Crescent Moon Medallion

Granny SquaresIntermediate3.5mm hook20 rounds

A slender waxing crescent — a warm cream moon on a dusk slate-blue sky — worked as a 2-color tapestry-crochet medallion: all single crochet in the back loop only, one color per stitch, in a continuous spiral flat circle (round k has 6×k sc — the +6-per-round rule, increases evenly staggered). Carry the idle strand inside your stitches and change color on the last yarn-over before each new color. Worked at 20 rounds ≈ 16 cm (6¼ in) across at DK gauge (1,260 sc) — the extra rounds keep the fine crescent crisp. A dreamy night-sky disc for blankets, bags, and cushions.

Crescent Moon Medallion
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Magic RingSingle Crochet (SC)Increase (inc)Working in RoundsWorking in SpiralColor ChangesReading Charts Independently
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Instructions

Foundation: Magic Ring

  1. R1Rnd 1: Work 6 sc into a magic ring — Dark Blue: sc 6. Work in a continuous spiral: do not join, do not turn; mark the first stitch of each round. (6 sc) Tapestry notes: from Rnd 2 on, work every sc into the BACK LOOP only (keeps the color columns vertical). Carry the idle yarn along the top of the round and crochet over it with every stitch. Change colors on the LAST yarn-over of the stitch before each new color. After the final round, taper: sl st in the next st and fasten off invisibly.
  2. R2Rnd 2 (12 sc): Dark Blue: inc ×6.
  3. R3Rnd 3 (18 sc): Dark Blue: (sc 1, inc) ×6.
  4. R4Rnd 4 (24 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 2) ×6.
  5. R5Rnd 5 (30 sc): Dark Blue: sc 2, (inc, sc 3) ×5, inc, sc 1.
  6. R6Rnd 6 (36 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 4) ×6.
  7. R7Rnd 7 (42 sc): Dark Blue: sc 3, (inc, sc 5) ×5, inc, sc 2.
  8. R8Rnd 8 (48 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 6) ×6.
  9. R9Rnd 9 (54 sc): Dark Blue: sc 4, (inc, sc 7) ×5, inc, sc 3.
  10. R10Rnd 10 (60 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 8) ×6.
  11. R11Rnd 11 (66 sc): Dark Blue: sc 5, (inc, sc 9) ×5, inc, sc 4.
  12. R12Rnd 12 (72 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 10) ×6.
  13. R13Rnd 13 (78 sc): Dark Blue: sc 6, (inc, sc 11) ×5, inc, sc 5.
  14. R14Rnd 14 (84 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 12) ×6.
  15. R15Rnd 15 (90 sc): Dark Blue: sc 7, (inc, sc 13) ×5, inc, sc 6.
  16. R16Rnd 16 (96 sc): Dark Blue: (inc, sc 14) ×5, inc, sc 12 · Light Gray: sc 2.
  17. R17Rnd 17 (102 sc): Light Gray: sc 6 · Dark Blue: sc 2, (inc, sc 15) ×5, inc — first half Dark Blue, second half Light Gray · Light Gray: sc 7.
  18. R18Rnd 18 (108 sc): Light Gray: inc, sc 11 · Dark Blue: sc 5, (inc, sc 16) ×4, inc, sc 3 · Light Gray: sc 13.
  19. R19Rnd 19 (114 sc): Light Gray: sc 9, inc, sc 7 · Dark Blue: sc 10, (inc, sc 17) ×3, inc, sc 10 · Light Gray: sc 7, inc, sc 8.
  20. R20Rnd 20 (120 sc): Light Gray: inc, sc 18, inc · Dark Blue: (sc 18, inc) ×4, sc 18.

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