SCRAP YARN CAL 2018: Relaxing Daisy Granny Square Ripple

THE RELAXING GRANNY SHELL SCRAP YARN CAL 2018

Want to join me on a Scrap Cal, its taken me a little longer to get this year 

CROCHET JOURNEY started, i'm afraid but eventually i came up with some thing i hope you will be able to relax into and want to make. 

Hope some of you will join me and enjoy the journey of colour and the relaxing granny shell.

SCRAP YARN: odd balls of this and that, a perfect stash buster and I'm hoping not to need to buy any yarn for this one....my favourite sort of CAL

I'm using a selection of Chunky yarns, but you could kale it with DK if your have lots of left over balls and want it to be slightly finer weight.

COLOUR: so far i've used

PINK, ORANGE, RED, DARK BLUE, PALE BLUE, PURPLE,  LIME GREEN, CREAM, BEIGE, GREY AND BLACK CHUNKY YARN

all yarns are tweedy looking yarns, base colour but with little specks of colour within the yarn  or space dyed for lots of Texture 

Marble, in several colours and Woodcraft Pebble the green and the black multi 

BellaLana Dream in several colours

Aran [not weight but style], Wendy Festival, think this one has been discontinued but you might have some in your stash, 

anything you have that will work for you, I know how good some of you are at colour combo's 

HOOK: 5mm for the Chunky

4mm for DK

As a guide, but hook size can depend on your own tension.

DAISY GRANNY SQUARE PATTERN

US Terms.

Make 9 if using chunky, 

you might need a few more if using DK as the squares will be smaller.

CLUSTERS: Half make the dc, hold last loop on hook and draw yarn through all stitches to complete the cluster st.

ALL CENTRES ARE THE SAME TO ROUND 3.

Start with a shade of grey col. finger wrap of 6 wraps
Round 1: cont. in grey col. 12sc into circle, sl st to complete. [12sc]

Round 2: cont. in grey mix, ch3 counts as first dc and ch1 sp, dc in next st ch1, repeat to end sl st to complete. [12 'spokes', ch1 between]

a little hard to see the 'spokes' in the chunky yarn, it fills the space 

Round 3: Daisy petals in Cream col. 3dc clusters, [half make dc hold on hook, draw last pull through, through all stitches on hook], in each ch1 sp, ch2 between, repeat to end, sl st to complete. [12 clusters of 3dc, ch2 between]

Round 4: Make 2 each in black/navy, dark blue/turquoise, pale blue, lime green and one for the centre of the run in a dark pinky colour.

Att. yarn in any space, ch2, counts as first dc, 2dc, ch3, 3dc, [corner], 3dc in next 2 sps, repeat for all 4 sides, sl st to complete, weave in ends.

JOIN THE 9 DAISY GRANNY SQUARES TOGETHER AT ONE POINT ONLY IN A LONG RUN

GRANNY RIPPLE STITCH

ROW 1: Att Orange col. at the one end, ch2 counts as first dc, 2dc, ch3, 3dc in point, 3dc in next 3sp, 3dc, ch3 3dc in next point, 3dc in next 3sp, 1dc in the dip, this is the join between 2 squares, worked into the top of each st 

SINGLE DC IN DIPS, used to fill the large hole that happens with the chunky yarn

3dc, in next 3sp, 3dc, ch3, 3dc, in next point, repeat this pattern until yo have gone all the way around the 9 Daisy Granny's finish with sl st, to complete cut off and wave in ends.

THIS IS THE ONLY ROUND YOU WILL GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SQUARES 

ROW 2: Att. cream/soft beige, in end point, ch2 counts as first dc, 3dc in next 4 sp, 3dc, ch3, 3dc, in the point, 3dc, in next 4sp, 1dc into the dip, 3dc in next 4sp, 3dc, ch3, 3dc in next point, repeat to end of row, Finish with 1dc in end point. cut and weave in ends.

 ends with a start and finish of 1dc to keep a straight edge

ROW 3: RED COL. repeat row 2

ROW 4: CREAM/BEIGE COL. repeat row 2

ROW 5: PINK COL. repeat row 2

ROW 6 and 7: BLACK OR NAVY col. repeat row 2

THEN REPEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAISY GRANNY SQUARES.

PART 1: Complete.

PART 2: NEXT WEEK

Using the chunky yarn it measures approx. long 

DO YOU WRITE IN A JOUNAL/DIARY? 

Radio Shropshire interviewed this writer today...I was very impressed with the concept of this diary and colouring book always good to relax with....

And its always good to write stuff down good, bad, or the ugly get it out of your head and onto paper some how seems to help a little.

Not feeling too happy some days then use this journal to find your Little perfect each day, 

by AJ Gill

another journal, bought for me for Christmas I would recommend is 

By Dawn French, Me - You A Diary

PART 2 SCRAP GRANNY RIPPLE 2018

Continue with the same st, of Granny shells.

Starting and finishing each row with a single dc at each end, to give a lovely straight edge. As the pattern above.

US Terms

5mm hook

Add 8 rows of granny shells each side in a graduated sequence

using the same yarns work a band of 8 rows in a graduated colour band i have listed the yarns i have used but you might be following your own colours from your stash

Colour sequence for PART 2: All chunky yarns

1.Pink...I used Wendy Festival

2. Pinky Red...............Festival

3.Red...........................Marble

4. Orange....................Festival

5. Ochre/Gold shade....Marble

6. Soft Lime Green.......Marble

7. Light Blue.BellaLana Dream

8. Dark Blue..................Marble

After adding 8 rows each side it should measure 

approx. 59" x 26" wide or

approx. 150cm x 66cm wide

Part 3 next week

Bakewell Blue Blanket

A simple motif using the 12, 24, 36, rule, but using a cluster stitch for each round of the circle. The motif is made into a square on round 6.

 I have used chunky space dyed yarn in 4 colours to make a 6"square. 

By using a random dyed yarn you will get several different shades of the same motif and will need to arrange them with the lighter ones in the centre and the darker ones to the outside area of each block of 36 motifs.

Yarn: BellaLana, Dream in 3 shades, cream mix, grey mix and a pale blue/green mix and a dark blue, for the final round in Marble
OR: Use the beautiful shades of Marble chunky as an alternative 

5mm hook
Motif: approx 6" square

Make: 144 X 6" Motifs for a 6' square blanket.

CLUSTERS: Half make the dc, hold last loop on hook and draw yarn through all stitches to complete the cluster st.

Pattern: US Terms.

grey mix, finger wrap of 6 wraps
Round 1: cont. in grey mix, 12sc into circle, sl st to complete. [12sc]

Round 2: cont. in grey mix, ch3 counts as first dc and ch1 sp, dc in next st ch1, repeat to end sl st to complete. [12 'spokes', ch1 between]

a little hard to see the 'spokes' in the chunky yarn, it fills the space 

Round 3: cream mix, 3dc clusters, [half make dc hold on hook, draw last pull through, through all stitches on hook], in each ch1 sp, ch2 between, repeat to end, sl st to complete. [12 clusters of 3dc, ch2 between]

Round 4: grey mix, try to keep the lighter grey to gather and the darker grey together, 4dc clusters, in each ch2, sp, ch3 between, repeat to end, sl st to complete. [12clusters of 4dc, ch3 between]

Round 5: pale blue/green mix, 2 x 3dc clusters, with ch2 between in each ch3 sp, ch1 between each pair of clusters. sl st to complete. [12 pairs of 3dc clusters, ch2 between clusters and ch1 between each pair]

Round 6: dark blue, att yarn between a pair of clusters, 2tr, ch3 2tr, corner, 2dc in next sp, 2hdc in next 3sp, 2dc in next sp, repeat for 3 more sides sl st to complete. [14sts each side, ch3 corners]

JOIN AS YOU GO: Using a sl st into the spaces and replace the the middle ch st in each corner to join the squares together. OR you could make up all the squares and then join with  ch3 loops ch5 at corners. OR you can use your favourite joining method...there are lots to pick from. 


TO COMPLETE: Not completed the blanket yet but the plan is to add a few rounds of close 'V' sts. to match a 'V' st, cushion 

Using the random dyed yarn  you will get several shaded square from light to dark. 

Arranging them in a pleasing design before joining them together.

what a blanket in non random dyed yarn could look like this.

 mix two motifs together would look like this