This is Chris Simon’s Flowerburst Square and a nicely designed piece it is.
I have no idea about actual amounts because I was using left-overs, for the most part, and trying to use up colors. I worked with what I had available and didn’t measure anything beforehand. I will admit, however, to being absolutely abysmal in judging how much yarn I’m going to need - especially for crochet so, in the end, I did have to purchase more black yarn in order to finish the squares’ borders. It goes without saying that I bought twice as much as I ended up needing :)
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That is just lovely, Robbyn!
Someone I know does child sized afghans. She uses at least 2 supersaver skeins in black for each one, or perhaps she said 3? Anyway, it is a lot… and you have a lovely larger piece there… so I’m sure you used a much bigger bunch!
Kathleen - Thanks! When I finally got to spread it out last night and see the whole thing I was very pleased. And Myria just stared at it with her mouth open :)
I can make a guess about the black because I had two skeins (the Supersaver - 7 oz) to start with. I bought four more and used two of those. So about 28 oz of the black.
Oh, and about two skeins of the cream - and the leftovers measured in inches. I barely made it!
The rest is anybody’s guess :)
Yay! You finished! It looks beautiful! I love the colors!
Applauding.
It looks fantastic! I think you should absolutely make another one.
Lisa - Thanks! Obviously I like the colors and have used them before because they were all left-overs. But if I were going to make another one, I think blues would definitely get the nod this time.
I love pinks, but i think I’ve had enough of them for a while :)
Marie - The thing that amazed me most was that once I figured out how I wanted to proceed, it only took a couple of weeks to do. I know crocheting is fast, but I thought this would take a lot lomnger to make and put together than that!
Thanks for the nice thoughts :)
Beautiful - congratulations!
Lynne - Thanks!
gorgeous Robbyn - its a credit to you
hugs, Nat
Nat - Thanks! The designer calls this an intermediate pattern, but really, i think it’s easy :)
so okay, now i’m curious! What’s happened to your knitting table?
Wow that was fast. It is lovely, I really like the color mix.
Vicki
Vicki - It took exactly two weeks and, honestly, I was surprised it went so quickly! It’s all the excellence of Chris Simon’s design which flowed and filled out perfectly. I don’t think I’ve ever worked with a better designed square.
Gorgeous! The black really pulls it all together. I just love it. :)
Opal - Thanks :) You like it even though it’s pink? Heheh… It was a fun, fairly fast project and I’m very pleased at how things came together.
But I have to stop relying on black as the unifying color. It’s easy and has the added benefit of amking things look like stained glass - but it isn’t the only thing that could be used. Definitely something i have to think about :)
