CROCHET - NO HOLES - detailed pics

By justdunny

Crochet completed in rounds without turning over, but with no holes to create corners. Makes a smooth dense crochet fabric in double crochet without the ridges you get if you turn the work over and work back and forth.
Makes a very warm rug from very cheap acrylic yarn!

Final Result

Materials

Any yarn with crochet hook to suit desired result. Suggest 8 ply with 3.5mm hook.

Step 1

Make a centre for the square.
Ch 4, join into ring with sl st.
2 ch, 15 tr into ring, join to beg ch with sl st. Makes 16.

Step 2

1 ch as first st, 1 dc into each of next 4 tr. Now the trick!
That makes one side of a square, turn the work clockwise 90 degrees.

Step 3

Continue on the second side -
1 ch, 1 dc into the same st as the last st worked.
NOTE - the first dc in each row shares one tr at the corner.

Step 4

1 dc into next 4 tr. Second side is complete. Turn work 90 degrees clockwise again.
Repeat step 2 for the remaining two sides.

Step 5

This will bring you to the last tr in beginning ring. To complete the square, 1 dc into the ch that started the first side. This will leave you no alternative but to turn the work to begin the second round of dc.

Step 6

Continue in this manner, as desired. Just work to the ch st in corner, turn 90 degrees, 1 dc into same place as last dc worked and continue in dc.

Step 7

Here's the first row of the second round.

Step 8

Here's the second round complete.