Running Bear blanket spin off design...it works

Spin off sample, from the new Running Bear Blanket......

I have a pattern that works, now to play with colours.

 Burnt orange to strong and the yellow needs softening i think, just for starters..

update: it's grown but still not speaking to me yet!

NEW DESIGNS FROM THE RUNNING BEAR BLANKET

RUNNING BEAR BLANKET PATTERN HERE

Click the above link for the original pattern

I'm making Phil a Runing Bear Blanket for Christmas...my son snaffled the original.

As the original was made from left overs I can't make an exact copy. So it won't be exactly the same but a version of it.

There have also been a couple of new designs come from repeating a section on the new Running Bear....oh! to have another 12 hours a day!

 I need to crochet 4 of the daisy motif and do the shaded infill to check that the design works ok...but I'm 99.9% sure it will with the modified Daisy of the Running bear.

 Start of the Running Bear for Phil 

A NEW SPINNING TOP AND LOTS OF TAPESTRY STITCH

 Such an easy but creative stitch to learn......part of Novembers Workshop

 When its complete it will be around 5'+ across and the single pattern will be in Ravelry patterns

Called 'Windmills of your Mind'

NOVEMBER WORKSHOP

Thanks to all who attended, a fabulous workshop xx

5 Patterns were covered from hats all sizes, blankets, baby blanket, cushions, stool covers, 3dc flowers and a flower wrap too

 everyone managed to makes several great samples for all the patterns 

The NEW SPINNING TOP PATTERN to come 

Corner to Corner Granny Shell Blanket.

Believe it or not in all the years of crochet i've never made a corner to corner Granny shell blanket before Its a pattern that gives a lovely crisp square edge......Love that.

In my version, i've used a ch3 to start and tr, to finish but all granny shells are 3dc and i work into the spaces to start and finish.

Simple pattern Corner to corner Granny Shell blanket

Im using Hayfield Spirit and a 4mm hook for this sample. But it could be made with Aran of chunky weight yarns

US Terms

CH4
ROW 1: 3dc and 1tr, into 4th ch from hook. ch3, turn
ROW 2: 3dc, into first sp, 3dc, 1tr, into last sp. ch3 turn
ROW 3: 3dc into first sp, 3dc into next sp, 3dc,1tr, into last sp, ch3 turn
ROW 4+: REPEAT ROW 3, with 3dc into all middle sps.
Make the width of the blanket as big as you require.

TO MAKE THE SQUARED CORNER
ROW 1: Ch3, miss first sp, 3dc in all sps to end, finish with 3dc, 1tr in last sp. ch3 turn.
ROW2: 3dc in first sp, 3dc in every space to end, 1tr, into last ch3 sp, ch3, turn
ROW 3: CONTINUE UNTIL ITS AS LONG AS YOU REQUIRE.

REDUCING THE RECTANGLE OR SQUARE
Start with ch3 only [no granny shell in first sp] finish with 1tr, [no granny shell in last sp]

 start with ch3 only to decrease

finish with tr only into last sp to decrease

Add a number of granny shells as a border to decorate, leave as it is or add a contrast stitch.

FOR MY FIRST EXPERIMENT
I am making a 30 row square for the centre....then a border and then more of the corner to corner granny triangles then another border....but it might change so watch out for updates.

make several squares and join in a more exciting pattern if you get bored with doing one giant blanket