Showing posts with label Christmas stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas stars. Show all posts

Monday, 26 November 2018

Final day of Sue Pinner's workshop...

Thanks to Phil for keeping us all fed and watered all weekend, a wonderful job xx. 

Thanks to everyone who came and i'm assured enjoyed the fun, chat, new friends made, the goody bags, all the yarn, new patterns and crackers too lol...lots of new project to keep you busy now Hookers?

THE WEEKENDER SCARF








Some started The Weekend, some just did a sample of the weekender for future makes and went back to the main pattern,










 and in all the fun and chat we forgot to take pictures of everyones Weekender samples....oops!


another off shoot of the main pattern
modelled by Chris, thanks your a gem and a good friend xx



and Debbie for modelling the main wrap pattern


Thanks to all who join me for a wonderful weekend xx








What a cracker!

Next workshop will be released in January for sometime towards the end of March 

Monday, 12 November 2018

Christmas is fast approaching us...2017 STAR PATTERN LINKS

STAR Patterns from 2017 Click the link for each star pattern
All can be joined together to make wraps by using the points and join as you go 















Monday, 4 December 2017

CHRISTMAS STAR WRAP PATTERN


Circle Star Wrap

Behind the large Mandala Motif

This cute little star could be made into all sorts of projects...
Made in several shades of blue, green and purple Malabar Cotton/silk or pure cotton or even in dk Merino
4mm hook.

CIRCLE STAR WRAP
make 70+ for a wrap

US Terms and UK Terms in brackets
Malabar cotton silk Yarn
or Cotton yarn
4mm hook


JOIN AS YOU GO
Use round 3 as the join as you go into the tiny ch3 loops at each point, and the second ch st as a sl st into the first star.

This simple little motif can be made in Cotton yarns too as a collar make 20 

 as a scarf make a long row of the Circle Stars

MOTIF PATTERN in US and [UK Terms] 
A one finger wrap of 4 wraps or ch8, sl st into a circle.
Round 1: ch 2 counts as first dc [tr], 17dc [17tr], into circle, sl st to complete

Round 2: Attach second colour yarn in any st, ch5 miss two sts, sc [dc], into next st, repeat until you have 6 x ch5 loops. sl st to complete

Round 3: 4sc [4dc], ch3, 4sc[4dc], into the first loop, repeat 4sc [4dc], 3ch, 4sc [4dc] in every ch5 loop, sl st to complete.

Make as many motifs as you require and join as you go in the corners only, to make a long wrap or a shoulder shawl 

Thursday, 30 November 2017

5th New Star of 6 for 2017


5: CLUSTER STAR

finger wrap of 10 wraps
ROUND 1: 12sc, into circle, sl st, to complete. [12sc]
ROUND 2: ch2, dc in first st, 2dc in every st to end sl st, to complete, [24dc]
ROUND 3: Att. yarn in sp between pairs of dc, cluster of 3dc, [ch2, half make 2dc, pull yarn though all 3sts, ch5, cluster of 2dc in next sp, ch2, sl stinto same st,  sl st to next sp, repeat sl st to complete. [12clusters x 3dc]



All Star Patterns
US Terms
4mm hook

CHANGE COLOUR EVERY ROUND.

YARNS USED FOR STARS:


YARN: stone washed yarns and Marble Yarns 
Designer Yarns

Best Selection of Marble dk Cols:
mt1 grey shades,
mt2 blue shades,
mt3 pale aqua shades
mt19 lime shades,
mt20 bale blue shades
mt24 beige grey
mt41 blue/teal.turquoise
mt47 pale grey shades

OR 
Use your stash

Next week i will post all 6 stars in one post for you