Sweet Pea Blanket CAL :: Part 6.5

Surprise!!!!!!

Bet you didn't expect to find a CAL post here this morning as we are officially on a "catch-up" week, but honestly it felt so strange for me not CAL-posting that I couldn't resist sneaking in a little extra Sweet Pea goodness. As usual, I've been catching up on all the SP comings and goings on social media and have a few things to share with you today in preparation for next week's border session.

I know many of you are appreciating having this extra catch-up week to continue working your stripes or darn in your ends, but I've also not been surprised to see some of you already finishing up your blankets. Some of you have told me that you were gifting your blankets and needed them finished before the official end of the CAL. Others simply knew what they wanted to do for their borders and didn't need to wait for me to lead the way. I want to reassure you that I am absolutely OK with this! My main aim with running an Attic24 CAL is to inspire community, connection, creativity and happiness, and I'm not at all offended if you wish to go #teamrogue with your blankets and give an individual spin to your creations.

With this in mind, I'm going to share some really super Sweet Pea borders that have come about this week ahead of my own borders which I'll share with you next week......

Sue chose five colours for her border, working 4 rounds of double crochet and finishing off with a very pretty scallop edging.

Mary decided to work a Block Stitch border, finishing off with a neat round of double crochet.

Maria went bold and wide with her border, choosing to use all fifteen shades in a glorious colourwash. She used my Linen Stitch Edging (full tutorial HERE) and I think it looks spectacular.

A note about Linen Stitch - remember this tends to have a tight tension and you will need to go up a whole millimetre hook size to prevent your border from pulling too tightly. So for example, if you worked your main blanket using a 4mm hook, then use a 5mm hook to work your linen stitch edging.

Lyn also chose a colourwash linen stitch border, although she chose to place the greens on the outer edge as rounds of double crochet. This is a bold choice, but I think it looks stunning.

I've chosen seven colours for my border : Meadow, Pistachio, Soft Peach, Wisteria, Magenta, Fuchsia and Violet.

If you're making the Posy Sweet Pea, you should have more of these colours left as there were only 5 stripes of each colour in the blanket (instead of 6). 

If you're making the Colourwash Sweet Pea, then you will have plenty of Pistachio and Violet left, but will need to check quantities of the other five colours.

You will need around 20g of each colour to work your border, so do try and see if you can weigh your yarn and make sure you'll have enough.

It's absolutely OK by me if you wish to choose your own colours - have a play around and see what brings you happiness.

I've designed a brand new edging pattern for the Sweet Pea blanket, and I can't wait to show you next week. It's killing me to keep the surprise!!!!!

While we are having our catch up week, I expect some of you will be using the time to darn in your ends. I confess that I saw Joanne's "Monster Ends" photo on Facebook and had a few heart palpitations!!! This would not suit me at all and I am always a darn-as-you-go-along gal, yet I hear many of you prefer to leave them and do them all in one go at the end. Whichever way you choose, you will need to have all your ends neatly tucked away before you embark on your border.

Merete finished darning in her ends and is now patiently waiting for me to share the border pattern - her  rather bemused looking Sweet Pea snake made me laugh out loud!

Not everyone is content to sit and wait though, and I've seen some lovely Sweet Pea stash-buster projects already off the starting blocks. Nic shared her gorgeous knitted shawl in progress which I think is so beautiful - she is using a pattern called the "Leftie Shawl" by Martina Behm - you can find it on Ravelry (HERE).

Now a quick little something before I let you get on with your day >>>>>>

SWEET PEA COLOURWASH BABY BLANKET AFTERTHOUGHTS!!!! 

I've been thinking a lot about the whole idea of using a palette of colours to work a Colourwash stripe, specifically how to try and keep the colourwash design concept while creating a shorter version suitable for baby blankets.

At first I didn't think it could be easily done, but the more I pondered on it, the more I wanted to try and work it out for you. I really, really, really wish that I'd been able to get my head around this at the start of the CAL so that I could've given you this option weeks ago, but alas my brain cells have felt very stretched coping with what has been a lot of work for me creating this CAL.

However, after much intense thought I have actually gone and done it!!

I've created two different versions :

One will make a 3ft/90cm length (so suitable for a 70 x 90 cm small pram blanket)

The other will make a 4ft / 120cm length (suitable for a 90 x 120cm cot blanket)

SWEET PEA COLOURWASH 70 x 90 cm BABY BLANKET

Chain 124 to begin, then work 43 stripes following the Trellis Stripe Pattern.

Hopefully you can read the above list clearly on your screen, but if you click on the image it'll pop up in a larger window. 

Here is the bigger baby blanket version ::

SWEET PEA COLOURWASH 90 x 120 cm BABY BLANKET

Chain 164 to begin, then work 58 stripes following the Trellis Stripe Pattern.

Note the stripes listed in RED are double width stripes.

I hope that's useful for you - do let me know if you decide to give the small Colourwash baby blankets a go, I'd love to see how they turn out.

Also giving thanks to my clever hubby who scoffed at my poor attempt at creating a typed list and took it in hand himself. He created some very cute little yarn ball graphics and made some rather posh colour lists for me, I'm super pleased with them! I'm going to ask him to do the same with the full size Sweet Pea blanket stripes so that I can add that info to the Trellis Tutorial once the CAL has finished next week.

Wishing you all a fabulous week whatever is on your hook, whether you are still jaunting through your Trellis Stripes or embarking on something completely new. Have fun - remember it's Border time next week on the 22nd, I can't WAIT!!!!! :)

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Here are all the CAL links you might need  ::

🌸 SWEET PEA YARN PACK

🌸TRELLIS STRIPE PATTERN🌸

🌸 SWEET PEA BLANKET INTRODUCTION

🌸 SWEET PEA BLANKET Q&A

🌸 SWEET PEA BLANKET PREPARATION (includes a sneak peek of the Posy and Colourwash blankets)

🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 1 (colour info for stripes 1-15)

🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 2 (colour info for stripes 16-30)

🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 3 (colour info for stripes 31-45)

🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 4 (colour info for stripes 46-60)

🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 5 (colour info for stripes 61-75)

🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 6 (c0lour info for stripes 76-83/86)

 

 

Comments

[Gramvi]

Oh, good grief, Lucy!! (NOT Charlie Brown, Peanuts fans.) I forgot about the skip week, finished my CAL yesterday, and was waiting for the border this morning so I could gift my DIL on her birthday February 23.

[Amanda]

Why can't l get my corners to lay flat. I have followed pattern correct. The rest is looking great.

[Penelope]

I would like to finish the blanket at the last pistachio row, Will this be possible with the border plan please? Or will it mess It up.
Thankyou

[Gunvor Madsen]

Hi Lucy. I have followed you almost from the start and have made many of your designs. I am working on a blanket for my MIL for her birthday. I am using the trellispattern, but different colours. I have searched for a program or app that makes you design your own striped blanket. I always end up with random stripe generator in my search, and I don't need random stripes. will you perhaps be so kind and tell me which app or program you use to make your schematic Pictures of the blanket?
looking forward to the border :-)
Gunvor.

[Susan Smith]

I love the baby blanket and would really like to make it to donate to a charity I support by knitting and crocheting baby items. I am following the Posy colourway for the main blanket, would I have enough yarn remaining to do the baby blanket?
Thank you.

[Kate Bolt]

Beautiful colours in your Sweet Pea blanket 💕

[Julie Harrisonn]

Love J's graphics, cool how they pop out too. Very professional x

[Maria]

This is so pretty and I love baby blankets. Thanks!

[Lynn aka Silverypaws 😉]

Thank you so much for including my blanket! I'm so thrilled that you liked it... it's made my day 😊🤗

[Merete Vang]

Wow, I have been following your blog since 2016,and I just love love it a wonderful blog. So to see my picture🐍 apear in the post,my heart just took a big jump 💓
🤗Thank you so much. Such a treat.
And Thank you for all the work making those cals so special and for writing your blog.

[Kath Stephenson]

Thank you so much for the baby blanket post. It is exactly what I need. I have used the trellis pattern using the Sunny Pack but am desperate to make the Colourwash. Two friends are conveniently having babies!

[Arlene. Marcus]

Thank you sooo much for the baby blanket conversion. You will have even more converts to your designs

[Teresa Kasner]

Hi Lucy, I'm sewing in the last ends today on my Sweet Pea sample repeat blanket. It's my favorite blanket ever, I love the floral colors in this so much! I'll be all ready for your border post next Friday. Thank you so much for this CAL! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

[Monica Larlham]

So pleased with the smaller version of colourwash. When we started I wanted to do the colourwash version but didn’t want such a big Blanket, now I can have both. Teamposy and colourwash 😀.

[Maria Banzer Prada]

Hi can you please tel me in what part of the blog are the instructions of how many chains and the stitching
Thanks

[Su]

After knitting over half of the colour wash version, using two repeats of feather and fan per stripe, so I have knitted over 160 rows, I have decided that it isn't going to work, so tonight's task is to rip it back! I've already previously pulled back over 10,00 stitches as I misunderstood things. Anyway, I should now end up with a double bed version, but I have no idea how long it might take me! It's a good job I like knitting feather and fan and that I am loving the colours, particularly the combination of the clematis and cream, which are not 'me' colours at all

[Lynn]

I still have a few loose ends to darn in but I’m already using my blanket. It’s a welcome splash of color and warmth on my couch. My Annie kitty thinks I have it on my lap just for her! I can’t wait to finish up the boarder and have that Ta Da moment.

[charlotte m.]

I love the little yarn ball graphics. Your hubby is awesome to do that. It really jazzes up your post. Thanks for all the beautiful pictures.

[Mary W]

Thank your husband for making life easier for us! What a great combination you two make and how lovely to have your husband join in this hobby in his own way. So nice to share projects together. Loved the monster blanket but I wondered, aren't they all like that? I know mine is - still waiting for that hated dreadful task.

[Noëlle]

Dear Lucy, as I was reading your post just now and I kept thinking, that you are such a nice person. It always makes me smile reading your blog. It is really heartwarming!
And then something popped up in my mind, from the time when I was learning English in school!

Urban Dictionary: sweet pea
A Sweet Pea is an extremely sweet and attractive young woman. Most Sweet Peas consist of -beautiful brown eyes, sweet smile, and a very soothing voice.

Thank you very much for so many SMILES!
Noëlle

[Jo]

Sorry to cause upset by showing you all my ends!! I will sew them in!

[GILLIAN MCFARLAND]

Looking forward to seeing what the border is like. Can't wait. I have now started on another summer ripple blanket (already done one for myself) for my brother and his wife for Christmas - he just loves the colours in it. It is a surprise for them. I can't stop crocheting at the moment and am really enjoying it. The Stylecraft DK wool is so lovely to work with.

[Pam]

Lucy, I have gone completely rogue with my Sweet Pea blanket. I had intended to make a blanket in sweet pea colours since my Mum died 3 years ago. They are my favourite flowers and I grow them each summer. My mum had a little vase of silk sweet peas which I’ve now got on my dressing table. Other blankets/projects always got in the way but when I saw your CAL I knew I just had to make a start. I don’t really like crocheting rows for blankets so I thought I would go rogue and make Circle of Friends. The centres are all in pistachio and the outer edge in meadow. I make the raised circle in one colour and the others in a complimentary colour. It’s slow progress as I am also making a baby blanket for a neighbour and cushion covers for my daughter. I know this will be a long term project in between other crochet but I just wanted to thank you for giving me the motivation to finally start my sweet pea blanket.

[Susan Randle]

Love the snake..love all the work shown. Itching to find some me time to get a pack and have a go. Mind you, my cat will not even let me write a letter. She hangs on to the end of pens for dear life and walks all over the iPad. Last week, she actually managed to change programme to messenger and called my daughter.

[Elsie]

Oh, good grief, Lucy!! (NOT Charlie Brown, Peanuts fans.) I forgot about the skip week, finished my CAL yesterday, and was waiting for the border this morning so I could gift my DIL on her birthday February 23. Guess I'll have to borrow another Lucy border or make up my own!!!
So, I'll have to make another Sweet Pea to use the proper border!!