It's that time of year!
The Stylecraft Blogstars are on tour again, this time showcasing the FABULOUS Bellissima yarn.
Now, some of you might have worked with Stylecraft's Bambino yarns before - a sweet range of pastel colours with a soft, merino-feel. Bellissima is the same yarn texture, but in some seriously vibrant colours. For the Blogtour, the Stylecraft team created two colour-packs:
Now I cannot take much credit for the idea behind my design - it was one of my fellow Blogstars, Helen Shrimpton (no relation - well actually, we probably are related somewhere along the line, but that's a whole other story ..) who suggested that I work with two strands of yarn held together and tried blending different colours. So thanks to Helen, that's exactly what I did to make the Colour-Blend c2c Cushion:
Want to make one? (Instructions for c2c are below the pattern)
You'll need:
Autumn Leaves Yarn pack (or 5 x 100g balls Bellissima / Bambino)
6mm hook
Pompom maker (optional)
40cm cushion insert
Side One
1. Working with 2 strands of Ash Rose, make four rows of increasing c2c.
2. Working with 1 strand of Ash Rose and 1 strand of Rio Red, make four rows of increasing c2c.
3. Working with 2 strands of Rio Red make four rows of increasing c2c.
4. Working with 1 strand of Rio Red and 1 strand of Single Cream, make four rows of increasing c2c.
5. Working with 2 strands of Single Cream make three rows of increasing c2c.
6. Working with 2 strands of Single Cream make two rows of decreasing c2c.
7. Working with 1 strand of Single Cream and 1 strand of Sugar Snap, make four rows of decreasing c2c.
8. Working with 2 strands of Sugar Snap make four rows of decreasing c2c.
9. Working with 1 strand of Sugar Snap and 1 strand of Mellow Yellow, make four rows of decreasing c2c.
10. Working with 2 strands of Mellow Yellow, make four rows of decreasing c2c.
Side Two
1. Working with 2 strands of Single Cream, make four rows of increasing c2c.
2. Working with 1 strand of Single Cream and 1 strand of Ash Rose, make four rows of increasing c2c.
3. Working with 2 strands of Ash Rose make four rows of increasing c2c.
4. Working with 1 strand of Ash Rose and 1 strand of Mellow Yellow, make four rows of increasing c2c.
5. Working with 2 strands of Mellow Yellow make three rows of increasing c2c.
6. Working with 2 strands of Mellow Yellow make two rows of decreasing c2c.
7.. Working with 1 strand of Mellow Yellow and 1 strand of Sugar Snap, make four rows of decreasing c2c.
8. Working with 2 strands of Sugar Snap make four rows of decreasing c2c.
9. Working with 1 strand of Sugar Snap and 1 strand of Rio Red, make four rows of decreasing c2c.
10. Working with 2 strands of Rio Red, make four rows of decreasing c2c.
To Join
With WS of cushions facing and working with 2 strands of Sugar Snap, make 1dc around the edges, and 1dc, 2ch, 1dc in each corner.
Fasten off.
Make pompoms with your remaining yarn and attach to the corners!
To make the c2c stitch [increasing] (UK terms - tr = dc in US terms):
Row 1: 6ch, 1tr in 4th ch from hook, 1tr in each of next two ch, turn.
Row 2: 6ch, 1tr in 4th ch from hook, 1tr in each of next two ch, sl st into 3ch, 3ch, 3tr in 3ch-sp, turn.
Row 3: 6ch, 1tr in 4th ch from hook, 1tr in each of next two ch, *sl st into 3ch-sp, 3ch, 3tr in 3ch-sp; rep from * across row, turn.
Rows 4 onwards: Repeat row 3.
To make the c2c stitch [decreasing] (UK terms - tr = dc in US terms):
At the end of the row, do not 6ch, but sl st across each of the 3tr you have just made.
3ch, 3tr in 3ch of block just completed, *sl st into 3ch-sp, 3ch, 3tr in 3ch-sp; rep from * across row, turn.
For a brilliant YouTube Tutorial see Bella Coco's here.
Hope you enjoy making the cushion! Find the complete list of blogstars taking part here and make sure you check out Kathryn at Crafternoon Treats' blog tomorrow for her day of the tour.
And of course, here's the link for the giveaway - it's live from 10am GMT today (9th Oct) until 10am tomorrow!!
