Carousel CAL

My latest Crochet Along (CAL) is this amazing design called Carousel by Sue Pinner using Stylecraft Special DK wool. I liked the look of this design but wanted more of a rainbow effect than a circus tent. So I worked out my own colour scheme, but still used Stylecraft wool some was Stylecraft Life left over from previous projects combined with some new Stylecraft Special colours.

At the beginning after working parts one and two:

Part three in progress the pentagons

The finished Blanket

Another change I made was to hook all the shapes together with cream wool in the way the pattern suggested the second round was to be done (in gold). Parts three (pentagons) and four (hexagons) were designed to be joined together while working the last rounds.

To keep this theme of cream borders going I made the first round of my border cream and finished off by using cream for the final frilly round.

this is an image of Sue's original blanket:

Thanks for looking

Lynn

I have been asked what colours I used for my Carousel - here they are:

Pentagons

R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pentagon
Teal	Lemon	Fern	Cardinal	Cascade	Mint	1
Lemon	Fern	Cardinal	Cascade	Mint	Grass	2
Fern	Cardinal	Cascade	Mint	Grass	Daffodil	3
Cardinal	Cascade	Mint	Grass	Daffodil	Spice	4
Cascade	Mint	Grass	Daffodil	Spice	Lilac	5
Mint	Grass	Daffodil	Spice	Lilac	Aqua	6
Grass	Daffodil	Spice	Lilac	Aqua	Lily	7
Daffodil	Spice	Lilac	Aqua	Lily	Fuchsia	8
Spice	Lilac	Aqua	Lily	Fuchsia	Cranberry	9
Lilac	Aqua	Lily	Fuchsia	Cranberry	Clover	10
Aqua	Lily	Fuchsia	Cranberry	Clover	Heather	11
Lily	Fuchsia	Cranberry	Clover	Heather	Teal	12
Fuchsia	Cranberry	Clover	Heather	Teal	Lemon	13
Cranberry	Clover	Heather	Teal	Lemon	Fern	14
Clover	Heather	Teal	Lemon	Fern	Cardinal	15
Heather	Teal	Lemon	Fern	Cardinal	Cascade	16

Hexagons

R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	HEX
Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	Fern	Mint	Aqua	Teal	1
Clover	Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	Fern	Mint	Aqua	2
Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	Fern	Mint	3
Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	Fern	4
Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	5
Heather	Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	6
Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	Spice	Daffodil	7
Cascade	Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	Spice	8
Teal	Cascade	Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	Cardinal	9
Aqua	Teal	Cascade	Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	Clover	10
Mint	Aqua	Teal	Cascade	Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	Lily	Fuchsia	11
Fern	Mint	Aqua	Teal	Cascade	Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	Lily	12
Grass	Fern	Mint	Aqua	Teal	Cascade	Lilac	Heather	Cranberry	13
Lemon	Grass	Fern	Mint	Aqua	Teal	Cascade	Lilac	Heather	14
Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	Fern	Mint	Aqua	Teal	Cascade	Lilac	15
Spice	Daffodil	Lemon	Grass	Fern	Mint	Aqua	Teal	Cascade	16

Hope that helps

Lynn x