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

Carousel creations from the group in a Pinterest folder

PINTEREST FOLDER OF CAROUSELS SO FAR 

worth a peek...some beauties to be seen from the group

A folder of just some of the fabulous creations made by a world wide community of hookers over 5,500 members to the group now and at the last count from 39 countries

A fabulous group of friendly, helpful and creative girls and boys.

Extra special marl 

Im so proud to be part of this wonderful group, join up for the fun

HERE 

All enjoying the Carousel CAL so far....

Part 4 to be released on 18th October

HERE

you can also find parts 1-3 at the same location if you want to join the fun

The Secret Blanket is also now released, a second blanket that you can make from the left overs in your packs of Special dk or Batik DK.

details HERE

the second part of the infills to be released on November 5th after the second workshop 

to fill up those edge triangles

An extra scarf created from the infill 

NEXT

CAROUSEL WORKSHOP ON NOVEMBER 5TH

LINK HERE 

at

The Old Chapel Workshop in 

Main Street 

Greenham Business Park 

Newbury 

RG19 6HW

Each Workshop has an extra something that is then released to all the group via this blog

Lots of variations

The Carousel in  PASTELS  here

The Extra Special version HERE

King Arthurs Round Table Carousel here

PART 1 CAROUSEL CREATIONS....

So impressed with all your fabulous creations and colour ways of part 1 of the Carousel...

Take a look see if yours is on Pinterest I've added all I could find. If your part 1 isn't there than add your picture and all so add your name if its not on the picture...most that i found had no names to them

 PINTEREST CAROUSEL CAL PART ONE

Join the fun on the official Facebook

CAROUSEL CAL group

We are heading towards 4,500 members already and everyone is having a ball

AMAZED.....how many awesome variations you are creating

The Carousel is moving along at a fast pace...dozens and dozens of beautiful Part 1 motifs are appearing on the 

OFFICIAL CAROUSEL GROUP

over 4,000 have joined the fun so far and more join up daily

Thank You Stylecraft for asking me to crete this blanket for your customers 

and a huge 

THANK YOU 

to all the behind the scenes team involved too. 

And there have been some wonderful comments about how relaxing the Carousel is, how people have learnt new things, how much they are enjoying the friendly group...A FABULOUS group of girls for sure

THANK YOU ALL...I'm so chuffed you are all enjoying the CAL

I'm amazed to at the number of Carousel blanket you are making some are making 4...wow!

Loving all your fabulous creations...AWESOME 

STANDING STITCHES

One or two are mentioning standing stitches? if you don't now what they are then keep going with the rest of the CAROUSEL..you never know what you might learn!

Couple more Motif colour Options for you today

Singing the blues with its banding in progress

WARM AND COSY 

 PURPLE PERFECTION

loving all the Extra Special versions appearing too added so late to the game too

8 lovely colours...cant believe we over looked these jewels

just so many variations you can make and you certainly are making them by the bucket full

A few more of my variations too..

What ever your colour choice the centre motif seems to work well

CAROUSEL: LOVING THE FUN

With STYLECRAFT Special dk

a fabulous range of colours in SPECIAL DK there has got to be dozens more to come 

CAROUSEL PART 1: All about Colour

TENSION SAMPLE?

I've been asked about TENSION several times so here is the tension you need for the Carousel 

4mm hook

US terms, 20dc = 4.75"/12cms and 2 rows of dc = 1"/2.5cms.

Hope this helps those who have loose or tight stitches

Over the last couple of weeks several Carousel groupies have decided they want to do their own thing and have picked their own colours...to fit into their rooms, for a new baby, just wanted something different....Love them all x

cant wait to see all these wonderful creations grow...

HERE ARE A FEW OF MY OWN SUGGESTIONS TOO

YARN PACK ORIGINAL COLOUR WAYS: 
Special dk and Batik.

PART 1: 6 colours in order of use for the first part of the Carousel cal:

Batik: Cherry, Old Gold, Indigo, Coral, Teal, Biscuit, Old Gold, Coral, Indigo, Cherry.

Special:Lipstick, Mustard, Aster, Spice, Turquoise, Citron, Mustard, Spice, Aster, Lipstick.

NEW EXTRA SPECIAL PACK: 
Option 1:Extra Special marl yarn in Viola/peony
Carnation, Sandstone,Viola, Greengage, Waterfall, Charcoal, Peony, Carnation, Viola, Charcoal.

Option 2: Extra Special marl yarn in Greengage/waterfall

Charcoal, Atlantis, Greengage, Sandstone, Waterfall, Charcoal, Atlantis, Waterfall, Sandstone, Viola

For those wanting a closer match in Special to the Batik colours  try these options:

BATIK/SPECIAL alternatives as close as can be matched and I Know there are lots more options that you all plan to experiment with 

1: CHERRY/POMEGRANATE
2: CREAM/CREAM
3: RASPBERRY/RASPBERRY
4: PLUM/PLUM
5: HEATHER/GRAPE OR WISTERIA but a bit light
6: VIOLET/LAVENDER/VIOLET or best i think is BLUEBELL
7: CORAL/SHRIMP or Apricot but a bit bright
8: OLD GOLD/CAMEL/mustard
9: BISCUIT/STONE
10: PISTACHIO/PISTACHIO
11: GRAPHITE/GREY
12: TEAL/EMPIRE/PETROL
13: STORM/ DENIM
14: OLIVE/KHAKI OR MEADOW but a bit light
15: SAGE/SAGE
16: INDIGO/MIDNIGHT OR Lobelia

AND MANY MORE OPTIONS...experiment and have fun, Love to see all your creations 

This option is the King Arthurs Round Table...Lots more to come on this one in part 2.

BATIK: Old gold, Biscuit, Cream, Cherry, Olive, Indigo, Cherry, Cream, Biscuit, Cherry

Sing the Blues option:

BATIK: Storm, Teal, Indigo, Olive, Pistachio, Storm, Indigo, Teal, Storm, Indigo


Plum Pie Option:

Batik: Cherry, Heather, Plum, Olive, Sage, Heather, Cherry, Plum, Violet, Indigo.



Sherbet Dip Option:

Special dk: Lipstick, Cream, Sherbet, Pistachio, Aster, Lemon, Lipstick, Cream, Sherbet

MORE PASTELS: if thats what you love...

Some of my favourites too....

PASTEL PINK SPECIAL DK: Clematis, Stone, Cream, Pistachio, Duck Egg, Stone, Camel, Pale Rose, Clematis.

PASTEL LAVENDER SPECIAL DK:
Parma Violet, Stone, Cream, Duck Egg, Pistachio, Stone, Parchment, Parma Violet, Parma Violet, Lavender.

PASTEL CLOUD BLUE SPECIAL DK: 
Cloud Blue, Camel, Cream, Pistachio, Duck Egg, Sherbet, Cloud Blue, Parchment, Parchment, Duck Egg. 

And from what i saw yesterday there are many many more that all you loves of the Carousel are trying......cant wait to see them all completed 

Thanks to all the team who have contributed to this CAL, behind the scenes I think we have a successful Carousel Cal on our hands 

DIAGRAMS 

for each part of the Carousel can be found on the official Carousel Cal site in files 

CANT FIND IT FOR NOW BUT I WILL ADD ASAP...
LINK HERE......i hope!

Thanks to Maggie

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Carousel part 1....links part 1 opens at 9.30

Part 1 of the Carousel is now open find it here

CAROUSEL PART 1 PATTERN
Introduction is there now and the fist part of the pattern should be added at 9.30 this morning 
UK time

TENSION SAMPLE?

I've been asked about TENSION several times so here is the tension you need for the Carousel 

4mm hook

US terms, 20dc = 4.75"/12cms and 2 rows of dc = 1"/2.5cms.

Hope this helps those who have loose or tight stitches


EXTRA SPECIAL PACKS

For those using the Extra Special Packs these are the 2 colour ways for part 1

OPTION ONE:

Round 1: Carnation

Round 2: Sandstone

Round 3: Viola

Round 4: Greengage

Round 5:Waterfall

Round 6: Charcoal

Round 7: Charcoal

Round 8: Peony

Round 9: Carnation

Round 10: Viola

Round 11: Charcoal

OPTION TWO:

Round 1: Charcoal

Round 2: Atlantis

Round 3: Greengage

Round 4: Sandstone

Round 5: Waterfall

Round 6: Charcoal

Round 7: Charcoal

Round 8: Atlantis

Round 9: Waterfall 

Round 10: Sandstone

Round 11: Viola or Atlantis

All the colour info for the Special and Batik packs will be included in the Pattern on the 

STYLECRAFT SITE

Released at 9.30 am. 13th September 2016

Babs video Tutorial HERE

CAROUSEL CAL.. random dyed yarn COLOUR OPTIONS

Carousel yarn packs 

Loremar.co.uk for yarn packs

original colours for the yarn packs above

New seek peek at the Carousel in sock yarn

The Blue and gold option has been very popular, Looking at the close ups, I would pick 

1: cream, 2: Parchment, 3: stone, 4: mocha, 5: : lemon, 7: saffron 8: lime or pistachio, 9: gold, 10: copper, 11: walnut, 12: dark brown, 13: denim 14:royal, 15:cloud blue, 16: bluebell.

BATIK: Raspberry, heather, old gold, coral, cherry, olive, biscuit, cream x2, biscuit, olive, the colours used in the flower centre cushion used for the Carousel

Fabulous what you can do with your phone these days hey?