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I’ve been wanting to crochet a granny stripes blanket for a while now for the bedrooms, but I was afraid of starting one too large, too narrow, well I’ve been searching for the best pattern using fingering mini skeins or left overs, I’m sharing with you today the details of my quest.

I settled on the free pattern from Lucy Attic 24 @attic24 you can find it here :

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/granny-stripes-2

but I decided to make the same modifications as @tinkhickman did for her Cozy Nana stripes blanket, you can find her project specifications here :

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Tinkhickman/granny-stripes

The only change I made was to start using the chainless foundation technique, meaning I crocheted 300 stitches with chainless foundation then I skipped row 1 from the pattern (it no longer applied to me) and went directly to row 2.

It makes the whole project much more stretchy, believe me I already tried with the regular chain foundation and this is a game changer.

For the rest I followed Lucy’s pattern and used a 3mm hook and same size as Deb @tinkhickman.

I find her choices perfect for if you are looking for the perfect scrappy / minis granny stripes blanket, let me tell you why :

When you change color on each row it uses (it can be slightly different regarding your tension) 5 gr of fingering sock yarn. Which is really perfect if you are using minis or leftovers.

The finished width of the blanket is 170 cm / 66,92 inches, I think it will be the perfect size to fully cover a single bed blanket (vertically) or as a queen sized bed throw at the feet ( horizontally ).

I couldn’t decide on a color palette, I wanted to make a pastel neon cutie for my girl, or a moody mauve / neutrals for me, I am a woman of decisions, I started both :)

I don’t know what the total yardage will be for the finished project. So far I’m using the following mini skeins for my pastel neon cutie, in order of appearance :

Olympia, Chloris, Helios, Aphrodite, Musa, Apollo, Siren, Peach, Achlys, Dream, Unicorn poop (dark batch), Lightning bolt.

Next ones waiting in the project bag : Rose, Orchis, Pegasus, Love spell, Zephyr, Fairytale, Freshwater, Andromeda, Unicorn poop, Sunset, Callisto, Phobos, Evanescence, Seaglass, Demeter, Aurora, Calypso.

For my moody mauve neutral one, in order of appearance :

Forbidden fruit, Thorns, Harmonia, Bud, Naive, Happy dye 777, Envy, Hope, Spring Blooms, Sanctuary, Atlas, Zephyr, Styx, Evanescence.

Next ones waiting in the project bag : Sassenach, Rust, Evanescence, Arachne, Melpomene.

I’ll keep you updated regularly on Instagram on both those projects, in the meantime I have both projects up on ravelry : 

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/artemisyarns/granny-stripes

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/artemisyarns/granny-stripes-2

It's that time again, I worked very hard to be able to list many different colorways for this update, but it means I had to focus on less different bases. There will be a great amount of Artemis Soft Sock and some Artemis single. 

I have dyed some of my oldest colorways, it's been a while since I dyed Athena, Persephone or Boreas. It makes me so happy to see them back in the store. 

I have found so many beautiful fades while taking pictures, I will show them below, to present colorways and maybe give you so inspirations :

From left : Reverie, Mystical, Orion, Ritual, Persephone, Athena, Harmonia and Artemis 

From left : Musa, Freshwater, Aquarius, Artemis, Pythia and Divine 

From left : Mystical, Hyacinth, Siren, Boreas and Harmonia

 

Also for this update I'm trying something new, you were many to express your stress regarding updates, trying to snag the yarn you want while discovering it at the same time can be really complicated. I took it in consideration and tried to come up with a solution, all items that will be listed on saturday are now live with the tiny label "Coming soon", you cannot purchase it now, it will only be available on staruday at 8pm CEST as usual But it allows you to take your time to discover colorways and bases available. If you need to know how many skeins of a colorway will be listed just look at the picture and for most of them it's the same, if I happen to have more in stock than 4 skeins, I mentionned it in the product description. I really hope it will give a smoother and more enjoyable experience for everyone !

 See you Saturday ! happy sneak peek in the meantime ! 

 

Natacha