Welcome to Week 3 of my Pura Vida crochet-along! 💚
This week we will be crocheting lots of colourful, textured stitches representing tropical flowers, lush vegetation, beaches and jungle as we continue our journey inspired by Costa Rica! 💚
My son did a three week organised trek through the Costa Rican countryside which included walks through jungle areas.
He says it was tough at times walking in the heat, with big distances covered each day. Rain at times filled their boots up with water!
But such amazing memories were made and it all looked so very beautiful. Plenty of inspiration for colours and textures in our Pura Vida Blanket… 😃
Before we get crocheting, here’s a little round-up of photos shared this week over in my Coastal Crochet Facebook Group and also on Instagram and Ravelry too…
The little sloth and feline friend are gorgeous aren’t they! 😍😍
I do love seeing your progress!
For those of you who have purchased the pattern on Ravelry it has now been updated to include Week 3:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pura-vida-blanket
The free pattern is below.
So let’s get started with these colourful and fun stitches!
To Work
Please see Week 1 for all the abbreviations and introductory information about this blanket.
As we walk in the forest and follow the trails, beautiful tropical flowers can be seen… and is that another macaw?!
Row 52 (RS) Insert hook back into the loop at the end of Row 51, 3ch, 1tr in next st and each st to end, turn.
Row 53 (WS) 1ch (does not count as st here and throughout), 1dc in first st, *miss 2 sts, 5tr in next st, miss 2 sts, 1dc in next st, repeat from * to end, join with Yarn I at end of final st, turn. [24 shells]
Row 54 3ch, 1tr in next st, *1htr in next st, 1dc in next st, 1htr in next st, 1tr in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * to end (there will be 2 tr sts to work at end of row), turn. [145 sts]
Row 55 3ch, 1tr in next st and each st to end, join with Yarn B at end of final st, turn.
Row 56 1ch, 1dc in each of first 2 sts, *miss next 3 sts instead working 3FPdtr around the central tr in the 5-tr-group three rows below in Row 53, 1dc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * to end (there will be 2 dc sts to work at end of row), turn. [145 sts with 72 raised stitches]
Row 57 3ch, 1tr in next st, *miss next 3 sts instead working 1tr in each of 3 missed sts in Row 55, 1tr in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * to end (there will be 2 tr sts to work at end of row), join with Yarn E at end of final st, turn. [145 sts]
Row 58 2ch (counts as first htr), 1BPtr around each of next 2 sts, miss next st instead working FPdtr3tog around central raised st two rows below in Row 56, *1BPtr around each of next 5 sts, miss next st instead working FPdtr3tog around central raised st two rows below in Row 56, repeat from * to final 3 sts, 1BPtr around each of next 2 sts, 1htr in final st, join with Yarn G at end of final st, turn. [145 sts]
Row 59 2ch (counts as first htr), 1BPtr around each of next 2 sts, 1htr in next st (which is the top of the raised st), * 1BPtr around each of next 5 sts, 1htr in next st, repeat from * to final 3 sts, 1BPtr around each of next 2 sts, 1htr in final st, turn. [145 sts]
Row 60 3ch, 1tr in next st and each st to end (pay attention to crochet into the top of the 2 ch which is the final st), join with Yarn D at end of final st, turn.
Row 61 1ch, 1dc in first st, (1dtr in next st, 1dc in next st) to end, join with Yarn E at end of final st, turn.
Row 62 3ch, (1htr in next st, 1tr in next st) to end, join with Yarn F at end of final st, turn.
Row 63 1ch, 1dc in first st, (1dtr in next st, 1dc in next st) to end, join with Yarn G at end of final st, turn.
Row 64 3ch, 1tr in next st and each st to end, turn.
Row 65 1ch, 1dc in each st to end, join with Yarn H at end of final st, turn.
Leaving the beaches behind and heading deeper into the jungle and off the beaten track, we’re surrounded by lush vegetation and are excited to see what surprises we might see in the jungle!
Row 66 (RS) 4ch (counts as first dtr), 1dtr in next st, *1tr in each of next 2 sts, 1htr in next st, 1dc in each of next 3 sts, 1htr in next st, 1tr in each of next 2 sts, 1dtr in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * to end (the final repeat will end with 1dtr in each of the final 2 sts), turn. [145 sts]
Row 67 (WS) 1ch (does not count as st here and throughout), 1dc in each st to end, join with Yarn D at end of final st, turn.
Row 68 1ch, 1dc in each of first 2 sts, *1htr in each of next 2 sts, 1tr in next st, 1dtr in each of next 3 sts, 1tr in next st, 1htr in each of next 2 sts, 1dc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * to end (the final repeat will end with 1dc in each of the final 2 sts), turn.
Row 69 1ch, 1dc in each st to end, join with Yarn J at end of final st, turn.
Row 70 3ch, 1tr in next st, miss 1 st, (1tr, 1ch, 1tr) all in next st, *miss 2 sts, (1tr, 1ch, 1tr) all in next st, repeat from * to final 3 sts, miss next st, 1tr in each of final 2 sts, join with Yarn C at end of final st, turn.
Row 71 3ch, 1tr in next st, miss 1 st, 3tr in next 1-ch-sp, *miss 2 sts, 3tr in next 1-ch-sp, repeat from * until final 1-ch-sp, miss next st, 1tr in each of final 2 sts, join with Yarn I at end of final st, turn.
Row 72 3ch, 1tr in next st and each st to end, turn.
Row 73 1ch, 1dc in each st to end, join with Yarn B at end of final st, turn.
Row 74 1ch, 1dc in each of first 5 sts, miss next 3 sts instead working 3FPdtr around the central tr in the 3-tr-group directly below them three rows below in Row 71, *1dc in each of next 9 sts, miss next 3 sts instead working 3FPdtr around the central tr in the 3-tr-group directly below them in Row 71, repeat from * to final 5 sts, 1dc in each of final 5 sts, join with Yarn A at end of final st, turn. [145 sts with 12 groups of raised stitches]
Row 75 3ch, 1tr in each of next 4 sts, *miss next 3 sts instead working 1tr in each of 3 missed sts in Row 73, 1tr in each of next 9 sts, repeat from * to end (there will be 5 tr sts to work at end of row), join with Yarn J at end of final st, turn. [145 sts]
Row 76 1ch, 1dc in each of first 11 sts, miss next 3 sts instead working 3FPquadtr around the central tr in the 3-tr-group directly below them five rows below in Row 71, *1dc in each of next 9 sts, miss next 3 sts instead working 3FPquadtr around the central tr in the 3-tr-group directly below them in Row 71, repeat from * to final 11 sts, 1dc in each of final 11 sts, join with Yarn A at end of final st, turn. [145 sts with 11 groups of raised stitches]
Row 77 3ch, 1tr in each of next 10 sts, *miss next 3 sts instead working 1tr in each of 3 missed sts in Row 75 (make sure your hook goes through to the front and underneath the tops of the sts in Row 76 to encase them and neaten), 1tr in each of next 9 sts, repeat from * to end (there will be 5 tr sts to work at end of row), turn. [145 sts]
Pura Vida and Happy Crocheting… 💚
