Stitch along.

hello everyone, welcome to part 2 of the stitch along. 

 how did co lour picking go? i decided to go with 3 dark colours and 3 light ish colors for contrast. the ones i picked are

 once the colors are picked its time to plan out the blanket. as per the scribbled below.  ive used 4 ply wool and a size 4.5 hook, each flower included 1 x green border = 14 cm from tip to tip.  for the time being ive decided to make a small lap blanket, which is going to be 6 x 6 flowers and then will assess the size etc. also worked out are colour combinations..

then decide on the pattern, im doing an African flower crochet pattern which i adapted to make my own:-

African flower:-

Foundation chain: ch 6, sl st to make a round or use a magic ring.

Round 1: (colour 1) ch 3, 1 dc, ch 1, *2 dc, ch 1, * repeat until you have six spaces and six 2 dc. sl st into the 3rd chain of the beginning round. Fasten off.

Round 2:  (colour 2) start in a space. ch 3, 1 dc in same space, *ch 2, 2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc in next space - repeat * 5 times. sl st into the 3rd ch of the beginning round.

Round 3: sl st in the first 2 ch to reach the first 2 ch space of the previous round. ch 3, dc 7 in the 2 ch space, ch 1, * dc 8 in next 2 ch space, ch 1, repeat * 5 times. sl st into the 3rd ch of the beginning round. Fasten

Round 4: (colour 3) ch 1, sc around and make a long stitch down in round 2 between each flower petal. End with sl st. Fasten off.. 

and thats the basic pattern and hopefully you have a successful flower. the picture above are my first 3.  all you have to do now is make enough of them for the size of blanket you require! 36 in my case. 

happy crocheting! 

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happy hookers

Hello everyone!

My work place has set up a happy hookers group! Yay. First meeting was this week, and everyone seemed to have a nice little chat and get together, and its always good when food and drink are involved.  During this meeting I decided to have a go at making a garden blanket… this is a crocheted African flower blanket based on a green back ground making it looks like a garden. So I thought I would have a little stitch along if anyone is interested.  

First things first is colour selection and planning, ive decided to use 6 colours of cheap ish wool, [non branded but from bm] as im just starting out and was using as a way to teach others. And do the flowers in sets of six, will post pictures as I go along but for starters go out and pick your wool and check back for the beginning of the stitch along. 

below is the picture from the pattern i'm going to be using for this project.