Frantically Finishing

Hello:

Now that the Babies Shower and the Spring Term for HPKCHC have ended, not to mention Tour de Sock and Sock Madness, I should be taking a breather.  And I am.  Sort of.

My kids are  getting ready to leave for college, Himes has left already as U of Arizona starts early and he needs to get back in Ballet shape.  I desperately need to finish up Pookie's afghan.  I started it January 2012, and hooked Himes's afghan

simultaneously.  I finished up Himes afghan in time for Christmas, but knowing that I had a while for Pookie, I set it aside.  So, now I have hauled out the stack of squares.  I need 4 more, and to hook them all together.

I am leaving early tomorrow to drive down to Arizona with my father in law, and flying back on Sunday.  The afghan is not very portable.  Ugh.

I'll bring my computer and camera.  I hope to post on the road.

Peace,
f1bercat
shaping the planet with a not quite complete afghan.

O, I took a break from Pookie's afghan to hook this Crown Jewel's Square for the Gryffindor Blanket Square exchange.  Note the Gryffindor colors framing the square.

Crown Jewels 12 in. Square by Melinda Miller Round Photos

These are the round photos of the 2012BAMCAL 12 in. filler square for June.  I have also added a very short video tutorial to show how to do the popcorn stitches used.

The square is the Crown Jewels 12 in Square, and was designed by Melinda Miller.  Check out her blog.

Thank you to Melinda Miller for allowing me to show photos of the finished rounds of this square on my blog.

She recommends size H hook.

I used a single color until the last 2 rounds.  If I added comments or clarifications, I used blue.  As written, means that I  hooked the round as written.

Round 1:

as written 

Round 1

Round 2:

Beg Popcorn Stitch:

ch 3 (counts as dc) 

4 dc in same st as joining st 

drop lp from hook, insert hook from front to back through top of beg ch 3 and then in dropped lp 04

Yo and draw through both lps on hook 

Popcorn Stitch

5 dc in same st 

drop lp from hook, insert hook from front to back through top of first dc and then in dropped lp

yo and draw through both lps on hook          

round as written 

Round 2

Round 3:

as written 

Round 4:

as written 

Round 4

Round 5:

as written 

Round 5

Round 6:

as written

Round 6

Round 7:

as written

Round 7

Round 8:

be sure there are 4 dtr clusters in each corner 

as written

Round 9:

as written

Round 9

Round 10:

as written

final round

 Thanks again, Melinda Miller.
This is a beautiful square.

Yours,
f1bercat
shaping the planet square by square