It took me forever to try and figure out how I wanted to make it. Originally I thought I would try and do a tunisisan/afghan stitch on it but in my learning that stitch I discovered that this stitch creates a front and back and to acheive the size I wanted I would have to make smaller sections and sew them together.
Sewing is NOT something I enjoy! Even though I have sown quite a bit of things including clothes I find it frustrating and try to avoid it at all cost lol! And along that same line the Tunisian often requires a backing sown on, again yuck, to hide the yarn stretching across. So I set out trying to come up with my own pattern.
In my researching Tunisian crochet I found that you could crochet using a graph. Hummm never thought about that!! I found a graph online of the NY which was exactly what I wanted and finding it done saved a lot of time!! I found it here http://www.docstoc.com/docs/96193211/NY-Yankees-logo-chart-knit-crochet-pattern
Here's a picture of my graph as I was using it. To keep my place I highlight it as I complete each row!
Then I looked up some more how to crochet with a graph videos and found some great ones but this one from groundhogpeggy on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59pMWiwzkpQ was sooooo helpful!!! This is link is part one but it will take you to the main how to on part 2.
After watching her and seeing her interlocking stitches and how she eliminated a front and back I was on my way!!! I knew doing her method would create a much too big blanket with my graph. Also I didn't want to carry my yarn up thru the stitches, my yarn was pricey and I didn't want to waste it! I decided on a half double crochet (hdc) as my stitch and that each box would represent four hdc (two on the first row and two on the second) instead of groundhogpeggy's six. I stayed with her method of working the rows but like I said I only did two hdc one way and two hdc the other way.
I also just "drop" my yarn and pick up the new one when changing colors. This way I don't waste any! I just leave it hanging attached and start with the new color. This is similar to some of the videos of Tunisian I saw where they make smaller spools of color. But I just made sure I bought enough of each color to leave as one ball and not make any small spools. It does make it interesting at times, trying to keep them from tangling but I found that if I line them up nice like in the picture and put them in order after turning each row they don't get tangled at all.
So that's what it looks like so far!!! Hopefully this isn't too confusing ;( Maybe next time I'll try and write out a pattern for it!
****Update i attempted to write out the pattern!!! You can find it under "Yankees Blanket Instructions"
Awww, I was looking forward for the written pattern =0( but THANKS a million!! This is awesome!! I'll try to make it by just looking at the graph, I'm not too good reading graphs but it's the Yankees and I'll do anything for my Yankees!!!! Thank you again =0)
ReplyDeleteI hope it helps you a little. I'll try and write it all out and hope it's not too confusing!! I've never written a pattern down before so it should be interesting :) but I'll get up!!
ReplyDeleteOk I gave it a whirl! It's under Yankees Blanket Instructions. It looks really long but once you get going on the pattern it goes really fast and is an easy project. It's just the start that seems like it's complicated.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I would do anything my Yankees too!!! This was the #1 thing on my son's Christmas list and he loves it! Good luck,I'm sure you'll get the hang of it!!!