This is my fifth blanket CAL (Crochet-A-Long) and as always it's a joy for me to see our vibrant global crochet community joining together to share and inspire with our love for colour and creativity. There is something very special about setting out on a new blanket journey, and this experience is greatly enhanced when we are able to do it in the company of other like-minded souls. I'm super-proud of our community, and feel honoured to be in such good company.
This year's CAL blanket has been inspired by Sweet Peas - it's a glorious colour palette combining bright and pastel shades to evoke the feeling of summer. The colours are full of summer feel-good and the old fashioned charm of sweet peas, capturing the essence of long, lazy summer days and the joy of having a small posy of home grown flowers scenting the home. I hope you love the colours as much as I do.
As is usual for my blankets, I've chose fifteen shades of Stylecraft Special DK for my Sweet Pea blanket.
This is enough to make a single/twin size blanket measuring approximately 120cm x 180cm.
If you wish to make a double/king blanket, you will need to buy two yarn packs.
Top row, left to right...
🌸 violet 🌸 cypress 🌸 candyfloss 🌸 magenta 🌸 plum 🌸
Middle row, left to right...
🌸 lavender 🌸 meadow 🌸 soft peach 🌸 blush 🌸 fuchsia purple 🌸
Bottom row, left to right...
🌸 wisteria 🌸 pistachio 🌸 cream 🌸 clematis 🌸 pomegranate 🌸
You can find the Sweet Pea yarn pack in my shop at Wool Warehouse...
I designed a beautifully simple stitch for the Sweet Pea blanket, inspired by my allotment sweet peas which grew up a hand made trellis of bamboo and string. This is an easy, repetitive pattern which is suitable for beginners, or for those looking for some relaxing, therapeutic crochet time.
I wrote a full photo tutorial with plenty of step-by-step guidance which will stay on my blog for you to access for FREE any time you choose.
I've used the 15 shades in the Sweet Pea yarn pack to design two different blankets which I'll be sharing for my Crochet-A-Long (CAL) throughout January and February 2019.
The Posy blanket is a medley of colours inspired by the bunches of sweet peas I had in a jug on my table in the summer.
The Colourwash is a sweep of the colours from bottom to top.
Both variations use the same 15 colours.
I'll be giving out 15 stripes a week as the CAL progresses, so here is a rundown of the CAL schedule :
Friday 4th January - part 1 - working a tension sample, choosing the right hook size, stripes 1-15.
Friday 11th January - Part 2 - stripes 16 -30
Friday 18th January - Part 3 - stripes 31 - 45
Friday 25th January - Part 4 - stripes 46 - 60
Friday 1st February - Part 5 - stripes 61 - 75
Friday 8th February - Part 6 - stripes 76 - 84/86
Friday 15th February - Catch up week (darn in those ends!!)
Friday 22nd February - Part 7 - the edging and a grand Ta-dah!
Here are the links to all CAL posts to date - I'll be adding more here as the weeks progress.
🌸 SWEET PEA BLANKET INTRODUCTION
🌸 SWEET PEA BLANKET PREPARATION (includes a sneak peek of the Posy and Colourwash blankets!)
🌸 SWEET PEA BLANKET 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 (colour info for stripes 76-83/86)
🌸 SWEET PEA CAL PART 7 (the border and a ta-dah!)
🌸 TRELLIS EDGING PATTERN (to make the Sweet Pea Blanket border)
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