Hi all,
It’s been awhile since I shared anything… not a well woman these days… but thinking positively I have been a little busy also…
At 52, I have 2 women in my life that I can truly call my best friends… the first, Carrol, I have known for 21 years this May… the second, Lyn, I have known for 15 years also this May… I met both of them in different towns at different stages of my life. Carrol I met in a western Queensland town called Quilpie (beautiful opal country) and Lyn I met right here in Toowoomba.
Carrol loves Sunflowers, Lyn loves Blue Wrens and I love Butterflies. Besides doting on our grandchildren nothing give us… well me anyway 😀 … more joy than to give each other gifts of the thing they love the most… I make theirs of course…
Last Nov (2015) Lyn turned 55 so I made her a friendship quilt with 2 Blue Wren in the centre (male & female) and they were surrounded by embroidered friendship quotes, she loved it… and I hear she won’t even share it with her hubby on cold nights hehe…
Now, Carrol will be 60 this May (2016) so I searched Google using,”crochet sunflower patterns free”, and found this sunflower hexagon idea from Zelna at zootyowlcards.blogspot.com who in turn referenced her creation to FIONA so then I searched Google again using, “crochet hexagon pattern free” to put with the Sunflower ones, I found this one… crafts.tutsplus.com and the end result is this Lap-ghan I have finally finished for Carrol’s birthday present… I intend to add a few other little things to the box like a Sunflower Potholder I’ve half finished from a pattern I bought off Ravelry “The Crocodile Flower” by Joyce Lewis, and some Sunflower Coasters and a couple of hand-towels I found.
Anyway I just wanted to share my finished lap-ghan I’ve named “Sunshine & Cream”. I hope you all like it as much as I do (I love the honeycomb effect) and I hope Carrol will too.
Thanks for reading my long winded post 😛 I wish you all – Love & Happiness; Peace & Harmony in everything you do… xo
Crafty Charli 
Charli, Your work is so beautiful. I am sure your friends love their gifts.
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Thank you Chris…
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This blanket is amazing is there a pattern for it please ?
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Thanks but which blanket are you referring to Lesley?
If it’s the crocheted Sunflower one I can help out as I put links to the sites where I got the different patterns from in the my blog under the pictures.
If it’s the Fairy Wren friendship quilt I purchased the wren applique pattern at The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Quilting Exhibition and I got the friendship quotes from a quilting magazine I purchased at the Newsagents a few years ago so sorry I can’t help any more than that due to copy-write.
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Hi, your friends are very lucky to have someone make them these absolutely beautiful gifts. I’m sure they will treasure them for years to come. I just love to crochet but it doesn’t always come easy for me to follow a pattern. My daughter Kate loves the shark slippers and I would just love to make them for her. I’m having trouble however finding a pattern as she has size 9/10 feet. Any way you can help me with this?
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have a go at adjusting the pattern using my “gauge” in my post Shark Slipper for other sizes… these are made to Ollie’s foot measurements not a shoe size… if you take the measurements in the same places and use the gauge you should be able to work it out… it’s just maths and trial & error really 😀 hope all works out… cheers
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Hope you are feeling better. Anyway my question is about your shark shippers. How would I go about making them larger for my 10 year old grandson.
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Thank you for caring… I am as well as can be expected while trying to stay positive… to make the shark slippers for your grandson use his foot measurement and follow the gauge I outlined in my blog post titled “Shark slippers for other sizes”… hope this helps…
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I see the sunflower sites you used for the lap-ghan. But have you put one pattern together for it? I’m new at this, so it’d be easier from 1 pattern.
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hi,
sorry no I just winged it… the hexagons turn out to be roughly 6cm across from flat to flat so it’s approx 48cm x 66cm without the fill-ins and edging…
it depends on how big you want it as to how many hexagons you need… I could probably put together 1 pattern for this EXACT lapghan if that’s the size you want… but probably won’t get it post here until late Monday 3/10/16 or early Tuesday 4/10/16 as I have other commitments between now & then sorry…
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Just curious if you ever did have the opportunity to put a pattern together for the sunflower afghan. I have been looking for a pattern and this is the only one that has caught and kept my eye. I know you copied a pattern in one of the comments but it does not seem complete and does not look like the picture you show. any clarification would be great. I have spent the better half of yesterday and today trying to figure it out.
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hi Kris, sorry for the late reply… yes I have put a pattern together… I will try to upload it today for you… I’m so happy you like it above all others… my BFF loves it and wont let any of her grandchildren use it LOL… cheers
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I am struggling to find the link to the sunflower hexagon pattern. Not necessarily the cream hexagon, but how to make the sunflower
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I’m sorry… it’s seems Zootyowl is having troubles with her blog… luckily I have the flower motif pattern written out 😛
this first is UK terms the second is US terms… hope this helps…
Sunflower Hexagons
You need:
5.50mm hook
8ply yarn-
(CB) chocolate brown – centre
(CY) canary yellow – petals
(C) cream – background
** UK TERMS **
PATTERN
Centre (CB):
Make a magic ring.
R1: Ch 3 (counts as 1st tr), 11 tr in ring, close ring, slst to top of beg ch to join (12)
R2: (Because of the uneven edge, it may be helpful to mark the beg of ea R with a stitch marker) ch, turn, (WS), dtr in same st, (dc, dtr) in ea of next 11 tr, slst in 1st dc (12)
R3: ch, (dc, dtr, dc) in same st, skip all dtr in this round, (dc, dtr, dc) in ea of next 11 dc, slst in 1st dc (12)
Petals (CY):
R1: Join between 2 bobbles, dc, ch2, dtr, ch3, slst in 3rd ch from hook, dtr, ch3, slst all in same space (makes a petal), ch, continue all the way around placing petals to the left of ea bobble st, ch between ea petal. (12)
R2: slst join CY in ch between petals, *dc, ch2, dtr, ch3, slst in 3rd ch from hook, dtr, ch3, slst all in the ch*, ch3 behind 1st R petal, rep *-* all the way around, ch3 between ea petal. Fasten off. (12)
Background (C):
R1: (RS): slst join yarn in ch4sp between clusters, 3ch (counts as tr), 2tr, 2ch, 3tr in same 4chsp as join *ch, 3tr in next ch4sp, ch, 3tr, 2ch, 3tr (= corner)*, rep *-* around, slst to close.
*** US TERMS ***
PATTERN
Center (CB):
Make a magic ring.
R1: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 11 dc in ring, close ring, slst to top of beg ch to join (12)
R2: (Because of the uneven edge, it may be helpful to mark the beg of ea R with a stitch marker) ch, turn, (WS), tr in same st, (sc, tr) in ea of next 11 dc, slst in 1st sc (12)
R3: ch, (sc, tr, sc) in same st, skip all tr in this round, (sc, tr, sc) in ea of next 11 sc, slst in 1st sc (12)
Petals (CY):
R1: Join between 2 bobbles, sc, ch2, tr, ch3, slst in 3rd ch from hook, tr, ch3, slst all in same space (makes a petal), ch, continue all the way around placing petals to the left of ea bobble st, ch between ea petal. (12)
R2: slst join CY in ch between petals, *sc, ch2, tr, ch3, slst in 3rd ch from hook, tr, ch3, slst all in the ch*, ch3 behind 1st R petal, rep *-* all the way around, ch3 between ea petal. Fasten off. (12)
Background (C):
R1: (RS): slst join yarn in ch4sp between clusters, 3ch (counts as dc), 2dc, 2ch, 3dc in same ch4sp as join *ch, 3dc in next ch4sp, ch, 3dc, 2ch, 3dc (= corner)*, rep *-* around, slst to close.
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You, and your gifts, are absolutely beautiful! What wonderful heartfelt gifts!
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The sunflower blanket is gorgeous. I’m going to make one for my daughter I’m due with in October
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I’m curious what stitch did you use for the border?
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Hi Crystal, sorry for the delay in replying… stitches are US/UK… colours are: C = cream; B = brown; Y = yellow
Border:
R1: (C) ch3 (= dc/tr of 1st corner), *dc/tr in each st across, [dc/tr, ch2, dc/tr] (= corner)*, rep *-* 2 more times, dc/tr in each st across, dc/tr, ch2, slst in top of begining ch3 to complete 1st corner, fasten off C
R2: slst join B in ch2sp of corner, rep R1, fasten off B
R3: slst join Y in 1st dc/tr after corner beginning ch3 of R2, ch3 (= sc/dc + ch2), *sk1, sc/dc, ch2*, rep *-* around [adjust if needed as you go across to ensure each corner = [sc/dc in 1st dc/tr of R2, ch2, sc/dc in other dc/tr of R2], ending with slst in 1st ch of beginning ch3 to complete round,
R4: slst twice in 1st ch2sp (remainder of beginning ch3 of R3), slst in sc/dc, slst in next ch2sp (= 4 x slst), begin Shell: ch (= sc/dc), sk next ch2sp, (tr/dtr, ch3, slst back into top of tr/dtr) x 6 all in next ch2sp, sk next ch2sp, sc/dc in next ch2sp*, rep *-* around, slst in beginning ch
Note: (tr/dtr, ch3, slst back into top of tr/dtr) x 6 being centre of the Shell should be in the corner ch2sp; you may have to frog and adjust to get it to work. I think I had trouble on corners 1 & 3 (with corner 4 being back at the start)
hope you can follow this… 😀 Cheers
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