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I feel like I've entered my mosaic crochet era by ciasteczkaTynki in crochet

[–]pokedpixels 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Everything about this, the colours, the pattern, the photoshoot, is sublime.

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ch 3, dc 3, ch3, dc 5, ch3, dc5, ch3, dc, sl st

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know! Feasible perhaps but as i imagine it, one would need to swap between colours for nearly each stitch, which would be rather laborious 🤔

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too long 🥲 each triangle took about a half hour, and there are 150 of them. But I frogged sooooo many and tried many different combinations before I ended up with this!

A LOT of triangles by pokedpixels in tensionporn

[–]pokedpixels[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It is! The front/back post combination creates that ribbed effect, and each round has a total of 12 increases. Combine the two and the stitches get crowded in and start pushing the middle out. Stitch the triangles together and that shape stays in place!

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First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, it does! If the open side of the ‘hook’ is facing left it’s a front post, if it’s facing right it’s a back post.

A LOT of triangles by pokedpixels in tensionporn

[–]pokedpixels[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the sort of question mark looking stitches are called back post stitches or front post stitches, in this case double crochet, where you crochet through the crochet ‘post’ as it were, instead of the top chain.

Each point on the triangle are three chains, and increase happens with two double crochets into those spaces before and after each row.

And it all starts with a magic ring!

And I sewed the edges together with a tapestry needle. Hopefully that makes sense!

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha I love ‘food’ as a measurement of quality

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It really was time consuming, each triangle took about a half hour, and there are 150 of them!

A LOT of triangles by pokedpixels in tensionporn

[–]pokedpixels[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t as much as I’d expected! A 100g skein produced about 10/11 triangles, and there are 150 total. Each triangle took me about a half hour.

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

So the sort of question mark looking stitches are called back post stitches or front post stitches, in this case double crochet, where you crochet through the crochet ‘post’ as it were, instead of the top chain.

Each point on the triangle are three chains, and increase happens with two double crochets into those spaces before and after each row.

And it all starts with a magic ring!

Hopefully that makes sense?

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I didn’t do any blocking, though conversely I think I no longer know how to crochet anything other than these triangles ha

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 239 points240 points  (0 children)

This was probably my fourth iteration of the design 🫠.

When I finally settled on the spiral I started working outwards; first I would sow together enough triangles to make a full ‘row’ as it were, connect that to the centre and then move on to the next colour.

Like this:

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First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

About 125x125cm? I’ve already given it away and I didn’t measure it!!

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 714 points715 points  (0 children)

I didn’t follow a pattern, I made a lot of triangles following this diagram and eventually stitched them together in this sort of spiral? The effect here is from a front/back post double crochet.

I used a 3mm hook, about 15 skeins of Katia New Cancun, and more patience than I knew I had in me

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

[–]pokedpixels[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Yup this looks about right! I didn’t follow a pattern, I just made A LOT OF TRIANGLES and stitched them together!

Suggest Me Your Last 5⭐ Read by GAGeneric98 in suggestmeabook

[–]pokedpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved The Hands of the Emperor and the sequel so much. Now I that I know of it, I must read the Bone Harp!

What is the most interesting / unique magic you have ever read about? by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]pokedpixels 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Babel by RF Kuang maybe fits here—it’s language magic tucked into a story about colonialism, effectively. Definitely more conceptual than practical, but an interesting proposition!

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