook at the end

Double crochet into the 4th chain from the hook. Do you see the needle in the picture below? That's where the first double crochet of this new block will come.

The darning needle points to the fourth chain in the new chain, which runs from the first block

Make a double crochet into the next chain. The needle below shows which one that is:

One double crochet on the new chain, with the darning needle pointing to the next chain

Double crochet into the last chain. It's at the cross over between the two blocks. The needle is in it in the picture below:

The darning needle is in the last chain, at the crossover between the two blocks

This is what your work looks like now:

Two purple-blue blocks joined diagonally, with the crochet hook in the second block

This is the point where many people falter with the Corner to Corner technique. Flip the first block you crocheted up, so that there are 2 blocks next to each other. Your hook is now next to the rounder side of the first block. The first block is now visible from the back, the second still from the front. The second block now has vertical double crochets, the first now has horizontal blocks. Is that correct?

The first block is folded over so the two blocks lie side by side

The needle in the photo below is pointing to the chain space. This is the space between the 3 chain of the starting chain 6 and the first double crochet you made for the first block. This is called the chain space. Slip stitch into this space.

The darning needle points to the chain space of the first block, to the left of the crochet hook

Chain 3

Three chains standing up from the chain space between the blocks, on the crochet hook

3 double crochet into the same chain space.

Close-up of three purple-blue blocks in a corner shape, with the crochet hook at the top

This is what your work should look like now, we've already reached the height of this strip.

Panel 1 - Row 3

The height has been reached. You are not going to start with 6 chains, but you are going to turn. This is not necessarily decreasing (after all, you are crocheting 2 blocks in this row and not just 1), but it is not increasing either. I call it "stopping increasing".

Chain 3 and turn

Three chains on the top block of the corner shape, with the crochet hook above

Slip stitch into the chain space of the last crocheted block (that is the block that your 3 chains are also attached to). Then rotate the block a quarter, to end up as in the picture below.

The work is turned a quarter turn, the darning needle points to the chain space with the crochet hook right next to it

Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space

A new block next to the work, with the darning needle in the next chain space

Slip stitch into next chain space, see needle in this picture:

The darning needle lies across the left part, with a small block on the right with the crochet hook in it

Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space

The darning needle points to a chain space on the top edge of the block-shaped piece, with the crochet hook above

Panel 1 - Row 4

We're making a panel of 2 high and 6 wide. This means we'll keep increasing on one side, but not on the other. We'll alternate between a row of increasing and a row of not-increasing. To increase, we start with chain 6, to not-increase we start with chain 3 and turn, like we did in row 3.

Chain 6 and turn

A straight chain on top of the purple-blue piece, on the crochet hook

Double crochet into the 4th chain from the hook (see needle in picture below), double crochet into 5th chain from the hook, double crochet into 6th chain from the hook.

The work lies flat and the darning needle points to the fourth chain of the chain on the right

Slip stitch into chain space of previous block (see needle in the picture below).

A new block to the right of the work, with the darning needle pointing to the chain space of the previous block

Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space.

The darning needle is in the chain space, with a narrow block on the right with the crochet hook in it

Slip stitch into next chain space (see needle in the picture below).

The darning needle points to the next chain space, with a diagonal block and the crochet hook to its right

Panel 1 - Row 5

Chain 3 and turn your work

Three chains on top of the stepped piece, with the crochet hook attached

Slip stitch into the chain space of the last block. That chain space is shown by the needle in the picture below. You have to turn your work so that it looks like this picture:

The work is turned upright, the darning needle points to the chain space of the last block with the crochet hook next to it

Chain 3, 3 double crochet into this chain space (see needle in the picture)

The darning needle is in the chain space of the narrow upright piece, with the crochet hook to its right

Slip stitch into that chain space (see needle in picture below). Chain 3.

The darning needle points to the chain space at the top of the strip, with the crochet hook above

3 double crochet into the same space.

Panel 1 - Row 6

Chain 6, turn. Double crochet into 4th, 5th and 6th chain from the hook. Turn your work so your hook is next to the chain space of the previous block. Slip stitch into that chain space.

A strip of purple-blue blocks with a chain at the top on the crochet hook

Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space.

The purple-blue strip lies flat, with the darning needle in the chain space next to the crochet hook on the right

Panel 1 - Row 7

Slip stitch into next chain space and chain 3. Turn your work.

A low rectangle of blocks with a short chain on the last block, on the crochet hook

Slip stitch into chain space of the same block. Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space.

The strip stands upright, the darning needle points to the chain space at the top, with a loose chain on the crochet hook

Slip stitch into chain space, chain 3. You've reached the width of your first panel. Turn your work.

The narrow straight strip of purple-blue blocks, with one loop on the crochet hook at the top

Slip stitch into the chain space of the last made block.

The strip lies flat and the darning needle points to the chain space of the last block on the right

Chain 1. Cut the yarn

The purple-blue strip is finished, the crochet hook is at the end and small scissors cut the yarn

Pull through. We can darn in the end now (your work should be 2 blocks high and 6 wide).

The last loop is pulled through and the cut yarn end lies loose on the right side of the strip

Put your yarn end in a needle and pull through the chain 3 of the last block and the block below it.

The darning needle with the yarn end goes through the chains along the top edge of the last block

And through the double crochets of the last block. (Do this at the end of every colour). Leave the beginning yarn be for now

The darning needle pulls the yarn end through the double crochets of the last block to weave it in

Strip 1 - Panel 2: 2 blocks high and 12 blocks wide: Colour B

This is where you're going to change colour. You want to pay attention to where the beginning end of the yarn is. We'll crochet into the corner. This is at the bottom of the panel. Directly across from where you fastened off and directly across from where you started (see needle in picture below)

Panel 2 - Row 1

The darning needle goes through the corner hole on the short side of the purple-blue strip, opposite the yarn end

Insert your hook in this corner hole and pull a slip knot of Colour B through this hole.

The crochet hook goes through the corner hole of the strip and pulls up a slip knot of turquoise yarn

Chain 1 with double yarn (so the slip knot end and the yarn attached to the ball. This is to secure your end a little already)

The crochet hook now holds a chain made with doubled turquoise yarn, right next to the corner hole of the purple-blue strip

Chain 2 with yarn like normal. Turn

Two more chains in single turquoise yarn at the corner of the purple-blue strip, with the crochet hook attached

Slip stitch into the slip stitch between two blocks on the short side of panel 1 (see needle)

A turquoise chain at the short side of the strip, with the darning needle pointing to the stitch between two blocks

Chain 3. Turn

Three turquoise chains standing up above the end of the purple-blue strip, on the crochet hook

3 double crochet into the chain space you just made. You'll put your hook under the chains you just made of the Colour B, not under the chain space of Colour A/Panel 1. (See needle in picture below for correct placement).

The block you just made, is in opposite position of the block adjacent to it from panel 1. The new block has horizontal double crochet when it's "in the proper position" and the block next to it, belonging to panel 1, has vertical double crochets.

The darning needle points to the turquoise chain space at the short side of the purple-blue strip

Panel 2 - Row 2

Chain 6. Turn.

A turquoise block on the strip, with a new chain above it on the crochet hook

Work away your end, pull it through the bottom of your double crochet, like so:

The darning needle pulls the turquoise yarn end through the base of the double crochets, next to the purple-blue strip

...and also through the chain 3 from the chain space. (This is what you do with each and every colour change).

The darning needle goes through the chains of the turquoise block and the purple-blue work, with the yarn alongside

Make a double crochet into the 4th, 5th and 6th chain from the hook.

The turquoise block next to the purple-blue strip, with the darning needle pointing to the stitch in the chain on the right

Slip stitch into the chain space of the first block of this colour. Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space, slip stitch into the corner hole of the previous panel (see needle)

Two turquoise blocks in a corner shape against the purple-blue strip, with the darning needle pointing to the corner hole

Panel 2 - Row 3

Chain 3, turn

The turquoise corner shape with three blocks on the purple-blue strip, with the crochet hook at the top

Slip stitch into the chain space of this same block, chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space.

Purple-blue strip turning into turquoise blocks, with an upright chain on the crochet hook

Slip stitch, chain 3, 3 double crochet into the next chain space

The turquoise section on the purple-blue strip keeps growing in stepped blocks, with a chain at the top

Panel 2 - Row 4

Chain 6, turn, double crochet into the 4th, 5th and 6th chain from the hook. Turn. Slip stitch into chain space of previous block, chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space. Slip stitch into the next chain space. Chain 3, turn.

Turquoise stepped blocks next to the purple-blue strip, with a chain at the top on the crochet hook

Panel 2 - Row 5-12

Carry on like you've done so far. When you've reached 12 blocks on the bottom side, you need to make one last block. Chain 3, turn.

A long turquoise strip joins a small purple section, with a step at the end and the crochet hook at the top

Panel 2 - Row 13

Slip stitch into the chain space of the last block you made. Chain 3, 3 double crochet into the same space. Slip stitch into next chain 3 space. Chain 3, turn, slip stitch into the chain space of the last made block. Chain 1, cut the yarn.

The long turquoise strip is finished, with a bit of purple-blue at the bottom and the green crochet hook at the top

Your second panel of strip 1 is now finished. Don't forget to darn in your ends.

The turquoise end with the crochet hook attached while small scissors cut the yarn

Strip 1 - Panel 3 and 4: 2 blocks high, 12 blocks wide per panel; Colour C and then D

The crochet hook goes through the corner hole of the turquoise strip and pulls up a slip knot of yellow yarn

Panel 3 and 4 are made exactly the same as panel 2, but you attach them on another panel. Panel 3 is attached to the bottom corner of panel 2, panel 4 on the bottom corner of panel 3. Panel 3 is made with Colour C, panel 4 is made with Colour D.

The crochet hook with yellow yarn in the corner hole of the turquoise strip, ready for the next color section

Strip 1 - Panel 5: 2 blocks high and 16 blocks wide; Colour A

Panel 5 is crocheted in Colour A again. You attach it in the same fashion as you did for panel 2-4. This strip is wider than the others: 16 blocks wide.

A long zigzag strip in purple-blue, turquoise, yellow and pink, with a last purple-blue section on the crochet hook

This is what it should look like now

The complete first strip laid out in a zigzag in purple-blue, turquoise, yellow, pink and purple-blue again

Darn in the ends, but keep the first end attached, so you know where the bottom of the project is. Strip 1 is done!

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Veelgestelde vragen

Who designed the Crochet in my DNA MAL?

The Scheepjes Crochet in my DNA MAL is a project by Hook to Hook and Een Mooi Gebaar.

What should I do before starting week 1?

Read the introduction first and make your swatches. Then grab your yarn and start with Strip 1.

What is the first panel?

Strip 1 – Panel 1 is 2 blocks high and 6 blocks wide, in Colour A.

Is there a PDF?

Yes, a PDF pattern is available via the link on the page.

Is this the UK or US version?

This page uses US terminology. There are also UK and Dutch versions of Week 1.

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