CUSHION CAL UPDATE and mixing yarns together

ANOTHER BAND FOR THE CUSHION CAL 17TH JAN.

 Star for this one...sorry colours are restricted i'm out of 6 colours so just using what i have for these first samples...

 Hex's

 circles

 All three together...

along with the 2 round granny squares 

and some stripes to come think we have the makings of an interesting 

CUSHION CAL and possible blanket too?

MIXED YARN CUSHIONS FROM THE PAST

A few pictures of cushions and mixed yarns worked as one to give a firmer cushion and an interesting unique yarn too

Wrapped giant granny square over a striped cushion so yo get the split effect..quite interesting, made with a selection of mixed yarns worked as one yarn 

Above acrylic mixed with a darker sock yarn below acrylic mixed with a light sock yarn...doubles or trebles you shades of yarn too 

Another giant square wrapped to make a cushion cover

BETHANY SKIRT: SHAPED SQUARES

The shaped top row of the Bethany Skirt...

 By changing the side stitches to hdt [htr] and ch1 in the 4 corners you will make a slightly narrower square adding a small amount of shape to certain places along the top row

I am going to use this slightly narrower granny square at the sides and in the same places as you would have darts in a skirt, 2 darts at the front and 2 darts at the back

DIAGRAM OF WHERE TO PUT THE SMALLER ST.

DO NOT USE THE SMALLER STITCH ON  BOTH SIDES OF ONE SQUARE

 but on a left and right side of 2 squares creating a dart effect join as you go in the same way using a sl st instead of the ch1, at the corners and adding a sl st  at the sides to join the squares together

The diagram above shows a skirt made from 7 squares wide and 6 rows, your skirt might be more squares so the smaller stitch might need to be on different squares. 

 Its not a huge amount but enough to just pull in the waist line a little to help with the narrowing of the waist line.

Pattern for the shaped Granny Square

ROUND 4, replace the side granny shells of 3 dc [3tr], with 3hdc [3htr], and only do ch1 in the corners keep the 3dc [3tr], the same at the top and bottom of the square, just do the smaller st, on one side or another and match 2 reduced st sides together when joining.

GRANNY SQUARE SKIRT MINI CAL

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE....
Will be adding a few more pictures of the completed Angel Wings Shawls as soon as I'm feeling fighting fit again,,darn cold, loss of voice and generally feeling tired not been good this last week.

AS PROMISED...

Welcome to the first day of Bethany Skirt Min CAL
This was the picture of a Granny Square Skirt Bethany saw and asked if i could make her one similar. Bethany picked her colours from my stash and we decided on a joining colour.

 Carolyn has made a lovely skirt with a knitted waist band, i will be making a crocheted version but i've added the link if you would like to do a knitted waist band like Carolyn
 handmade by Carolyn 
click link to see here original post 

GRANNY SQUARE TIMINGS: 1minute for the first round

2 minutes for the second round

5 minutes for the 3rd and join as you go round

Please don't be rushed, work at your own pace but i need to complete Bethany Skirt in 

the next 8 Days..a birthday present for the 9th January.

not exactly sure of the number of 3 round granny squares i need yet next post will confirm the number

2 rows of 6 squares joined together measure 5" x 15 or 12.75cm x 38cms

So at the moment I'm working on

14 rows x 6 GS = 84 squares approx  

IN TIME: 84 X 8 = 672 MINUTES, that's 11.2 Hours for squares

plus a couple of hours to do the waist band and an hour to do a hem edge and a couple of hours for hiccups lol.

Rounding the time off say 18-36 hours to make a mini skirt....depending on your crochet speed 

So to complete this Bethany Skirt mini cal you will need at least 2-3hours a day to complete in  8/9 days.

Up for it? 

Then here we go

I'm using 9 colours of Merino and a 

10th Merino/acrylic in charcoal grey to join the 2round squares together

DAY 1:

So start by making the one round granny squares in each of your chosen colours 

start on the second round and do at least 25-30 of the second round if you want to complete in 8/9 days

DAY 2

Working 2-3hours should see all your second round squares complete. 

DAY 3

We will start the join as you go a new post on 3rd January 2017

WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE.

If you don't have a couple of hours a day then double the days and work a little slower. Do your own timings so you can work out how long it will take you 

measure the widest part of the hip/bottom and add approx. 4"  10cm ease

if making it for a child then you might find rows of 5 squares in length will be just right and slightly less ease will be needed 

PATTERN

US Terms, UK Terms in brackets 
basic 3 ROUND GRANNY SQUARE

Make 78 squares 9 colours you need 8 of each colour and 6 extra, pick 6 of the colours to add these extra squares. 

Finger wrap of 4 wraps

ROUND 1: first colour, ch2 counts as first dc [tr], 2dc [2tr], ch2, 3dc [3tr], ch2, 3dc [3tr], ch2, 3dc [3tr], ch2, sl st into first st, cut and weave in ends.

ROUND 2: second colour, ch2 counts as first dc [tr], 2dc [2tr], in first ch2 sp (corner), 3dc [3tr], ch2, 3dc [3tr] in next 3 corner sps, finish with 3dc [3tr], ch2 in first corner to complete sl st into the first st.