JULY MINI CAL: Cartwheel 'Spoke' Circle version in Scheepjes Secret GCarden

Cart wheel 'spoke' centre with the mini square infill to add to the 36 dc circles

 Colours: Dark and moody

16 Block repeat

CARTWHEEL 'SPOKE' CIRCLE PATTERN

Finger wrap of 4 wraps

ROUND 1:12sc into wrap circle sl st, to complete [12sc]

ROUND 2: change col. 1dc, ch1, repeat in each st. sl st, to complete [12spokes]

ROUND 3: 1dc in every st, 2dc in ever sp, sly t to complete [36dc]

BLACK JOINING ROUND

JOINING THE 'SPOKE' CIRCLES TOGETHER USING THE SAME STITCH AS FOR THE SOLID CIRCLES

US Terms as always 

 Lay out your 9 x 3 round circle in the colour group so you know which one is next to each other 

Att. joining yarn in any stitch, ch2 counts as first dc, 1dc in next 2 sts, ch3 1dc in next 3sts, ch3, repeat to end sl st to complete [ 12 X 3dc, 12 x ch3 loops]

 join with a sl st replacement for the middle ch st, work from top down hook the yarn and pull through both the ch3 loop and the st to att. 2 squares together as picture below, join 2 loops together on each join 

 When the first circle is complete then join the next one to the first one using a replacement sl st for the 2nd ch st in the 3ch sts, as above.

 Join 2 ch3 loops together on each side as below

 Join the circles in 3 lines of 3 motifs

 leaving one ch3 loop free between each join of 2, ch3 loop, on each square.

 Make sure you do leave one ch3 loop free when joining them in rows of 3 

 you must leave one ch3 loop free on each side for the in fill squares as below picture 

 so that you have a square with 4 loops x 3ch, one on each side ready to join the infill squares in PART 7

 join together with 2 loops on each side leaving one loop free between joins 

MINI SQUARE INFILL PATTERN:

US Terms
Finger wrap of 4 wraps, 
ROUND 1: ch2, counts as first dc, 2dc into circle, ch1 sl st into the first ch3 loop of the "hole' ch1, 3dc into finger wrap, ch1 sl st into the next ch3 loop on the second side of the "hole", repeat until the square has been joined to all the 4 sides of the 'hole' sl st to complete. [12dc, 8ch sts, 4 sl st.]

PICOT EDGING FOR A WRAP

The edging stitch has ch5 picots at every ch3 sp, the first and the last picots are joined together to 'straighten' the sides a little.

 pictures above and below is the joined ch5 picots that fill in the 'dip' and make for a straighter edging

PATTERN

US Terms

Aran weight yarn

5mm hook

Black yarn to finish

ROUND 1: Att yarn in the second ch3 sp on any corner, 2sc, ch5 picot, 2sc in same ch3 sp, sc in next 3 sts, 2sc, ch5 picot 2sc in next ch3 sp, repeat for the next 4 x ch3 sps, 

sc in next 3sts, into dip, sc into centre join sp, sc, in next 3sts, of next octagon, 

2sc into first ch3 sp, ch2, use the next ch st as a sl st into the last picot loop of the previous octagon ch2, complete the picot, s2sc into same ch3 sp, sc in next 3 sts, 2sc, ch5 picot 2sc in next ch3 sp. repeat to end

Always joining the last and the first picots together to form a triangular join between octagons and straightens the sides a little

first and last picots joined on each space between octagons

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

Cushion CAL:Update

Good progress made yesterday on the Cushion and a slight change of plan, decided to simplify the Square Cushion a little and definetly  do a circular one too. These pictures are only the first 2 possible sections to the Square cushion, lots to try first before i make a decision on the final panels.

My selection of olours will all be the same, but feel free to use your own colours or just some of the colours i suggest. 

LINK HERE 

to the pre cushion post 

 Taken at night under electric light so colours aren't quite true, but not too far off

 Lettuce, My Little helper always at my side 

 I can see this as a blanket as well, with the circle band as a border and lots of possibilities to come. 

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.