DAY 17 CORONAVIRUS CAL

NEW SHOOTS

"There is hope for a tree; if it is cut down it will sprout again and its new shoots will not fail "  Job 14:7

Spring is well and truly underway in the UK right now and despite the chaos of the outside world the plants and flowers continue to grow and blossom around us...they are the one constant in this time of unthinkable upheaval. There is hope.

107) Ch3, 1 tr in every stitch

108) Ch3, 1 tr in the next st, *1  FpTr in each of the next 2 sts, 1 BpTr in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * to the last 2 sts, 1 tr in each of the last 2 sts. 

109)  Ch3, 1 tr in the next st, now work a FpTr around each of  the next 2 fptrs (or if you have bptrs work bptrs - just make sure that you work the same ones on top of each other to form a rib), now continue to work the 2x2 rib by working FrPTr on FrPTr and BpTr on BpTr. Continue to end finishing with 1 tr in each of the last 2 sts. 

110) Repeat row 109 keeping the 2x2 rib and starting and ending with 2 trs. 

11)  Ch3, 1 tr in every st across. 

TODAY WILL BE THE LAST DAILY POSTING AS I AM STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP!...IT TAKES ME HOURS TO DESIGN, CROCHET, PHOTOGRAPH THEN UPLOAD AND WRITE IT UP ON LINE. I WILL NOW POST ONLY TWICE A WEEK; EVERY WEDNESDAY AND  FRIDAY.  

DAY 16 CORONAVIRUS CAL

"You Can Cut all the Flowers but you Cannot Keep Spring from Coming" Pablo Neruda

The trees are still blossoming around us...

101) Ch3, 1 tr in every stitch along

102) Ch3, 1 tr in next stitch, * Ch1, miss 1 stitch, 1 v-st in next st, ch1, miss 1 st, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * to end 

103)  Ch3, 1 tr in next tr, *ch2, now work a 3-tr-puff in the ch-sp of the next v-st, ch2, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * to end. Don't worry if you have 2 or 3 trebles at the end or beginning just make sure that the puffs are worked in the v-st and the trebles are worked over the trebles...use the chart for reference.

104)  Ch3, 1 tr in next stitch, * ch2, 1 dc in top of next puff, ch2, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * to end finishing with trebles in the last sts.

105)  Ch3, 1 tr in next treble, * ch2, work a 3-tr puff in the next dc, ch2, 1 tr in each of the next 2 trs, repeat from * to end finishing with a treble in each of the last trebles.

106) Ch3, now work 1 tr in every tr, 1 tr in every 2-ch-sp and 1 tr in every puff st.

DAY 15 CORONAVIRUS CAL

THE BUSY BEE HAS NO TIME FOR SORROW William Blake

BUSY BEES

91) Ch2, work 1 htr in every stitch across

If you are now on the RIGHT side of your work (check out the lemons!), then go to Row 93.

92) Repeat Row 91. 

93) WORKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE

Ch3, 1 tr in each of the next 4 sts, *ch10, slip st in top of the last tr worked, 1 tr in each of the next 5 sts, repeat from * to end.

94) DO NOT CHANGE COLOUR

Ch1, work 1 dc in same place, now work 1 dc in every tr along, skipping  the chain loops but making sure that they are sitting on the other (RIGHT) side by doing the dc in front of it. See photo. 

95) Change colour and repeat row 93

96) Repeat row 94

97) Repeat row 93

98) Repeat row 94

99) Ch3, work 1 tr in every stitch across catching the loop 

100) Now we will be catching up the ch-10 loops. You will need to pull up the loops and thread them through each other on the right side to have the top braid ready to catch. See the finished photo for how they should look. 

So ch2 and work a htr in every st along, working the htrs in the 2 trs above the loop to catch up the ch-10 loop. You start the first htr and put your hook through the loop then finish the htr, then repeat for the next htr so that the loop is fixed with both. 

YO in to stitch

Hook into the loop

pull up a loop so 3 loops on hook

Yo pull through all 3 loops. Repeat with next htr

Continue to work htrs along catching up the ch-10 loops with 2 htrs each time. Keep checking that the braids are lying flat and correct on the other side.

Keep busy everyone!

DAY 14 CORONAVIRUS CAL

Life is Like the Ocean...It goes Up and Down

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that little drop" Mother Teresa

These words seem to ring very true with the situation that is faced by most people in the world right now.  By helping those around us, supporting those who help us and by doing our bit, however small, we can make a difference. 

WAVE STITCH

The important thing when doing this section is to always make sure that the correct stitches line up with each other on every row. So, the double trebles will always be made on top of  the dcs on the row below, the trebles will always be made on top of  the trebles on the row below and the dcs will always be made on top of the double trebles. Refer to the chart to check the position too but it doesn't matter which stitches you end the row on as long as you start the next row with the correct stitch above it!

83) Ch1, 1 dc in same place, work 1 dc in every stitch along.

84) Ch3, 1 tr in the next st, *1 dtr in each of the next 2 sts, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from  * to end staying in this pattern. 

My row ended with only 1 Dbtr

Now follow the pattern according to where you have ended...so as I ended on a Dbtr now chained 1 and did a dc in the same stitch, then worked a tr into each of the next 2 trs, then worked a dbtr into each of the next 2 dcs and so on. See photo below. 

Carry on in this way until you have completed row 89.

90) Ch2, now work a htr into every stitch along.

I have to admit that my blanket is looking decidedly wobbly at the edges...I have counted the stitches and have the right amount but the LINEN stitch has really played havoc with the edges! I know that the border will cure this though as well as a bit of stretching any tight sections,  so if yours is wobbly too then don't be too worried as long as you have the right amount of stitches! 

DAY 13 CORONAVIRUS CAL

A COSY STRIPE 

AN ODE TO LUCY...

These are all Lucy's photos from her blog

                                       

                                       

                                       

This blanket makes me smile so much. It was designed and made by the wonderful Lucy of Attic 24 and it was the first blanket I ever made.  I gifted it to a good friend but still absolutely love it so thought it might make us feel cosy and content so I have chosen re-create a little part of it here...

Choose your own colours or use her blanket for inspiration. I have altered the pattern and done 1 row of each colour instead of 2 to fit this design but it is basically the same.

76) Ch3, 1 tr in the same place, *miss 2 sts, 3 trs in next st, rep from * to end finishing with 2 trs in the last st.

77)  Ch3, * miss 2 trs, work 3 trs in next gap before the first group of 3 trs, now work 3trs in every gap between the groups of 3 trs to the end, working 1 tr into the top of the ch3 at start of row 76. 

78) CH3, 1 tr in every tr across.

79) Repeat row 78

80)  Repeat row 76

81)Repeat row 77

THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A STITCH-COUNT AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY ON THE FOLLOWING ROW....... make life easier for yourself by counting up the groups of 3 and multiplying that by 3 plus any extras on the end. I will have 216 which I am happy with . 

82) Ch3, 1 treble in every stitch across