SPINNING TOP BLANKET: 3 down 1 to go...

Well 6 to go really but one to go and then i can share the joining together of the now approx.  15"-16" squares.

i had a bit of a rummage and found enough yarn to complete the blanket i hope hiding in my stash....gold is the only one i think i might need to buy more of.

so many bags and boxes of ends i think i've pretty well covered all the colours, even if it means 2 strands of life or dk to make up the Aran weight required

Enjoy 

PATTERN LINKS SO FAR FROM CUSHION TO BLANKET

LINK TO PART 1 MAKING THE ORIGINAL CUSHION FRONT

LINK TO PART 2: DIAMOND/SPEAR SHAPE INFILLS

LINK TO PART 3: TRIANGLE IN FILLS

LINK TO PART 4: BUTTON BAND AND JOINING CUSHION TOGETHER

EASY PEASY ALTERNATIVE CUSHION BACK

MAKING THE SPINNING TOP BLANKET FROM THE CUSHION FRONT

COLOUR SEQUENCE FOR ALL 9 MOTIFS TO DIAMOND IN FILLS

CIRCLES TO SQUARES PREP

SPINNING TOP BLANKET: FINAL UP DATE ON COLOURS

This will be the final update on colours until next week, giving you all some time to get to the stage of joining the motifs you have made up to round 9 and plus the diamond shaped infills.

SPINNING TOP BLANKET

MADE FROM THE CUSHION CAL PATTERN 

Make 4 or 9 Motifs

approx. 16" each

Stylecraft Aran and Alpaca tweed dk

5mm hook

Can be made in DK, but would be smaller 

Basically you will have 5 that finish with one of the blue/green shades and 4 that finish with the yellow/red shade placed like this

COLOURS SEQUENCE FOR 9 MOTIFS TO ROUND 9

1: pistachio, sage, cloud blue, storm blue, pistachio, camel, raspberry, spice, pomegranate.
2: sage, pistachio, parchment, denim, camel, spice, duck egg, ROSE, gold.
3: duck egg, denim, pistachio, gold, saffron, sage, spice, rose, raspberry.
4: denim, parchment, rose, raspberry, spice, saffron, storm blue, cloud blue, pistachio.
5: rose, pomegranate, spice, pistachio, sage, sea breeze, camel, duck egg, denim.
6: pomegranate, rose, gold, sage, cloud blue, denim, saffron, pistachio, sage.
7: spice, saffron, duck egg, parchment, rose, raspberry, pomegranate, storm blue, sea breeze.
8: saffron, spice, raspberry, rose, parchment, pistachio, cloud blue, denim, cloud blue.
9: camel, storm blue, saffron, spice, pomegranate, gold, rose, camel, saffron.

SORRY to anyone who has already made these to round 8 but I'm afraid for the sake of the design and colour i had to change the 2 one round 8 to ROSE, as you can see in the list in RED.

DIAMOND/SPEAR INFILLS

If you are keeping up with me and want to keep going them the first colour round of the Diamonds is

First circle round

8 Centre circles each of 

SAFFRON

CAMEL

GOLD

ROSE

SPICE

POMEGRANATE

SAGE

DENIM

CLOUD BLUE. 

That is 2 of each colour on each of the 9 centre motifs + 18 for each one

The second round of these diamonds and joining round will be 

NEXT WEEK

almost ready to join the circles together...how I'm still not sure, but i will be by next week 

PATTERN LINKS SO FAR FROM CUSHION TO BLANKET

LINK TO PART 2: DIAMOND/SPEAR SHAPE INFILLS

LINK TO PART 3: TRIANGLE IN FILLS

LINK TO PART 4: BUTTON BAND AND JOINING CUSHION TOGETHER

EASY PEASY ALTERNATIVE CUSHION BACK

MAKING THE SPINNING TOP BLANKET FROM THE CUSHION FRONT

COLOUR SEQUENCE FOR ALL 9 MOTIFS TO DIAMOND IN FILLS

SPINNING TOP BANKET PROGRESS

The First 5 Rounds in one day on 9 motifs

FIRST BLANKET POST WITH LINKS TO THE PATTERN 
HERE

The first 3 round...

All 16 Colours of Stylecraft Aran to be used in pack

FIRST 5 ROUNDS 

1: pistachio, sage, cloud blue,storm blue, pistachio

2: sage, pistachio, parchment, denim, camel

3: duck egg, denim, pistachio, gold, saffron

 
4: denim, parchment, rose, raspberry, spice

5: rose, pomegranate, spice, pistachio, sage

6: pomegranate, rose, gold, sage, cloud blue

7: spice, saffron, duck egg, parchment, rose

 8: saffron, spice, raspberry, rose, parchment

9: camel, storm blue,saffron, spice, pomegranate

Update tomorrow, hoping to get to round 9 on most of them today ready for an update tomorrow


Yarn Pack if wanted 
HERE

CUSHION CAL: Part 3 TRIANGLE INFILLS

Thank you all, for the fabulous response to this Mini Cal...

The final in-fill round today then we can join the cushion together.
BLANKET: if you are making the 9 block blanket then these triangle infills are a different colour on each block...
I used rose, gold, parchment, sea breeze, denim, spice, sage, meadow, raspberry 
on the 9 blocks 

Please be aware that it does curl a little and will need blocking to see the effect, 

or wait until complete and fill it with a nice fluffy cushion pad 

PART 3 INFILL TRIANGLE...ONE COLOUR 

NOTES: another really simple 2 round motif, join as you go into the point of the diamond/spear shape and the point of the shell stitch.

Again tRy before doing the join as you go for beginners.

NOTE: THIS TRIANGLE MOTIF SHOULD BE IN ONE COLOUR ONLY 

so that the 'petals' of part 2 stand out, not as the multi coloured how to pictures look 

The usual finger wrap of 5/6wraps

ROUND 1: 12sc [12dc], into circle

ROUND 2: ch6, 1tr [1dtr], into same st, 

1dc [1r], into next 3 sts, 1tr [1dtr], ch3, 1tr [1dtr], into next st, 

1dc [1tr], into next 3 sts, 1tr [1dtr], ch3, 1tr [1dtr],  

into next st, finish with 1 dc [1tr], into last 3 sts, sl st into ch6 loop.

NOTE: replace the middle ch st with a sl st to join to the cushion, so for the first point...
 ch4 , replace the 5th ch with a sl st, to join, then ch1, 1tr to complete first corner.

The triangle sits between each diamond/spear shape of part 2. 

sl st into the ch3 point of the diamond and the point of the shell st and the second point of the diamond

LINK TO PART 1

LINK TO PART 2

LINK TO YARN PACK 

Don't forget to use the code SP17 

Made in Aran it should be at least 16" 40.5cm across

PART4 

will be the Button band, joining together of the two cushion pieces together and the opening.

PART 5 

A second easy peasy option for a one circular motif style cushion

 OTHER PROJECTS IN THE SAME COLOURS OF ARAN 

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CUSHION CAL: NO. 10 CIRCULAR CUSHION PART 2 INFILLS

Thanks for the phenomenal response to the Cushion cal, I am working on making it into a blanket. Each approx. 16" motif weights around 95g so allowing 100g for individual tensions 

 Part 2 is the diamond shape infill

 Tip to tip it will be approx. 16" across

Aran special and Alpaca tweed for 2 colours

Feel free to pick your own colour combination but if you want to follow my colours exactly follow the 2 colour charts below...

OPTION 1:

Part 1 Centre motif:

cloud blue

pistachio

sage

parchment

rose

spice

saffron

denim

duck egg

Part 2 Diamond/spear infill

spice/rose

sage/pistachio

sea breeze/saffron

pistachio/raspberry

parchment/sage

saffron spice

gold/pomegranate

raspberry/denim

pomegranate/gold

repeat a second time

OPTION 2: 

Part 1 Centre motif 

spice

saffron

pomegranate

rose

parchment

denim

cloud blue

pistachio

gold

Part 2 Diamond/spear in fill

rose/sage

denim/pistachio

spice/denim

gold/sea breeze

saffron/rose

pistachio/spice

sage/ pomegranate

raspberry/camel

parchment/saffron

repeat a second time

 A simple little 2 round diamond/spear shape infill 

YARN: Aran to give this size of cushion

 5mm hook

link to first post and yarn recommendations for making cushion covers

HERE

 LINK TO PART 1 OF PATTERN

HERE

DIAMOND/SPEAR SHAPE INFIL  

TIP: Can i suggest beginners do one with out the join as you go to get the feel of the pattern before trying to join it, but if you feel able to go ahead and join as you go with the first then have fun

PATTERN
A finger wrap of 5 or 6 wraps

ROUND 1: 12sc, [12dc], into the circle

ROUND 2: Starting at the outer point, ch6, counts as first tr [dtr] and ch3 point,
1tr [1dtr] into the first st, 


1dc [1tr], into the next 3 sts,



dc [tr], ch3, dc [tr], into the next st, (side point),


1dc [1tr] into the next st, 1dc [1tr], ch3 1dc [1tr], into the next st (bottom point) 

1dc [1tr] in the next st, 1dc [1tr], ch3, 1dc [1tr], into next st, (second side point), 

complete with 1dc [1tr], in next 3 sts, 

sl st into the ch 6 loop, to complete

NOTE: Use the second ch st on each point to join the diamond/spear to the dip and points of the shells of round 9 of part 1.

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