Corner to Corner Granny Shell Blanket.

Believe it or not in all the years of crochet i've never made a corner to corner Granny shell blanket before Its a pattern that gives a lovely crisp square edge......Love that.

In my version, i've used a ch3 to start and tr, to finish but all granny shells are 3dc and i work into the spaces to start and finish.

Simple pattern Corner to corner Granny Shell blanket

Im using Hayfield Spirit and a 4mm hook for this sample. But it could be made with Aran of chunky weight yarns

US Terms

CH4
ROW 1: 3dc and 1tr, into 4th ch from hook. ch3, turn
ROW 2: 3dc, into first sp, 3dc, 1tr, into last sp. ch3 turn
ROW 3: 3dc into first sp, 3dc into next sp, 3dc,1tr, into last sp, ch3 turn
ROW 4+: REPEAT ROW 3, with 3dc into all middle sps.
Make the width of the blanket as big as you require.

TO MAKE THE SQUARED CORNER
ROW 1: Ch3, miss first sp, 3dc in all sps to end, finish with 3dc, 1tr in last sp. ch3 turn.
ROW2: 3dc in first sp, 3dc in every space to end, 1tr, into last ch3 sp, ch3, turn
ROW 3: CONTINUE UNTIL ITS AS LONG AS YOU REQUIRE.

REDUCING THE RECTANGLE OR SQUARE
Start with ch3 only [no granny shell in first sp] finish with 1tr, [no granny shell in last sp]

 start with ch3 only to decrease

finish with tr only into last sp to decrease

Add a number of granny shells as a border to decorate, leave as it is or add a contrast stitch.

FOR MY FIRST EXPERIMENT
I am making a 30 row square for the centre....then a border and then more of the corner to corner granny triangles then another border....but it might change so watch out for updates.

make several squares and join in a more exciting pattern if you get bored with doing one giant blanket 

Moroccan Hardanger Granny Square blocks

Playing with the blue/green shade of the Robin Paintbox dk today...going to mix it with the Masala colour way as infills for this one....

 centre infill of the Spinning top 

Hardanger Granny Square Blanket

Inspiration is from the garden swing seating

someone on Instagram said it looks like Hardanger Embroidery, so its found its name...

Hardanger Granny Square Blanket

first attempt was far too big to do lots of repeats from so started again with one half the size..it works 

 the first was far too big to repeat many times, second one, half the size 

will repeat beautifully

LOVE SCARF FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

Heart Stitch, is a widely available stitch, with a repeat of 7 sts, +1 for base chain...ch29 for my 8" wide scarf + 14 chain so the hearts dangle 

Aran tweed and Robin Paintbox dk, 5mm hook 

Used what i had in, hoping it will be almost 6' long, just a few more rows to do, works up very quickly....made in a day really

Started the base ch row with a simple  heart both ends of the bas cha and extra ch stitch so they dangle 7 extra stitches each end 

CELTIC CROSS SCARF PATTERN

CELTIC CROSS LACEY SCARF PATTERN

HERE

This simple, 2 round motif makes a fabulous delicate scarf...another pattern that would use up all those tiny ends of yarn mix with a ball or two of a background colour to make a pretty little Lacey Scarf....resembling a Celtic Cross in a circle

CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOPPER PATTERN LINK

Chrysanthemum Shopper Pattern 

HERE

Large Crescent Moon Wrap, grey Cotton/acrylic version today

 Grey version of the giant 8' Crescent Moon Wrap with one or two simple changes all in Alize Cotton/acrylic yarn

base pattern with ixed stitch border

pattern here

 Using the Crescent Moon Wrap, base pattern but increasing to 25 sts, and then 50cm of straight rows, then do the decreasing.

Also instead of working into the stitches work into the spaces only for the base pattern will give a different look to your base crescent pattern

Larger Crescent Moon Wrap....mixed side stitches

Morning all...well out of all the Crescent Moon Wrap options i think I like this one the best so far. Nothing subtle about it so get those sun glasses out. 

DK and cream Aran weights mixed. All with a 4mm hook,  its made on the larger base and has several rows of mixed stitches and measures almost 8' long, going to be a real cosy wrap for the Winter 

I used 4 x 50g balls of this DK 25% Wool yarn from Wilkinson's in a rainbow of colour and approx. 70g of a cream Aran for the contrast. The wrap weights approx. 270g

Quote from The Power of the Crescent Moon

 Crescent Moon should be viewed each month as a potent symbol of where you are giving “birth” to new areas of your life. This is when you welcome your new creation for your life and cradle it to maturity.

LARGER CRESCENT BASE PATTERN

The larger version is the same as the original but increase to 25sts in a row work approx 50cm x 25sts in each row straight, then decrease to 2 sts.

This will make a base for your Crescent Moon wrap approx. 1.5m long before you add the side stitches

LINK TO PATTERN

CRESCENT MOON BASE PATTERN CAL

BASE PATTERN FOR A CRESCENT WRAP

another brighter option i tried last night 

4MM HOOK, 
Space dyed yarn for automatic colour changes, dk 

US Terms.

A crescent shawl always sits beautifully around your shoulders wraps around you and give that 
lovely hug we all like

This pattern has been inspired by the crescent Moon and what it means....

The women of this world seem to have a very special connection to the moon, and the crescent moon
 is 
a beautiful way to express her dark and mysterious side. The moon is a symbol of regeneration, 
and without the female of the species bringing new life into the world, there would be no life.

FOR EVERYONE with a new beginning or new life in their family.

PATTERN

Please note that you start with a right angle triangle made from the top point to the wide base, then 
a straight length, then a right angle triangle from the wide bit to the finishing point.

INCREASE is ONLY ON ONE SIDE, and the other side is kept straight making a right angled triangle.

Sl st, on hook, ch3

ROW 1: dc, in first ch, [2dc]

ROW 2: ch2, turn miss the first st, dc into sp. [2dc]

ROW 3: ch2, turn, dc in first st, dc in next st, dc in sp between last 2 sts. [3dc]

ROW 4: ch2, turn, miss the first st, dc in next st, dc, in sp between last 2 sts. [3dc]

ROW 5: ch2, turn, dc in first st, dc in all sts, dc in sp between last 2 sts. [4dc]

ROW 6: ch2 turn, miss first st, dc in all stitches, dc in sp, between last 2 sts. [4dc]

NOTES: by row 6 you can easily see which is the straight side if you have difficulty then add a st, 
marker to the increase side so you always know which row starts with a stitch into first st.

ROWS 7-33: REPEAT ROWS 5 AND 6 ALTERNATELY

Ending with 2 rows of each increase...

2,2 3,3 4,4 5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8...... and so on, until you have 18sts in last 2 rows. [18dc]

ROWS 33-51: mark row 33, then work each row STRAIGHT, 
ONE STITCH IN EACH STITCH with NO INCREASE, FOR 19 ROWS.
the ch2 counts as the first st  [18sts]

IMPORTANT NOTE: This odd number of rows will ensure you can add almost any stitch to the

 side bands. Some stitches can be done in each section, so it doesn't matter how many sections 

you have, but some stitches require 2 sections e.g. a shell stitch you would do the shell in the
first section, and the anchor stitch in the second section, then repeat so at the end you would
 end the row with an anchor section if the number of sections is even, with the extra section 
[odd number of sections] you will have enough sections to finish with a shell st not the anchor....
hope that helps with designing the side rows?

ROWS 52-83: decrease ONLY on the same side as the increase and do 2 rows of each count, 17,17,16,16,15,15,14,14...as so on until only 2 stitches remain.
Pull yarn through and hold ready for the first row of the next stage.

HOW TO DECREASE

ch1, hold on hook, half make a dc pull yarn through both sts, now counts as 

one st. 

JOINING THE CAL?

the base crescent can be made in a couple of hours so if you are quick and want to make more 

than one ready for Monday and stage 2, feel free, I'm sure there will be lots of variations to 

have fun with.

SO... 4 Days to make one or more base crescent ready to add the chosen side bands. I will share

a few tips on adding your chosen stitches on Monday.

SOME YARN OPTIONS: 

Any yarn could be used but my suggestion is to use dk and 4mm hook

A space dyed yarn is a good idea, if you want to use lots of colours, so that you can concentrate 

on the increasing and decreasing.

Different coloured yarns can be used in the second stage side bands 

On Monday i will add my options for the side rows, there are many many options to complete 

this Crescent Moon wrap. Hope some of you will join the fun and try your own stitches so that we can make a few crochet community Wraps.

All the variations will be share by the participating Hookers on my Facebook Group

Sue Pinner Granny Squares

click the link and join the crochet community 

Here are a couple of the variations i've tried so far, there will be hundreds of options you could try, so have fun

Update August 3rd

2nd Crecsent Moon Shawl completed, this is more of a scarf than a wrap really as i only had one ball of the bright yarn.
8 pattern rows of Block stitch added to the base pattern with a spiky, 
black and cream tweed triangle edging