I hope your enjoying chapter 4 as much as we did making it! The stitches are getting super interesting and the colours just sing. Were getting closer and closer now to our pumpkin patch. But for now we will work closer to our garden.
rows 43 - 51
last week ...
We finished off on the half trebles.. which was a nice and simple end to the week. Something mindful, to relax to. I've been having lots of chats with different ones who are thinking about joining this week by week chaptered pattern. Trying to explain, that it's not about making an over complicated pattern that you would feel deflated by, but enough of a challenge to be feel energised and refreshed, yet not losing the challenges along the way. I wanted you to feel that you are winning and something new. Whether is pattern reading, stitch placement or colour.
This week we will be building our last rows prior to our border.
There will be more colour changes, using simple stitches. But colour placement will add extra impact, almost the last wave of excitement.. leading the eye to our border. They will also add strength and stability to the outside edge of our border. Using rows of the linen stitch & granny square. Even though this part is simple, there will be more colour changes and more weaving in later. You've already worked on a lot of these stitch placements, so you'll burn through this quickly.
ROW 43 - moss stitch / LINEN STITCH (COLOUR CHANGE TO grass)
Some of the stitches we will be working will be reflective of stitches we have worked before. We will be repeating row 30 & 20. This is our accent stitch as before. Then we will be working it through in a base, using the same stitch.
start your corner 4ch (1dc + 3 ch) and 1dc
ch1, skip 2 stitches and then work your 1dc between the post.
ROW 44 - 47 (4 rows) - Moss or LINEN STITCH (colour change to BISCUIT )
start your corner 4ch (1dc + 3 ch) and 1dc
ch1, skip 2 stitches and then work your 1dc between the post.
each new row, we will work the dc (double crochet) into the space we've made with the chain in the previous row. 1dc (into ch-sp) ch1, 1dc.. and so on
We will work this over 3 rows, from 44 - 47
LOOK! At that texture building....
To be honest if you wanted to change up your colours, you could do a row of each colour in your colour ways. It would look very effective! I love this stitches simplicity, yet a great
show case for colours. A great border for future reference.
ROW 48 (1 rows) - Moss or LINEN STITCH (colour change to fox)
start your corner 4ch (1dc + 3 ch) and 1dc
ch1, skip 2 stitches and then work your 1dc between the post.
We will be adding more of this stitch into the design, as we get closer to the border. I like this stitch as its simple, yet offers a lot of impact.
ROW 49 (1 rows) - v stitch & puff stitch in corners (colour change to grass)
Start in your corner with a ch2.
work a 5 loop puff on to your hook. ch3, and then another puff stitch into your corner
pattern will read ( chain 2up. 1 puff, ch3, 1 puff)
ch1, working your first V STITCH = [fp-tr (front post treble, around the dc stitch in the row below) ch1. Repeat the fp-tr around the same dc. ch1] this is your first v stitch.
ch1, between each v stitch placed.
REPEAT your v-stitches * Till you meet your next corner
CORNER = 1puff-st, ch3, 1puff-st
REPEAT ON ALL SIDES.
ROW 50 (1 rows) - bobble stitch flower (colour change to birch)
Start in your corner with a ch2.
work a 5 loop puff on to your hook. ch3, and then another puff stitch into your corner
pattern will read ( chain 2up. 1 puff, ch3, 1 puff)
CORNER = 1 PUFF, CH 3, 1 PUFF
Now we can start our bobble stitch flower.
If you've never worked a bobble stitch, it's similar to a puff. Except that we work it like a treble, going through 2 loops then another 2 loops to make the treble. Instead we work the first two loops, and go back into our chain space with a yarn over, and work the next two loops and so on. We need to do this 5 times. Till we have 6 loops on our hook. Then we yarn over and pull through all loops.
Each v - stitch space needs a bobble flower, with 2 chains between each flower.
1 bobble flower, ch 2
Work your corners with = 1 puff, ch 3, 1 puff
ROW 51 (1 rows) - treble (colour change to grass )
Start in your corner with a ch2.
work 2tr, ch 2, 3tr
work into the next chain space. (between each bobble flower)
4tr into each chain space. Repeat till you come to the next corner
CORNER = 3tr, ch2, 3tr.
repeat until all your sides / rows are complete.
and that's all folks till we work on our willow border next chapter or week. After which I will be working on all your feedback to finish our Midnight garden pattern book for beginners.
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