Wade's Blanket CAL: Part 8

Hello and welcome to Part 8 of the Wade's Blanket CAL, hosted by Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design! This is our last part, the border and edging, which means our journey with Wade's Blanket has come to an end.

Please share your progress and your finished blankets on our Facebook Pages Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design so that we can include them in our next posts! 

 

Here are the links to the patterns so far:

Introduction

Part 1: Circle in a Granny Square

Part 2: Traditional  Granny Squares

 

Part 3: Tall Stitch Daisy Square

Part 4: Mini Granny Square

Part 5: V-Stitch

Part 6: Dc Rows

Part 7: Diamond Stitch Granny Stripe

My own blanket grew so big that it's difficult to take a good pic of it. My apartment is definitely too small. ;) So here is a progress pic.

 

 

To make it fit a single bed I added ripples to top and bottom and still have 3 rows to go before I can start with the edging and border. Like I said this picture doesn't do the blanket justice, as it looks much better in real life with all the patterns and the vibrant colors.

Sooooooooo, let's see what Zelna worked out for us conecerning edging and borders!

We decided to surprise you with a choice of two borders and two edgings which you can mix and match as you please! 


PATTERN TERMS:    US

YARN WEIGHT:   DK (8PLY / LIGHT WORSTED WEIGHT)  

HOOK SIZE:   5.00mm

Kokopelli Design's Colorway (Stylecraft Special DK): Peacock

 

BORDER 1 or 2: 

Row 1:    Crochet a round of sc around the entire blanket.   Note:   into each of the 4 corner 2ch work 2sc, 2ch, 2sc.   Where a corner of a square is joined to a stripe work 1sc into the corner 2ch, 1sc into the join.    Across your vertical stripes (the dc stripe) and the diamond granny stripe work 1sc into the first dc post, 2sc into the next dc post (alternating 1sc, 2sc into each post).   Work 1sc into each ch at the bottom of your v-stitch panel, and 1sc into the top  of each dc at the top of this panel.

Row 2:   Crochet 1dc into each sc around the entire blanket, working 2dc, 2ch, 2dc into each corner 2ch.

BORDER 1:

Rows 3 - 4:  Crochet 1dc into each dc around the entire blanket, working 2dc, 2ch, 2dc into each corner 2ch.

BORDER 2:

Row 3:  Crochet 1 sc into each dc arount the entire blanket, working 2sc, 2ch, 2sc into each corner 2ch

Row 4:  Crochet 1dc into each sc around the entire blanket, working 2dc, 2ch, 2dc into each corner 2ch.

Rows 5 and 7:  Repeat Row 3

Rows 6 and 8:  Repeat Row 4

EDGING 1:

Crochet a row of reverse sc (crab stitch) into each stitch around entire blanket, working 2 reverse sc into each corner 2ch. 

EDGING 2:

Crochet a row of Pineapple Edging Stitch around the entire blanket.

Congratulations! You're a finisher in the Wade's Blanket CAL! :)))

Make sure to share your progress pics of your finished Wade's Blankets. If you have any questions or problems, you can contact Zelna or me via our blogs or post your question in the comments. You can also find us on Facebook: Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design.

 

 

 

Wade's Blanket CAL: Part 7

Hello and welcome to Part 7 of the Wade's Blanket CAL, hosted by Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design!    

Please share your progress on our Facebook Pages Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design so that we can include them in our next posts! 

 

Here are the links to the patterns so far:

Introduction

Part 1: Circle in a Granny Square

Part 2: Traditional  Granny Squares

 

Part 3: Tall Stitch Daisy Square

Part 4: Mini Granny Square

Part 5: V-Stitch

Part 6: Dc Rows

 Today's pattern is:

 

Diamond Stitch Granny Stripe

 

 

The Diamond Stitch Granny Stripe is just as easy to do as the simple Granny Stripe - the only difference being that your dc groups are 2dc instead of 3dc.

This section of the pattern is worked onto the Circle In Squares Granny strip (to which you will then join your Traditional Granny strip)

PATTERN TERMS:    US

YARN WEIGHT:   DK (8PLY / LIGHT WORSTED WEIGHT)  

HOOK SIZE:   5.00mm

Row 1:  Working on the right side of your work, join your into the corner 3ch of the first square in the row,  1ch, 1sc into same place as join (counts as 1sc);   1sc into the top of each dc, when you reach a corner on a block 1sc into corner, 1sc into loop of  join (if you have used my visible join:  alternatively 1ch over a join - which will count as 1sc), 1sc into corner on next block.   Repeat this to the end of the row of blocks.  1sc into the last corner 3ch.

 

Row 2:  Into top of first sc on the right side of your work, crochet  4ch (counts as 1dc, 1ch);   (skip 1sc,  2dc into 2nd sc from hook)  rep to last 2sc;   skip 1sc;  1ch, 1dc into last sc;   turn work.

 

 

Row 3:  turn work - now working on the wrong side;  ch 3 (counts as 1dc);  1dc into 1ch space;  (2dc into space between 2dc groups) rep to end of row, with your last 2dc being worked into the 4ch at the start of your previous row;   turn work.

 

 

Row 4:   Working on the right side of your work;  4ch (counts as 1dc, 1ch);  (2dc into space between each 2dc group) repeat to last 2dc group;   1ch, 1dc into last dc; turn work.

 

 

Rows 3 and 4 form the pattern repeat. Continue until your stripe is the required size.

 

Congratulations! You've managed the diamond stitch and joined your last square strips. Now we're looking forward to the last part, the edging.

Make sure to share your progress pics and see you again in two weeks with Part 8 of Wade's Blanket. If you have any questions or problems, you can contact Zelna or me via our blogs or post your question in the comments. You can also find us on Facebook: Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design.

 

Wade's Blanket CAL: Part 6

Hello and welcome to Part 6 of the Wade's Blanket CAL, hosted by Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design!    

Please share your progress on our Facebook Pages Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design so that we can include them in our next posts! 

 

Here are the links to the patterns so far:

Introduction

Part 1: Circle in a Granny Square

Part 2: Traditional  Granny Squares

Part 3: Tall Stitch Daisy Square

Part 4: Mini Granny Square

Part 5: V-Stitch

Today's pattern is:

                                     Double Crochet (DC) Rows

PATTERN TERMS:    US


YARN WEIGHT:   DK (8PLY / LIGHTWORSTED WEIGHT)  


HOOK SIZE:   5.00mm

With the dc row strip you will join two of your square strips like shown in the photo of Zelna’s finished blanket in the picture below: the Tall Daisy Squares and the Mini Grannies on the right. I will show how I did the join on my peacock blanket.

 

 

For an alternative way to add the dc rows and join two square strips, click this link and have a look at Zelna’s "trick". :) Love to learn all the different ways and methods of joining! You can decide which one you like better and follow one of the tutorials.

Row 1: Join your yarn (I used white and changed colors every row) into the 3ch corner of your Daisy Square strip and crochet a row of sc along one of the long sides of the strip. This gives you a nice straight edge to start your dc rows from. Turn your work.

Row 2: Ch 3. Dc in the next stitch. Dc in each sc to the end of the row. Turn your work.

Row 3: Ch 3. Dc in the next stitch. Dc in each dc to the end of the row. Turn your work.

Row 4: Repeat row 3 until your dc row strip is wide enough for your taste.

Now you only got to choose your favorite joining method and join the dc rows to the Mini Granny Square strip. I used whip stitch to do that. Your three joined strips should now look like that.

 

Congratulations! You've managed the dc rows and joined the first two square strips, which form the right part of Wade’s Blanket.

Make sure to share your progress pics and see you again in two weeks with Part 7 of Wade's Blanket. If you have any questions or problems, you can contact Zelna or me via our blogs or post your question in the comments. You can also find us on Facebook: Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design.

 

Friday Fun: Halftime of Part 5 of the Wade's Blanket CAL!

It's Friday, it's halftime for Part 5 and it's time to show some WIP photos of our participants. Again I received many lovely pics and I'm drooling again over the color combos people chose.

 

Laura, the girl who made baby blankets from almost every pattern we shared so far. How cool is that? And she's fast!

 

 

Lisbeth's blanket will be a rainbow of colors which makes me happy looking at it.

 

 

Patti chose to go with green/camo and pink which looks great!

 

 

And here's the WIP pic of my lovely friend Zelna, who is hosting this CAL with me. Great colors, too!

 

 

And this awesome color combo is by Elza. Almost looks like Southwestern colors to me.

 

 

And as always in the last photo you can see my own v-stitch stripe in the peacock color scheme I chose for my blanket.

 

 

 

Well done, ladies! Have fun making your v-stitch stripe and see you again in next Friday with Part 6 of Wade's Blanket. If you have any questions or problems, you can contact Zelna or me via our blogs or post your question in the comments. You can also find us on Facebook: Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design. And don't forget to share your photos!

Wade's Blanket CAL: Part 5

Hello and welcome to Part 5 of the Wade's Blanket CAL, hosted by Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design!    

Please share your progress on our Facebook Pages Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design so that we can include them in our next posts! 

Today's pattern is:

  V-Stitch

PATTERN TERMS:    US


YARN WEIGHT:   DK (8PLY / LIGHTWORSTED WEIGHT)  


HOOK SIZE:   5.00mm

Make your strip as long as your square strips are, as you will join two of the square strips with the v-stitch stripe. You can make the stripe as wide as you like. Your v-stitch stripe will be your center stripe. Change your colors as you like.

Row 1: Chain an even number of chains.

For this swatch piece I made 16ch, which make for 7 v's in the end. My v-stripe for the blanket is 27 v's and changes color every other row, so my blanket will fit a single bed in the end.

Tip: I recommend doing the starting chain and leave a long tail. Then start your pattern rows from the same end than your chain row. In case you miscounted the chains, you can always add or take away stitches.

Row 2: 2dc in the 4th ch from hook (if you just turn your work) or in the first ch (if you start from the same end than you started your chain, as I recommended above). Skip 1ch. 2dc in the next ch. Continue to the end of the chain. Add or take away ch stitches if needed. Turn work.

Row 3: 3ch, dc in between the "V" cluster of the last row. 2dc into the next "V" from the row before. Continue to the end of the row. Can you see how the v's open up in the bottom row?

Congratulations! You've managed the V-Stitch.

Have fun making your v-stitch strip and see you again in two weeks with Part 6 of Wade's Blanket. If you have any questions or problems, you can contact Zelna or me via our blogs or post your question in the comments. You can also find us on Facebook: Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design.

Wade's Blanket CAL: Part 4

Hello and welcome to Part 4 of the Wade's Blanket CAL, hosted by Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design!    


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Today's pattern is:

 Mini Granny Square

PATTERN TERMS:    US


YARN WEIGHT:   DK (8PLY / LIGHTWORSTED WEIGHT)  


HOOK SIZE:   5.00mm


SQUARE SIZE:    6cm x 6cm

Make twice as many squares of the minis as you made of the bigger squares from patterns 1 to 3. I made 11 from the big ones, so I made 22 of these.

Start with a MAGIC RING

(alternatively crochet 3ch, sl st into 3rd chain from hook to form a circle)


Round 1:   3ch (counts as 1dc),  11dc into ring (12dc);   sl st into 3rd of 3ch at start to close round.    Do not turn work.
 

Round 2:   3ch (counts as 1dc),  (1dc, 2ch, 2dc) into same place as start 3ch (corner formed);  [1dc into top of next two dc;  (2dc, 2ch, 2dc into next dc)] x3;   1dc into top of next 2dc;  sl st into 3rd of 3ch at start to close round. Do not turn work.

Round 3:   Join yarn in any 2ch corner space;  5ch (counts as 1dc, 2ch),  3dc into same 2ch space;  [skip 2 spaces (3dc posts);   3dc into next space,  [3dc, 2ch, 3dc into corner 2ch);  skip 2 spaces, 3dc into next space] x3;   2dc into same place as start 5ch;   sl st into 3rd of 5ch at start to close round.   Break off yarn.

 

Congratulations! You've made the first MIni Granny Square.

Have fun making your squares and see you again in two weeks with Part 5 of Wade's Blanket. If you have any questions or problems, you can contact Zelna or me via our blogs or post your question in the comments. You can also find us on Facebook: Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design.