Hello everyone, today I’ve prepared a truly unique pattern for you all – a tic-tac-toe game! Can you believe it? I surely couldn’t, which is why I just had to share it on our site. Who doesn’t remember this childhood game? It’s giving me a real nostalgia trip.
But enough of the reminiscing, let’s get down to business. We will need two hook sizes, 4 colors, scissors, and a couple of buttons. We’ll start with the game board itself, embroidering the squares. Then, we’ll make the second part of the board and join them together. Next, we’ll need to work on the game pieces – we’ll be making fish, but feel free to use your imagination for these.
And just like that, a fun toy will be ready!
Designer: Silvi Sunflower
Materials & Tools
- Crochet hook (3.25 mm / 2.25 mm)
- Yarn (thick: turquoise/thin: dark blue, light pink, pink)
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Button (2 pieces)
Size
- Game: 11 cm
- Fish: 2.5 cm
Abbreviations
Sc – single crochet
St – stitch
Ch – chain
Sl st – slip stitch
Inc – increase
Dec – decrease
Dc – double crochet
Fish
In light pink (5 pieces). In pin (5 pieces).
Use 2.25 mm crochet hook.
Magic ring
In Mg: 4 sc, 1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc, 5 sc
1 sl st in the 1st st (to close the body)
7 ch, sl st in the sl st from the round before,
7 ch, sl st in the same sl st from the round before
Fasten off.
Make a double knot on the back of the fish and cut the threads short.
Game (pouch)
In turquoise.
Use 3.25 mm crochet hook.
20 ch, 1 ch, start in the 2nd ch from the crochet hook:
*20 sc, 1 ch and turn**
rep from * to ** x37
Don’t crochet a sl st in the last row.
Fasten off.
Start with a new yarn in the first crocheted ch from the beginning and crochet 1 sl st.
1 ch (as the 1st sc), 1 sc in every st (19) – until the end of the row (20), 1 ch and turn,
*20 sc, 1 ch and turn**
rep from * to ** x1
4 sc, 3 ch and skip 2 st
(buttonhole), 8 sc, 3 ch and skip 2 st (buttonhole), 4 sc
Fasten off.
Embroider a grid on the top square (11 cm x 11 cm) with the dark blue thread. The lines from the right and left are 6 sts away from the edge. The distance between the two lines in the middle is 7 sts. In the upper, lower and middle field, there are 3 rows each. The vertical lines are started from the top in the row where the ch-stitches from the beginning are.
Place the top and bottom squares on top of each other (buttonhole placket overlaps at the top), and sew them together on the left and right side with a turquoise thread.
Sew two small buttons (between 1 cm and 1.5 cm) on the back. The buttons must be sewn approximately 3 cm from the edge and should fit well into the buttonholes.
Sew all threads.