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Friday, 11 April 2014

Its starting to look a lot like a Baby Groovyghan CAL(6)

For those of you joining in now (or who may need to catch up) here is a little photo story of what we have done so far (I have included the links to the previous posts to make referencing easier for you):

WEEK 1 - RAINBOWS AND DAISIES SQUARES

I chose some shockingly bright colours in Mirage 4ply - and made some shockingly bright Rainbows and Daisies Squares


daisy granny squares

WEEK 2 - RAINBOW HALF GRANNY SQUARES

I made lovely (shockingly bright) Rainbow Half Granny Squares - and my baby groovyghan looked like this:


half granny squares

WEEK 3 - THE FIRST STRIPES

The Rainbow Daisy Square Row and the Half Granny Square row were joined with some shockingly bright stripes

granny squares

WEEK 4 - CIRCLES IN SQUARES

Here we had a bit of fun "designing" our own "Circles in Squares"


circle in square granny

WEEK 5 - ZOOTY OWL SQUARE

A little tutorial to make a Zooty Owl Square, and a twist on the "Circles in Squares" from Week 4.

We also crocheted 1 stripe onto the top of the row of Rainbow Half Grannies;  1 stripe onto the top and 1 stripe onto the bottom of the Circles in Squares Grannies

owl square

If you have a bit of catching up to do, don't feel too badly!   I have to admit that I also am a bit behind (embarrassed giggle) - I am working on so many exciting WIP's - there are just not enough days in the week!

STRIPES 

We have already worked 1 stripe onto the top of the row of Rainbow Half Grannies;  1 stripe onto the top and 1 stripe onto the bottom of the Circles in Squares Grannies

Crochet 5 Stripes onto the bottom of the Row of Circles in Squares Grannies:  AND
Crochet 5 Stripes onto the top of the Row of Rainbow Half Grannies:

Row 1 (already done in Week 5)
  
Rows 2 - 5:   "Granny Stripe"

Row 2:  Into space between first 2 double crochet on the wrong side of your work, crochet 3ch, 2dc,  *skip two spaces, into third space from hook 3dc* rep *to* to last 4dc, 3dc into space between last 2dc.


granny stripe
Row 2:  Into space between first 2 double crochet on the wrong side of your work, crochet 3ch, 2dc


granny stripe
Row 2:   *skip two spaces, into third space from hook 3dc

granny stripe
Row 2:  *skip two spaces, into third space from hook 3dc * rep *to* to last 4dc, 3dc into space between last 2dc.

Row 3:  turn work - now working on the right side;  ch 4;  *3dc into space between clusters* rep *to* to last sp between clusters, ch 1, 1dc into sp between last dc on final cluster of Row 2


granny stripe
Row 3:  turn work - now working on the right side;  ch 4;  *3dc into space between clusters*



granny stripe
Row 3:  rep *to* to last sp between clusters, ch 1, 1dc into sp between last dc on final cluster of Row 2

Row 4:   Working on the wrong side of your work;  3ch, 2dc into 1ch sp at end of prev row (i.e the start of this row);  *3dc into space between each cluster* rep *to* to last sp between clusters


granny stripe
Row 4:   Working on the wrong side of your work;  3ch, 2dc into 1ch sp at end of prev row


granny stripe
Row 4:   *3dc into space between each cluster* rep *to* to last sp between clusters

Row 5:  Repeat Row 3

Join the top of the bottom of the Row of Circles in Squares Grannies to the top of the Row of Rainbow Half Grannies using the VISIBLE JOIN

Crochet 5 Stripes onto the top of the Row of Circles in Squares Grannies:

Row 1 (already done in Week 5)

Row 2 - 5:   In the colour of your choice join yarn into first dc of previous row3ch (counts as first dc), 1dc into top of each dc;  repeat  to end 

Crochet 5 Stripes onto the bottom of the Row of Zooty Owls:

Row 1:   Join your yarn into the corner 3ch of the first square in the row; 1dc into the top of each hdc, when you reach a corner on a block 1dc into corner, 1dc into loop of  join, 1dc into corner on next block.   Repeat this to the end of the row of blocks.  1dc into the last corner 3ch.

Row 2 - 5:   In the colour of your choice join yarn into first dc of previous row;  3ch (counts as first dc), 1dc into top of each dc; 1dc into the 1ch over each join;  repeat to end

NOTE:  Rows 1, 3 and 5 are worked on the right side of your work;   Rows 2 and 4 are worked on the wrong side of your work.

Join the top of the bottom of the Row of  Zooty Owls to the top of the Row of Circles in Squares Grannies using the VISIBLE JOIN

This is where I have fallen slightly behind - I did mention that the Zooty Owls were quite a bit of work and so, alas, I have not completed my Zooty Owl row.    But this is what mine looks like so far:


baby groovyghan

There are a good few hours of crochet work involved to get up to this point, so I don't think I am going to load another row of squares onto this week!   I am still trying out a few ideas for the next row anyhow- not quite sure which one(s) to pick yet!

I have a fair bit of catching up to do - so that is what I shall be doing for the rest of the afternoon.

Hope you enjoy crocheting along with me!

If you do notice any errors please do not be shy to point them out - always a bit difficult to proof one's own work!

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