Crochet Square 14 ~ Stitched and Blocked

 

Block 14 worked up quickly for my

 Squares Sampler Crochet Blocks  

This the second block in this bobble stitch pattern for 

7th Pattern Stitch @ The Inspired Wren Crochet Along.

This block is now drying on my blocking board overnight.

It measured very close to 12" but I block all my blocks so they will 

stitch together well when it comes tome to assemble my afghan.

In my last post I said I would talk a little about the adjustments I have made because I am using

 Red Heart Super Saver, 

which is worsted weight yarn.

In the 

Crochet Sampler Crochet Along @ The Inspired Wren

which I am following to make these blocks, the yarn is 

Caron Simply Soft, which is a light weight worsted yarn.

The original pattern also calls for size H - 8 crochet hook

and the blocks measure 9 inches.

My yarn is a thicker worsted weight yarn 

and I am using a Size J

Amour Crochet Hook by Clover

My blocks are measuring 12 inches square.

My block has 17 bobbles per row and 18 rows, as specified in the pattern.

As I started my row with a Foundation Single Crochet (FSC) row,

Foundation Single Crochet (FSC) ~ Video Tutorial 

~ Hooked by Robin

I did have to make a small adjustment to the instructions:

 I started with 34 FSC, instead of 36 chain stitches.

For my first row I chain stitched 3 chains before starting my first bobble.

When using a FSC start I look at how the rows are turned to determine how many stitches I need to start my pattern. 

I hope this information is helpful to anyone who may wish to follow along with how I am making my afghan.

As with quilting, I always find what works best for me when I crochet and use this as my guide.

May you find what works best for you in your creative place. 

Happy Hooking!

Crochet Squares Sampler Progress ~ Block 13 Reimagined

 

Here is Block 13 for my 

 Squares Sampler Crochet Blocks  

This is a improv of the original pattern:

7th Pattern Stitch @ The Inspired Wren Crochet Along,

which is an easy and fun bobble stitch.

Originally, I had planned to make this block in a solid pink.

 When I Started Here ~ Squares Sampler Afghan,

I had only one skein of each color yarn in my small yarn stash which was several years old.  

After I decided on my colors, I needed to find more yarn,

I had to purchase more yarn and, of course, I could not get the same dye lots.

So if you look close you can see the top three rows of the pink block are a newer brighter version of the same pink. 

After looking at this I decided that I needed to find a way to better integrate the new shade of Petal Pink yarn.

So I pulled out my top five rows and added some light gray and a row of the new pink and a row of the darker Perfect Pink yarn so that all my pinks were featured in this block.

Today it is snowing and I am working on Block 14 in light gray.

I have had several readers comment that they are following my methods in this crochet along for future reference. My next post will be about the adjustments I have had to make to allow for the fact my yarn is not the weight in the original sample quilt.  

I am using Red Heart Super Saver Yarn, 

which is worsted weight.

May you stay warm and well and safe from the storms of life.