All the hexies: first 7 of them ;)

Hello to you wonderful people from all around the web ;)

I've been so preoccupied with all the pattern writing I've somehow forgot to post the news here ... but - better late than never and I truly believe that all of you are over on my insta - and I have definately shared the news there .. so here comes first 7 geometric patterns for "All the hexies!"

Dark vs Light

Heart in the middle

Spin IT

Six Ways to Heaven

Magnetic Hexie

Star of David

What if? 

Enjoy your crochet time ;)

P.S. Finished hexagons are same size as solid 6 row hexagon made out of dc’s. Same goes for stitch count: one edge of the finished hexagon is 12 sts (+ 1 ch for each corner .. so finished hexagon on last round has 78 sts).

Addendum 8: finishing touch ;)

Hearts have been made ... edges have been smoothened over with heart parts and now only thing left to do is edging :)

So here it comes!

Addendum 6: next tiny heart parts F & G

I am finally sharing next Heart half parts with you - I am excited - and you? :)

Have fun! ->

F – top right missing

Same as E, just blimp in different place..

Magic ring.
Row 1 (worked in magic ring): Ch3 (counts as dc), dc, ch. *2 dc, ch* repeat from * to * 4 more times. Turn, pull yarn through top ch of first dc.
(18 sts: 6ch, 12dc)

Row 2: 

Is the same as for usual hexagon, but in the middle of it we make a blimp ★ (for the lack of better word) & form that tiny triangle, then work further on hexagon & eventually the part heart.

Addendum 5: 3/4 heart parts D & E

Recently I shared A, B and C part tiny hearts. 

And now is time for 3/4 heart parts! Let's smoothen that edge ;)

Addendum 4: tiny heart half parts A, B & C

Finally!!!

Lets make some heart parts to smoothen the edges for Tiny Heart blanket ;)

There are quite a few variations of heart parts (all of them are already available in pdf on etsy and ravelry) but I am slowly sharing them here as well :)

So first of all a picture to show you where each heart part lives

And today we will look at the A, B, C because it is a huge amount of pictures and instructions for all the parts. So, lets start with A.

A - Quarter heart, aka - half hexagon.

Lovely CAL: Addendum 3

Granny hearts can be joined as you make them, as simple as you would join a granny squares, granny hexagons or granny diamonds ...

I urge you to make a few hearts & understand how the heart is made and only then try to join them as you go. (preferably, when you already can make the heart without instructions)

Click on link to go to instructions for tiny Granny heart ;)

pattern release: Mosaic Heart

This is a way for you to upgrade your granny square by simply adding a rhomb in this combination :) and you will be able to make a mosaic heart. 

Pattern itself includes bigger coloring page so that you could make different shapes too (like star, flower and more let your creative juices flow ;) ).

Get your pdf on Etsy or Ravelry.

Pattern pdf consists of 35 pages including:

• written instructions (US crochet terms),
• photos explaining harder parts,
• colour page for mosaic heart & more.

Lovely CAL: addendum 1

I've been promising this forever - so here it is - Tiny heart - consists of two row hexies.. pretty much the same as big heart but different :D

Three sketches to help you visualize structure of the granny heart before we begin ;)

And now the pattern itself:

LovelyCAL: part 8

let's keep on joining! ;)

we started and joined first 2 rows on part 6, look at that again if you would like to refresh your memory on how we did things (and how we will keep on doing things) ..

Now we will join further and I'll share some more tips for jayg:

• 13-17 are mostly about joining tiny wave line, aka heart tops ;)
• 18-19 are all about joining big wave line, aka heart bottoms :D

So few more steps to show & make it easier to understand how continuous join as you go works for the hearts:

12. is just a reminder of basic things..
We are always copying last row of the heart we are currently working around (or heart part, not the last row of the pattern but actual row of the heart), only difference - instead of dc we will be making bpdc (back post double crochet) and when joining to other heart instead of ch we will be making sl st or sc.

sl st when joining

sc when turning away

simple ch when working new side

LovelyCAL: part 6

This post was supposed to be all about the arrangement .. but now after rereading all I've written in a spur of a moment I must say there is way more about joining than arrangement .. well i suppose i will keep talking about joining and arrangement in next post too .. but read further yourself & I hope this will be a useful one 😉 

So here it comes ...

The perfect arrangement is hard to come by even if you don't have such a cute little helper 😜

.. and crazy ideas are bobbling in your own head ..
these two next pictures will show you other joining possibilities that would work, only for those I haven't made half-parts, so i would advise you not to pick any of these :P even tough they do look very inviting ..

LovelyCAL: part 2

Two weeks later and i've fallen head over heels with these hearts! ❤
I made it to the store once more and just grabbed all the colours that had the right thickness and reminded me of spring or I plain liked the shade ... then I obviously HAD to make heart of each and every one of them to test if I had picked the right thickness and if the colours play well together - fun, fun, fun! :)

So far I have 11 colours I like and 2 I find mismatching ..
knowing me - all colours most probably will find the right place when it's time to arrange them :D

This no doubt should have been mentioned in introduction .. but better late than never ..

• one heart measures 16x12 cm
• weights 7g (might be usefull for stashbusters ;) )
• I'm using DK weight yarn (started by the yellow RedHeart Lisa yarn just to find out NONE of the yarnstores in my hometown have it in their stock, doh) & 4mm hook :)
• it takes me 12 min 49 sec to make one ❤ ( this might not be relevant but I just had to time myself :D ) 

At this point i have 22 out of 51 hearts (if my blanket ends up as big as I've sketched it in the colouring page). I should have had just 12, but I got overexcited about the new colors :D
How far you have got?
Share some pics so I can rejoice in your hearts too ;) (in comments here or over at instagram using tag #LovelyCAL )

Btw, maybe you have noticed that these hearts can be joined as you make them, as simple as you would join a granny squares or hexagons ... and as I had three green shades that did not fit in thickness wise I'll show you few photos of how to do that ;)

But even if you are not interested in join as you go scroll ahead till the end where I show you sneak peak of how I have planned to join my hearts using continuous join as you go ;) 

LovelyCAL: introduction ❤

*CAL - Crochet ALong
Lovely because of all the hearts we're going to make ❤

why today?
because I've been thinking of hosting a CAL forever ... and about these hearts since I saw amazing warmheartedquilt by Jodi (talesofcloth.com) about a month ago ... ❤

Warmheartedquilt by Jodi

& I heard that today is first day of spring and I've been making these yellow hearts for a while and daydreaming about them when instead of crochet hook my tinybaby occupies my arms ..
I tend to overthink things but as part of my personal change (if interested more about that see almost daily pics @underthechandeleir) I learn to trust life, my gut & take a chance more often :)

I've had some color block lately and can't find the right colors for my future projects i've lined up in my head :D so I hope this will give me a looong needed push in the right direction.

Lets test me and you too! and start by making one yellow heart ;)
at this point no step by step pictures (my overthinking brain screams and bites, but I'll keep it at bay for now and share what i've done so far), but just try it out - real simple!

(two month's later - I've caved and added step-by-step pictures :D )

Scrappy heart block ;)

Let's start the new year with lots of love!
and make one heart block together - scrappy or not it's your choice ;)

Before we get to the pattern it's time to choose yarns. I will talk about this as if you were making a scrappy one too :) so pick your yarn-balls!

Mini ♥ Granny Square

Almost a week ago I saw a tiny granny square with a heart in the middle on instagram (made by talented Susan @suregal27)

and today I finally tried it out :)

heart was simple and looked cute but I struggled to make the second round square up like it should according to the pattern .. so obviously - I frogged it a few times and finally made my own perfect hearty granny square ♥

1st row - heart! (as seen on Susans @suregal27 instagram profile)

Magic circle. Ch2, 3 tr, 3 dc, 1tr, 3dc, 3 tr worked in magic circle. Ch2, sl st in magic circle. Tighten magic circle.

a month of love!

Happy Valentines day!!!
A very short post before I go back to champagne and chocolate cake ...

This heart is variation if very talanted Kates Geometric heart block
although I used my own way of diagonal color changing
and instead of sewing I joined it as I go :)

For those of you that do not know I got married in this years Groundhog's day (can't believe it's almost two weeks ago already!) so for me and my family february is the true month of love :)

Love to you all and happy crafting!

Blanket of the hearts

I found an inspiration for this blanket in photos of @stephanie_linden (fellow instagrammer).
I changed the heart motif and a layout a bit but kept the main idea :)
This is going to be a summer blanket for my adorable baby boy Oliver. I chose a very thin cotton yarn because I thought that with all the other projects I'm currently working on I'll be lucky if this one will get finished till next summer.
This is the teaser photo that I made before I started to think about possibility of picture tutorial.. right about now I have two more rows of delightful hearts :)

And here comes the scheme if you would like to make one yourself ->

and as addition for the scheme here is a picture tutorial as well.. :)

1st step 
Take a background yarn and make a chain that is as long as you want your blanket of hearts to be wide.
The trick in this is that the amount of chains must divide with 8 without balance (I am not sure it's the right term... hopefully this explains it better -> amount of chains necessary = 8x )
And crochet 1st line of double crochets as well :)