NORTHERN LIGHTS TRIANGLE LAP BLANKET

NORTHERN LIGHTS BANKET

UK TERMS

5mm hook

Double Strand blanket, a fabulous mix of the new James C Brett, Northern Lights in col. NL3 and 4 shade of WYS Sock yarn.

A Subtly, colourful, textured blanket made in large, close 'v' stitch triangles. Joined together they will make a lap blanket almost but not quite square 

Work a strand of each yarn tog. as one yarn, with 5mm hook

MAKE 8 TRIANGLES
WORKING Northern Lights yarn and sock yarn as one yarn

 Col. 1: Northern Lights + Blue Lagoon WYS sock yarn x4 triangles, 

Col. 2: Northern lights + 2 Sherbet Fizz WYS sock yarn triangles, 

Col. 3: Northern Lights + 1 Tequila Sunrise WYS Sock yarn triangle,

Col. 4: Northern Lights + 1 Rum Paradise WYS Sock yarn triangle, 

Match each of the Blue triangles with one of these other cols.

All joining is done with the Northern Lights and the WYS Tequila Sunrise col. 3, the chain stitch rows of the block stitch are also done with this col.3 Tequila Sunrise

The Blocks of the block stitch border are Northern lights and the WYS Rum Paradise col. 4

The finishing round of fans and Bow stitch are a mix of Northern Lights and the WYS Sherbet Fizz col. 2.

TRIANGLE PATTERN

UK TEMS

NOTES: 'Close V st', is 2dc with no ch st, between and is worked between the 2tr, not into the stitches.

 An increase of one 'close v st', on each row, will give an almost right angle triangle. 
Be careful of mistaking the spaces between the 'close v st', as 'v' sts.

After the first few rows this will be easier  to see and only a possible problem in the first 2 close 'v' sts, as they are in the same st.

ROW 1: ch3, 3tr, into 3rd st from hook. [2cv, sts]

ROW 2: ch3, turn, tr, into first sp, [first 'cv' st], miss the next sp, [don't mistake this for the next 'cv' st], 4tr, into last sp. [3cv, sts]

ROW 3: ch3, turn, tr, into first cv st, 2tr, [cv], into next cv, 4tr, [2cv], into last cv. [3cv, sts]

ROW 4: ch3, turn, tr, in first sp, [cv], 2tr, [cv], into next cv, st, 2tr, [cv], into next cv, st, 4tr,  [2cv], into last cv.

ROW 5 - 27: ch3, turn and repeat 1cv, in each cv, with 2cv, in last cv, giving you the one cv increase per row.

Final Row will have 28cv, stitches

Lay the triangles out, one blue triangle with each of the other cols. as diagram

JOINING STITCH
ALL TRIANGLES ARE JOINED WITH CH3 LOOPS USING THE 2ND CH ST AS A SL ST TO JOIN THE THE MATCHING LOOP
UK Terms

dc, ch3 loops.

Join as diagram, 4 blue mix triangles with 2 rainbow triangles and 1 each of orange and pastel  

Add the joining st, all around the first triangle before joining the next triangle.

1st. TRIANGLE: Att. Col. 3, in a corner sp, with a dc, ch3, dc, in same corner sp, ch3, dc, in next sp, repeat for all sides, sl st to complete. Cut and weave in ends.

2nd - 8th TRIANGLE: att. Col. 3, in a corner sp, dc, ch3, dc, in corner sp, complete the first side and then join 2nd triangle to the 1st triangle at the second corner, dc in corner, ch1, replacing the 2nd ch st, with a sl st into the first triangle, ch1, dc, into same corner sp, ch1, sl st, into next ch3 sp, ch1, dc, into next sp, repeat to next corner sp, cont. as first triangle to end.

Join all triangles together as above.

BORDER STITCH
UK TERMS

Sharp points above

flatter side points

The blanket is not quite a square but a slight diamond shape, and there are 2 x 2 different angled points, 2 sharp and 2 flatter, 4 sides with joins

A 5 row border ch2, loops and  Blocks of 2tr.

ROUND 1: Att. Col. 4, at a any sharp point, 2tr, ch3, 2tr, in corner sp, 2tr, in each ch3, side sp, including the joining st sp. Continue to the flatter point, 2tr, in last ch3 sp, ch3, 2tr, in next ch3, sp, cont. to do 2tr, in each ch3, sp, to the next sharp point, repeat to end, sl st, to complete.

 [56 blocks each side]

ROUND 2: Att. Col. 3, in a ch3, at sharp point, dc, ch3, dc, in same ch3 sp, ch2, dc, in next sp, ch2, dc, in next sp, repeat to end dc, ch3, dc, in same sp, for all 4 corners. 
Sl st, to complete cut and weave in ends. [57 x ch2, loops, each side]

ROUND 3: Att. Col. 4, Repeat 2tr, ch3, 2tr, in the corners, 2tr, in each side sp. 

[58 blocks each side]

ROUND 4: Att. Col 3, Repeat round 2, dc, ch3, dc, in corners and dc, ch2, for each side sp. sl st, to complete.  [59 x ch2 sp, each side]

ROUND 5: Att. Col 4, Repeat round 3, 2tr,, ch3, 2tr, in corners,  2tr, in each side sp. 

[60 Blocks each side]

FINISHING DECORTIVE FANS/BOW STITCH

UK TERMS

ROUND 1: Att. Col. 2, in any corner, 3tr, ch3, 3tr, in corner sp, *ch5, miss 2sp, 2tr, ch2, 2tr, in every 3rd side sp, repeat from * for each side, repeat corner and side sts, for all 4 sides of blanket, sl st, to complete. 
[Each side:19Fans, 4 double Fans for corners, first row of 20 Bow St.] 

ROUND 2: Cont. in Col. 2, 3tr, ch3, 3tr, in corner fan, tr, in next 3 sts, ch4, move to next fan, tr, in next 3sts, ch2, tr, in next 3sts, ch4, move to next fan, repeat to end,  sl st, to complete. [19Fans, 4 double Fans for corners, 2nd row of 20 Bow St.] 

ROUND 3: Cont. in Col 2, 3tr, ch3, 3tr, in corner fan sp, dc, in next 6sts, complete bow st, ch2, dc, over the ch4 and ch5, to make a bow stitch, tr, in next 3sts, ch2, tr in next 3sts, complete the next bow st, repeat to end, sl st to complete. 
[19Fans, 4 double Fans for corners, 20 Bow St.]

UK TERMS
DECORATIVE ROW OF FLOWERS

Round 1: Finger wrap of 10 wraps, [for extra padding to centres], carefully slide off finger hold securely

Round 2: 14dc into wrap, sl st to complete.

Round 3: Att. any second col. ch3, 2dtr, ch3, sl st, into same st, sl st into next st, repeat for all 7 petals. 
Leave a long and to stitch to the blanket.

TO FINISH
Carefully sew a row of the flowers to the blanket at the edge of the main body. 

Square Spiral Blanket 2020

Little bit of Easter break playtime Square Spiral....make a good blanket i think not got the right colours yet for the centre squares.....but it works as an idea,

 I think.

CoronaCal...number to make

Joining post for the side by side CoronaCal is well underway and will be ready for Friday the 27th March 2020....then the half eye to make

NUMBER OF EYES TO MAKE?

One or two wanted to know how many "eye's" to make..depends on which throw you want to make really and how big.Each Flat Eye weighs approx. 56g in Aran Each textured centre Eye approx. 76g

I am going to make mine a throw, that will measure approx. 47" x 66" BEFORE the border and that will consist of 

10 full eye's 

4 long half eyes 

8 short half eye's.

Make 10 Eyes ready to join together, up to Round 6 after the spears have been added and you will have enough to make a reasonably generous throw BEFORE the border of 47" x 66"

One more to add to this to make the base of the throw, so it's growing fast...

PART 1: CoronaCal Flat pattern HERE

PART 2: CoronaCal Textured Centre pattern and Colours  HERE

More Pictures of possible Throw versions HERE

CoronaCAL PARTS 1 AND 2 links

PART ONE: flat basic eye pattern HERE CLICK LINK

PART TWO: Textured eye pattern HERE CLICK LINK

PART 3: JOINING SIDE BY SIDE PATTERN 

March 27TH 2020

CoronaCal starts Monday 21st March....gather your stash together

Been a while since i posted but there are 400 freebie patterns to have fun with on here if you do a bit of a search. 

I've also added the Hardanger Granny Blanket pattern to Ravelry today too and will be adding several more new patterns over the next few weeks..enjoy x

HARDANGER GRANNY BLAKET Click link

With all the doom and gloom around at the moment i thought a long waited for CAL might help one or two, so starting Monday 21st March I will be doing a 

CoronaCal

ARAN or DK COLOURS FOR THE MOTIFS IN ORDER OF USE

Stylecraft Special or 2 strands of dk work too for Aran, or use dk only but the motif will be smaller

YARN COLOUR LIST FOR THE FIRST MOTIF, pattern on Saturday 21st March

1: SPICE
2: POMEGRANITE
3: PALE ROSE
4: PISTACHIO
5:SAGE
6: CAMEL
7: GOLD

SPEARS
1:  POMEGRANITE
2: PISTACHIO

OUTER BAND
1:SAFFRON
2: SPICE
3: STORM BLUE
4: DENIM

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 

Something Special from my 2017 sample box....

An off shoot from the Spinning Top blanket, was going to be a new cal for Simply Crochet, last year, but arthritis in my hands meant I couldn't commit to the work load....with the sort out that's going on here in the Craft room, I found all the samples I'd made so far.

So sharing the pictures from 2017....a pattern to come 

 aah! you can see how old the pictures are thats Lovely Lettuce's foot in the picture...miss you lots x

 Possibilities....

An off shoot from the Spinning Top blanket, it was going to be a new Cal for Simply Crochet, last year, but arthritis in my hands meant I couldn't commit to the work load....come to light again with the sort out that's going on here in the Craft room, I found all the samples I'd made so far.