Good morning all and welcome to the second installment of this months CAL, the Connor blanket.
It was lovely to see all the photos you guys shared for the first week, and I am just loving the wide range of colour choices you have all made! I can't wait to see updated photos once you've added this weeks rounds.
Here we go!
Pattern Notes:
Cluster - Yo (yarn over), insert hook into the stitch or space, yo, pull through, yo, insert hook into the same stitch or space, yo, pull through, you should have 5 loops on your hook, yo and pull through all 5 loops.
Starting chain is counted in the final stitch count, and counts as the first stitch of each round.
Instructions within * * are to be repeated.
slst - slip stitch
With colour A
9: Ch2, hdc in the back loops only of each stitch around, join to the ch2. - 100hdc
With colour C
10: Ch4 (counts as dc and ch1), skip the next stitch, *dc in the next stitch, ch1, sk1*, repeat around, join to the 3rd chain of the ch4. - 50dc
With colour A
11: Slst into the first ch1 space, (cluster, ch1, cluster) in the ch1 space, (cluster, ch1, cluster) in each remaining ch1 spaces around, join to the top of the first cluster. - 100 clusters
With colour A
12: Slst into the next ch1 space, ch3, 4dc in the same space, slst in the next ch1 space, * 5dc in the next ch1 space, slst in the next ch1 space*, repeat around, join to the ch3. - 25 dc shells
With colour A
13: Slst to the 3rd dc of the 5dc shell, *ch6, skip 5 (that will be the next 2 dc's, the slst and the next 2 dc's) slst into the next stitch*, repeat around, join to the first ch of the ch6. -25 sets of ch6 loops
With colour B
14: Slst into the ch6 space, ch2, hdc 6 times in the same space, 7hdc in each remaining ch6 space around, join to the ch2. - 175hdc
With colour A
15: Ch3, dc in the next 12 stitches, 2dc in the next stitch, *dc in the next 13 stitches, 2dc in the next stitch*, repeat 11 times, dc in the next 6 stitches, 2dc in the last stitch, join to the ch3. - 188dc
That's it for this weeks instructions.
You might notice some slight rippling in the blanket, that's totally ok :)Part 3 will be released on the 15th. See you then!
So....row 15 has a partial increase at the end...I’m used to having an equal number of stitches between increases
ReplyDeleteYes it does, this is to get the stitch count in line for following rounds :)
DeleteI am LOVING this CAL! So fun and pretty. Thank you for sharing your gift. I am new-er to crochet and don't understand in row 11 the "cluster, ch1, cluster". What is a cluster? Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe instructions for the cluster is in the pattern notes at the top of the post.
DeleteGlad you are enjoying it :D