Today I'll be showing you some more of my Summer Harmony blanket progress, I can't tell you how much pleasure this blanket is bringing me every single day, I'm loving it so much! Obviously I'm enjoying the crochet a huge amount (as always) but I'm finding that the photographing and writing is just as fun as the actual making. These little squares just love the camera and are very photogenic, so I've spent rather a lot of time stacking and arranging them just so I can take photos. I'm very easily pleased, which is no bad thing.
So in Summer Harmony Part 3 I shared my colour choices for round 4, and the above photo shows you how the one hundred and two squares looked with four rounds of colour. No two squares are the same, and no two colours appear in any one square which has been quite a challenge, but in a really great way. I have love love loved getting my eyes and heart to talk to my brain in order to create so many happy colour combos.
Round 5 will be the last round working on individual single squares before I contemplate the joining process.
I found it easiest to take the whole thing down to floor level so that I could lay out the squares then regularly stand back from them to see how they were looking.
Interestingly, I've just had a quick look at the time stamps on the photos I took whilst doing this, and I can tell you that it took me 27 minutes to work out round 5. Not sure if this is something to celebrate, but I feel like it came together pretty quickly considering there were one hundred and two decisions (plus a kitty cat) involved!
The following photographs show the Round-5 colours chosen for each of the squares. This is just for general reference and a bit of visual fun really - there is link to an information table at the end....
Download Summer Harmony Part 4
So here's what you have to do to prepare for round 5 ::
- download or print a copy of the Summer Harmony Part 4 table (link above)
- lay all 17 balls out on a flat surface (floor or table)
- get your 4-round squares and sort them out into groups according to the 4th/outer round - there will be 6 squares in each group. This will make it easier for you to find the squares you're looking for.
- use the table (and the above photos for guidance) and place each square with the ball that you'll use to crochet round 5. There will be six squares with each ball.
- you can then use my method of looping all six squares together with a length of yarn to indicate the colour needed for the next round (explained in part 1).
- Get hooking!
Please take care with colours that look very similar (eg Lavender and Wisteria, also Cloud Blue and Sherbet) as it's easy to make mistakes with these colours.
I carried on using the same method for storing my squares for this round, keeping them held together with a length of yarn to remind me which colour comes next.
I find it fascinating how the look of each square changes once another colour is added into the mix, it's such an emotional process somehow, and I really love that you get used to "feeling" the colours rather than just seeing them.
I confess I didn't put a tremendous amount of effort into all these colour-coded decisions - it honestly seems to work out better if there isn't too much over-thinking. It's my best kind of fun, and I am really quite addicted to colour-play like this.
So that's round 5 done and dusted, and oh those stacks are looking mighty fine, if I do say so myself.
The next round (round 6) will be the final round and will include the joining process where I begin to turn these beautiful piles of squares into an actual blanket. I can tell you that working out how to organise the colours for round 6 took me waaaaaaaaay longer than 27 minutes. It was the best part of a day, and at this time I still don't quite know if I managed to get it right or not.....................I'll give you an update very soon I promise.
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Posted by: Elisa Bobbiesi | August 23, 2017 at 01:18 PM
Hello Lucy! I so appreciate you taking the time to share your creative process. It is fascinating to see how you mix and select your colors. Especially to me an "A" type matchy match type of girl at heart. Lol! But I'm so much better than I was. Color selection and practice really do expand the horizons! But I must confess...it's so much easier to just follow your color selections than to create my own. I know I will like the finished project and my favorite thing to do is "make it". So thank you very much!
Posted by: Lynn Butler | August 06, 2017 at 05:09 PM
Thank You so much Lucy! This is awesome!
Posted by: Carmen | July 30, 2017 at 06:36 PM
Lucy that is a nice blanket.
Posted by: SONIA PERLA MÉNDEZ | July 29, 2017 at 05:48 PM
Thank you Jenny I will start with the first 102 tomorrow then see how i go from there could take me a while but am determined to see the blanket finished one day, next year perhaps!!
Posted by: Denise | July 28, 2017 at 08:35 PM
Hi Denise, you need to follow each chart in order, do all 102 round 1s, then all 102 round 2s and so on. The reference to previous rounds is to help you identify the squares you need to pick and batch up for the next round. Hope that makes sense and us helpful? Lucy, when can we expect instructions for the final part, just itching to finish it?
Posted by: Jenny Turner | July 28, 2017 at 01:33 PM
Oh help I am such a novice I now have three tables in front of me all different at the beginning but each 6 ending with the same color. DDo I follow chat 3 round 5 or wait for 6 before I get going??
Posted by: Denise | July 27, 2017 at 07:58 PM
Hi, have I missed it, but where are the joining instructions for the summer harmony. No worries if you are still working on them… It's a beautiful pattern- number 4 of your designs for me. xxxx
Posted by: Elizabeth | July 27, 2017 at 07:50 AM
You're the best with these colors!
Always a colorful world! love it!
Thansk for charing, Lucy!
Posted by: cristina | July 26, 2017 at 03:37 AM
I only have 50g of each colour left, is it enough to make this blanket!?! Or should I just buy more wool 😂
Posted by: Lucy | July 23, 2017 at 05:45 PM
I'm loving the look of this blanket and can't wait to send for the yarn. Meanwhile I'm sooooo enjoying the vintage feel of the hydrangea!!
Posted by: Jennifer Keast | July 22, 2017 at 09:24 AM
JUST WONDERFUL!
Posted by: Hanne Abrahamsen | July 21, 2017 at 07:43 PM
just one word: WONDERFUL !!! :-)
Posted by: Hanne Abrahamsen | July 21, 2017 at 07:42 PM
I so admire the way you combine luscious creativity with awesome organization; inspiring!
Posted by: Susan Conklin | July 21, 2017 at 04:44 PM
Will finally be starting round 3 this weekend, just a bit behind. Thank you Lucy for another great pattern and great yarn from Woolwarehouse.
Posted by: Charlotte. | July 21, 2017 at 01:58 PM
I love seeing them all piled up together. They are going to make such a happy, sunshiney blanket.
Posted by: bekki | July 20, 2017 at 12:24 PM
WoW! Stunning Lucy without a doubt! Can't wait to see it irl. The colours are a feast for the senses. Enjoy the journey ♥♥♥
Posted by: Gez | July 20, 2017 at 08:50 AM
Wonderful early morning reading Lucy.Your colours bringing the sunshine thats missing on this grey day.
With the help of a book, hook and spare ball of wool the lessons have started I have managed a chain and slip stitch. Your beautiful wool selection is winking from its new box but I will try to be patient lots more practice needed first.
Posted by: Denise | July 20, 2017 at 07:18 AM
Lucy, you are really a colour genius!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Suzana Behmer | July 20, 2017 at 01:32 AM
WOW!!
Posted by: Tess Vowels | July 19, 2017 at 10:31 PM
Dear Lucy,
I love all your crochet posts!!! So inspiring and cheerful:)
I wonder how you do with all the loose ends you get in a project like this? When do you take care of them? I tend to leave my yarn ends hanging for far too long, but with a blanket like this one it could easily be disasterous with a nightmare weaving-in-yarn-ends- session...
Posted by: Annie | July 19, 2017 at 09:40 PM
Such wonderful eye candy! Seeing all those colors has my hands itching to crochet something. lol BTW I've just now finished my ninth pair of socks for the year (all but one pair are shortie socks, too hot here for many long woolen socks).xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Posted by: Angela-Southern USA | July 19, 2017 at 09:20 PM
What a beautiful blanket this will be! I love playing with colours, as well. When I made a blanket from tiny squares my 11 year old daughter loved to choose the colours and we spent happy hours playing with yarn balls. Viola
Posted by: Viola from Colourcrochetlove | July 19, 2017 at 08:22 PM
Such beautiful colours!
Posted by: Eleanor MacLean | July 19, 2017 at 07:47 PM
I know I shouldn't have favourites.....but I really love the colours in this blanket & can't wait to get started....I can't wait to see your finished creation. you are clever :)
Posted by: Crafty Cath | July 19, 2017 at 07:00 PM