Crochet: Baby Blankets

Hi there,
Last couple of weeks I was trying to make a baby blanket for my colleague's baby:)
I have done those patterns before and I have already posted the explanation of the patterns.
This time I would like to share those blankets pictures with you and also you will find the links of the patterns posts.
I used 3.5mm hook and Nako Baby Luks Minnos yarns.

1- Blanket with Solid Granny Square:
Link1 : Crochet: Shawl with Solid Squares (3 Chain space at the corners)
Link2: Crochet: Big Blanket with "Granny Solid Square"

1- Blanket with Vintage Fan Ripple Stitch :
Link: Crochet : Vintage Fan Ripple Stitch Blanket

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Big Blanket with "Granny Solid Square"

Hello, This project is my biggest project ever!

Whole process was very enjoyable for me... took very very long time from me BUT at the end I proud of myself!

                      

One of my friend told me that she bought 2 pillows for her living room, and she adores the pillows. Because she was looking for them for a long time then she saw in the shop and she suddenly bought them without asking the prise :)
Here is the pillow:

I said, OK, I will make a blanket for your living room... Important things the colours... so I tried to find right colors for her, Checked with the pillow... then finally found the colors...

After then I created a Diagram of my project with Excel, here is the Diagram of my project:
according of the pillow, I put the orange colours in the middle, and all borders are turquoise green/blue...

I have already decided to make Granny Solid Square Blanket for her, so after the Diagram work, I started to make solid grannt squares, 126 Granny Square I ve done!!

Then Of course combined each of them together.
This part was the painful process to be honest!
Square to Square, stitch to stitch !!!!

            

     

BUT at the end I had AMAZING Blanket!

Now time to give/send it to my friend! Let's see her reaction about it!

            

For my this project I used those videos and tutorials:

I used 4 mm hook and Nako Baby, Luks Minnos Yarn (total 4 yarn + 1 solid blue one)

Here is my Digram:

Video Tutorial: How to Crochet Solid Square

Video Tutorial: How to joining (pls watch almost end part of this video, first part all about how can you make a Granny Square)

Video: How to Invisibly Seam Granny Squares

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Granny Triangle Shawl

Hello:)

First I made a huge blanket for my Mum, and my two Aunts.
Now I decided to make a "Shoulder Shawl" to my sister in law's mother, Sukran Hanim Teyze,  I dearly Love her! Hope she will like it. When I finished the shawl  I will post it to her and I will put a picture in here:)

I have checked some nice but easy to make stitches from Internet, and I found this idea and love it! We all know the stitch, simply Granny Square Stitch... but this one is Triangle , perfect for my project! Suddenly started.! It is easy very easy to make it!

Here we go!

Yarn: NAKO, Baby Lolipop, 80440
Hook: 4.00 mm

I love the flexibility of this design. You can make it what ever size suits your needs. Here is the shawl I crocheted with this pattern (on below). Choose any yarn you wish for this project. Grap your hook and start!

(Please note that this pattern is not my original design. I created my shawl using the following diagram from GARN studio  and also I really get brilliant help from Brittany"s web page(Brittany is the Founder of B.hooked Crochet)

You will find every details of this project in the links on below. (Pattern Diagram, Video Tutorial. Written Tutorial)

Diagram: (NOTE: I did NOT made tr stitch! I did ALL dc )

	=	ch
	=	dc in ch
	=	tr
	=	row explained in pattern, beg first row

How to crochet a Granny Triangle Shawl: Video Tutorial
How to crochet a Granny Triangle Shawl: Written Tutorial 

    

         

           

             

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

  

Crochet: "Granny Stripe" Baby Blanket

This time I would like to share one of my favourite crochet stitch with you.
Granny Stripe Blanket!
It is easy, simple but beautiful and most importantly endless!
You can make a big blanket for your bed, or make table cover, or baby blanket.
If you use different colours in each 2 rows, looks most beautiful. (when I find some more free time, I will do colourful one for my self, I have a lot of left overs, so I can use them for my project)
I made this blanket for my friend's baby boy:)

Hook: 3.5 mm
Yarn: Nako Baby, Bebe Color (blue one)

Note: The hardest part of this project is the first part-making a very long chain, and then working into the very long chain for your foundation row. But to be honest, totally worth it!

Pattern: the pattern stitch is a multiple of 3 + 2 .
The stitch count is a multiple of 3, plus 2 stitches.
I have done 138 chain + 2

Foundation Row: after made 138+2 chains, 1 sc in to the second chain from the hool. and make sc in each chain accross until you reach the end of the row.
Row 1: ch 3, (counts as 1dc), 1 dc in the first sc, [skip 2 sc, 3dc into next sc], 2dc at the end of the sc.
Row 2: ch 3, (counts as 1dc), [3dc into next space between dc groups] repeat to last space. 3dc into last space and then 2dc into 3rd stitch of ch3 from previous row.
then repeat Row1 and 2....

Step by step Tutorial: Granny Stripe Baby Blanket Tutorial

Granny Stripe Blanket Edging : Tutorial

When I finished the blanket, I use solid blue colour for the edging.

I put the Tutorial of the edging for you. Please look at. (above)

       

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: "EXPERIMENTATION"

I love to search and look at the different projects, then I like to try it. One day while searching I found this pattern, Stunning Granny Squares - Just a picture though, no pattern! Searched and searched.... then I found this diagram (you will find it in below). No idea who created this pattern, so that's why it is "NO named pattern" for me. 
I had some left over yarn, and started to practice... then this gorgeous product  appeared !!!
I am sure one day I will do something with it, still in my mind and thinking: what am I gonna do with it? till that day here is the diagram and my trial's picture :)

(if you click the picture you will get the big size of it)

Have a Great day:) ,  Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.