28 July 2016

Ilsa completed - another deeply textured design. I used trebles (US dcs) for the final round to achieve the same size as Maude. I’m using a DK weight yarn and the finished size is just 9.5 inches, despite using a 5mm hook. I must be a tight crocheter.

Using Polly’s colour placement sheets is really helping me get a good impression of the finished result. See here.

1 August 2016

Two more squares finished, River and Rick. Both quite tricky but oh so much fun to make!

6 August 2016

Completed Inara at a leisurely pace. Had to add an extra round after round 10 to bring up the size, then adjust the final two rounds to make sure the stitch count was correct at the end. Took the opportunity to vary the stitch pattern slightly. Another great design from Polly, from the Shiny collection (like River). Every square I make is my new favourite!

7 August 2016

Added another - this one is an amalgam between the 9” Harold block and Harry’s border, both from the Lovestruck collection. Went a bit off-piste with the border again to adjust the size.

14 August 2016

Two more over the last few days - June and Lucy. Wasn’t too sure about Lucy’s raised centre - lovely on its own but I thought the thick texture might contrast too much with the other squares, so I cut it down slightly: 2ch instead of 3ch between the fpscs and only 2 spiral rounds, not 3. Very happy with both squares - I’m learning a bit more every time!

15 August 2016

Decided to try Victor from “Love skunked”. I followed Polly’s brilliant instructions for avoiding a slightly wonky border - trying to avoid being OCD about these squares but if something just doesn’t look quite right it can be irritating! If you make a mistake then rectify (fudge) it so that it doesn’t show, that’s another matter entirely! There are FOUR serious fudges in Victor .

18 August 2016

Finished Zoë, another one from the Shiny collection. Just two more squares then I think I’ll start to join them. Looking forward to exploring pretty continuous join techniques and especially the border - my favourite bit! I need to be told firmly when it’s time to stop. (Though of course there’s always the possibility of adding extra rounds of smaller squares or whatever later on…!)

25 August 2016

Did a bit more matchmaking by adding George’s border to Johnny. They look very happy together . Just one more square to go…

28 August 2016

Fan Dance completed!

31 August 2016

Joined, edged and finished! May well be tempted to add more rows to the border eventually as I have plenty of leftover yarn (of course!!) but meanwhile I’m really pleased with it. For the scallops on the (current) last round I used round 13 from Laurie Dales’s Floral Dimension afghan square. Thank you Laurie, and thank you Polly Plum

11 September, 2016

See next project for the final border .