How to Crochet a Jumbo Pinwheel Stitch
The word pinwheel brings to mind summer fun with colorful paper spinners. There is another type of pinwheel, however -- the crocheted kind. A jumbo pinwheel is crocheted very simply with triple crochets, making fan shapes that line up to create full circles. Jumbo pinwheels are easily crocheted once you know what to do, and even crocheters with moderate skills can attempt a jumbo pinwheel crochet pattern.
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Instructions
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Row One
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Make a slip knot with yarn.
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Put the crochet hook into the slip knot.
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Pull the yarn, tightening the slip knot around the crochet hook.
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Chain 21.
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Half double crochet in the second chain from the crochet hook.
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Skip two stitches.
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Triple crochet seven times in the next stitch.
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Continue to skip two stitches, half double crochet, skip two stitches and triple crochet seven times in the next stitch, until the last three stitches in the row.
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Skip two stitches and half double crochet in the last stitch of the row. Turn.
Row Two
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Chain four.
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Triple crochet with a modification in the next stitch. Yarn over and pull the yarn through two loops on the crochet hook. Yarn over again and pull the yarn through two more loops on the crochet hook. You have two yarn loops on the crochet hook.
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Triple crochet with the modification described in each of the next two stitches. You have four yarn loops on the crochet hook.
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Yarn over and pull the yarn through all four loops on the crochet hook.
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Chain four.
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Half double crochet in the next stitch.
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Chain four.
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Triple crochet with the modification in each of the next seven stitches. You have eight loops of yarn on the crochet hook.
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Yarn over and pull the yarn through all eight loops on the crochet hook.
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Continue to chain four, half double crochet in the next stitch, chain four, triple crochet with the modification in the next seven stitches and then yarn over to pull the yarn through the eight loops on the crochet hook. Continue this pattern until the last four stitches in the row, ending with a half double crochet.
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Triple crochet with the modification in the next four stitches. You have five loops on the crochet hook.
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Yarn over and pull the yarn through all five loops on the crochet hook. Turn.
Row Three
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Chain four.
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Triple crochet in the stitch at the base of the four chains three times.
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Half double crochet in the next half double crochet.
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Triple crochet seven times into the next stitch, the middle of the half circle in the row below.
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Continue to half double crochet in the next half double crochet, and then triple crochet seven times in the middle of the half circle in the row below, until the last half double crochet in the row.
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Half double crochet in the last half double crochet in the row.
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Triple crochet four times into the last stitch in the row. Turn.
Finishing
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Continue to alternate rows two and three until the crochet is the size you want.
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Finish the crochet piece with row two.
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Cut the yarn with scissors leaving 4 inches from the last stitch.
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Wrap the yarn, from bottom to top, through the last stitch and hold a loop in the yarn.
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Put the yarn end through the loop. Pull the yarn end to the tighten the loop.
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Pull the end of the yarn into the crocheted piece an inch or so with the crochet hook. Cut the excess yarn with scissors.
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Tips & Warnings
Use one yarn color for row one. Switch to a contrasting yarn color at the end of row one for rows two and three. Use the first yarn color when repeating rows two and three. Keep switching the yarn colors every two rows to highlight the circular shape of the jumbo pinwheels.
Crochet Cabana advises to avoid knotting your two strands when you change color.
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