{"id":70,"date":"2019-05-09T16:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T16:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?p=70"},"modified":"2019-05-16T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T11:31:22","slug":"first-crocheted-blankets-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/2019\/05\/09\/first-crocheted-blankets-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"First Crocheted Blankets (2014\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/first-blankets-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/first-blankets-together.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/first-blankets-together-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/first-blankets-together-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided that next progress would be to crochet small things that could be put together to make something more significant.  I picked a nice grey and blue wool.  I remembered making a hexagon patchwork cushion as a child, so decided a hexagon would be a good plan.  I found a hexagonal granny square (!) pattern and went with that.  I started off doing all grey or all blue, but then had a go at mixing them up.  I used to carry crochet around with me wherever I went, so when waiting to pick up kids, I did a bit of crochet.  It still took a long time to do &gt;100 hexagons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hexagons were then &#8216;arranged&#8217; to look &#8216;random&#8217;.  Crocheted together in rows, and then the rows crocheted together.  I also learnt, when doing a later blanket, that it is a really GOOD IDEA to sew ends in AS YOU GO, so it isn&#8217;t such a chore at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t part of a blanket pattern, so I made up the border (I will have to have a close look to see what I did)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"49\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/hexes1\/\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes1-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"48\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/hexes\/\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes.jpg 704w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hexes-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"366\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hex-blanket.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"47\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/hex-blanket\/\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hex-blanket.jpg 206w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hex-blanket-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This blanket as claimed by my son, so I then had to do one for my daughter.  I used the same grey, and a nice lilac.  She chose a triangle blanket pattern in one of my Mum&#8217;s magazines.  There are 110 triangles in this one.  I sewed these together instead of crocheting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"206\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lone-triangle.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"50\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/lone-triangle\/\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lone-triangle.jpg 366w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lone-triangle-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangles-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/triangles\/\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangles-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangles-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangles-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangles.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangle-blanket.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/triangle-blanket\/\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangle-blanket.jpg 704w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/triangle-blanket-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided that next progress would be to crochet small things that could be put together to make something more significant. I picked a nice grey and blue wool. I remembered making a hexagon patchwork cushion as a child, so decided a hexagon would be a good plan. I found a hexagonal granny square (!) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/2019\/05\/09\/first-crocheted-blankets-2014\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","tag-crochet","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}