Finally! Here's a Class 5 cache designed to give little old
ladies an advantage over the young bucks and math whizzes. You will
need special equipment (cheap) and special skills (fairly easily
learned for those of you who don't already have them), and will
need to devote a day or more to employing them. I have also given a
Class 5 rating for terrain based on the fact that some of us climb
mountains and find them easy, while others of us lack the courage
to enter JoAnn Fabrics or WalMart's needlework department, and
never could muster the strength to carry a ball of crochet cotton
from shelf to checkout. (A bit of clinical data, here: 95% of the
members of this group share a certain physical characteristic.
Perhaps it is this which limits them.) For those not so challenged,
the hide itself is a 1.5. The container is a decon.
Replace values logically in the posted coords as follows: 46°
5A.B5C 122° 1X.Y6Z
Additional requirement: post a photo of your
work to Photobucket and send me the link for verification. Only
Photobucket, please (not any other photo storage site)! Do not post
pictures to the cache page or your log will be deleted.
One last word before you begin: It's a cache. Of *course*
there's camouflage!
Project requires one ball of #20 cotton and a #10 crochet
hook.
Chain 166.
Row 1: Dc in fifth chain from hook, and in each ch across
row. Counting turning chain as 1, you will have 163 uprights in
this foundation row. Ch 3, turn.
Row 2: Dc in next 3 dc; (ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next
dc) -sp made; dc in each of next 6 dc; (ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in
next dc) -sp made; dc in each of next 27 dc; (ch 2, sk next 2 dc,
dc in next dc) -sp made, 3 dc; (ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc)
twice -2 sp made (always remember that a 'sp' is made with three
actions: 2 'chs' and a 'dc'); 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp; 24 dc, sp, 3
dc, 2 sp, 3 dc; 2 sp, 3 dc, sp; 27 dc, sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc. Ch 3,
turn.
Row 3: 3 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, sp, 6 dc; 4 sp, 3 dc,
4 sp; *6 dc, sp* twice, 6 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, 4 sp; 6 dc, sp, 12 dc,
sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 4: 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp; 3
dc, sp, 9 dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 6 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 9 dc, sp, 3 dc;
4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 5: 6 dc, 2 sp, *3 dc, sp* three times, 3 dc; *3 sp, 3
dc* three times, 3 sp; 6 dc, 3 sp, *3 dc, 3 sp* three times; 3 dc,
*sp, 3 dc* three times, 2 sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 6: *3 dc, 4 sp* twice, *3 dc, 2 sp* twice; 15 dc, 2
sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 6 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 15 dc; *2 sp, 3 dc* twice,
*4 sp, 3 dc* twice. Ch 3, turn.
Row 7: 9 dc, *sp, 3 dc* twice, 2 sp, 12 dc; 3 sp, 15 dc,
3 sp, 18 dc, 3 sp, 15 dc, 3 sp; 12 dc, 2 sp, *3 dc, sp* twice, 9
dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 8: 6 dc, 5 sp, 12 dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 9 dc, 4 sp, 18
dc, 4 sp, 9 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, 5 sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 9: 12 dc, *sp, 3 dc* three times, sp, 21 dc, sp; 21
dc, sp, 24 dc; sp, 21 dc, *sp, 3 dc* three times, sp, 12 dc. Ch 3,
turn.
Row 10: 9 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc, sp, 12 dc; 3 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp, 12
dc, 2 sp, 12 dc, 3 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp; 12 dc, sp, 9 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc. Ch
3, turn.
Row 11: 24 dc, 2 sp, 45 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 45 dc, 2 sp,
24 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 12: 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 15 dc; sp, 15 dc, 2 sp, 6
dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 9 dc; 3 sp, 27 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 6
dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 13: 9 dc, 3 sp, 30 dc, sp, 9 dc, sp; 6 dc, *2 sp, 3
dc* twice, 2 sp, 6 dc; 3 sp, 15 dc, sp, 18 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3,
turn.
Row 14: 9 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 12 dc, sp; 12 dc, 2 sp, 3
dc, sp, 9 dc, 3 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp; *9 dc, sp* twice, 24 dc, 2 sp, 3
dc, 2 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 15: *3 dc, 3 sp* twice, 24 dc; sp, 9 dc, *sp, 3 dc*
twice, 5 sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, sp; 6 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc, sp, 12 dc, *3
sp, 3 dc* twice. Ch 3, turn.
Row 16: 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 12 dc, sp, 6 dc, 2 sp; 9
dc, sp, 3 dc, *3 sp, 3 dc* twice, 2 sp, 3 dc; sp, 9 dc, sp, 24 dc,
4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 17: 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc; 9 sp, 9 dc,
2 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, sp; 12 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc,
4 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 18: 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, 2 sp, 36 dc, 3 sp, 6
dc, 3 sp, 36 dc, 2 sp, 12 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 19: 27 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, 3 sp, 54 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, 3 sp,
27 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 20: 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc, sp; 12
dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp, 24 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 12 dc; sp, 9 dc, 2 sp,
12 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 21: 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc, sp, 9 dc, *sp, 3 dc* twice, sp;
9 dc, 4 sp, *6 dc, sp* twice, 6 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc; *sp, 3 dc* twice,
sp, 9 dc, sp, 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3 turn.
Row 22: 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 12 dc, sp, 9 dc; 2 sp, 6
dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc, 2 sp; 9 dc, sp, 12
dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 23: *3 dc, 3 sp* three times, 12 dc, 2 sp, *3 dc, 3
sp* twice, 6 dc, *3 sp, 3 dc* twice, 2 sp, 12 dc, *3 sp, 3 dc*
three times. Ch 3, turn.
Row 24: 9 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 39 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp,
6 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 39 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3,
turn.
Row 25: 9 dc, 3 sp, 24 dc, 3 sp, 12 dc, 3 sp, 18 dc, 3
sp, 12 dc, sp, 15 dc, sp, 12 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 26: 6 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc, sp, 21 dc, sp; 6 dc, 4 sp, 3
dc, sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc; sp, 9 dc, sp, 21 dc, 4 sp, 6
dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 27: 39 dc, sp, 9 dc, sp, 24 dc, 2 sp, 24 dc, sp, 21
dc, sp, 27 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 28: 27 dc, sp, 21 dc, sp, 24 dc, 2 sp, 24 dc, sp, 9
dc, sp, 39 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 29: 6 dc, 4 sp, 21 dc, sp, 9 dc, sp; 6 dc, 4 sp, 3
dc, sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc; *sp, 9 dc* three times, 4 sp, 6
dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 30: 9 dc, 3 sp, 12 dc, 3 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp; 12 dc, 3 sp,
18 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc; 9 sp, 9 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 31: 9 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 39 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp,
6 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 39 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3,
turn.
Row 32: *3 dc, 3 sp* three times, 12 dc; 2 sp, *3 dc, 3
sp* twice, 6 dc, *3 sp, 3 dc* twice, 2 sp; 12 dc, *3 sp, 3 dc*
three times. Ch 3, turn.
Row 33: 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 12 dc, sp, 9 dc, 2 sp; 6
dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc; 2 sp, 9 dc, sp, 12
dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 34: 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc, sp, 9 dc, *sp, 3 dc* twice, sp;
9 dc, 4 sp, *6 dc, sp* twice, 6 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc; *sp, 3 dc* twice,
sp, 9 dc, sp, 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3 turn.
Row 35: 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc, sp; 12
dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp, 24 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 12 dc; sp, 9 dc, 2 sp,
12 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 36: 27 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, 3 sp, 54 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, 3 sp,
27 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 37: 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, 2 sp, 36 dc, 3 sp, 6
dc, 3 sp, 36 dc, 2 sp, 12 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 38: 3 dc, 4 sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, sp; 9 dc, 3 sp, 3 dc,
3 sp, 12 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp, 9 dc, 4 sp; *9 dc, sp* twice, 3 dc,
sp, 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 39: 6 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, *12 dc, sp* twice, 6 dc,
sp; *3 dc, 3 sp* twice, 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc; *sp, 9 dc* twice, sp, 12
dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 40: *3 dc, 3 sp* twice, 12 dc, *sp, 9 dc* twice; *sp,
3 dc* twice, 5 sp, 6 dc, sp, 3 dc; sp, 6 dc, *sp, 12 dc* twice, *3
sp, 3 dc* twice. Ch 3, turn.
Row 41: 9 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, *12 dc, sp* twice, 6 dc,
sp; 9 dc, 3 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc; *sp, 9 dc* twice, sp, 12 dc, 2
sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 9 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 42: 9 dc, 3 sp, 18 dc, *sp, 9 dc* twice, sp; 6 dc, 2
sp, *3 dc, 2 sp* twice; *6 dc, sp* twice, 12 dc, sp, 18 dc, 3 sp, 9
dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 43: 6 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 15 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc, sp; 6
dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 9 dc; 3 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp, 15 dc, sp, 3
dc, 4 sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 44: 24 dc, 2 sp, 45 dc, sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 45 dc, 2 sp,
24 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 45: 9 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc, sp, 12 dc; 3 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp, 12
dc, 2 sp, 12 dc, 3 sp, 3 dc, 3 sp; 12 dc, sp, 9 dc, 4 sp, 9 dc. Ch
3, turn.
Row 46: 12 dc, *sp, 3 dc* three times, sp, 21 dc, sp; 21
dc, sp, 24 dc; sp, 21 dc, *sp, 3 dc* three times, sp, 12 dc. Ch 3,
turn.
Row 47: 6 dc, 5 sp, 12 dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 9 dc, 4 sp, 18
dc, 4 sp, 9 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, 5 sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 48: 9 dc, *sp, 3 dc* twice, 2 sp, 12 dc; 3 sp, 15 dc,
3 sp, 18 dc, 3 sp, 15 dc, 3 sp; 12 dc, 2 sp, *3 dc, sp* twice, 9
dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 49: *3 dc, 4 sp* twice, *3 dc, 2 sp* twice; 15 dc, 2
sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 6 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 15 dc; *2 sp, 3 dc* twice,
*4 sp, 3 dc* twice. Ch 3, turn.
Row 50: 6 dc, 2 sp, *3 dc, sp* three times, 3 dc; *3 sp,
3 dc* three times, 3 sp; 6 dc, 3 sp, *3 dc, 3 sp* three times; 3
dc, *sp, 3 dc* three times, 2 sp, 6 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 51: 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 3 dc, 4 sp; 3
dc, sp, 9 dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 6 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 9 dc, sp, 3 dc;
4 sp, 3 dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 3 dc, 2 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 52: 3 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, sp, 12 dc, sp, 6 dc; 4 sp, 3
dc, 4 sp; *6 dc, sp* twice, 6 dc, 4 sp; 3 dc, 4 sp; 6 dc, sp, 12
dc, sp, 3 dc; 4 sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 53: 3 dc, sp, 6 dc, sp, 27 dc, sp, 3 dc; *2 sp, 3 dc*
twice, sp, 24 dc, sp, *3 dc, 2 sp* twice; 3 dc, sp, 27 dc, sp, 6
dc, sp, 3 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 54: Dc 162 across row. Break off and go find that
cache!