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. 

crochet blanket

Here is a bit of crochet that I am currently doing, I was trying to do a ripple blanket however couldn't get the hang of it on a practice run on a quite night in work so began to make a circle blanket instead.  Started it a week before Christmas and didn't get very far so will have to be used for 2014 instead!  There’s a few mistakes in it but I think it just add to all the charm! Will post more as it comes further to completion. 

this is the beginning of the ripple

and then the circle blanket, been making the pattern up as i go along!

color change

current size, using up scraps of thread and should be about single bed size when finished. aiming for a Christmas theme blanket! currently acting as a good distraction from some university work i have to get done! 

hope you all had an amazing Christmas. 

snowman crochet

Christmas is coming and beginning on this theme as the majority of the post on the run up is going to be here is a little crochet snowman. one of my first attempts of a pattern. quite impressed with end results. 

body = 6sc into a magic circle and then increased by 6 on each row at even intervals,  when got to 30 stitches, sc around then decreased by 6 and sc around evenly till down to 6 stitches. stuffed it and added nose eyes ect.

hat = magic circle with 6sc and then dc x 2 in each sc to create 12 st then fastened off. 

scarf =  chain to 15, chain 1, turn, sc 15 fasten off and tie around snowman neck.   

add accessories to make it into a decoration, keying, brooch etc... end result about 7cm by 4cm at largest points.