Materials and preparation
You can find all information about yarns and hook sizes in the pattern of week 1.
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Abbreviations (US terms)
- begin-puff stitch
- ch2, (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop) 3x in the same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- ch
- chain
- dc
- double crochet
- hdc
- half double crochet
- inversed popcorn
- 6dc in same stitch, remove hook from loop, insert hook from back to front through first dc, pick up loop, pull through dc to close popcorn
- puff stitch
- ch2, (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through two loops on hook) 3x in the same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- RS
- Right side
- sc
- single crochet
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- ss
- slip stitch
- WS
- Wrong side
Repeat formats
- *….; rep from * once/twice/3x — Crochet the instructions after * and then repeat that section a further number of times as indicated.
- (…) once/twice/3x — Crochet the instructions between brackets the total number of times indicated.
- […] — Indicates the amount of stitches at the end of a row or round.
- (…) in same st/sp — Indicates that all instructions between brackets are worked in the same stitch or space.
Notes
- You can find general information and the patterns for the previous parts for this CAL here.
- Yarn amounts used in Part 7 are below. please note: these are my yarn amounts. I'm a loose crocheter. If you need less, that's perfectly fine as long as the blanket looks and feels good.
- Colour A: 40g
- Colour B: 28g
- Colour F: 10g
- Colour H: 10g
- Colour I: 10g
- Colour K: 6g
- Colour Y: 24g
Techniques
Puff stitch
Click here for the tutorial about the puff stitch.
Surface crochet
Click here for the tutorial about the surface crochet.
Granny Clusters
Click here for the tutorial about granny clusters.
Reversed popcorns
Stitch repeat in blanket: Multiples of 10 + 1 stitch.
A reversed popcorn is different from a regular popcorn because the bobble is facing the other way. We’re doing a reversed popcorn in this row because it's a Wrong-Side row. If we didn’t make any changes, this popcorn would face towards the back of your blanket, and we don’t want that!
To work a reversed popcorn, first crochet six dc in one stitch (photo 1). Remove your hook from the loop after the sixth dc. Re-insert your hook through the first dc from the back to the front (photo 2), pick up the loop and pull this through the stitch (photo 3,4). You now have a popcorn that seems to be facing the back of your work, which is the Right Side in the blanket. The front of your popcorn will look like in photo 5.
Crochet pattern
Puff Stitch section 3 (Rows 106-110)
Another Puff Stitch section. How I love these stitches!
If you look closely to your stitches, you can see that the chains you’re crocheting look like they’re laying on top of the puff stitches!
Surface crochet section (Rows 111-117)
In this section, we’ll be working with a new technique: Surface crochet. Surface crochet is special. It’s not worked on top of the stitches, but over the stitches (hence the name). It’s the perfect way to adorn a little piece of crochet you’ve made.
It’s also a versatile technique. While we’re only making straight rows in this blanket to keep it simple, you can also crochet shapes like the crossed rows in the Hygge shawl, or circles like in my Roller Coasters. You can go crazy with colours if the basics you’re working with are simple!
For surface crochet you will need a basic crochet fabric to work on. That’s why we’ll be working a couple of rows of hdc only. You can surface crochet on any type of solid stitch though (sc’s, hdc’s, dc’s). If you want to make shapes that are worked over several rows like in the Hygge shawl, you’re going to want to stick with sc’s, because those stitches are more or less square in height and width (making it easier to create an even, neatly looking piece). For the horizontal rows we're making in this project, hdc's work fine.
Repeat the instructions above for the stitches in Row 113.
It’s important to check your surface tension throughout. You do this by stretching your fabric widthwise. If it is supple and gives as much as your regular stitches do, you’re good. If you feel that your stitches are very tight and impairing the stretch, make sure to keep all of your loops very loose. If this is difficult for you, you can use a hook 5.5mm or 6.0mm instead of the regular 5.0mm for the surface crochet.
Granny Cluster Section 4 (Rows 118-119)
I’m sure you can dream these stitches by now!
Popcorn section 3 (Rows 120-124)
This section might look like the previous sections, but it’s different in one particular way: you’re making the popcorns on a WS row. So in order to have the popcorns pop on the right side of the blanket (the RS) you’ll have to make inversed popcorns. Don’t worry, they’re not that difficult.
Find part 8 of the Sampler Blanket here.
Diagrams
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