Susan Pinner

Monday, 30 March 2015

Dealing with lots of ends with lots of colour changes

making anything in stripes means lots of colour changes and lots of ends......dealing with them can be a pain.....just chain a few stitches, and add a small circle to the end of each colour change.

For each colour change chain a few stitches...about 20 then make a small ring at the end of the ch20 by doing 9sc into the 2nd ch from the hook.

4sc one side of the 20ch sts, and 5sc the other side of the 20 ch sts, making a small ring of 10sc. Cut and weave in ends

Sunday, 29 March 2015

Red Heart, Boutique Treasure.....

In waterfall, 4 balls given to me by a Canadian friend at knit and natter last Wednesday

Hexagon Scarf/wrap Pattern

This Wrap is made in Red heart Boutique Treasure a chunky yarn in Waterfall

4 balls used

5/6mm hook depending on your tension

Hex measures approx 5.5" 14cms flat side to flat side

US Terms

A finger wrap of 5 wraps,

Round 1: ch2 counts as fist dc, 12 dc into circle, sl st to complete [12 dc]

Round 2: ch4 counts as first dtr, (Yarn over 3 times) 2dtr in first 2 sts, ch4 repeat 5 more times, els t to complete (6 sides)

Round 3: 2dc, ch3, 2dc in ch4 sp, 1dc in next 4 sts, repeat for all sides sl st to complete. (6sides)

Join As you go in every stitch and use the middle ch st of round 3's ch3, as the corner joining st. Join a centre row of 11 hex's, then add a row of 10 hex's each side for a scarf

66" x 15" {168cm x 38cm}

Finish

with a round of dc, one in each st 2dc, ch3 2dc in the corners and miss 2 sts in dips

Thank you thank you thank you it's gorgeous and all for me this one

Monday, 23 March 2015

STAGE 3 OF THE CAL IS POSTED

CHUNKY MONKEY Cal stage 3

click link for round 3 and colour chart

Rounds 4 and 5 still to come...still time to join in

fill-ins and border to come in two ore stages

Sunday, 22 February 2015

RUFFLE EDGE GRANNY SHELL SHAWL PATTERN

BASIC SHAWL PATTERN
US Terms

2 Strands of Stylecraft Life, Stylecraft Special DK and a 6mm hook is a range of colours to suit.

COLOURS USED

LIFE:

Crocus (ruffle)

Cranberry

Fuchsia

Melon

Rose

Heather

Clover

Fern (just one row)

Zing (just one row)

Taupe

SPECIAL:

Parchment

Camel

ch 5 and sl st into a circle.

ROUND1: ch3, 3dc, ch2, 4dc into the circle.weave in ends so you crochet over the top of them.

ROUND 2: ch3 and turn working back for this row only, as it is in the same colour, every round from then on is in a different colour and worked from right to left.

3dc into the first dc of round 1, ch1, then do 3dc,ch2, 3dc into the ch2 space, ch1 then do 4dc in the

space between the 3rd and last dc, cut, pull though the ends through the last st, weave in ends.

ROUND 3: attach new colour, ch3 and 3dc, all in the space between the first and

second dc of round 2, ch1, 3dc (granny shell) in the next space, ch1,3dc, 2ch, 3dc in the point of the triangle, ch1, 3dc (granny shell) in the next space, ch1 4dc in the space between the 3rd and forth dc or round 2, cut and pull through the last st, and weave in ends.

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.

For my shawl I did 34 rounds and then added the ruffled edging in the same colour as the last round of granny shells.

RUFFLE EDGING

A narrow ruffled edging is made with a single round of multiple dc.....

Doing 3dc in every sts.and working across the straight edge, 5dc in the longer sts and 3dc in the single sts. sl st to complete the round.

There is a story behind this one...it all started as a giant sun shield.

I knew it would give a lovely dappled reflection and shield from the sun....but when I hung it up it wasn't right..it needed to be in all white or off white to go with the other sun canopy we have.

So it became a lovely snugly shawl with a ruffle edging....