Sunday 16 December 2018

DAY 15 ADVENT CALENDAR

BASIC MINI GRANNY SQUARES
Perfect for using up the smallest of yarn left overs
this mini granny uses approx. 5' of yarn for each square. 
For me that's from hand to hand stretched out, approx. my height 

US Terms, dk, 4mm hook

wrap 6 times around finger, hold firmly and slide off

 do all stitches into the ring of loops
 3dc, ch3 repeat for 4 sides sl st, to complete, 
join as you go using the 2nd ch st, in each corner
 Front
 Back

open join in pastel Cotton yarn from 2011, with  4dc , ch3 repeat for 4 sides





2018 AURORA SCRAF VERSION
left over Aurora dk yarn, 4mm hook

AURORA dk is a shaded yarn, i'm working in a 6' length and then staggering the colour so the pink is in the middle of the second row and at the ends of the first row of mini granny squares.
Each square take approx 5' of yarn and measures approx 3/4"

Same finger wrap as above.
ROUND 1: ch1 counts as first hdc, 2hdc, into circle, ch3 3hdc, ch3, 3hdc, ch3, 3hdc, ch3, sl st, to complete.

Join as you go using the 2nd ch st, in each corner.
For 2018 open version join corner to corner not side to side, as in the pastel mini, above.
Hope to have a picture of the new scarf soon 

ONE ROUND GRANNY FROM 2011
used to make a cushion cover, taken from a cross stitch flower pattern






i used coloured punched spots to do the design


a fun way for creating a new design













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