Showing posts with label cal. special aran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cal. special aran. Show all posts

Monday, 30 January 2017

SPINNING TOP BLANKET: FINAL UP DATE ON COLOURS

This will be the final update on colours until next week, giving you all some time to get to the stage of joining the motifs you have made up to round 9 and plus the diamond shaped infills.


SPINNING TOP BLANKET
MADE FROM THE CUSHION CAL PATTERN 
Make 4 or 9 Motifs
approx. 16" each

Stylecraft Aran and Alpaca tweed dk
5mm hook

Can be made in DK, but would be smaller 

Basically you will have 5 that finish with one of the blue/green shades and 4 that finish with the yellow/red shade placed like this




COLOURS SEQUENCE FOR 9 MOTIFS TO ROUND 9

1: pistachio, sage, cloud blue, storm blue, pistachio, camel, raspberry, spice, pomegranate.
2: sage, pistachio, parchment, denim, camel, spice, duck egg, ROSE, gold.
3: duck egg, denim, pistachio, gold, saffron, sage, spice, rose, raspberry.
4: denim, parchment, rose, raspberry, spice, saffron, storm blue, cloud blue, pistachio.
5: rose, pomegranate, spice, pistachio, sage, sea breeze, camel, duck egg, denim.
6: pomegranate, rose, gold, sage, cloud blue, denim, saffron, pistachio, sage.
7: spice, saffron, duck egg, parchment, rose, raspberry, pomegranate, storm blue, sea breeze.
8: saffron, spice, raspberry, rose, parchment, pistachio, cloud blue, denim, cloud blue.
9: camel, storm blue, saffron, spice, pomegranate, gold, rose, camel, saffron.

SORRY to anyone who has already made these to round 8 but I'm afraid for the sake of the design and colour i had to change the 2 one round 8 to ROSE, as you can see in the list in RED.


DIAMOND/SPEAR INFILLS
If you are keeping up with me and want to keep going them the first colour round of the Diamonds is

First circle round
8 Centre circles each of 


SAFFRON
CAMEL
GOLD

ROSE
SPICE
POMEGRANATE

SAGE
DENIM
CLOUD BLUE. 
That is 2 of each colour on each of the 9 centre motifs + 18 for each one

The second round of these diamonds and joining round will be 
NEXT WEEK


almost ready to join the circles together...how I'm still not sure, but i will be by next week 

Saturday, 28 January 2017

SPINNING TOP BLANKET: Colour sequence to round 8

SPINNING TOP BLANKET 
Make 4 or 9 Motifs
approx. 16" each

Stylecraft Aran and Alpaca tweed dk
5mm hook

Can be made in DK, but would be smaller 


COLOURS SEQUENCE FOR 9 MOTIFS TO ROUND 8

1: pistachio, sage, cloud blue, storm blue, pistachio, camel, raspberry, spice
2: sage, pistachio, parchment, denim, camel, spice, duck egg, sea breeze,
3: duck egg, denim, pistachio, gold, saffron, sage, spice, rose
4: denim, parchment, rose, raspberry, spice, saffron, storm blue, cloud blue
5: rose, pomegranate, spice, pistachio, sage, sea breeze, camel, duck egg
6: pomegranate, rose, gold, sage, cloud blue, denim, saffron, pistachio,
7: spice, saffron, duck egg, parchment, rose, raspberry, pomegranate, storm blue,
8: saffron, spice, raspberry, rose, parchment, pistachio, cloud blue, denim
9: camel, storm blue, saffron, spice, pomegranate, gold, rose, camel,







                               LINK TO POST 2: UPDATE COLOURS TO ROUND 5




ROUND 8


Round 9 
JOINING TOGETHER
& BORDER TO COME






Thursday, 26 January 2017

SPINNING TOP BANKET PROGRESS

The First 5 Rounds in one day on 9 motifs


The first 3 round...

All 16 Colours of Stylecraft Aran to be used in pack


FIRST 5 ROUNDS 
1: pistachio, sage, cloud blue,storm blue, pistachio

2: sage, pistachio, parchment, denim, camel

3: duck egg, denim, pistachio, gold, saffron
 
4: denim, parchment, rose, raspberry, spice

5: rose, pomegranate, spice, pistachio, sage


6: pomegranate, rose, gold, sage, cloud blue


7: spice, saffron, duck egg, parchment, rose

 8: saffron, spice, raspberry, rose, parchment

9: camel, storm blue,saffron, spice, pomegranate


Update tomorrow, hoping to get to round 9 on most of them today ready for an update tomorrow


Yarn Pack if wanted 
HERE





Tuesday, 17 January 2017

CUSHION BLANKET No. 10 FACTS AND FIGURES

BUTTON BAND: 60sc covering 5 pairs of triangles and diamond/spear shapes x 6 rows to carry the buttons = Few grams.




Circular Cushion Circumference: 18 pairs of mot, 12sts per pair 18pairs x12sts = 216 sts 

18pairs of motif = 12 sts, per pair or 1.5 granny squares = 27complete granny squares (8sts per sq)

BAND WEIGHT: 27 Granny sqs or hex's Approx. 100-150g


Weights:

No.10 weights 100g (1 cushion frontier one motif for blanket)




18" GRANNY SQUARE: 7 x 7sq. = 49 2round GS weight 140g

CIRCULAR Blanket options: 1600G YARN PACK
9 x No.10 circles + 9 x100g = 900g 
300g for a circular cushion, 
300g for joining circles

LEFT OVER 100g 




SQUARE GRANNY SQUARE BLANKET:
140g per 18" square of 49sq. x 4  = 196sq, 2 round gs, = 560g 
300g for band 
300g for an 18" square cushion

400g LEFT OVER..enough for a second cushion?

RECTANGLE GRANNY SQAURE BLANKET:
140g per 18" sq of 49sq. x 6 = 294, 2 round gs. = 840g
300g for an 18"  square cushion 
400g for band of hex's

Few grams LEFT OVER