Janie Crow Delft blanket

PS I DIDN’T need more yarn!!! 😂

I’ve really enjoyed reading this thread, fantastic help given so generously. I bought a crochet kit but gave up and just used the yarn for granny squares!

I always knit the 2 sleeves simultaneously

Working several shapes at a time also has the benefit of that pleasing moment when you can put several completed pieces together to see how it's all looking. Good if you aren't following the colour combination in the printed pattern.

Psychological, I know, but knitting socks is similar. I always work two at a time to avoid what I've heard called "second sock syndrome" - when you've finished one but can't work up the enthusiasm to start the second. It has happened to me that I have returned to a vanilla sock project after a longish break and worked the heel turn on the second sock differently to the one on the first sock! Not the end of the world but it doesn't happen now that I work two at a time.

There's always at least one (!) round that's really awkward, and this always you to focus on sorting it out, rather than those "How did I tackle this yesterday/last week?" moments.

Thank you Woollywoman for bringing this lovely pattern to everyone's attention. It's a beauty

Hi Chardy, thank you very much - that’s interesting and makes sense. Will give it a go. Thanks again.

Graphite

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.

I agree with Graphite, in the past I've had all the tiles on the go simultaneously. So for Persian Tiles I did 16 Round 4s then 16 Round 5s etc

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

Thanks again, Graphite - you are so helpful.

Thanks too, Chardy and everyone who posted😊

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.

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.

Well done Woollywoman

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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'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.

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