Wade's Blanket CAL, hosted
by Zooty Owl and Kokopelli Design.
I am delighted to present
my third blanket CAL (crochet-a-long)to you. The multi-talented
Andrea of Kokopelli Design will be hosting this CAL with me!!
Here are some details to get you started:
Why are we calling it
"Wade's Blanket CAL"?
Wade is a very brave little
boy who is undergoing chemo at the moment. While we were planning
the CAL I told Andrea that I want to make Wade a blanket for
comfort. So we decided to name this blanket "Wade's
Blanket".
The CAL will be over 16
weeks and we will post a pattern and a photo tutorial on both blogs every two
weeks on Friday, starting March 20th.
There will be four square
patterns, three stripe patterns, and a border. By the end of
the CAL you will have a beautiful blanket in the size you want (depending on
how many squares you make and how wide you make the stripes).
I made this one a while back using oddments of colour left over from other projects:
The patterns are written
for DK (8ply / light worsted) weight yarns and a 5.00mm hook. You can make the
blanket from an assortment of different colours, or you can choose a specific
colour palette - whatever you like!!
I will be using Elle
Pullskein DK (100% Acrylic yarn) from our South African Mill, Saprotex and have
chosen colours which are available in most acrylic yarns - Denim Blue, Blue,
Turquoise, Lime, Bright Green, Lemon and White.
Andrea has chosen Stylecraft Special DK in a "Peacock"
palette:
If you need a few ideas to help you choose your palette BE
INSPIRED BY COLOUR!
Andrea and I look forward to having very many of you join us for this CAL
on 20 March 2015