BAKEWELL BLUE TARTAN PATTERN

Bakewell Blue CAL pattern link

HERE

The Cal will be in 3 stages, with 3 colour options, a formula to use your own colours and a new block joining stitch to give an additional narrow stripe to the tartan

6 colour block weight: approx. 80g

For each block you make you will need a total of 80g in 6 colours for the 36square block multiplied by the number of blocks you want to make, 

I am using 16 x 80g = approx. 1280g, plus yarn for the border

Link to previous 

INTRODUCTION POST

HERE

11 colour block, Weight: approx 140g  9 blocks

9 blocks @ 140g will be approx. 1260g.  plus yarn for the border

BLUE TARTAN CAL: Sample progress

Progress on the Blue Tartan CAL... 

i'm using blues and greys for this Tartan, its to go in my kitchen. 

THIS POST IS A PRE-CAL POST 

nothing cast in stone yet...

I've chosen 10 COLOURS and I'm using Merino. dk and 5mm hook

Merino is a springy yarn and fills the gaps well but Acrylic or wool or a mix can be used.

I've had a yarn sort out earlier this week, ready for the workshop at the end of November and found I have 3 boxes of Merino so plenty of choice for the new tartan samples.

 As it's still a WIP, the 10 colours might change

This is what the repeat would look like if i stopped at 5 colours, but there are at least another 4 shades to go.....and it will change quite a lot..

its actually teal than the picture looks and at the moment it looks more like a check than a tartan lol.

TARTAN COLOUR FORMULA

I am hoping i can give you a Colour formula, so you can use your choice of colours, if that doesn't work then I will give you my Blue chart and another new one and the bright pink/green sample i showed you last week...

9 square block to make this modern look, pink/green tartan

another round makes a big difference. 

PATTERN LINK HERE

TARTANS.FROM 2013 TO NEW ONES FOR 2018

Bright Pink and modern...Original design from 2013 new versions to come this week and a TARTAN CAL too...join the fun 

original Tartan Samples from 2013

Original post here

Blue Tartan...a wip, this original isn't quite right yet

Reds from May 2013

Pastels too...

The version I did for Styelcraft in 2015

CUSHION 

 Blue version Blanket in my dining room before the border was added

PATTERN: RAINBOW ALTERNATIVE SOLID GRANNY SQUARE

ALTERNATIVE SOLID GRANNY SQUARE 

We all know and use the solid granny square but have you ever tried working the stitches into the spaces instead of the stitches? 

Looking for a different look to a solid granny square then give it a go, its gives a more vintage feel to your solid squares. And for a real beginner its easier than finding the stitches to work into.....

I'm suggesting random/space dyed yarn but each round could be in a different colour and you can use the original granny square concept of using up left over yarns.

Pattern Link: HERE

IMPORTANT NOTE: please read.

Always look for the patterns and repeats in pattern, it will help.

If you have a go at this granny square, you will notice that the increase goes up by a different number of sts, on each round and alternates between odd and even numbers. 

This is important as just doing [1dc, ch3 1dc], in the corners, for every round will make your square cup slightly. 

And doing [2dc, ch3, 2dc], in every corner will make the square wobbly and not sit flat. 

By doing the alternate corner increase you will have a completely flat square and means you can do a large square blanket if you want. 

This alternating odd/odd/even number of sts, could open up lots of possibilities for adding different stitches to the outer edge when your throw is completed. Depending on if you finish with an odd or an even row. Personally i would choose an odd number to finish on as this is a more versatile number to work edging stitches into.

 For Example: any stitch that needs 2 base sts needs the extra st to balance the st. So an odd number is better, any finish stitch worked into every st, doesn't matter if there is an odd number or an even number. 

Worked continuously the first and last st, moves along the join side.

Number of squares

Decide on the size of your square and if you want an odd or an even number of sts to finish with. Measure you square and work out the size of throw you require 

Make lots of smaller squares and join as you go using a sl st, into the spaces after completing each st, on the side being joined.


YARN:

For my blanket i am aiming for 6 x 6 squares 
Each 8 round square measures approx. 8"/20cm, so with out the border it should measure approx. 48" / 122cm

Each square weighs approx 20g so a 50g ball of the Stripes wool mix from Wilko's should give me around 2.5 squares so I will need 14 x 50g balls plus 2or 3 for the border or an alternative yarn to finish it off. 

UPDATE: I am actually getting almost 3 squares from a 50g ball.
 If you want to get 3 squares from one ball to make the usage smaller then make a 9 round square instead of a 10 round square.
This should give you 3 squares from one 50g ball making the body of the throw 12 balls of yarn instead of 14 balls then all you need is a couple of balls plus for the border yarn.
This change will only make the throw a tiny bit smaller.

This is a mock up blanket to give you an idea of what will look like but as it's random dyed yarn each square will be slightly different from each other.

FANS POST: Sue Pinner Patterns

Lulu 

made my Stylecraft 9090 pattern up.....

Love the colours everyone picks

Sharon has made a bolster from book 1

Carolyn 
has been making one or two things from the new book
Granny Squares and Shapes

Zoe 
has made my Stylecraft Pattern Tartan Throw and Cushion 
and she tells me it is going all the way to America too
Hope they love it 

Lots are starting to pop up and some have been creating their own colour combos too

pastel version 

BAKEWELL BLUE TARTAN PATTERN.

'Painting is easy, getting it right is the hard bit'.......Danny Byrne

BAKEWELL BLUE TARTAN PATTERN 
US Terms
2 strands of dk, worked as one.
5mm Hook

If your dk is a thicker one then you might need to use a 6mm hook. I have used merino a soft pure wool for my blanket but you can use all acrylic or a wool/acrylic mix.

This New tartan pattern will have the addition of a narrow light and dark stripe to join the blocks. 

It is also a slightly bigger granny square, achieved by using the 4tr, and not 4dc, so you don't need quite so many squares to make a reasonable size blanket.


NEW TARTAN PATTERN
Finger Wrap of 8 wraps
ROUND 1: ch3, [counts as first tr], 3tr, ch3, 4tr, ch3, 4tr, ch3, 4tr, ch3. sl st, to complete.

JOIN AS YOU GO, replace the 2nd ch, in corner as a sl st, to join the the completed previous square.

JOIN First corners in the ch3, 

when adding the second row of squares sl st, into the space between the first 2 squares,

when insetting a square into a corner, sl st, into the middle square

ENDS
Using a finger wrap will ensure you don't have any ends to start with, 
they will all be hidden inside the stitches, so the only ends you will have will the the finish ends, 
Turn to the back of the square, work as one thread.
Thread into a bodkin and sew into the stitch and around the centre circle.

One end to deal with for each square.

COLOUR CHART

Blocks of 6x6 granny squares, make 16 blocks of 36 square as in this picture below and it will measure approx. 44" square. 

Placing each 6x6 square block with the Navy Blue to the centre of each set of 4 blocks, so the lighter pale grey is on the out side of the block

Then the next block will join together with the pale grey together

You can make you blanket as big as you want by adding more blocks, this one below is 36 blocks of 36square

OPTION 1: BLUE TARTAN
6 colours a very light colour [pale grey], a very dark colour [navy]
a contrast colour [soft lime green], 3 graduating shades of a teal blue, dark teal, mid teal blue and a pale aqua/teal.

THIS FORMULA will work with any colour
1: DARK, black, navy, dark green, plum, anything that is very dark, for this I used Navy
2: PALE, white, cream, pale grey, any pale postal shade, for this I used pale grey
3: CONTRAST, depends on what colours you decide to use, with this one i used a soft lime green, 
4-6: 3 gradient shades of one colour, for this Blue tartan i used teal 

You need 2 use 2 strands for each square, i find it best to line them up in the order they will be in the tartan, as you would a graph, in this order...
1: navy
2: pale aqua
3: mid teal
4:teal 
5: soft lime
6: pale grey
THE PICTURE ABOVE shows 10 shade and you can make your tartan with many more shades, but 6 x one round granny squares using US, TREBLES, will make a block that measures approx. 11" so 6 granny squares worked out perfectly for this blanket.

Each square is 2 strands the centre diagonal will be the same colour for each strand, 

but all other squares will be a mix of 2 different colours. I've used red to hi-lite the diagonal square in the same colour for both strands.

TOP ROW

1: navy, navy

2:navy, aqua

3: navy, mid teal

4: navy, teal

5: navy, soft lime

6: navy, pale grey

2ND ROW

1: aqua, navy

2: aqua, aqua

3: aqua, mid teal

4: aqua, teal,

5: aqua, soft lime

6: aqua, pale grey

3RD ROW

1: mid teal, navy

2: mid teal, aqua

3: mid teal, mid teal

4: mid teal, teal

5: mid teal soft lime

6: mid teal, pale grey

4TH ROW

1: teal, navy

2: teal, aqua

3: teal mid teal

4: teal, teal

5: teal, soft lime

6: teal pale grey

5TH ROW

1: soft lime, navy

2: soft lime, aqua

3: soft lime, mid teal

4: soft lime, teal

5: soft lime, soft lime

6: soft lime, pale grey

6TH ROW

1: pale grey, navy

2: pale grey, aqua

3: pale grey, mid teal

4: pale grey, teal

5: pale grey, soft lime

6: pale grey, pale grey

RED/ORAGE TARTAN

Same formula for this one except the contrast yarn is more of a gradient colour, so you get a softer more blended tartan look.

Lay out you colours in the same way and work them as the blue tartan.

I used these colours for my red/orange block

1: cream

2: pale pink

3: apricot

4: orange

5: cerise pink

6: dark purple 

As you can see with the repeated blocks you will b=get a softer more blurred looking tartan

4 blocks of 36 square, joined with the cream to the centre

16 blocks of 36 square, cream to the centre of each 4 blocks

4 blocks of 36 square, joined with the dark purple to the centre

16 blocks of 36 square, dark purple to the centre of each 4 blocks

Even when you have decided on you colours, you get to pick light to the centre or dark to the centre 

OR

You can use all 16 blocks the same way, so each block of 36 square is placed in the same direction...

this picture is with 25 squares per block

4 blocks of 25 squares placed the same way

You can join as you go for the blocks, just continue to repeat the sequence of colour 4 times for each row. 

NEW TARTAN PATTERN ADDITION 

Because this new tartan pattern is still in the one block, repeated photographically you can see a narrow light and dark line where the picture is joined..i liked that addition so decided to ad it to the new tartan pattern.

So this new pattern is going to have an additional block joining stitch,

 giving a narrow light and dark stripe between blocks.

I will add the joining stitch for the blocks as stage 2.

The border and finishing will be stage 3.

OPTION 3: MODERN BRIGHTS

To come in stage 2

Similar formula but with 11 colours, one or two colour only are used in both direction all other colours are different

OPTION 3. MODERN BRIGHTS: 11 colours needed for option 3.
Soft orange, Lime Green, cerise, brown, pale blue, pale Aqua, camel/tan colour, very pale lemon or soft lime, shocking pink, Oatmeal/stone colour, 
light jade green = 11 colours