A New Blanket WIP

Work In Progress

One day I was enjoying the Pinterest crochet colourful world and my oldest daughter saw one so pretty blanket and asked me to crochet the same for her. I always happy to work with bright and yummy colours, so I picked the colours at the same second and started to crochet. So... I stole the colour palette... again... 

 

I started with two granny squares(6 rounds each) joined together in a rectangle, then I was working with simple granny stitch and after 9 rounds made I decided to add one strip of small squares. A little note: I'm turning my work after each round made while crocheting granny stitch rounds. 

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Have you noticed that the Halloween is coming very very soon? Have you already started to prepare for this holiday?
 In my shop I have two new items for the Halloween.

Crazy Halloween Coasters

 and

Halloween Triangle Bunting

See you soon with the updates about the blanket and my other projects!
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Olga
♡

Pistachio Cotton Coasters. The Pattern

Last year I made the same coasters in rainbow colors for which I draw a graphic chart, and now I've decided to make a written description for those of you for whom it is easier then read graphic charts. 

Today's version is crocheted in Rico Design Creative Cotton Aran with a 4,5 mm hook. The colors are: Pistachio, Light Pistachio, Nature.

USA terminology: 
slst - slip stitch
ch - chain 

sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet dc2tog - 2 double crochet together 
dc3tog - 3 double crochet together 
dc4tog - 4 double crochet together

How to make 2 double crochet together/ dc2tog::  (Yarn over, insert your hook in a required stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops) - 2 times, yarn over, draw through all loops on hook.

For dc3tog and dc4tog you have to repeat the basic part 3 or 4 times respectively. 
Also here is a great tutorial of how to make dc2tog.

The size of finished coasters is 11 cm in diameter.

The Pattern:: 

Ch 4 join in ring with a slip stitch.

Round 1::  ch 3, 11 dc in ring, join with a slst in first dc (not in top of ch 3), don't over tighten, then the slip stitch will be over the beginning ch 3 and it will look as lovely very first dc of round 1.

Rnd 2::  slst in space between the beginning ch 3 and following dc, ch 2, dc2tog in same space, ch 1, (dc3tog in space between the two following dc, ch 1) - 11 times, slst in top of beginning dc3tog, slst in first ch-1-space of the round.

Rnd 3::  ch 2, dc3tog in same space, ch 2, (dc4tog in following ch-1-space, ch 2) - 11 times, slst in top of beginning dc4tog. After you will finish this round you can notice that your coaster is a bit twisted up, as a small crochet bowl. Don't worry! After you made the last round the coaster will be perfect flat.

Rnd 4::  ch 1, sc in same space, (hdc, 3 dc, hdc) in following ch-2-space, **sc in top of dc4tog, (hdc, 3 dc, hdc) in following ch-2-space - 10 times in total from **, (hdc, 3 dc, hdc) in last ch-2-space, slst in first hdc(not in first sc). Fasten off.

So enjoy! I hope everything is clear for you. I will be happy if you liked the finished coasters and I really want you to share with me your creations crocheted with this pattern. So please leave your comments.

Have a Sunny Days

Kisses

Olga

Xx

P.S.These coasters are now in my shop.

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Coaster's Pattern and a List of my Wips

 I have drawn for you, my creative readers, a graphic pattern of coaster from previous post in which I told  about a Rainbow Set. I hope the pattern is clear... Frankly, I would like to learn to use some software for drawing patterns, but... but... but... this going to take a lot of free my time(I think so) which a have not. Therefore below you can see a graphic pattern drawn by me. I think it is better than nothing and you can do the same thing for your kitchen and dining room or may be for a gift...

*** 26/03/2013 Edited to add ***  Here you will find the written pattern for the coaster.

And I have a few work-in-progress projects... Try to count them:

 1. A shawl for my mom. Ooooh, it is my headache. Sorry, my sweet mom... I really want to make for you this nice shawl. I promised to present it to you as a Birthday gift(in December of last year). The yarn I used for the shawl is so uncomfortable for me - 8 thin strands which not twisted together with each other... 

 2. African flower hexagons for a bag! A colorful bag for me using a cotton yarn.

 3. Granny square's blanket for me, which will be finished very soon, here it is:

4. A blanket  which I have started with  A Granny a Day CAL. I talk about it here on my other page. I do each of squares every night before I going to sleep, but I make pictures of it not so often...

 5. A blanket for my younger son I have started two days ago. Just big plain colorful squares.
6. And... and... and... HEART GARLAND!!! ♥ Love love love hearts! ♥  Love garlands! ♥

Total 6 projects. Stunned! And I have the same amount of projects in my head!

That's all for today, my dears! 
I'm going to crochet!Have a nice day and a nice Sunday and a nice every day! 
Olga ♥

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A Rainbow Set

As I promised,  now is time for a Rainbow Set:

A Rainbow Granny Tissue Box Cover, which I've  made used the "The Royal Sisters..." tutorial.

I love love love my cover! Bright and cheerful! Very easy and fast to do.

And coasters.

Acrylic yarn. A hook 4,5 mm.

The pattern of coasters I 'll show you the next time. First I should to draw it...

These colorful things I've made for a couple of evenings, ignoring unfinished blankets and mom's shawl and hexagons for a new bag.... Oooooh, how many projects I have at the same time...

Bye, I'm going to crochet! ♥

Have a nice day!

Olga
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Some more stuff for Christmas

Hello my dears!

How was your Christmas? I hope it was fun, and Santa brought for you gifts that you wanted ...

And here is the Christmas Tree Ornaments I made for a couple of hours. 

The pattern is very easy:

Ch 4 join in ring.

Rnd 1:   Dc and ch 1 - repeat 12 times.

Rnd 2:  2 Dc and ch 1 in each ch 1 space of previous round. Ch 20 for a handle - in any place between the 2 Dc clusters. 

That's it!!! 

Simple! Beautiful! Colorful!

The acrylic yarn I 've used is Stylecraft Special Chunky, Tivoli Eurospun Block Buster Chunky and King Cole Big Value Chunky.

A 6mm hook.

Try to make! 

And here is a candle cozy!

  

On my mantel in the evening...

So cozy... m-m-m...  

 And below you can see coasters in Christmas colors.

 

Just six granny squares...

 Oooh so hard to get a real shade of red color. I still don't know how to.

And also I have a few new projects, which I'll show you next time.

Kisses!

Olga ☼

New Coasters and the Christmas Star's Pattern

Today is Sunday! 

Hope the day is sunny, warm and beautiful the same as ours... In the morning I allowed myself to stay in my bed a little longer ... Ooooh, how nice! Then my DH (Dear Husband) brought me a coffee ... I continued to stay in bed ... I was reading a magazine and drinking a delicious coffee with milk and one spoonful of sugar(my best combination for a coffee)...

And then I took a few pictures of my new star-project.

The Star Coasters - It will be a Christmas gift for one beautiful woman(and I'm not gonna tell you who is she now)...

Enjoy the pictures! I tried different backgrounds for a best results.

100% Acrylic yarn - James C.Brett Top Value DK

Colors that I used:

Green-Turquoise

Red

White

 Hook 4,5mm

 

 This pattern is for a Christmass Star from previous post...Start with ch 4, join in ring.

 So for the coaster you should add one more round in white color in Hdc (Half Double Crochet) - in each stitch of previous round, except a single Dc stitch behind the clusters of shell(4 Dc, ch 2, 4 Dc); and in each top of ch 2 spaces - 2 Hdc, ch2, 2 Hdc.  Did you understand something? :-(  I find it a little bit hard to make the description in words... And also it is difficult to draw the pattern... What should I do?... I'll think about that tomorrow...
Thank you for visiting.  Kisses!
Olga ☼

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