Just like with my Seaside Stash Busting Blanket last year, this crochet along has brought together such a wonderful community of crocheters from all around the world – over 30 different countries that I know of! 🙂 All crocheting these stitches at the same time, creating the same blanket in so many different colours and sharing our love of crochet together!!
I really can’t put into words just how very special that is… ❤️❤️❤️
And here’s the round-up of blankets from this week over on Instagram and Facebook… I wish I could feature every single blanket made as I genuinely adore them all…
So our final rounds are the edging – and it just had to be shells tipped with a white edge to resemble the tips of those waves as the changing tides come in and out… 🙂
For those of you who have purchased the PDF pattern on Ravelry it has now been updated to include Week 16 in both UK and US terms…
Ravelry – Changing Tides Blanket
And before we start with this weeks rounds, here are more photos of my finished blanket taken on the very beach that inspired so many of those stitches and certainly the ‘Changing Tides‘ name!
And here it is on a double bed to show it’s size – it’s a big heavy blanket oozing texture…
And of course some more ‘Salty’ photos too… I’ve loved seeing so many of you share photos of your blankets with your very loved pets!
So here are our final rounds… 🙂
Here’s a reminder of the abbreviations in UK Crochet Terminology – US terms are at the end of this blog post.
ch: chain, ch-sp(s): chain space(s), dc: double crochet, RS: right side, ss: slip stitch, st(s): stitch(es), tr: treble
And there’s a YouTube tutorial to accompany this final week too…
Round 81 (RS) Join Yarn B to any corner ch-sp, 1ch (counts as first dc), * miss 2 sts, 7tr in next st, (miss 2 sts, 1dc in next st, miss 2 sts, 7tr in next st) and repeat to end of side, miss final 2 sts and work 2dc in corner ch-sp, repeat from * on next 3 sides finishing with 1dc in final corner ch-sp, ss to first ch, fasten off, do not turn [32 shells on each side]
Round 82 (RS) Join Yarn C to any corner ch-sp inserting hook into corner space from Round 80, 1ch (counts as first dc, 1dc in same space, continue with * (1dc in next 7 sts around shell, miss next st inserting hook into same place as dc from Round 81 and work 1dc) to end of side, 2dc in corner ch-sp from Round 80, repeat from * on next 3 sides ending with ss to first ch, fasten off and weave in all ends
And that’s our blanket finished… 🙂
I took my blanket to the Isle of Wight earlier in the year which I wrote a blog post about here
And I couldn’t resist a photo of both my ‘Crochet Along’ blankets together…
It’s been an amazing journey… thank you so much for crocheting along with me and I hope your blankets will be enjoyed for years to come… I know mine will!
And what next? Well I have some exciting projects to share with you all over the coming months so you’ll have something new for your hooks soon! And maybe, just maybe, I’ll host another crochet along in 2020… 🙂
Happy Crocheting Everyone… 🙂
PATTERN IN US TERMS
Abbreviations in US Crochet Terminology
ch: chain, ch-sp(s): chain space(s), dc: double crochet, RS: right side, sc: single crochet, sl st: slip stitch, st(s): stitch(es)
Round 81 (RS) Join Yarn B to any corner ch-sp, 1ch (counts as first sc), * skip 2 sts, 7dc in next st, (skip 2 sts, 1sc in next st, skip 2 sts, 7dc in next st) and repeat to end of side, skip final 2 sts and work 2sc in corner ch-sp, repeat from * on next 3 sides finishing with 1sc in final corner ch-sp, sl st to first ch, fasten off, do not turn [32 shells on each side]
Round 82 (RS) Join Yarn C to any corner ch-sp inserting hook into corner space from Round 80, 1ch (counts as first sc, 1sc in same space, continue with * (1sc in next 7 sts around shell, skip next st inserting hook into same place as sc from Round 81 and work 1sc) to end of side, 2sc in corner ch-sp from Round 80, repeat from * on next 3 sides ending with sl st to first ch, fasten off and weave in all ends