Upside Down & Inside Out Set

Side A

Side B

This beautiful set is incredibly soft and warm! Side A is the original side and side B is one of the many things that make this set unique... it is reversible! There are many photos at the bottom designed to help you with some of the trickier stitches. Have fun making these little beauties! 

Upside Down & Inside Out - Wrist Warmers

Hook: I
Material: Red Heart Purple & White
Gauge: 4 rows sc = 1 inch, 3 rows (5,6 & 7, etc) = 1 inch
Size: One size fits all

Special stitches

-          Invisible join – drop loop from hook, insert hook into the stitch you want to join into, pick up dropped loop and pull it through

-          Front post – insert hook from front to back between the first and second stitch and then bring hook back to front (so the stitch is sitting on top of the bar of the hook), grab a loop and pull it through (if doing a dc, yarn over first)

-          Back post – insert your hook from back to front between the posts of the first and second stitch and then bring hook back to the back of the stitch (the stitch will sit on the back of the bar of the hook, opposite of the front post), grab a loop and pull it through (if doing a dc, yarn over first)

Abbreviations

-          Ch – chain

-          Sc – single crochet

-          St – stitch

-          Fpsc – front post single crochet

-          Bpsc – back post single crochet

-          Sl st – slip stitch

-          Dc – double crochet

-          Bpdc – back post double crochet

-          Fpdc – front post double crochet

Round 1) Ch 29, sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in every st across – 28 sc

Round 2) Ch 1, sc in first st, *fpsc around next st, bpsc around next st* to last sc, sc in last st, join to first sc with sl st – 28 sc

Round 3) Ch 1,*bpsc around first st, fpsc around next st*around, join to first sc with sl st – 28 sc

Round 4) Repeat round 3

Round 5) Ch 2, dc in back loops of every st around, change to white in the last st, join with invisible join – 28 dc

Round 6) Ch 2, *2 fpdc around first dc, sk next dc* tie off. – 28 dc

Round 7) Pick up dropped purple from round 5 (you’ll be starting round 7 where you left off round 5 at), Ch 2, 2 bpdc in every unworked dc from previous round, join to first dc with sl st – 28 dc

Round 8) Ch 2, 1 dc in both loops in every st around, change to white in last st, join with invisible join – 28 dc

Round 9 - 16) Repeat round 6 -8 (ending on a repeat round 7)

Round 17) Ch 1, sc in every st around, join to first st with sl st – 28 sc

Round 18) Ch 1, sc dec over first 2 sc, sc around, join to first st with sl st – 27 sc

Round 19) Ch 1, sc in every st around to last 2, sc dec over last 2 st, join to first st with sl st – 26 sc  

Round 20) Ch 1, sc in every st around, join to first st with sl st – 26

Round 21a) Ch 1, sc in next 20, ch 4, join to first sc with sl st  (skipping 6 sc) – 20 sc            

Round 21b) Ch 1, Ch in next 3, ch 4, skip next 6 sc, sc to end, join to first sc with sl st – 20 dc

Round 22) Ch 1, sc in every st around, join to first st with sl st – 20

Round 23) Ch 1, sc in every st around, join to first st with sl st – 20

Round 24) Ch 1, sc in every st around, join to first st with sl st - 20

Upside Down & Inside Out Head Wrap

Gauge: Entire width of front = 4”, entire width of back = 3”

Round 1) Ch 63, sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in next 15, dc in next 30, sc in last 16 – 62 st

Round 2) Ch 1, sc in first st,* fpsc around next st, bpsc around next sc* until you reach 16 sc, *bpdc around first dc, fpdc around next dc* until you reach 30 dc, *bpsc around next sc, fpsc around next sc*until you reach the last sc, sc in last sc, end, join to first st with sc – 60 st

Round 3) Ch 1, sc in every sc until you have 16 sc, dc in ever dc until you have 30 dc, sc in every sc to end changing to white in last st, join to first using invisible join

Round 4) Ch 1, *2 fpsc around first sc, sk next st* until you have 16 fpsc , skip the last sc, *2 fpdc around first dc, sk next dc*until you have 30 fpdc, sk last dc, *2 fpsc around first sc, sk next st* until you have 16 fpsc, switch to purple in last st, join with invisible join  – 62 st

Round 5) Ch 1, *2 bpsc around unworked sc from row 3* until you have 16 sc, 2 bpdc around all unworked dc of row 3 until you have 30 dc, *2 bpsc around every unworked sc from row 3* until you have 16 sc, join with sl st – 62 st

Round 6) Ch 1, sc in next 16 sc, dc in next 30 dc, sc in last 16 sc, switch to white in last sc, join with invisible join – 62 st

Round 7) Repeat round 4

Round 8) Repeat round 5

Round 9) Repeat round 6

Round 10) Repeat round 4

Round 11) Repeat round 5

Round 12) Repeat round 2 – tie off

Hints & Tip

   It is very easy to drop a stitch in this project so make sure you count after every row

-            If you are off a stitch and don’t want to undo any work, you can get away with adding an extra stitch or two in the sc areas… just spread them out (this can be avoided by counting and figuring out where you lost a stitch though

-          When you are doing the stitches in the unworked stitches of 3, the very last sc is very hard to find and get your hook in but it is very important to get it! It is the very last stitch in row three that was used to join the row.

-          When you are doing the unworked row (so row 5) you are actually going behind the row of white and working in the unworked stitches as if the white row doesn’t exist.

       When I work a front post stitch, I picture the stitch on top of the hook and the hook stitcking out of either side of it almost like a person putting a stick over their shoulders/behind the neck. The neck is the stitch and the stick is the hook. For a back post stitch, the stick (or hook) would be in front of the neck (or stitch). I hope this helps! 

      The name of this set is called Upside Down & Inside Out because in order to get the appearance, you are literally flipping the round of white upside down! And the inside out part comes from the fact you can flip them inside out and they look very stylish and completley different! 

In order to do the invisible stitch, you join with the white before you finish the last stitch. Then you drop the white, put your hook through the stitch you are wanting to join to (the purple stitch) and pick up the dropped loop (the white) ...

Then you pull the white through the purple like above. 

This picture is how to start the stitches where you are picking up the unworked stitches that you skipped when doing the row of white. When you switch to the white, you just let the purple strand drop. To pick it up, slide the hook behind that stitch (which is an unworked stitch) and chain 2, then you do the 2 bpdc around it and continue on to the next unworked purple stitch. This is a good look at a back post stitch.