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My First Hexagon Blanket

10/05/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Free crochet patterns 9 Comments

I haven’t posted anything on my blog for a while, and it may seem that I’ve neglected my blog and work, but believe me, I work very hard to create new patterns and to offer you some (hope to be) beautiful stuff.

I finished this blanket probably a month ago, but immediately after the completion, I’ve got an idea for another blanket, and threw myself into that new project, which isn’t finished yet, and was in the beginning pretty challenging, I must say. All is good now. after many, many trials and errors, I finally told myself: “Dragana, just relax, it doesn’t have at all to be perfect”. (because as you may already know “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” to quote Voltaire), and soon after that, I created the design I was very satisfied with and continued working on the project.

What can I say about this blanket? First, I love the colors. This winter and the beginning of spring were very rainy and gloomy and I really enjoyed working with these bright colors. Second, this is my first hexagon blanket. I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to try something different from squares. I finally did, and I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Dadas place hexagon blanket free pattern

The blanket measures approximately 72 x 80 cm (28″ x 31.5″), and is composed of 116 hexagons! Can you believe that? My last blanket, The English Garden Baby Blanket has only 20 squares, and my Norwegian Forest Blanket only 16. I used my beloved 100% cotton yarn “Tango” 125m/50g from St. George (manufacturer from Serbia who unfortunately doesn’t sell on-line). I used my trusty 3.5 mm crochet hook (USA – size 4).

What else can I say about this blanket? oh, yes, I decided to boost the popularity of hexagons a little (because they deserve it), so I’m going to make free, very detailed step-by-step photo tutorial on how to make these flowery hexagons… Hope you will try them out…

The hexagon step-by-step tutorial is now available here.

And that fringe! I just love it! 🙂

Vintage Style Crochet Blanket Pattern

16/12/2015 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet blankets, Free crochet patterns 132 Comments

Vintage style crochet blanket free pattern

First, I want to thank you all for your kind comments on my previous post. I’m so glad you like my vintage style crochet blanket! So, as promised, I set down and wrote the pattern.

Just a few words before we begin. The Popcorn stitches in the corners (2 Popcorns made in ch-3 space) of each round are made of 4 dc, and I marked them as Popcorn-4 in the pattern .The others Popcorn stitches (round 6-10) are made of 5 dc (marked as Popcorn-5).

So, lets get started!

Free crochet pattern Vintage style vintage blanket

Begin with a magic ring.
Rnd 1: ch-5 in ring (counts as dc and ch-2), * dc in ring, ch-2; Repeat from * 6 more times. Close the ring. Join with slip st to third chain of initial ch-5.
Rnd 2: slip st to next ch-2 space, Beginning Popcorn (chain 3 + 3dc), ch-3, * Popcorn-4 in next ch-2 space, ch-3; Repeat from * 6 more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 3: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 3 dc in next ch-3 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 4: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 5: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 7 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 6: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 5 dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 7: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 5 dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 8: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 5 dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next 3dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 9: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 5 dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next 3dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 3 dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.
Rnd 10: slip st to next ch-3 space, * (Popcorn-4, ch-3, Popcorn-4) in same ch-3 space, ch-2, 2 dc in ch-2 space, dc in next 5 dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next 3dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 3 dc, dc in Popcorn, dc in next dc, Popcorn-5 in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 space, ch-2; Repeat from * three more times. Join with slip st to top of Beginning Popcorn.

Popcorn granny square blanket free pattern

When I finished the blanket, I thought about the border, and given that I wanted very simple edge, in accordance with the blanket, which wouldn’t switch attention from the blanket, I came up with this border. It’s very simple and easy to make.

Row 1: 1 hdc in each stitch, when you reach the left corner of each square make 2 hdc in chain space before Popcorn, 2 dc in chain space after Popcorn (and before the joint of 2 squares), 2 dc in chain space after the joint (and before Popcorn), 2 hdc in chain space after Popcorn (in corners of the blanket: 3 dc in ch-3 space)
Row 2 : 1 dc in each stitch (in corners of the blanket: dc, ch-3, dc in the second dc of the group of 3 dc)

Row 3 : 1 dc in each dc (in corners of the blanket: dc, ch-3, dc in ch-3 space)
Row 4: dc in next 2 dc, Popcorn-6 in next dc; Repeat that along the blanket (in corners: dc, ch-3, dc in ch-3 space)
Row 5 & 6: 1 dc in each stitch (in corners make dc, ch-3, dc in ch-3 space)
Row 7: 1 sc in each dc ( in corners make 3 sc in ch-3 space)

I joined the squares with slip stitch, using only back loops. If you haven’t done this before, Lucy’s step-by-step photo tutorial is a great place to start. Thank you so much Lucy for this awesome and very detailed tutorial!

The other information about the blanket – (yarn, size, crochet hook) you can find in my previous post about the Vintage style crochet blanket.

Hope you will like this pattern. If you encounter any mistake or problem with the pattern, please let me know in the comments. Enjoy!

Now you can buy printable pdf crochet pattern and step-by-step photo tutorial for this blanket for only $3.97 in Dada’s place shop (payment options: credit cards and PayPal). It is available in English and German.

You can also buy it in Dada’s Etsy shop and in Dada’s Ravelry shop (payment option: PayPal)

Vintage style crochet blanket

09/12/2015 by Dada Filed Under: Free crochet patterns 72 Comments

I’ve been fascinated with vintage crochet blankets, for a long time. I’ve already made one for myself, the Smitten blanket using wonderful, free byHaafner’s pattern, which I absolutely adore and use every single day! So, I played around a little with my crochet hook and some yarn, and came up with this vintage style blanket pattern. I especially love how color and texture get on together.

Dada's place vintage blanket free pattern

The blanket measures approximately 105 x 105 cm (41″ x 41″), and it’s consisted of 16 squares (4 x 4). The squares are quite big, 23 x 23 cm (9″ x 9″). The whole blanket weights 680g.

I added very simple edge – a few rows of dc, and one row of Popcorn stitches (6 dc) in the middle. I thought of adding fringe too, but gave up that idea in the end, which is strange, because, regardless of the fact that I really believe in the term: “Les is more”, I almost never stick to this rule. This time I did.

This yarn. I really, really love it, especially this shade of green. It’s very bright, soft, mat, powdery shade of green, one of my favorite colors. And it looks like something from fifties or sixties. It has that vintage touch.

The yarn is no. 464 “Cotton Gold”, from Alize (the Turkish manufacturer) – 55% cotton and 45% acrylic. It’s very soft, and I enjoyed working with it. I spent 7 skeins of 100g, and used 4 mm crochet hook.

Vintage popcorn crochet blanket free pattern

This is me reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big magic“. Actually, just pretending to read, because I had already read the book, before. And I love it very much! I’m a big fan of Elizabet Gilbert and her work. I loved her “Eat, pray, love” (the movie not so much), and I loved her TED talk about Creative Genius even more. By the way, it has more than 2.324.000 views on YouTube. That’s quite impressive! I’m surprised that so many people are interested in creativity! That’s very nice. I’ve always been interested in creativity and I found her ideas about this topic very authentic and interesting, especially the concept that Ideas are alive. The book is clever, interesting, inspiring, and very encouraging, so if you’re interested in topic of creativity and would like to live creative life beyond fear, you should definitively check it out. If you’ve already read the book, please share your impressions in the comments, I would really like to hear your thoughts about this huge book.

I’m so glad that “Big magic” and the vintage blanket I made, are in the same picture!

I’m considering making free pattern for this vintage style blanket, so if you like it, and would like me to do so, please let me know in the comments below. Although I’ve already started on several new projects, if sufficient number of my dear readers express their wish for the free pattern, I will definitively make it, as soon as I finish all the projects I am currently working on.

The Free Vintage Style Crochet Blanket Pattern is now available here.

Now you can buy printable pdf crochet pattern and step-by-step tutorial with lots of pictures for only $3.97! Click here to get the pattern. It is available in English and German.

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