DAY 5 AND DAY 6+ CROCHET ADVENT CALENDAR

I'm afraid day 5 wasn't a good crochet day, I managed a few more motif's for the Slipper blanket 
[slipper pattern from my 2nd book, Granny Squares and Shapes]

appointments and sleep got in the way...caught napping in the afternoon, lol

Having found a bag of motifs the same as the front motif from the slippers, i though joining them together a good Advent project

probably more joined together with the sc, ch3 loop, miss a st, sc, repeat, join as you go, than needed now so for the next couple of days i will continue to complete this blanket

only changes are to the 4th round and i've taken out a stitch or two so the top and bottom points are just 2tr, ch3, 2tr.

Aiming for 11 rows x 9 then a border and I'm using 9 colours

1: Dusky pink
2: Burnt orange
3: Rust
4: Yellow
5: Aqua
6: Mid Blue shade
7: Rose pink almost red shade
8: Stone
9: Tan

DAY 4 CROCHET ADVENT CALENDAR...

What a find, when I wrote book 2, I wanted it to go in a Boho direction but the publisher had a different idea, so several samples were boxed and forgotten about. 

Remember this pattern in book 2, Page 56 of 

GRANNY SQUARES AND SHAPES

 BoHo Slipper?

Well a lovely surprise in the samples box for the books, I found a blanket sample and several diamonds not join. 

It's using the front diamond pattern of the slippers only...

DAY 4 ADVENT

So today's advent is to join as many of the diamonds i found into the blanket i guess, i wanted to make.

DAY 3 CROCHET WIP'S ADVENT CALENDAR

Today Advent adventure is some blanket sorting and hex's to my Scrap Spinning top Hex blanket

LINK TO PATTERN HERE 

and variations 

 sort out, some of my blankets from under the bed are now on the 3rd blanket ladder

made space for more on the 2nd one

Scrap yarn Spinning Top Hex Blanket

has 3 new hex's to make one side complete

 a little lob sided at the moment but another day should see the other side of 5 hex's completed

 back on the blanket ladder for now 

DAY 2: CROCHET WIP'S ADVENT CALENDAR

Same stitch as yesterday but a pair of Wrist Warmers

WRIST WARMERS

US Terms

5mm hook

2 strands of dk

Make 2

ELASTIC BASE CHAIN PATTERN

Want to eliminate the dreaded base chain?

Do you struggle with the fiddle of working into a base chain? 

Hate the tightness of the first row of your blanket? 

Base chains that twist? 

Eliminate chain stitches that aren't always easy to see.

Make the very first row of your wrist warmers or any blanket easy and fun.

I Know I was very happy to learn this stitch many years ago, hope you will find base chains fun to do from now on

Make a simple ch/sc base that will have elasticity, eliminate the dreaded and sometimes tight base chain that is always a fiddle to work into.

Not worked from left to right but at the end, when complete it is used in exactly the same as a base chain.

HOW TOO:

sl st on hook

ch2,

 insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, 

yo, pull back through, 2 loops on hook 

yo, pull through first st only, [basically make a ch st]

yo pull through both sts on hook

first st complete

repeat: 

insert hook into the last st, made.

yo, pull back though st, 2 loops on hook,



yo pull through first st only, [basically made a ch st]

yo pull through both sts on hook

2nd st complete

repeat until you have the length required.

turn and continue with the next st.

No tight base chain, an easy second row

now a fun stitch to do.....

It turns the often, tight base chain, that makes the next row of crochet a fiddle to do into an easy time saving base stitch, 

especially if you are making blankets with a 200 or 300 base chain.

It can also be used as a cord.

WRIST WARMER PATTERN:

Base chain: 25sts. Use the above elastic base chain pattern to start your wrist warmers 

ROW 1: ch2 counts as first dc, 10dc, miss a st, 3dc, ch2, 3dc, in next st, miss a st, 11dc, turn. [25sts]

ROW 2-9: Repeat row one, turn [23sts]

ROW 10: Repeat row 1, with a Decrease of one st, each end.turn each after each row [23sts]

ROW 11- 14: Repeat. turning after each row. [23sts]

 

ROW 15: Repeat with a decrease of 1st, each end. [21sts]

ROW 16 & 17: Repeat, pull yarn through last st, leave long end to sew tog. into a tube

Make 2, if you have longer arms then make them a row or two longer 

DAY 1 CROCHET WIP'S ADVENT CALENDAR

CROCHET WIP's ADVENT CALENDAR 

DAY 1 

A Head Band/Ear warmers
Wanted a double version but not enough of the yarn i wanted to use so had to settle for a side layer

5mm hook

US Terms

to fit my head 21":

Base chain: 15sts

ROW 1: [14th and 15th ch, counts as first dc], 4dc, miss 2 sts, 3dc, ch1, 3dc in middle st, miss 2 sts, 4dc, turn,

repeat for as many rows as needed

join with a sl st, after each st, to join into a circle to fit.

Add a band to cover join

Base chain: 11sts

ROW 1: 2dc, miss 2sts, 3dc, ch2 3dc in middle sts, miss 2 sts, 2dc, turn and repeat for as many rows as needed

join around the main head band, with sl sts, after each st, to make into a circle.
sew off all ends

simple shell stitch centre decoration

colours aren't true as the light wasn't good but its soft aqua blue