"Stripey" Blanket crochet-along

[Yarngirl]

Hello,

 

I am a very beginner crocheter, but did a sample of the blanket pattern and am able to do it. I especially like it with using black between the color rows.

 

Here is my question...Do I have to put an edging on this blanket when it's done? If so, what kind of edging would you suggest? I need something a beginner can do!

 

Thanks for any help,

Jan

[bobwilson123]

hi yarngirl to the ville

you dont HAVE to put a border, but it may look nicer if you do...just do a single crochet or double crochet around the edge....dont forget to put 3 DC or SC (whichever stich you decide to go with on the border) in the corners

need any help just scream and we will come running!

[helenpeta]

HI ALL. i'm stuck on row 62. much to hot here to have a heavy rug laying on my lap tp crochet. do some thread work to keep my fingers mobile.

 

helen

[bobwilson123]

HI ALL. i'm stuck on row 62. much to hot here to have a heavy rug laying on my lap tp crochet. do some thread work to keep my fingers mobile.

 

helen

 

 

i hope you & your family are ok with the fires down your way... its a stinka up here too:sweat even to hot to crochet, so it must be bad

[Aussie]

hey fellow aussies. yes its quite warm here as well. we have had a bit of rain which is great but its made it humid. Im off to the australian open tennis next week. I have tickets to the mens semi final on australia day and the womens grand final on the saturday, I cant wait.

 

Welcome Yarngirl.

[Yarngirl]

Hi Everyone,

 

Thanks for the welcome! Clare, on my sample, I tried to do three double crochets in each stitch, for a shell border and it didn't really look too good. I love your idea of the single or double crochet in each stitch with the three stitches in each corner. I did that on the sample and I liked the way it turned out. Thanks again for the help!!!!

 

I really love this blanket pattern and have recently being given boxes and boxes of yarn from someone who doesn't knit anymore. So this is a great stash buster project for me.

 

Thanks again,

Jan

[Aussie]

Jan a nice border to do is do 6 dc's in every other space and in between do a sc.

 

Wow what a great way to get a stash of yarn. That was very nice of them.

[bobwilson123]

yarngirl ~ no probs what aussie said would look great too

[Addey]

My blankie is coming along nicely, I figure I'm almost halfway done! (But then again, I'm only doing a little one...)

The edging I'm planning on doing is a row of sc and then a row of reverse (backwards) sc. I tend to do this on all my blankies as it gives a nice sturdy, but soft edge and I find they don't stretch out so bad.

[Yarngirl]

Hi Everyone,

 

I am on row 3 of the stripey blanket and loving it. It's easy enough for me as a beginner and I love the way it's turning out.

 

I have a question...Besides a huge stash of regular worsted weight yarn, I also have a huge stash of cotton yarn, such as Sugar and Cream and Lion Brand Cotton. Should I use both the cotton and regular yarn, or wait and make another blanket just out of my cotton scraps? I literally have way too much yarn and am running out of space. That is why I love doing this blanket because I really need to make room for new stash.

 

Also, could I combine Fun Fur or eyelash yarn with the worsted or cotton?

 

Thanks for letting me ask so many questions and thanks for any help you can give me.

 

Jan

[tamugrad02]

Yarngirl,

It's your blanket, I would think you could do whatever you want with it. That's what I like about the stripey blankets, you can do whatever you want. I changed up the pattern a little for mine and I'm only using scraps of yarn, so I don't stop at the end of the row all the time, if I have more yarn, I turn and keep going. I need to get a picture up mine up here....going to do that now......

[tamugrad02]

Sorry for the double post.....it's late, there's no one else one..... I finally got a picture of my stripey so far.....excuse my loose ends, I need to weave them in, but it's SUCH a chore, I'm dreading it..... Sorry the picture is so big, I resized it in photobucket, but it's still showing up huge here......I don't know why....

[GrammyPat]

I personally would not mix the cotton and the worsted becasue of the way cotton shrinks a liitle when washed. As far as the fur and eyelash I have seen patterns where you mix them in with regular worsted.

[tamugrad02]

GrammyPat,

I'm so jealous, I want to live where you live.......I miss it.......

 

Ok, now back to our regular topic.......

[free2be]

WOW I haven't been on this board in a few days and you guys are making so much progress. Nice work.

[Yarngirl]

Hello-

 

Thanks for the replies and help. Tamugrad, your blanket is beautiful. Since I have so much cotton, I am going to make a separate one and that can be used year round. But I might try mixing the fun fur in.

 

Now I have another question and you can tell I am a real beginner crochet person..<G>

 

I am stuck on the blanket pattern. I did the first two rows, but now I am confused.

 

I am following the tutorial, and when starting row 2, they have me do a single crochet with 2 chains and then continue with a double crochet in each space, with 2 double crochets in the last space. I have that done.

 

Now I am starting on row 3...Do I start with a double crochet or do like I did on row 2 and start with a single crochet and 2 chains? If so, do I repeat row 2 for the rest of the blanket?

 

Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Jan

[danijoy]

I have just been repeating row 2 throughout my whole blanket. Hope that helps.

[minwifeof4boys]

I'm on row 60 and I just repeated row 2 .....the first few rows seemed sort of wonky but the blended together once I got a few more rows in

[danijoy]

Here is a picture of my stripey so far. It is clickable.

 

[Yarngirl]

Hi Everyone,

 

Danielle, your blanket colors are wonderful and it looks great.

 

I wanted to thank everyone for their help. I am becoming a better crocheter because of all of you.

 

I was somewhat sure that repeating row 2 was the way to go, but I wasn't quite 100% sure.

 

So thanks again for the help. I really appreciate it.

 

Jan

[bobwilson123]

danijoy ~ the colors look great i like how you have used the white

[MsSunflwr]

Just started reading this thread...love looking at photos of your blankets, they are amazing. Another option for using up scrap yarn. Beautiful work everyone.

[MyissaG]

Tam and Danielle both of your stripeys are beautiful. I have completed a few more rows on mine from the last time I had posted a picture. I have a total of 23 rows done. I am moving along slowly on this one. But thats ok, I still need more scrap yarn to be able to finish it anyway.

[tamugrad02]

I'm starting another stripey blanket. Still working on the original one, but I had some full skeins to use up, so I'm making another one. I was using the scraps from another project to make the first stripey, but that project us on hold (I ran out of my main color ) therefore the stripey is on hold too. I'll take a picture of this one when I get some more done on it.

[MyissaG]

Here is the progress on my stripey afghan. I had to go out and pick up soe odd colors to add to it today. I don't have enough scraps to complete it.