Pattern release: Wedding Ring Blanket

If you are a fan of quilts you surely know stunning wedding ring quilts & this is a crochet version for those of us who prefer hook instead of a needle :)

 

Pdf available on etsy and ravelry!

& make your own stylish throw!

Pattern pdf consists of 13 pages of written instructions (US crochet terms), pictures explaining harder parts and colour page for a bit of colour planning.

Blanket is made from motifs and joined as you go. Start with granny diamonds (you might be familiar with these) but for this pattern arrange them differently and then join these new blocks with ellipses and half ellipses.

I use 18 different shades of Scheepjes Color crafter. If you plan to make throw sized blanket you will probably need 2 skeins of shades you will use for last granny diamond round and for joining.

If you are already familiar with Granny Diamond pattern keep reading ;)

Tiny Mandala

Meet Tiny Mandala - perfect for those tiny moments of creativity. takes about half an hour to make and brings a lot of joy :)

 

Enjoy free pattern!
you can support my creativity by purchasing pattern pdf from ravelry ;)

or clicking on those ads ..

Labyrinth Pillowcase

 Hi :)

Last year just before Christmas I was gifted a box of yarn from Sirdar :)

and now I'm going to show you the first thing I've made with those happy balls.

Ingredients: 

1 ball of Sirdar CountryClassic - Ginger - or in colour of your choice ;)

4,5 mm hook

1/2 ball of Sirdar Adventure - Polar - or in colour of your choice ;)

7 mm hook

Recipe:

so you could make one too ;)

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 7: hearts sliced sideways (H, I & J)

Last addendum post of heart parts, hope you find this helpful ;)

And after you have smoothened the edge of your blanket with part hearts do one or more rounds of granny hexagon (on edge - [2dc in each ch sp, ch] repeat. In corner 2dc, ch 2dc) all around your blanket ;) and it is done!

H – top right part

This part is constructed from one hexagon and one half hexagon. First I made hexagon, and then while making half hexagon I added the half hexagons last edge to one of hexagons edges.

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 ;)

Yin Yang granny square!

UPDATE on June 2022 ;)

💙    1st thing

This square is now a part of #CrochetForPeaceCAL
hosted by two wonderful fiber artists 
Yvonne van Zijl (@bokkyshome) and Alessia B (@alessiafiberart)

💛    2nd thing - videos!

💚    3rd thing - some wording changes and more tips

💜    4th thing - Japanese translation by Masako (@crochet_hmmm)

So get your hook out and let's have some fun ;)

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Happy Granny square day 2020 !!!

& just because I'm obsessed with duality lately I am presenting you with Yin Yang granny square! :)

You can also get it in pdf form on ravelry and etsy ;)

And as granny square day is one of my favourite holidays (thank god it is on actual holiday this year so I am not lying that much :D) I am sharing my latest square on blog for you all to enjoy!

Abbreviations used (US terms):
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
htr – half treble crochet (yarn over 2 times, pull yarn through 3 loops at the end of the stitch)
tr – treble crochet
dtr – double treble crochet

sl st – slip stitch
ch sp – chain space
st(s) – stitch(es)
bl – back loop

Instruction repeats:
[ ... ] - used for small repeats;
* ... * - used for large repeats.

Col – color
A – dark
B – light
C – background

While making YinYang sign we will repeat each of 2 rounds and 3 rows in both colours!
For Yin part start with col B for first round and col A for the rest.
For Yang part start with col A for first round and col B for the rest.

Stitches that attach Yin to Yang (and vice versa) are always worked in back loops.
3 stitches from both circles are joined in the middle on round 2 and additional 10 stitches from one circle are joined with those 3 rows from other side of YinYang.

I advise you to skim through all of the instructions before you start to crochet just so you know what to expect ;)

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.

Flower Nr. 285

Last flower I designed for #365daysofcrochetflowers was actually my first full mandala design (available on @thecrochethookop as well as free download on ravelry) and as I had somehow forgotten to share it here when it was released last November .. so here it comes now! :)

Enjoy!

Pinwheel Block

Variation from original block I made a year ago (Scrappy Rug: Pinwheel Block)

This time I'm using just 2 yarns for each block :)

and we will be following same old scheme but this time I'm only doing first 8 rows (because I need these blocks to come out same size as 4round granny square would :) ).

Sooo .. lets just start by picking one dark and one light yarn.

 

Flower Nr. 281

Queen of Elves!

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:

Scrappy Rug: Pinwheel block

I noticed I have way more scraps than I need to finish my WavyC2C of scraps so ... i played around a little and remembered squares I saw by fantastic Quilt designer & pattern maker Jemima Flendt (@tiedwitharibbon) called ConfettiQuilt so I dreamed up this 😏

Although you can use any pattern to make a scrappy rug - why not something new and fun?

And of course you could make it NOT scrappy at all .. but for me making with scrap yarn is like quilting with old jeans ... Repurposing has become a lifestyle lately :D

How do you start the block?
Colors ..
Pick tone for background (bluish greens for me - will be worked full rows from beginning till end)
Then 3 distinct colors for marking three different parts. I chose dark tones: browns and bluish greys for sides. And white for middle.

Pattern is simple solid granny square quarter.
All stitches worked with two colors at a time.
Tricky part is changing colours but I have quite a few pictures here on how to do it so you should be fine ;)
Tip: untangle threads as you go because otherwise you will have a hard time getting to the 10th row...

V-stitch sweater

As instagrammers might have noticed my autumn jacket is still procrastinating in the boxes .. but I found long forgotten, almost finished V-stitch sweater. and thought to myself that i should finally finish it and rock the spring again! :D
(do you remember the fun and bright spring sweater i made when I was carrying the tiny one?)

So it all started here - when I found it hidden in a box - spring cleaning brings out rabbits too not just hidden mess under the beds :D

Read more about construction:

pattern release: WavyC2C

THIS IS IT!

That NEW big thing everyone has been waiting for is here! 😜

You can buy the pattern on etsy or ravelry :)

Tell a bit more you ask?
- this is new way of making corner to corner crochet!

Still as simple as always with few alterations that change the look and possibly even the way you think ...
Normally when you work on c2c you cast on 3ch and make 3dc's, but for Wavy one stitch length and count almost always changes (but not to worry in pdf there is chart & written pattern to start your blanket as well as simple rules to work on it and not go crazy counting).

Straight Forward Shawl

Simple, fast, squishy & beautiful.

Perfect make for those moments you feel stuck. Works up fast and if your kid doesn't drive you mad adding colours on the go (those obviously resulting in yarn-ends for weaving session later) .. i should have just picked some self striping yarn :D and I would have - for her shawl - after I had tested and made one for myself :D (how come I still haven't learned that with tinies around you better not plan too far :D) if she hadn't snatched my yellow scarf and declared it hers! but she did and i rather like her colour choices :)
At the end i crocheted it together to form a cowl so she would have an simple and warm solution not a headache for everyone involved .. she is still just 4 you know :P

Flower Nr. 212

Mini CAL over on instagram, so I'm sharing all of this on the third day when full flower pattern is released :)

Flower Nr. 209

Here comes my double whirl flower ..

Abbreviations used (US terms):
Col - colour :)
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
bphdc - back post half double crochet
dc - double crochet
fpdc - front post double crochet
bpdc - back post double crochet
tr - treble crochet
bptr - back post treble crochet
sl st - slip stitch
ch sp - chain space
If not stated otherwise first stitch of the row is a standing one.

Pattern:

Round 1: Col A.
Magic ring, ch 4 (counts as dc and ch 1). * dc in magic ring, ch * Repeat from * to * 6 more times. Sl st in top of first dc.
Fasten off. Don't tighten magic ring.
(8 ch, 8 dc)

Round 2: Col B.
* 2 dc in previous rows dc. Tr in magic ring. *
Repeat from * to * 7 more times. Sl st in first dc. Fasten off. 
(16 dc, 8tr)

Starfish flower granny square :)

GRANNY SQUARE DAY is here! yay!!!

this year I wanted to celebrate with new granny square pattern :)

celebrate with me & make one yourself ;)

This time I've made be step-by-step pics, just to show you how easy it actually is :)