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Sunday, 18 January 2015

Crochet in January so far....


As you know, I like to make "something Crochet a Day" in the hope that it will resemble a blanket by the end of the year. 

 In 2012 I had so much going on in my life, with a house move & a new business to start up that I made a commemorate blanket.  It had things like the Flag of Dorset, the day I gave blood (a blood drop) A dart board, because I dreamt of a dart board! My wedding anniversary.  A tennis ball for the start of Wimbledon (not the year that Murray won) & of course it was the year of the Jublilee Celebrations, so I made 4 squares in Red White & Blue.

(this is at the October Stage)

2013 saw my little flowers.  All the centres were sunshine Yellow (Stylecraft Special DK) Row 2's were all different colours, some were red, some purple, some grey - you get the idea.  The great thing was that my Facebook & Twitter friends sent me in some of their Yarn Scraps by post, so I was able to make it more colourful that originally thought.

(still about 80 squares to go!)

2014 saw a slight change.  It wasn't that I was bored with squares, I will never be bored of squares, especially Granny Squares, but I wanted to do something a little different, so I went for Triangles!



As you already know, I decided on Baby Hexagons for 2015 - boy are they addictive!!






So much so that I have one in DK & one in Chunky on the go as I can't make just the one!!

If you want the pattern it's here - go on,  join in my CAL ! 

 The famous Crochet & Knitwear designer Lynne Rowe has http://thewoolnest.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/cals-and-kals.html



In other news....




This amazing blanket was made by one of my pupils who couldn't conquer "Chevrons"


And this baby blanket is for my Great Nephew to be


In class (the 2nd of 4) we made mobile phone covers


And here's some of my little crochet cables samplers


that I made to show class before their lesson.


One of my Sherborne ladies brought in this project which I love


& we also learnt to JAYGO



In another class this week we progressed to working in the flat round


I have a total of 32 workshops to teach this month, plus I have been asked to make several commissions for the UK's top Crochet magazines too,  so do bear with me if I don't blog again for a while.

Finally, I would like to thank another Famous Knitwear & Crochet Designer, Tracey Todhunter, for her kindness in giving me some good advice this week.




Friday, 2 January 2015

Baby Hexagon a Day 2015


Happy New Year

2015


I do hope that you all had a lovely "Festive Season" and that you are now enjoying the beginning of 2015.

Incase you missed it, my 2014 blanket was a "Triangle a Day" and here's what it looks like now that it's finished

(It does have edging on it, but it was hard to get it all into one photograph!!)


2015 is baby hexagons! It's a great way to use up your wool / yarn stash and they take minutes to make!! Perfect for beginners. Just one a day for this lovely year of crochet.


Photo: 2015 is baby hexagons! It's a great way to use up your wool / yarn stash and they take minutes to make!!  Perfect for beginners. Just one a day fir this lovely year of crochet. 

Here's the pattern.   

You can use any weight wool / yarn with the right sized hook. 

Ch4 and join with a sl St to make a ring. 

Rnd 1. Ch3 (counts as a tr)  17tr into ring. Join with a sl St to 3rd ch of 3ch. (18tr)

Rnd 2. Sl St between the posts of the tr directly next to the sl St you've just made and the next tr in rnd 1.  2ch (counts as a htr). 1tr,1ch, 1tr, 1htr all into same place.
* miss 3 tr from rnd 1.  1ch, 1htr,1tr,1ch,1tr, 1htr in same place. Rep from * around. Join with sl St to 2nd ch of 2 ch.  (6clusters)
Fasten off. Sew in ends. 

For the rest of the baby hexagons make rnd 1. In rnd 2 use the 1ch between the 2 tr  as a 1ch join to jaygo or join as you go!!

Alternatively join together this time next year!! (Not the method I'm going to use!!!). 

Please note that I have typed thus from my iPad due to festive laptop silence so I apologise if there are any errors. Please feel free to let me know and errata will be added or if you have any questions please ask away. σΎ°€
 

Here's the pattern. 

You can use any weight wool / yarn with the right sized hook. 

Ch4 and join with a sl St to make a ring. 

Rnd 1. Ch3 (counts as a tr) 17tr into ring. Join with a sl St to 3rd ch of 3ch. (18tr)

Rnd 2. Sl St between the posts of the tr directly next to the sl St you've just made and the next tr in rnd 1. 2ch (counts as a htr). 1tr,1ch, 1tr, 1htr all into same place.
* miss 3 tr from rnd 1. 1ch, 1htr,1tr,1ch,1tr, 1htr in same place. Rep from * around. Join with sl St to 2nd ch of 2 ch. (6clusters)
Fasten off. Sew in ends. 

For the rest of the baby hexagons make rnd 1. In rnd 2 use the 1ch between the 2 tr as a 1ch join to jaygo or join as you go!!

Alternatively join together this time next year!! (Not the method I'm going to use!!!). 

 I apologise if there are any errors. Please feel free to let me know and errata will be added or if you have any questions please ask away.