From About Crochet: Paisley Flower Afghan Free Charts For Filet or Cross-stitch
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Paisley History: The basic paisley teardrop shape has been in use since at least the year 1790 (I used this shape on the bottom portion of my flower design). Paisley was used within the design of early 19th-century shawls manufactured in the town of Paisley, which is the textile center of Scotland. Paisley was a popular fashion choice in the 1960's in the United States, during the Hippie Chick Paisley era.
In designing this pattern, I gave the bottom portion of the flower a paisley shape and the rest of the flower is my own imaginary flower creation. The stem of the flower flows right into the border.
The charts can be worked in filet crochet or you can use the same filet crochet charts to cross-stitch the design in solid color silhouette on a single crochet or afghan stitch background.
Working the Chart in Filet Crochet
For a 4 dc mesh, total starting chain = 139 chains - that's a beginning
chain of 136, plus chain 3,
(which will count as first dc of first row), which makes a total starting chain of 139 chains. Begin by
working a double crochet in the 5th chain from the hook.
Follow chart for placement of solid mesh and open mesh for
each row. For a refresher on how to do open and solid mesh, see
How to Filet Crochet Basics.
Chart is worked starting at the bottom right; work first row right to left. Second row is worked left to right. Continue alternating row directions in this same manner, following chart. In the example above, the chart was worked with white squares as open mesh and black squares as solid mesh.
Approximate finished sizes (for each square) in filet crochet
(once through the chart, worked in 4 dc mesh):
With size 5 thread: (259 yards) and a size US 4 steel hook, finished size is about
12.5 inches x 14.3 inches.
With size 10 thread: (231 yards) and a size US 7 steel hook, finished size is about
10.3 inches x 11.2 inches.
With size 20 thread: (217 yards) and a size US 9 steel hook, finished size is about
9.9 inches x 10.8 inches.
With size 30 thread: (202 yards) and a size US 11 steel hook, finished size is about
9.4 inches x 10.3 inches.
With fingering/baby weight yarn: (506 yards) and a size US F hook, finished size is about
31.5 inches x 32.4 inches.
With sport weight yarn: (587 yards) and a size US G hook, finished size is about
36 inches x 36.9 inches.
With worsted weight yarn: (668 yards) and a size US I hook, finished size is about
40.5 inches x 41.4 inches.
Gauge:
With size 5 thread: 5 squares = 1.4 inches, 5 rows = 1.6 inches
With size 10 thread: 5 squares = 1.2 inches, 5 rows = 1.3 inches
With size 20 thread: 5 squares = 1.1 inches, 5 rows = 1.2 inches
With size 30 thread: 5 squares = 1 inch, 5 rows = 1.1 inches
With fingering/baby weight yarn: 5 squares = 3.5 inch, 5 rows = 3.6 inches
With sport weight yarn: 5 squares = 4 inch, 5 rows = 4.1 inches
With worsted weight yarn: 5 squares = 4.5 inch, 5 rows = 4.6 inches
To work this design as a solid color silhouette cross-stitch on a crocheted background: To crochet a background that's the same size as one chart, the starting chain is 46 chains for single crochet or 45 chains for afghan stitch. Crochet 45 rows. Read the chart as one square on the chart equaling one single crochet (or one afghan stitch). Using a large-eye yarn needle, do cross-stitch in yarn of the same weight that you used to crochet the background. See http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa111702.htm for a how-to, with photos, for working cross-stitch on a single crochet background. See Learn Stitches at http://crochet.about.com/cs/learnstitches/index.htm for a link to a how-to for working cross-stitch on an afghan stitch background.
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These Paisley Flower charts are original designs by Sandi Marshall and are
copyright 
2003
by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc. Do not redistribute in any form.
Free for your own personal use only. If others would like to have the
pattern, please give them the URL of this page, the URL that is shown on each chart or the URL
of my Free Charts Index so that they may
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