Janie Crow Delft blanket

I googled the Delft blanket pattern .
I also love blue and cream together and am reminded of crockery .
Recently I've been looking at dark blue and turquoise on tile patterns in traditional Islamic art and wonder if I can incorporate them into my art work .

If I'm stuck on a knitting /crochet project I have to ask a friend.
It's her forte and certainly not mine.
I met my gifted friend at church - but you don't always have to be a member of the congregation to attend the craft groups .

Why not see if your local churches offer craft sessions ?

Yes, I have made it as a gift but still have the pattern.

Are you just stuck on Round 12 or saying that what you have so far isn't looking right?

Do you know how to read the charts?

It is fiddly but once you have a couple of motifs under your belt it should all become easier.

Maybe do one round at a time on several motifs so that you become familar with each round.

Stock photo.

Just finished a blanket (Sweet Blossom blanket) and wondering what to do next - without buying any more yarn!!

I think I'd need to purchase a lot more to tackle this one, but it is lovely.

Why not see if your local churches offer craft sessions ?

Good idea, or the U3A if you are a member.

I’m stuck on Row 12… Many thanks for your encouragement though. I don’t know how to read charts…

Maybe do one round at a time on several motifs so that you become familar with each round.

I did something similar with a different design recently. Did all the centres, about five rounds, first. It was easier to get into a rhythm. However, it wasn't such a complicated pattern as the centres were 'flowers' then the rest of the squares mostly Granny stitch with colour changes to form an overall pattern.

Several of us did the Persian Tiles throw a few years ago, by the same designer. The most common solution to a problem was to check that the previous round was correct.

Without seeing the pattern (both R11 and R12), and no tutorial, I suggest expanding a photo of her tile to see if that shows you what to do next (or identifies a mistake in the previous round)

Don't worry about your 'capabilities', the least experienced crocheter completed the Tiles throw. After all, if you can double, treble and chain, you can crochet anything. Good luck

I'm guessing that rather than struggling with the stitches themselves i.e. the tr3tog clusters, what's throwing you is that on Round 12, you are having to work into some stitches from Round 10 and some from Round 11.

Copyright means I can't show the pattern here.

Even if you can't read the chart, you do have a photo of the motif after each round. Are you using that as a guide as well as the words and numbers in the written pattern?

Can you post a photo of what you've done so far? I might be able to see where you are going wrong.

Thanks for the encouragement, Chardy.
Graphite, I am struggling with the tr3tog stitches and knowing which stitches to work into from Round 10 and 11. I spent a while looking for a good tutorial for tr3tog stitches this morning. I had obviously used one earlier in the pattern but couldn’t find it…
Yes, am trying to check the photo on the pattern. Will have another go tomorrow when my brain is a bit more awake!
Thanks, everyone.

I am assuming you are working from the English pattern for a treble (double in US terms).

For tr3tog you work the treble as usual except that you don’t do the final yo pull through as you work each stitch. You end up with four stitches on the hook including the one that was on the hook before you started to work the tr3tog. Then you yo and pull the yarn through all four.

If you look at the chart below the instructions for Round 12 it does make it clearer where you have to work. It’s on page seven.

It says: Use this chart to work Rounds 11–12 working behind the 5ch-chain loops worked on Round 10.

You can see that Round 11 is shown in black and Round 12 in grey. Rounds 9 and 10 are in blue.

Look for the black dot at the top of the chart which is the start of the Round 12. Can you see what looks like a seed with two lines through? That’s tr2tog. And what looks like a coffee bean with three lines through. That’s tr3tog. The symbols are explained at the side.

You need to join the new yarn into one of the 5 chain loops from Round 10.

Work ch1, ch2, tr2tog (counts as tr3tog). Then ch3 and another tr3tog, ch3, tr3tog.

Where to next?

Underneath the left hand tr3tog “coffee bean” you can see the start of three dc from the previous round where you worked 3 dc, ch4, dc, ch4, 3dc. The dc look like crosses.

You are going to skip the first one of those 3dc, work a dc into the middle one and ch1 over the third.

The pattern is dc, ch1, *dc, ch2, dc ch2, dc, ch2, dc, ch1, dc. What you are doing from * is working dc, 2ch, dc into the 4ch of Round 11 (which were worked into the 5 ch loops of Round 9).

When you get to the end of the section you skip the last of the dcs in the group of three.

Now you are at another 5 ch loop from Round 10 where you repeat tr3tog, ch3, tr2tog, ch3, tr3 tog.

When you get to the end of the round you will work the final dc into the middle dc of the final three dc from Round 11 skipping the last one.

That’s why I asked if you can read a chart. If you can learn how to do this it will make it a lot easier to follow the pattern.

I hope that helps rather than confuse you more.

Thank you so much, Graphite. I’m actually away atm and am working from a photo on my iPad of the bit of the pattern with Round 12 on it. I will be home late Thursday and will have another go with your instructions and the chart on Friday morning.
I appreciate your kind help very much.

Woollywoman

Thank you so much, Graphite. I’m actually away atm and am working from a photo on my iPad of the bit of the pattern with Round 12 on it. I will be home late Thursday and will have another go with your instructions and the chart on Friday morning.
I appreciate your kind help very much.

I don't know if this Facebook group could help too, Woollywoman? I'm not a member so can't see the posts.

However, I joined a Facebook group for another designer's patterns and found it very helpful.

You are welcome WW. I would hate to think of you buying all the yarn to make the blanket and then giving up! If you bought the recommended yarn that's over £55.

Do get back to me if you are still struggling. Happy to help.

It's a lovely blanket 🙂
I hope you can solve the problem with the help from Graphite and can achieve a good result, Woollywoman

Thanks so much, everybody! Btw, I was hedging my bets - I haven’t bought all the wool😁

Wow! Ive just looking it up and it is beautiful. I might have a go at that. Sorry OP but I don’t have any help for you.

I get an enormous amount of pleasure from attending craft groups and go to 3 most weeks. It seems to be crochet that people get into most difficulties with but I've never tried - I'm a sewer. Going to a group is great socially even if you don't need help but most groups have a 'fount of all knowledge' in them who sorts out everyones difficuties. We also share resources such as books, left over fabric or wool and magazines as well as sharing expertise.

Woollywoman

Thanks so much, everybody! Btw, I was hedging my bets - I haven’t bought all the wool😁

I decided I might need to buy too much yarn if this was the next project, so am planning on making something with my stash.
Unfortunately - have had to order some colours as I don't have them all 😀 and so it goes on!

The pattern has graphs and I've never tackled patterns with graphs before.

Hi Graphite, thank you so much. Progress! I have completed Round 12, thanks to your wonderfully clear instructions. Tr3tog now makes sense, and I have started to look at charts.
I am now concerned I haven’t done Rounds 1-11 properly, and am going to start another square with my new-found skills.
I really appreciate your kind help - it’s made a big difference to me.

Well done Woollywoman

Sorry I don't have any help but wow! what a lovely project.

I'm doing a baby blanket in a basketweave pattern and that's quite enough for me.

I am very pleased to hear that Woollywoman.

As one of my old college tutors used to say, Don't say you can't do it. Only say you can't do it yet!

And now you can.

Thanks again, Graphite - you are so helpful.

Thanks too, Chardy and everyone who posted😊

Such a lovely thread!
It has really inspired me to drag out the Persian Tiles kit I bought a few years ago.