A DIAMOND BLANKET IN THE MAKING

 A diamond in the making...

After Novembers very successful workshop another is just around the corner, next weekend another 10 Hookers and lots of fun...cant wait

maybe something from a tile or two? ssssshhhh! its a secret

CIRCLES, scrap yarn Blanket and Wrap PATTERN

CIRCLES, rule of 12 scrap throw or wrap

PATTERN HERE

Black edge is the wrap, Stone edging is the blanket both patterns in link

Blanket

MANDALA PATTERN LINK

MANDALA PATTERN 

HERE

There have been lots of Mandala patterns over the years....

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 

PART 2: RULE OF 12 SCRAP YARN MINI CAL

PART 2: Purples

Gather together all you scrap shades of purple in your chosen weight of yarn.  

5mm hook for Aran

4mm hook for dk [slightly smaller wrap or blanket]

The redder the shades are, then they will be placed next inline to the red/ornange ones as the below picture shows

Todays PART 2 is to make 9 x 3round circles in 6-9 shades of purple using the 

Rule of 12 circle  pattern

Make 9 different circles of 3 colours each for part 2

Each round is in a different shade of purple weave in ends and crochet over them as you go 

Finger wrap of 4 wraps.

ROUND 1: cont. in same col. [ch2 counts as first dc], 12dc into circle wrap, sl st to complete [12dc]

ROUND 2: change col. [ch2 counts as first dc] 2dc in each st, sl st to complete. [24dc]

ROUND 3: change col. [ch2 counts as first dc], 2dc in first st, 1dc in next st work alternate 2/1 to end of round, sl st to complete. [36dc]

and I bet you can guess what colour will be next in line? lol 

JOINING CIRCLES TOGETHER

I am going to give you 3 colours and then the joining pattern because after 3 colours you will need to decide on a wrap or blanket....

Wrap: a long row of 6 blocks [9 motifs in each colour] over 6' long

or

Blanket: 3 rows of 3 colours side by side

so one more colour to come and you will be going them together 

PART 3:

Using the same pattern make 9 circles in shades of green 

RULE OF 12 SCRAP YARN MINI CAL JULY 2017

RULE OF 12 SCRAP YARN MINI CAL 
make a cushion/wrap/blanket
What ever you have time for?
Cushion 2 blocks
Wrap maybe 5 blocks..updated number required 5 blocks not 6 as originally thought 
Blanket 9 or 12 blocks
A block measures approx: 14.5" / 37cm square

YARN:
Any Aran weight yarn in reds oranges and pinks

Each block of 9 motifs takes 65g of ARAN yarn joined
Each set of 9 circles takes 41g of Aran yarn in several shades of a set of colours
Each circle is in 3 different shades of red/orange/pink
you will need 7g each of 6-9 shades to make the first 9 circle.

HOOK: 5mm 
US Terms as always

PATTERN: PART ONE

Part 1: each round is in a different shade or red/orange/pink 

MAKE 9 different circles of 3 colours each for part one.

Finger wrap of 4 wraps.

ROUND 1: cont. in same col. [ch2 counts as first dc], 12dc into circle wrap, sl st to complete

ROUND 2: [ch2 counts as first dc] 2dc in each st, sl st to complete. [24dc]

ROUND 3: [ch2 counts as first dc], 2dc in first st, 1dc in next st work alternate 2/1 to end of round, sl st to complete.

Set to one side or keep safe on a ring. We will be making all of the 9 blocks first before we lay them out and join then together.

 NEW COLOUR WAY FOR THE BOBBLE HEX BLANKET WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE

This hex blanket was the inspiration for this mini cal

And this joining stitch from 2012 was the inspiration for the join

PART 2: Purples

Gather together all you scrap shades of purple in your chosen weight of yarn.  

5mm hook for Aran

4mm hook for dk [slightly smaller wrap or blanket]

The redder the shades are, place them next inline to the red/ornange ones as the below picture shows

Todays PART 2 is to make 9 x 3round circles in 6-9 shades of purple using the above pattern

and i bet you can guess what colour will be next in line? lol 

JOINING CIRCLES TOGETHER

I am going to give you 3 colours and then the joining pattern because after 3 colours you will need to decide on a wrap or blanket....

Wrap: a long row of 6 blocks [9 motifs in each colour] over 6' long

or

Blanket: 3 rows of 3 colours side by side

so one more colour to come and you will be going them together

PART 3: Using the same circle pattern make 9 circles in shades of green

SPINNING TOP BANKET PROGRESS

The First 5 Rounds in one day on 9 motifs

FIRST BLANKET POST WITH LINKS TO THE PATTERN 
HERE

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

CUSHION CAL: Square cushion 2nd Panel

I did decide to simplify the square cushion so i could do the circular cushion as well as the blanket, but lots have asked for the 3 different panels for the one side of the Square cushion so here is the 2nd Star panel

The 1st part MINI GRANNY SQUARES and the Hexagon panel HERE

The Star Panel

Aran yarn

5mm hook

Finger wrap of 6 wraps, 

Round 1: 12 sc [dc], into circle, sl st to complete.

NOTE: ROUND 2 IS THE JOIN AS YOU GO ROUND.  

Round 2: att. new colour in any st, ch1, [counts as fist sc (dc)], dc [tr], into the same st, ch3, dc [tr] and sc [dc],  into the next st, sc [dc], dc [tr], into next st, ch3, dc [tr], sc [dc], into the next st, repeat the star point 4 more times,  sl st to complete. (6 star points)

Make a row of 7 stars join as you go using the 2nd ch st as a sl st to join 2 star points together.

NOTE: TO MAKE THE ROW OF 7 STARS INTO A PANEL USE THE SAME PATTERN AS FOR THE HEX PANEL.

FINISHING BANDS

 Add a ch st base and 4 rows of hdc [htr] to both sides of the 7 STARS row.

ROW1: First colour, Att. yarn with a tr [dtr], standing start, ch 3, sc [dc],  into next point of the first STAR,

ch3, tr [dtr], into dip between the first 2 STARS 

repeat to end of row, finish with a tr [dtr], in the last ch1 point of the last STAR in row.

 ROW2: ch2, turn, 3hdc [3htr], into the ch3 sp,

1hdc [1htr], into the next st,  3hdc [3htr], into next sp, hdc [htr], into next st, repeat to end finish with 3hdc [3htr] in last ch3 sp. (56sts)

 ROW 3: change colour, ch2 turn, hdc [htr],into first st.

1hdc [1htr], in every st to end (56sts)

ROW 4: Repeat row 3. (56sts)