Crochet centre

Did you know it's possible to replace the centre of a crochet square without taking the whole thing apart?

Neither did I, but I thought I'd try and see.

I'd somehow managed to make one of the scallops with only two trebles, and it looked weird 

(I also, oddly, had the first scallop of each row with a chain and three trebles, so I had enough spare wool).

So, first I unpicked it and unravelled the centre.

Then I started as usual, did the first scallop and the following chain.

Then, with a narrow crochet hook, I pulled all the long tail of wool through the two corner scallops of the next row (helps to hold the loop at the end of the chain on another crochet hook while you're doing this), and then pulled the chain through as well.

I then carried on with the next scallop and chain, pulled it through, and so on...

And here's the finished result - much more balanced!

It was obviously rather more complicated than redoing the whole thing, but I think it was quicker. And it certainly was more interesting.😄