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Weldy Shawl Pattern

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weldy crochet shawl pattern by dadas place

Before I started working on Weldy shawl, I’d had a picture of a beautiful, simple and elegant shawl in my mind. I must admit that I liked that picture very much. Maybe, I even fell in love with it. Having high expectations might lead to disappointment. Because the end result must be almost perfect. With this shawl, though, I managed to avoid disappointment, because the end result was even better than the picture in my mind. And this rarely happens. My thinking usually goes something like this: “I should have made this part differently, or I should have used a different yarn/color/hook…, or I should have made it bigger/smaller/longer…, or I should have… you know what I mean. There’s always something that I should have made differently. Not this time. This time everything turned out exactly as I wanted. Even better.

crochet shawl pattern by dadasplace

Since I finished the shawl, I’ve been using it all the time. I love to have it around. To wrap myself in it, and to look at it. It’s soft and warm. I don’t even feel uncomfortable bragging about it.

Weldy crochet shawl pattern by dadasplace

I used Alize Angora Gold yarn. It’s beautiful, fluffy and very affordable. It’s quite thin, 100 g/550 m (3.58 Oz/601 yds) 80% Acrylic, 20% Wool. I used 3 skeins of 100g – approximately 280 g or 1540m
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The size: It’s 170 cm (67”) wide and 80 cm (31.5”) long, after blocking. It’s quite big, but you can easily make it smaller if you make fewer repeats.

crochet pattern - weldy shawl by dadas place

The shawl is quite simple to make. I designed it using only several stitches: a magic ring, a chain stitch, a single crochet, a double crochet, a bobble stitch, and a front post treble crochet. That’s all.
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As always, the pattern is very detailed. It includes: row-by-row written pattern, photo tutorial, stitch counts and several crochet charts. All that packed in 14 pages.

Weldy Shawl pattern by dadas place

Weldy shawl pattern is now available in Dada’s place shop, here. You can purchase it also in Dada’s Ravelry shop and Dada’s Etsy shop as well.
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I’m looking forward to seeing your versions of Weldy shawl, so please share the pictures of your beautiful shawls on Facebook and Instagram and don’t forget to tag me and to use #weldyshawl hash tag.

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Click here to get Weldy shawl pattern.

Timi Blanket Pattern

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Mosaic crochet blanket pattern Timi blanket 1

Today I’m very happy to introduce the new blanket in my quite a big blanket collection! I’m not sure if it’s my fifteenth blanket pattern, but I’m 100% sure that I put a lot of my time, hard work, effort, heart and soul into this pattern. It’s my first mosaic crochet pattern which I fell in love with 2-3 months ago when I tried it for the first time. It is a technique which allows you to do colorwork, carrying only one color at a time. You don’t have to switch colors all the time. It’s very convenient. Also it allows you to draw with your crochet hook, which I really like, because prior to being a crochet designer I had worked as an illustrator and graphic a designer. So, as you can guess, I love drawing and painting and playing with colors…

Mosaic crochet pattern Timi blanket 2

I named the blanket after my Tibetan terrier, Timi. He’s adorable, very loyal and funny. I call him my black and white shadow, because he follows me everywhere I go, all day long. If I’m working, he’s under my desk. If I’m taking a shower, he guards the bathroom door. If I go outside of the room, he immediately comes after me. Only sometimes (when he’s tired or just lazy) he waits several minutes to see if I’m coming back, and if I’m not, he comes to see what I’m doing, and why I’m not coming back. And he does it in such an unobtrusive way. He’s not boring or demanding at all. And he’s also very handsome and cute! So, it doesn’t come as a surprise that I adore him! I also love our morning and afternoon walks. I usually listen to one of my favorite podcasts, while he’s doing his stuff like sniffing, peeing on every other tree, bush or blade of grass, thoroughly marking the territory on our walk. As if he wants to say: I’ve been here.

Tibetan Terrier Timi

He likes dog treats very, very, very, very much, so a part of this pattern’s sales will help me to supply him with his favorite biscuits.

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And now a word about the blanket. The size: 85 x 115 cm (33” x 45”). It’s easily adjustable. You just need to add or subtract (deduct) as many repeats as needed to suit your desirable size.

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I used 100% cotton yarn Tango from St. George 125m/50g, which is between Sport (Baby) and Light worsted (DK) yarn. Since Tango yarn isn’t available online, you can substitute it with Catona yarn from Scheepjeswol, or Catania from Schachenmayr. They’re both 100% cotton yarns, the same weight as Tango, and they come in a variety of colors and shades.

Mosaic crochet blanket pattern by Dadas place

I used two different crochet hook sizes. A 3 mm for stitch pattern and a 3.5 for mosaic panels. It is quite a simple pattern and uses only three basic stitches: simple crochet, double crochet and chain stitch, and a special stitch: mosaic double crochet. That’s all. Mosaic double crochet isn’t complicated at all and I included a very detailed step-by-step picture tutorial on how to make it. So, you don’t have to worry if you’ve never tried mosaic crochet before.

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As always, the pattern is very detailed. There is a written pattern, a row-by-row mosaic panel picture tutorial, a step-by-step guide on how to make mosaic double crochet, a step-by-step photo tutorial on how to make the tassels, 5 crochet and mosaic charts, and a very detailed explanation on how to read a mosaic chart. All that packed in 12 page pattern.

Timi blanket Crochet mosaic blanket pattern

The blanket is very graphic and modern, which I really like, and it can be made in various colors. While choosing the yarn, make sure that you pick the colors that are contrasting enough. Don’t chose colors which have the same intensity of color. The best choice is one light and one dark color, whatever the actual colors are.

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The Timi blanket pattern is now available in Dada’s place shop, here, and you can purchase it also in Dada’s Ravelry shop and Dada’s Etsy shop as well.

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I’m looking forward to seeing your versions of Timi blanket, so please share your pictures on Facebook and Instagram and don’t forget to tag me and to use #timiblanket hash tag.

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Free Crochet Pattern: How to be a wildflower blanket (part 3)

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How to be a wildflower blanket free crochet tutorial

And here it is, the final part of the How to be a Wildflower blanket tutorial. Hope you’ve already tried to make some squares and joined them together.

You can find the tutorial for the square here. When you learn how to make a square, click here to see how to join them together.

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And now, we’re going to learn how to make this simple border.

Free Crochet border tutorial by dadas place

1. Start the border at the last ch-6 space before the left corner of the blanket. Make standing sc.

2. Make ch-5, sc into the next ch-4 space, ch-5, skip the next 3 tr, sc in the next tr, ch-7, sc in the next tr, ch-5, sc in the next ch-4 space;

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3. *[ch-5, sc in the next chain-6 space] 3 times, ch-5, sc in the next ch-4 space, ch5, skip the next 3 tr, sc in the next tr, ch-5, sc in the next tr, ch-5, skip the next 3 tr, sc in the next ch-4 space; Repeat from * around the blanket. In corners repeat the procedure from picture 2.

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4. When you reach the beginning of the row, join with slip stitch to standing sc.

5. Make 7 sc in the next 2 ch-5 spaces, 9 sc in the next ch-7 space (the corner), 7 sc in the next 2 ch-5 spaces;

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6. Continue making 7 sc in each ch-5 space and 9 sc in corners, until you reach the beginning of the row.

7. Join with slip stitch to the next sc, and make slip st in the next 3 sc.

Free crochet border tutorial by dadas place 5

8. Make ch-5, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc, ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc,ch-6, skip the next sc, sl st in the next sc, ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc;

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9. * ch-5, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc;

10. Repeat from * around the blanket; In corners repeat the steps from picture 8;

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11. When you reach the beginning of the row, make ch-3, dc in the fourth sl st (look at the previous picture);

12. Begin the next row by making 3 sc over the post of dc we’ve just made;

Free crochet blanket and border pattern

13. Make 7 sc in the next ch-5 space;

14. Make 8 sc in the next 3 ch-6 spaces;

Free crochet blanket tutorial by dadas place

15. Continue making 7 sc in each ch-5 space and 8 sc in ch-6 spaces of the corners,

16. until you reach the beginning of the row.

Free crochet blanket pattern and step by step tutorial by dadas place

17. Make 4 sc in the next ch-3 space.

18. make ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc;

Free crochet baby blanket step by step tutorial by dadas place

19. ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc, ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc, ch-6, skip the next 2 sc, sl st in the next sc, ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc;

20. *ch-6, skip the next 6 sc, sl st in the next sc; Repeat from * around the blanket. In corners repeat the steps from the previous picture;

Free crochet blanket pattern and step by step tutorial

21. until you reach the beginning of the row;

22. make ch-3, skip the next 6 sc, make tr in the next sc;

23. work 4 sc over the post of tr you’ve just made;

Free How to be a wildflower blanket pattern

24. make 4 sc in the next ch-6 space. Now, we’re going to make a picot stitch, so make ch-3. The needle indicates where you should make sl st, it’s the fourth stitch from the hook.

25. Insert the hook through both loops of that stitch, yo and draw the yarn through the stitch and through the loop on your hook.

How to be a wildflower blanket free crochet pattern

26. Make 4 sc in the same space;

27. * make [4 sc, picot, 4 sc] in the next ch-6 space; repeat from * around the blanket,

How to be a wildflower crochet blanket free pattern

28. and in corners,

29. until you reach the beginning of the row.

Free crochet tutorial by Dadas place How to be a wildflower blanket

30. Make 4 sc in the last chain space, then picot stitch.

31. Now, we’re going to make an invisible join, so cut the yarn and pull it through the stitch. Thread the tapestry needle. Skip the first sc, and insert your needle through both loops of the next sc, from back to front and pull it through.

Free crochet blanket pattern and step by step tutorial by dadas place

32. Insert your needle back through the last stitch you made, through back loop only and pull it through.

33. Wave in the yarn end.

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Hope you’ll like the tutorial. If you make your own How to be a wildflower blanket please share it on Facebook or Instagram using #howtobeawildflowerblanket hashtag.

How to be a wildflower blanket free crochet pattern by dadas place

I would really, really, really appreciate it if you also added your finished blanket into your Ravelry projects. I will chose the best photos and post it among the other pictures on the pattern page, so everybody will be able to see it.

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This pattern is written & designed by me, Dragana Savkov Bajic. Please do not claim the pattern as your own, do not share, translate, or publish this pattern or parts of this pattern anywhere without my permission. You can sell the finished product for this pattern. Please give credit to me as a designer for the pattern and if you sell them online, please provide a link to my website.

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The first part of the tutorial: How to make the square is available here.

The second part of the tutorial: How to join the squares is available here.

Free crochet blanket patterns by dadas place

Click here to check out my other free crochet patterns and step-by-step tutorials.