SWAN SONG
"He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him" Hans Christian Andersen, "The Ugly Ducking"
I thought this was a very apt name for the last section of this CAL as not only is it the final section here but our local swans are sitting on their nest in one of our neighbourhood parks...new life will be starting once again despite the chaos going on around us.
**Puff St ...Yo into st, pull up a loop, repeat TWICE MORE so you have 7 loops on the hook, YO pull through all 7 loops, ch1 to secure.**
163) Ch3, 1 tr in each st across
164) Ch3, 1 tr in each of the next 2 trs, *ch1, miss 1 tr, 1 tr in each of the next 3 trs, repeat from * to end
165) Ch3, 1 t in next tr, *ch1, miss 1 tr, 1 puff st in next ch-1-sp, ch1 miss 1 tr, 1 tr in each of next 2 trs, 1 tr in next ch-sp, 1 tr in each of next 2 trs, repeat from * to end. USE THE CHART TO CHECK YOU PLCE THE PUFFS AND THE TREBLES IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
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| yo into stitch, pull up a loop - 3 loops on hook |
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| repeat - 5 loops on hook |
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| repeat once more - 7 loops on hook |
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| chain 1 to secure. Puff stitch worked |
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| ch1, miss 1 tr, 1 tr in each of the next 2 trs, 1 tr in the ch-sp, 1 tr in each of the next 2 trs |
166) Ch3, 1 tr in next tr, *ch1, 1 puff st in top of puff st below, ch1, 1tr in each of the next 5 trs, repeat from * to end staying in pattern...refer to the chart.
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| I love the way they look like wings here! |
167) Ch3, now work 1 tr in every treble, in every ch-sp and in every puff stitch.
This is the end of the main blanket...congratulations for completing it! I hope you have enjoyed it and I hope that it has given you some focus at this very strange and stressful time of Lockdown throughout the world. We will start The EDGE in the next post...
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