STAR 2 OF 6 NEW STAR PATTERNS

6 NEW STAR PATTERNS 2017: 

One each week for 6 weeks

to make a wrap, blanket or scarf with, JAYO at the points or use a joining stitch 

have fun...

2: SKELETON STAR

finger wrap of 10 wraps
ROUND 1: ch2 points as first dc, 11dc into circle, sl st, to complete. [12dc]
ROUND 2: ch2, dc in first st, 2dc in every st to end sl st, to complete, [24dc]
ROUND 3: Att. yarn on any sp, between pairs of dc, ch4, tr, ch3, tr, into next sp, ch4 sc into next sp, repeat for 6 points, sl st to complete, [6 x 'skeleton' point]

and if you missed it.... 

THE POST FROM LAST WEEK.

YARN: Stone washed yarns and Marble Yarns 

Designer Yarns

James C Brett Marble DK

Best Selection of Marble dk Cols:

mt1 grey shades,

mt2 blue shades,

mt3 pale aqua shades

mt19 lime shades,

mt20 bale blue shades

mt24 beige grey

mt41 blue/teal.turquoise

mt47 pale grey shades

OR Use your stash and change colour each round.

US Terms

4mm hook

CHANGE COLOUR EVERY ROUND?...OR USE SELF STRIPING YARNS

PATTERN 1:

1: CLUSTER/PICOT STAR

finger wrap of 10 wraps
ROUND 1: ch2 counts as first dc, 11dc into circle, sl st, to complete. [12dc]
ROUND 2: ch2, counts as first dc, dc in first st, 2dc in every st to end sl st, to complete, [24dc]
ROUND 3: Att. yarn in any sp, between pairs of dc, ch4, cluster of 3dc in next sp, picot of 3ch, ch4 sc into next sp, repet for 6 points, sly t to complete. [6 clusters x 3dc]

Hope you have got your copy of Simply Crochet issue 64?

I am honoured to be included in a short list of top designers who were asked to create a Luxury mini project for the Christmas Issue 64 of Simply Crochet Magazine....just published

Jane Crowfoot, Kat Golden, Alessandra Hayden, Sue Pinner, Nicki Trench, Dedri Uys, 

we all have a small Luxury Christmas design in the magazine this month and 

they are all in the  super soft Debbie Bliss Aymara

Thanks Simply Crochet for asking me to take part 

Hope you all enjoy the Luxury Mini projects 

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SCARF....NEW 2017 PATTERN

A long shallow triangle with a centre start, and can be made with 
one cake of James C Brett, Northern Lights...crochets beautifully, very soft and the 

colours blend with no hard colour changes, with a tiny white fleck. 

And it does what it says on the label and makes a scarf.

This pattern takes approx.150g of dk yarn

4mm hook

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD MEASURES: Approx. 14" at centre x 55" Long doing 49 rows.

 Noro....decided it was a little 'stiff' in this yarn, love the colour though 

PATTERN
US Terms 

My Button start

 finger wrap of 10 wraps

 ROUND 1: 14sc [14dc], into the finger wrap, sl st to complete.

 ROUND 2: Cover the first 14sc, with approx. 33sc,  another two rounds, sl st to complete,

 cut off and weave in end.

 

ch7, for button dangle.

Start the Middle of the Road Scarf

Oatmeal Linen and Rainbow Sock yarn

IMPORTANT NOTES: 
1:Be careful not to mix up the middle of the close 'v' sts, and the spaces between

2:To make the scarf longer and shallow lengthen the first and last close  'v 'sts, 

by using a longer st, ch3, or a tr, all other sts, are dc.

3: Start and finish each row with 2 close 'v' sts in the first and last close 'v' of the row below.

ROW 1: 3dc into the 3rd ch from the hook, turn

ROW 2: ch3, 1tr, 2dc, into the first close 'v' sp, 2dc, 2tr, into the second close 'v' sp, turn

at the end of row 2 you will have 4 'v' sts, the 2 outer 'v' sts will be tr, the inner ones dc. Repeat this on all rows with the extra 'v' sts in the middle 'v' sts.
By row 22 you will have 44 close 'v' sts 

ROW 3: ch3, 1tr. 2dc, into first close 'v' sp, 2dc into next 2 close 'v' sts, 2dc, 2tr, into last close 'v' st, turn

ROW 4: ch3, 1tr, 2dc, into first close 'v' st, 2dc in every close 'v' st, in last close 'v' st, 2dc 2tr, turn.

ROW 5 +: Repeat row 4.

NORTHERN LIGHTS CAKE 150g

Continue until you have completed a row and used almost all of the CAKE, but leave enough to finish with

 a button and to add a button to the remaining point.

I managed to do 49 rows.

OTHER DK YARNS

If you are using couple of balls of dk then you can make the scarf longer but remember to leave enough to add 

the dangles on the long points.

LATER ADDITIONS

SHELL STITCH, SC AND PICOT EDGING

BUSY BUSY BUSY....GREY CROCHET and lots of Decorating

To move or not to move...that is the question? So decorating to start with and see if i change my mind about moving.

Buying grey paint has been a nightmare, been using Valspar paint and the colour changes in the room, so in the end we mixed the 2 paints we bought together to make the colour we wanted.... good job we mixed enough for touch up as it hasn't covered in one go...bit disappointed with the paint I'm afraid... 

It changes shade drastically from wet paint to dry too

 and this 'Grey' wall looked blue after it dried...decided to finish to and live with it for now though

 different time of day and it changed again...never had paint look so different from shop to wall and in different times of the day

Double doors are also now painted a pale grey

and the butchers trolly and stool are a dark grey too...the table legs will be dark grey and the top of the table will have a distressed finish on it as soon as we can get to it 

Mangaged a little bit of crochet playtime after digging out all the grey samples to complete for the grey kitchen..

plenty of 'grey' project i can complete for Kitchen sofa blankets