Susan Pinner

Friday, 21 September 2018

BLACK TULIP BLANKET PATTERN LINK

Finally completed the alternative granny square blanket and it now has a new name, because of the Black Tulip edging....

BLACK TULIP BLANKET

PATTERN HERE

US terms

4mm hook

Stripes: col. Brights, 50g. 20% Wool yarn from Wilko's...a fab find.

Black/Charcoal dk: I have used an odd ball I have of Stylecraft Alpaca, unfortunately I've just discovered, its been discontinued so any black or charcoal dk you love will work here.

To create the Black Tulip edging I split one ball of the Stripes into the green shades [lime and jade] and joined them all together as one yarn and then joined all the remaining colours [yellow, orange, pink, purple], together to do the final round.

It used pretty well all of the yarn from a Stripes, 50g ball plus the black/charcoal yarn for the 'Tulip heads'

BLACK TULIP BLANKET COMPLETE PATTERN LINK

HERE

Too late last night to get a final complete blanket picture taken the light had complete gone...so i will add a whole Black Tulip Blanket picture as soon as its light again this morning

Enjoy x

UPDATE PICTURES..
None are brilliant, the light isn't good at all this morning but you can see the size. Mr T thinks it's his new blanket..it's not!

it fits the top width of a double bed perfectly..

Thursday, 20 September 2018

INTERLOCKING BLOCK STITCH COWL PATTERN

I did say i would have completed the Alternative Solid Granny Square Blanket for you today , but i did the 2" border but want to try a flower edge finish

and I just ran out of time last night...later or tomorrows post, promise.

But here is a wonderful stitch to try in a Cowl pattern...

INTERLOCKING BLOCK STITCH COWL PATTERN

click link for the pattern

One group of my favourite stitches, interlocking stitches...mix plain with space dyed yarn or two shades of space dyed yarns together to get some fabulous effects....enjoy

LAYERED FLOWER DECORATION
US TERMS
dk, 4mm hook
Black centre, 2 rounds of coloured petals

Magic circle
Round 1: ch2, counts as first dc, 11dc into circle, sl st, to complete [12dc]
Round 2: cont in black, ch3, miss a st, sc, into next st, repeat to end sl st, to complete. [6 xch3 loops]
Round 3: att. petal colour, in any ch3, loop, ch2, 5dc, into loop ch2, sl st into loop, sl st, into next ch3 loops and repeat in each ch3 loop. [6 x 7dc, petals]

Round 4: cont in same colour, ch3, sc, between first round of petals, ch3 sc between next 2 petals, repeat to end. [6 X ch3 loops]

Round 5: att second petal colour, in any ch3, loop, ch2, 7dc into same loop, ch2 sl st into same loops, sl st into next loop repeat for all 6 petals, sly t to complete. [6 x 9dc, petals]

Leave a long end to sew on a pin
Make 3 and pin close together on the cowl

Block Stitch Checks

3dc, Block stitch checks each row a new colour

Wednesday, 19 September 2018

SIMPLY CROCHET FLOWER BLANKET AND TORUS PATTERN LINK

Thanks for all the lovely comments about my Flower edged blanket in

Simply Crochet

this month, issue 75 if you have missed it.

click this link to tell you more

It's been a well loved pattern, already several are under way or have already been completed and shared on my Facebook Group....so pleased you all love it so much.

Thanks Simply Crochet for asking me to contribute to the Magazine on a regular basis...love working with you all