Dresden Plate Baby Blanket (2016)

May 12, 2016 - No Comments

Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock — cream and “cool” (blues/aquas); Tess Super Sock and Baby — light green and purples
Pattern: Ring Around the Rosies
Completed: April 24, 2016

Using 3.00 or 3.5mm crochet hook (confusion between ancient (WWII) hook and new chinese industrial stamped one), “Ring Around the Rosy” crochet pattern.

Used cream as the centre and one of the alternating colours. Sage and blues were the other 2 alternating colours.

For each colour, I did each chunk of petal completely before starting the next colour/petal (and slip-stitching to attach the rows to the previous segment). On changing colours, I crocheted into the back loop (only) on the first round to give a bit of “depth” and make it look like the next colour was coming from “under”

Pre-blocking:
33” point to point diameter
27” valley to valley diameter

After blocking:
39” point to point diameter
29” valley to valley diameter

Finished! Pre-soak

Finished -- lounging

Finished -- Pre-soak

Finished -- lounging in the sund

Lounging in the sun

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Closeup

Detail -- slight ridging by starting new colour (sage) in the back loop only of the row below (blues)

Detail

First two rows of petals done

First two rows of petals done

Starting purple row -- checking how it looks

Starting purple row -- checking how it looks

Playing with different options for post-purple row, since the purple didn't have a return-crochet row (and the top loops slanted to the back, not the front).