Pattern: Half-circle Susemi

This one is for Charlie, to match the dishcloth that I made for him earlier.

Pattern

Centre:
Use three colours of acrylic yarn and smaller size needle than suggested for yarn, to make a tighter stitch.

Round 1: Make adjustable loop, ch 1, 10 dc, sl st to beg. ch (10 sts., not including beg. ch 1)

Round 2: ch 3, 1 dc in next st, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 1) in each of remaining sts, sl st to beg. ch (20 sts, including beg. ch 3)

Round 3: ch 1, 2 sc at base of chain, 1 sc in next st, 1 sc in next ch space, (2 dc in next st, 1 sc in next st, 1 sc in next ch space) all the way around, sl st to beg ch (40 sts., not including beg. ch 1)

Round 4: ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 1, (4 dc, ch 1) all the way around, sl st to beg. ch (40 sts., including beg. ch 3)

Round 5: ch 1, 1 sc at base of chain, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next ch space, (4 sc, 2 dc in ch space) all the way around, sl st to beg. ch, cut yarn and sew in ends. (60 sts., not including beg. ch 1)

Fold piece in half (in the middle of row 4’s four dc’s, so that the little holes line up on both sides. If you do this susemi in watermelon colours, those holes can be the “seeds”)

Border:
Attach 2nd colour of yarn and ch 3. 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st. 1 dc in each of next 2 sts, continue with (2 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc) all around, sl st in beg. ch, cut yarn and sew in ends. (40 sts., including beg. ch 3)

Attach 3rd colour of yarn (or stay with 2nd colour) and ch 1, 1 sc in same st, sc in each st all around, and either cut yarn and sew in ends, or make a 10 ch loop, sl st to join, cut yarn and sew in end.

Questions, concerns, confusions? Leave a comment below!

P. S. (Sept. 26) Charlie came over for lunch (though he didn’t eat anything coz his stomach was upsetting him) and I gave him his susemi. He seemed quite pleased.