Blanket using yarn stash

Adapted 😂

I've seen the similar pattern online, Taransay.
Well done, it's lovely.

That's wonderful, Taransay: such a great use of your stash. Well done.

All those ends to sew in - I'm making one at the moment which seems to have endless ends!

I've just downloaded the pattern Taransay. Perhaps that will be my next project, if I ever finish the present one!

Allira , I hate sewing the ends in!!

Beautiful! I hate weaving in loose ends as well, so do anything to avoid it!

Beautiful and a good way to use up stash wool.

That looks lovely, Taransay.

About three years ago ago, I knitted a multi-coloured cardigan to use up some of my stash, and I decided to try using the magic knot to avoid having to sew in hundreds of ends.
It was one of the best decision I ever made. The cardigan has been through the washing machine many times since then, and to my amazement, the knots have all held so far.

Beautiful, it looks a bit like a Mexican serape pattern.

Your cardigan sounds fab..but what is the magic knot please

Looking up the magic knot 😀

I crochet in all my loose ends as I go along.

Taransay

Your cardigan sounds fab..but what is the magic knot please

www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&source=android-browser&q=magic+knot+knitting#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ca5a4795,vid:zzDibvFO074,st:0

I think that the link above will take you to a You Tube tutorial that explains the magic knot and shows how to tie it.

It took me quite a bit of practice before I was confident enough to rely on it, and it might not be suitable for every project, but certainly for my cardigan it worked well, Even though it took time to tie a knot for each colour change, , it still felt a lot less tiresome than having to sew in all those threads at the end.

Ooh thank you….will have a look and see if I can use it. I like the sound of it.

I taught myself crochet in lockdown using you tube .

I always intend to!!,

Sorry this was in response to primrose

Taransay

Ooh thank you….will have a look and see if I can use it. I like the sound of it.

I taught myself crochet in lockdown using you tube .

Yes,so did I!

A way of using the stash but it just seems to keep growing 😁

Looks lovely. I've used the magic knot method too.

Do you have a link to the pattern Taransay please? Found the cosy stripe pattern but its not that one.

I've never mastered the art of crochet - I try to knit with the hooks - but wish I could when I see things like that. It's lovely.

I tried years ago Doodledog and the results were disastrous!

It was only during enforced lockdowns that I sat and persevered with the help of tutorials on YouTube and a couple of basic books.

Sillymoo
It is the canal boat stripe on attic 24
attic24.typepad.com/weblog/canalboat-stripe.html

Double borders are the answer when you have frequent colour changes, to save having to sew or weave in ends - and essential for mosaic crochet where you change colur each row..

Bear in mind that mosaic crochet is double thickness so a thick border works very well. You might not like the look on a single thickness blanket so do a test piece first.

You may also have to make some adjustments in the slip slitch foundation row if you have stitches of different heights at the edge. Mosaic usually has a single border stitch to work into.

Video tutorial from mosaic expert Tinna Thorudottir Thorvaldar here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpdaAKCWIc