REALLY WORRIED!
I'm trying the Magic Knot in a few projects just lately, always been very fearful of these teeny tiny knots coming apart so I've resisted using them. This blanket is quite a loose stitch and ends tend to reappear so thought it was time I gave Magic knots a go....fingers crossed they work.
I'm also going to show you a new method of using a start chain....often a tight row that makes your start tight and often your work curve a bit.
THE FLAMING STRIPE THOW
US Terms
10mm Hook
Black for the border only. 100g
Gold for the border 100g
2 Strands dk worked as one
1: A short dye spaced yarn 300g [from Home Bargains]
and
2: A longer dye spaced yarn of similar colouring 300g [Ice yarn rainbow shade]
I'm always buying short dye space yarns and then don't like how they crochet. Working a short dye space yarn with a similar coloured long dye spaced yarn or a plain colour from the first yarn helps to give a smoother transition through the colours.
PATTERN:
Very simple hdc stitch worked into the spaces NOT THE STITCHES. This will give you the look of moss stitch without doing the chain stitches between.
ch 90
ROW 1: hdc in the 2nd ch, from hook, hdc in the next ch, miss the 3rd, repeat hdc in next 2 sts, miss the next ch, repeat to end of row finishing with hdc, in last 2sts. [60hdc]
ROW 2: WORK INTO THE SPACES only
ch1 turn, hdc in the first and every sp, to the end of the row. [60hdc]
alternative pastel colour
ROW 3 - 100: Repeat Row 2. [60hdc, each row]
EDGING/BORDER
ROUND 1 & 2: IN BLACK, hdc in every sp, hdc ch2 hdc in each corner
ROUND 3: PLAIN COLOUR FROM YOUR CHOSEN SPACE DYED YARN:
hdc in every sp, hdc, ch2 hdc in each corner.
ROUND 4 & 5: IN BLACK, hdc in every st, hdc, ch2, hdc in each corner.
You could leave this throw without a border, it would be the usual to do so. Most multi stranded throws don't have borders, the edges are quite neat and straight.
GIANT POPCORN FLOWERS
I am also adding giant flowers to this blanket, the pattern for these will be added next week, when I've completed the throw and decided exactly where they will go...
GIANT FLOWER PATTERN TO DECORATE THE BLANKET
OR
JOIN AT POINTS TO MAKE A WRAP
How to do popcorn stitch, but for this project use dc not tr,
US Terms
dk weight rainbow yarn
Charcoal dk yarn
4mm hook
ch4, sl st, into a circle
ROUND 1: Ch2 counts as first dc, 4dc into first st, to make a popcorn st, popcorn st, of 5dc in next 5 sts, with ch2 between each. [6 popcorns of 5dc]
ROUND 2: ch2 [counts as first dc, 4dc into first st, to make a popcorn st, ch2, between, 5dc for next popcorn st, repeat a popcorn st, in each st. [6popcorn sts, of 5dc, ch2 between each]
ROUND 3: 1popcorn sts, of 5dc, ch2, second popcorn st, in same ch2 sp, ch2, repeat in each ch2 sp. of round below. [12popcorns of 5dc, ch2 between each]
ROUND 4:1 popcorn, ch2, 1popcorn, in the middle ch2 sp, of pairs of popcorn ch2, 1 popcorn, ch2, between pairs of popcorn. [18 popcorn, of 5dc, ch2 between each]
ROUND 5: 1popcorn ch2, 1popcorn in each sp, between pairs, ch2, 1popcorn in next 2 sps, repeat, to end [24 popcorn of 5dc, ch2 between]
ROUND 6: Att. CHARCOAL, for petals.
sc, in first sp, 2sc, in next sp, sc, ch9, sc in next sp, *2sc in next 3sps, sc, ch9 sc, in next sp, repeat from * to end finish with the 2nd sc, in first sp, sl st to complete [2sc in every st, with ch9 in every 4th st]
ROUND 7: cont. in charcoal. 8dc, into the ch9 loop, ch3 picot at the point, 8dc in same loop, sl st, in the sp between 3rd and 4th sc, repeat to end [6 petals of 16 dc, with a ch3 picot at point]
Make as many large flowers as required to decorate your blanket. Sew onto blanket with small stitches so as not to show on the reverse side.
OR
make a wrap of 3 rows of popcorn, join as you go replacing the middle ch, of the popcorn as the joining stitch.
