Calling all crocheters -- totally cool blanket
I was playing with the Red Heart App and stumbled upon a really, really gorgeous blanket based on concentric circles made into a square. I can make circles but have no idea how to square them up so I thought to share it here for all the crocheters to take a look.
You can see the pattern here:
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/circles-squares-throw
I am tempted to play with this one and see if I can figure it out as it's so striking! Here is the picture from the Red Heart site.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Kristel Lokken on -
That's a beautiful blanket!
I saw this pattern today too... The squares are 12 inches though, so don't fit into our 8 inch sizes. Perhaps someone can adjust them, though....
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Permalink Reply by Rachel A. on -
Squares 8 and 12 look easy enough to do in 8"; on both of those, you can just stop when you reach 8". What bright, happy designs! =)
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Permalink Reply by Pam Antink on -
Hope you find answer Dawne, it is stunning, and, with our team of KAS chrocheters you just know they are going to come up with some enchanting designs.
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Permalink Reply by kyla on -
heres the pattern
http://www.redheart.com/files/patterns/pdf/WR2151.pdf
though im not a great crocheter so i cant understand it
in fact, now that we have the pattern, im moving it to the patterns page, okay? great find!
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Permalink Reply by Dawne Smith-Sliming on -
Thanks Kyla.
Oddly enough it's not the circular motifs that get me it's working to square them off. I showed a crochet friend of mine how easily I do the circle part and she was surprised. She thinks the squaring off is the easiest bit :) When we have time I hope she'll show me how to do it.
The thing about this pattern is to stop the circle a row to 2 early, or even 3, to make the pattern 8" so I think it's easily adaptable for those who understand crochet patterns.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Maltby on -
Nice pattern Dawne.
Another option is to "downsize" the pattern by using a less bulky yarn and a smaller hook....say a 5 mm instead of the 6 mm called for in the pattern.
There are also some other cute circle to square patterns available.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circles-to-squares-afghan
http://www.caron.com/projects/ss_eco/sseco_circles_stripes_squares_...
Making corners is quite easy....once you know how :-)
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Permalink Reply by Dawne Smith-Sliming on
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Thanks! will check out those links when I have time. I really like the look of this pattern. I've seen hundreds of patterns, all very nice, but this one really strikes me!
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Permalink Reply by Donna Radu on -
Wouldn't that make fascinating squares! I guess it's just a matter of scaling the pattern down to 8-inch squares. Too bad I don't have the expertise! I hope some clever crochet mind undertakes the project, though; I'd love to try it!
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Permalink Reply by Jana Benitez on -
I think the square pattern would make a beautiful go-over or slip-over. Going to check it out!
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Permalink Reply by VAL BARNES on -
The blanket is really stunning ! - will start tomorrow to work it out- should not be too difficult because crochet is so much easier than knitting you can bend it around corners !!!
Val barnes
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Permalink Reply by P. Jeanne Haessler on -
I agree Jana, that circle into a square pattern would make a super item of clothing, the front or back.
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Permalink Reply by P. Jeanne Haessler on
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If you don't want to downsize the squares, AND you plan to join the blanket together before you post it...do the following instead of trying to downsize a square:
The one blanket size that Ronda has decided she will hand out in future, so the younger kids can grow into it, is the 35 square blanket, meaning 7 squares long by 5 squares wide. As each square is 8 inches across, this translates to 7x8"=56" long for the blanket and 5x8"=40" wide for the blanket. So long as your completed blanket is about 56" by 40" in size, it does not matter what size your squares are within the completed blanket. Some KASers were given 4 inch squares and put them together into finished blankets and they were lovely. 12 inch ones would work as well, or strips.
(Just remember this would apply to a finished blanket only, as sending any other size of square to South Africa would needlessly complicate matters for them, trying to match odd sizes of squares.)
Just remember, if you are planning on sending a completed blanket only, the size of square doesn't matter, so long as the finished dimensions are 56"x40" minimum. One or two inches larger is fine, but not smaller please.
So...one could do smaller yarns and smaller hooks to try to downsize, or do the squares as they are just less of them plus a border around them. Three 12" squares wide (36") with a border to bring it up to 40" (or 4 squares-a bit oversized but that's okay) with five 12" squares long, that's 60". Just a thought. :) The square patterns shown here are lovely.
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