Binary Blankie, colours and pattern

Happy New Year 🎆🎇

Colours.

I wrote about finger swatches the other day. Another thing I do is have a wee container of 12dc squares to play with. I've picked 8 colours out to do this blanky.

Warm: Tomato, Mustard, Fuchsia Purple, Boysenberry

Cool: Petrol, Bottle, Royal, Proper Purple

and I have chosen tomato and petrol for the first one.

Pattern.

I've been trying to decide what to do the squares as. I'm so over grannies now. 🥴

Choices... plain dc, work between dc's, a pretty square like something from Lucy's collection...

I think it needs to have even sized rows for the colour to work. I'm still going with the illusion of someone reading the binary so I'd like it to be clear.

I did a whole big blanket in the work between stitch and really liked it. It has quite a thick feel to the fabric and has a sort of waffle texture.

The other time I used this stitch was on Doris Chan's All Shawl, being triples it came out nice and lacy. I think I used it on a Lion Brand bag pattern too, now I think about it.

The pattern is here, for the big blanket I made.  

(Kaz works with Lucy to re-imagine her designs with each new colour pack. Check out all the pretty Harmony blankets!)

Here is the one I made.

I've done a chart for the squares - up to row 8 as that's what we need for this project.

In between stitch square pattern.
Row 1. Ch3, join with a slip stitch (JSS) to form a ring. Ch3, 2dc, (ch1, 3dc)x3, ch1. JSS. Turn. =12dc + 4ch

Row 2. Ch3, 1 dc in same space, *1dc in between the next st to the corner ch, 2dc, ch1, 2dc in the corner ch * Rep ** 4 times, omitting the last 2dc of corner at the end. JSS. Turn. = 24dc + 4 ch

Row 3. Ch3, 1 dc in same space, *1dc in between the next st to the corner ch, 2dc, ch1, 2dc in the corner ch * Rep ** 4 times, omitting the last 2dc of corner at the end. JSS. Turn. = 36dc + 4ch.

Carry on like that for 8 rows total (for this project) in the colours as per the binary code.

I used a 5mm hook with Stylecraft special DK.

Starbright Blankie

I think I'm just about grannied out after this one!

So we had an election. It was a sad outcome. No more caring compassionate leadership here. It's all about the $$$ now. 

Which left me blue. So I stopped the doom scrolling and went in search of something to cheer me up. Where else but Attic 24!

And what do you know Lucy had just released her new pattern!

A bright and beautiful blanket called starbright.

https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/starbright-blanket.html

And I had nearly all the right colours, I just had to sub a few.

Lucy has done the blanket in an interesting new square motif, but alas, I didn't have the brain power available to learn it. So I did ... Grannies...!

I'd love to get the actual colour pack one day and do it properly. But for now it filled the need to do something pretty and positive.

Square

 Oh, one more then.

Here is the Square version. I love options!

 

Once again with the Stylecraft! and a 5.5mm hook now. That gives a lovely drape.

Here is the colour sequence if you wanted to follow along.

(Only I stopped at row 36- Shhh!)

1-15 is the palette.

Pattern is available here on Ravelry, with the Round and Straight ones.

Straight on with it

Well that circle was FUN!

What else can I make with that little 3 row repeat...🤔

How about straight rows to start with.

I had some Stylecraft left over from the Lucy's Harbour ripple blanket

so I've used that for this blanket.

 

I had a 5mm hook for this one, but I think a 5.5mm would be nice too.

Pattern:

Stitches:

V = dc, ch1, dc in st/sp indicated.

Sp = space

Ch = chain stitch

Dc = double crochet

St = stitch 

Fdc - foundation double crochet - see below pattern

(= ||-V-V) etc. are little visual pictorials of the row

Pattern:

Fdc 151  (or any multiples of 3+1)

1. Ch3, dc in next st, skip 1st, *(V in next st, skip 2 st) until 4 remain, V in next st, skip 1st, 1dc in last 2 st. Turn

= ||-V--V--V……V--V--V-||

2. Ch3, dc in next st, 3dc in next ch space across, 1dc in last 2 st. Turn

= || \|/ \|/ \|/…….\|/ \|/ \|/ ||

3. Ch3, 1dc in each dc to end. Turn

= |||||||||||......|||||||||||

And repeat those 3 rows!

The pattern is available with the Round, and Square here on Ravelry.

More on Spring and Autumn. The Goldilocks Circle.

This is the latest circle blanket I have made from my Goldilocks pattern.

I used the box of yarns in the last post, which are:

Raspberry, Khaki, Denim, Lime, Mocha,

Gingerbread, Petrol, Meadow, Walnut, Grape, 

Graphite, Gold, Violet, Cypress, Copper.

I'm calling this palette Spring and Autumn. Pretty spring flowers and dried leaves.

 

Here is the stripe sequence If you want to follow along.

I've run through the 15 colours and then fiddled with the order a little on the second run. Then on the third run through I managed to miss the graphite and got very confused toward the end when I seem to be one colour short. After an age I figured it out!

This one is 1.25m wide and uses about 450g yarn in total.

Which leaves plenty of yarn left for the next one.

Scroll on for the next Goldilocks - The Square!

Goldilocks, in the beginning...The Circle.

 Welcome to the Goldilocks Obsession!

I started working on this design years ago, I'm not sure why it got put aside - it's so versatile!

First came the circle.

History.

I wanted to make a blanket. Nice. 

I thought - Circle - Great!

Then.... But not that one, not that one, nah, nope, scroll on...

Too hard, too easy, too boring, too finickity!

Eventually I came up with a design I liked. Not too hard, not too easy. Just right!

Hence the name.🧸🧸🧸.

These are all done in Stylecraft Special DK, my go to blanket yarn.

Pictures.

Number 1.

I did this one in a rainbow of colours (that bottle green in the middle is a bit jarring!)

and i used a 5mm hook for this one. I have decided now that 5.5 gives a better drape and so have that in the pattern.

After that one I doubled down, well I doubled the yarn and used an 10mm hook to make a big chunky one!

Number 2.

With these two, I used each colour for the 3 row sets. For the next one I changed colour each row. I think I like the effect better.

Here is the last circle, I just made from the box of yarns in the last post. 

I'm calling this palette Spring and Autumn. Pretty spring flowers and dried leaves.

Number 3.

 

This one is 1.25m wide and uses about 450g yarn. 

I'll start a new post to go into more detail.

Pattern is available here on Ravelry.

Other Goldilocks Posts

Straight-on-with-it

Square Blanket

Bags!

All Squared Away Granny Blanket

I made another blanket.

This is using the all squared away (ASA) baby blanket pattern from Becky Simmons
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/asa-baby-f

Not sure why it's called a baby blanket though.

It nearly fits over my queen bed.

I love the way the disparate colours come together.

I used Stylecraft Special Dk as usual and a 6mm hook this time, so it's a nice thick blanket. 
I wouldn't go any lower than 6mm for my tension in a granny, it would be too dense. For a blanket anyway.

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Patchwork Granny Part 3

 I haven't got very far!

I've been distracted by other projects unfortunately. Well that's ok, no hurry,

I did get a nice wee pile of big squares done ready to attache with the purple.

 And I made a nice coaster too. I need to replace my tatty old ones.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/diamond-daze-cosy--coasters

Aria Blanket - RePost as earlier post is scrambled for some reason.

 I love a good Attic 24 Blanket!

If you're not familiar with Lucy's work do check it out. 

She is a master of colour.

Aria-blanket

In this blanket I used the Aria as a template and switched out a few colours to suit what I had on hand.

I decided to go with a plain granny in the end and used a 6mm hook so it wasn't too stiff of a blanket.

I also subtracted some squares to make a slightly smaller blanket. Well not really smaller as I was using a bigger hook so it would have been enormous.

In brief:

Hook: 6mm

Colours: Boysenberry, fuchsia purple, tomato, gold, mustard, lime, meadow, storm,

    cypress, cornish blue, lapis, denim, grape, violet, lobelia

Colour sequence: 1, 2, 2 rows.

Border: 3 rows of granny stitches 

Yarn used: 853g,

Size: 1350mm sq

Aria Blanket

I love a good Attic 24 Blanket!
If you're not familiar with Lucy's work do check it out. 
She is a master of colour.

Aria-blanket
In this blanket I used the Aria as a template and switched out a few colours to suit what I had on hand.
I decided to go with a plain granny in the end and used a 6mm hook so it wasn't too stiff of a blanket.
I also subtracted some squares to make a slightly smaller blanket. Well not really smaller as I was using a bigger hook so it would have been enormous.

In brief:
Hook: 6mm
Colours: Boysenberry, fuchsia purple, tomato, gold, mustard, lime, meadow, storm,

               cypress, cornish blue, lapis, denim, grape, violet, lobelia
Colour sequence: 1, 2, 2 rows.
Border: 3 rows of granny stitches 
Yarn used: 853g,
Size: 1350mm sq