Showing posts with label throws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label throws. Show all posts

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

THE WINCHESTER...now completed


A Square blanket pattern, to use up all those left overs, worked with shaded sock wool, as one yarn with 5mm hook. 
Divide all your left overs, into each colour and tie them all together in magic balls of reds, blues, green and purples, join with a yellow shade and crochet a colourful blanket.

 Joined with a loop join.
Finished with a border of close 'v' stitch







Wednesday, 1 June 2016

8 OF MY DESIGNS IN 2 MAGAZINES THIS MONTH....

A friend popped round, asked me if i had seen the Inside Crochet and Simply Crochet magazines this month....no but i had heard something


Hope you will vote for me
VOTING IS OPEN NOW

LET'S KNIT Magazine
British Knitting awards here

If you're a fan please vote for My first book
Granny Squares
Has been short listed for a British award for best Crochet Book 



 In total there were 8 of my designs in just 2 magazines and she said I had something in the third one too but she didn't buy that one...
lovely write up about my crochet thanks Claire
from Inside Crochet

 this little pot is an old design but I still love it
 the very popular TARTAN throw and Cushion from earlier this year
hanging in my dining room before its border was added
 and the 4 new designs just released





 and one of my Diamond designs was being used in their SUBSCRIBE NOW..and get the pattern and yarn as this months subscription gift

and the Rainbow Blanket....the complete pattern as part of the 
COMMIT TO KNIT 
charity campaign 


The original idea for the blanket

 Blowing in the wind after washing 
makes a great scarf too...


I did suggest she stop and help me sort my craft room out,
 but no support there..she was off to read her new magazines! lol 
can't blame her it's not a quick job....

the wall behind my Craft Room bed needs changing i think..lots of new designs to hang up for inspiration...
and so many boxes of samples need sorting....

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

TRIANGLE WRAP OR THROW


TRIANGLE THROW PATTERN
or Wrap



A ROW OF TRIANGLE TO MAKE A WRAP OR...


a cushion front...

or a blanket...

4mm Hook
Approx. 20g per triangle in 4 colours 


NOTES: These are in Batik dk yarn colours all mix very well together so feel free to combine your own colours.
But any plain yarn would work too 
  Pattern is in US Terms 

 Finger wrap of 5 wraps or ch 4 and sl st into a circle.

ROW1: ch3, 3dc, ch2, 4dc into the circle. Weave in end as you go, so you crochet over the top of them. [4dc each side of point]

ROW 2: ch3 and turn, 3dc into the top of the first dc, 3dc, ch2, 3dc into the ch2 space,  4dc in the sp between the 3rd and last dc. [7dc each side of point]


ROW 3: ch3 turn, 3dc, in first st, 3dc (granny shell) in the next sp, 3dc, 2ch, 3dc in the ch2 point of the triangle, 3dc (granny shell) in the next sp, 4dc in the sp between dc row 10: 31dc, row 11: 34dc row 12: 37dc each side]

ROW 4, 5 and 6: Turn and repeat each round with granny shells in each space, ch 2 at the point of the triangle and 4dc at the beginning an end of each round.

ROW 7: repeat with a 2nd colour change. [22dc each side]
ROW 8: repeat with a 3rd colour change. [25dc each side]
ROW 9 -12: repeat with a 4th colour change. [row 9: 28
ROW12: JOIN AS YOU GO ROUND..join in diagonal strips 
Making 24 triangles [or more if you want a bigger throw]
Join in diagonal rows... 
1st row: just one triangle
2nd row: 3triangles
3rd row: 5 triangles
4th row: 6 triangle
5th row: 5 triangles
6th row: 4 triangle
7th row: 3 triangles
8th row: 1 triangle
you turn from row 11, ch2 turn, sl st into the first st of first triangle, complete the 3dc in the first st, of the second triangle,  st, sl st into the next sp of the first competed triangle, repeat this joining to the point, at the point ch1, sl st into the point of the first triangle, ch1, complete the second 3dc , at the point of the second triangle, continue to complete the second side of the second triangle. 


JOIN AS YOU GO OF STITCH TOGETHER: 



NOTES: Complete the first triangle, then on row 12 of the next triangle, join as you go. point to corner. Using a sl st, between the ch2 at the point [3dc, ch1, sl st, ch1, 3dc], sl st, in every side sp, to join the second triangle to the first triangle.
Repeat The join as you go until you have a diagonal rows of required triangles joined together. 




JOINING STITCH FOR ROWS OF  TRIANGLES
Using joining colour, att yarn in the point of the first triangle, with a sc, ch3, sc in the next sp between the granny shells, ch3, sc in next sp, repeat to end of first panel, sl st to complete, weave in ends securely.

CONT. TO JOIN ROWS OF TRIANGLE INTO A RECTANGULAR THROW
A square could be made instead of a rectangle or a bigger throw just make more triangles
Repeat the same ch3 loop stitches around the second panel, replacing the 2nd ch st, [on the joining side], with a sl st into the matching ch3 loop, joining the 2 panels together on the long side. the 3rd and 4th dc of round 2. [10dc each side of triangle]

EDGING/border:
 It's not necessary to do an edging but if you wanted it a little bigger then rows of granny shells repeated in the same combination of 6 rows in 1st colour, 2 single rows each a different colour and finish with 4 rows of 4th colour.