I decided to make this blanket as a gift to my nana. She likes dull, muted colours and it just so happened that I had a few balls of this left. I had previously made her a striped blanket so, for some variety, thought she might like the 12 point ripple. Also I was on a bender of making these! They’re super easy and work up FAST! I try to make a Continue reading Finished: 12 point ripple 4 – Nana’s Blanket
Another one done! This time I used some purple and blue yarn to make a sort of snowflake looking blanket. This was meant to be a gift but I think I’ll keep it instead! I added the white rows every three rows to break up the colour and also to reduce the amount of yarn Continue reading Finished: 12 point ripple 3
I’ve had my eye on this yarn for a while now, but at $10/50g I stayed away. Luckily it went on a half price sale and I was able to snap some up! The yarn reminded me of the ice castle in Frozen as it was all Continue reading Finished: Frozen Shawl
After making the purple version a few months ago I decided to make the blue twin! I used Stylecraft Special DK yarn and my trusty corner to corner pattern by The Crochet Crowd and set to work! As usual I didn’t follow any colour pattern and just made lots and lots of squares. I tried to make the squares have contrasting colours and used the darkest blue and green a lot to give it some boost. I joined the squares together using a different blue colour and the slip stitch technique. And added one row of single crochet of the border to finish it off and make it more secure.
Yarn: http://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/yarn/special-dk-all-colours
Pattern: http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/crochet-corner-corner-throw
After making the first blanket I had enough left over yarn to make another! I decide to reverse the colours to see what different effect it would make. Even though they both used the same pattern and colours they looked really different! I love how the colours have long transitions! These blankets took about 4 days of make each so super fast! The last couple of rounds take about an hour to go around, but the effect is amazing!
Pattern: http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-spectrum-afghan-2/
After getting a bit sick of corner to corner blankets I decided to make a 12 point ripple. I’ve used this pattern before and after you get past about 10 rows it’s really simple and easy! The pattern is free! And only uses double crochet and chain. These type of blankets look good with multiple colour so you can see the ripple pattern. I had some Ice Magic yarn in 8 colours with long transitions so thought it might look a bit nice. It turned out awesome! I did 4 rows of each colour and a total of 8 colours. The final round took just over 1 ball of yarn so be prepared if you want to make your own.
Pattern: http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-spectrum-afghan-2/
My sister found this wool in the local yarn store and immediately loved it. As we are planning a trip to Alaska and the Canadian Rockies next year I decided to make her a scarf/wrap out of it. I hadn’t had to make something like this before so was sceptical about my skills. Surprisingly, this worked up in about 4 hours! The pattern was found after googling around for easy patterns. You must block your work if you use this pattern. The whole thing came alive and is even more gorgeous. This is the perfect size as a shawlette or scarf and is super warm!
Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pico-bandito
I made this blanket after dreaming of this yarn for ages! I’ve always gone to buy the rainbow set but one colour or more has always been unavailable. Fortunately the planets aligned and I was able to get the entire set! The blanket took no time to make and the Ice Yarn is amazing to work with. I stuck with the traditional rainbow of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The blanket turned out quite large and very warm. I cannot wait to make a similar one using the Ice Yarns.
After working on this project for 4 days straight I was sick of looking at it! Finally I got back to working on it and finished it over the weekend. I precut lengths of yarn and joined when I ran out of yarn. It took a long time but the effect was different. The corner to corner pattern was once again a winner. To finish I bordered it with a row of single crochets and a row of double crochets. This is a lovely winter feeling blanket which will remind me of the adventure the blanket went on.
Yarn: http://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/yarn/special-dk-all-colours
Pattern: http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-corner-to-corner-afghan-project-youtube/
I finished this blanket in record time, 8 days! I wasn’t sure if this idea was going to work and it wasn’t until I finished crocheting the pieces together did i realize that it did. I wanted a brightly coloured blanket and found some great yarn at Spotlight. It took 2 balls of white yarn, and 1 and a bit of the other colours to make this. The pattern is corner to corner but I never decreased the squares and kept them triangles. This created a scolloped edge. I did 4 rows of each colour then 1 row of white.
Pattern: http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-corner-to-corner-afghan-project-youtube/
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