Tuesday 16 January 2018

SCRAP YARN CAL 2018: Relaxing Daisy Granny Square Ripple

THE RELAXING GRANNY SHELL SCRAP YARN CAL 2018
Want to join me on a Scrap Cal, its taken me a little longer to get this year 
CROCHET JOURNEY started, i'm afraid but eventually i came up with some thing i hope you will be able to relax into and want to make. 

Hope some of you will join me and enjoy the journey of colour and the relaxing granny shell.


SCRAP YARN: odd balls of this and that, a perfect stash buster and I'm hoping not to need to buy any yarn for this one....my favourite sort of CAL

I'm using a selection of Chunky yarns, but you could kale it with DK if your have lots of left over balls and want it to be slightly finer weight.


COLOUR: so far i've used
PINK, ORANGE, RED, DARK BLUE, PALE BLUE, PURPLE,  LIME GREEN, CREAM, BEIGE, GREY AND BLACK CHUNKY YARN
all yarns are tweedy looking yarns, base colour but with little specks of colour within the yarn  or space dyed for lots of Texture 


Marble, in several colours and Woodcraft Pebble the green and the black multi 


BellaLana Dream in several colours

Aran [not weight but style], Wendy Festival, think this one has been discontinued but you might have some in your stash, 

anything you have that will work for you, I know how good some of you are at colour combo's 

HOOK: 5mm for the Chunky
4mm for DK
As a guide, but hook size can depend on your own tension.

DAISY GRANNY SQUARE PATTERN
US Terms.
Make 9 if using chunky, 
you might need a few more if using DK as the squares will be smaller.


CLUSTERS: Half make the dc, hold last loop on hook and draw yarn through all stitches to complete the cluster st.

ALL CENTRES ARE THE SAME TO ROUND 3.


Start with a shade of grey col. finger wrap of 6 wraps
Round 1: cont. in grey col. 12sc into circle, sl st to complete. [12sc]

Round 2: cont. in grey mix, ch3 counts as first dc and ch1 sp, dc in next st ch1, repeat to end sl st to complete. [12 'spokes', ch1 between]
a little hard to see the 'spokes' in the chunky yarn, it fills the space 


Round 3: Daisy petals in Cream col. 3dc clusters, [half make dc hold on hook, draw last pull through, through all stitches on hook], in each ch1 sp, ch2 between, repeat to end, sl st to complete. [12 clusters of 3dc, ch2 between]




Round 4: Make 2 each in black/navy, dark blue/turquoise, pale blue, lime green and one for the centre of the run in a dark pinky colour.

Att. yarn in any space, ch2, counts as first dc, 2dc, ch3, 3dc, [corner], 3dc in next 2 sps, repeat for all 4 sides, sl st to complete, weave in ends.

JOIN THE 9 DAISY GRANNY SQUARES TOGETHER AT ONE POINT ONLY IN A LONG RUN


GRANNY RIPPLE STITCH
ROW 1: Att Orange col. at the one end, ch2 counts as first dc, 2dc, ch3, 3dc in point, 3dc in next 3sp, 3dc, ch3 3dc in next point, 3dc in next 3sp, 1dc in the dip, this is the join between 2 squares, worked into the top of each st 

SINGLE DC IN DIPS, used to fill the large hole that happens with the chunky yarn

3dc, in next 3sp, 3dc, ch3, 3dc, in next point, repeat this pattern until yo have gone all the way around the 9 Daisy Granny's finish with sl st, to complete cut off and wave in ends.
THIS IS THE ONLY ROUND YOU WILL GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SQUARES 


ROW 2: Att. cream/soft beige, in end point, ch2 counts as first dc, 3dc in next 4 sp, 3dc, ch3, 3dc, in the point, 3dc, in next 4sp, 1dc into the dip, 3dc in next 4sp, 3dc, ch3, 3dc in next point, repeat to end of row, Finish with 1dc in end point. cut and weave in ends.
 ends with a start and finish of 1dc to keep a straight edge


ROW 3: RED COL. repeat row 2

ROW 4: CREAM/BEIGE COL. repeat row 2

ROW 5: PINK COL. repeat row 2

ROW 6 and 7: BLACK OR NAVY col. repeat row 2







THEN REPEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAISY GRANNY SQUARES.

PART 1: Complete.

PART 2: NEXT WEEK

Using the chunky yarn it measures approx. long 


DO YOU WRITE IN A JOUNAL/DIARY? 

Radio Shropshire interviewed this writer today...I was very impressed with the concept of this diary and colouring book always good to relax with....

And its always good to write stuff down good, bad, or the ugly get it out of your head and onto paper some how seems to help a little.


Not feeling too happy some days then use this journal to find your Little perfect each day, 
by AJ Gill


another journal, bought for me for Christmas I would recommend is 
By Dawn French, Me - You A Diary


PART 2 SCRAP GRANNY RIPPLE 2018

Continue with the same st, of Granny shells.
Starting and finishing each row with a single dc at each end, to give a lovely straight edge. As the pattern above.



US Terms
5mm hook
Add 8 rows of granny shells each side in a graduated sequence






using the same yarns work a band of 8 rows in a graduated colour band i have listed the yarns i have used but you might be following your own colours from your stash

Colour sequence for PART 2: All chunky yarns

1.Pink...I used Wendy Festival
2. Pinky Red...............Festival
3.Red...........................Marble
4. Orange....................Festival
5. Ochre/Gold shade....Marble
6. Soft Lime Green.......Marble
7. Light Blue.BellaLana Dream
8. Dark Blue..................Marble
After adding 8 rows each side it should measure 
approx. 59" x 26" wide or
approx. 150cm x 66cm wide



Part 3 next week



4 comments:

  1. I love scrap Projects and this one Looks so nice. I just pulled out my craft Journal again after some months and thought about adding some new projects to it. Not sure why I stopped.

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    1. Hi Kokopelli, why do we ever stop? But i bet we all have journal have filled some where lol Enjoy starting it again xx

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  2. Oh Susan I just love this! cannot wait to get home to go through my stash! This working for a living is for the birds

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    1. Hi Denise, glad you like, enjoy the search in your stash. Hahaha, sorry about work it does get in the way a bit doesn't it? lol xx

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