EMOJI
GRANNY SQUARE
IN
THE ROUND - 1
I
just finished my donation of 200 newborn and preemie baby caps that I donated
over three charities in Australia, and my friend told me about this cute donation. Thank you Prabha for once again helping spread smiles.
I
have donated to Project Chemo Crochet before and I am thrilled to be able to
contribute again.
The new coordinator
for the drive, Linda Forrstrom, said that they were trying to build up their blanket reserves for
little children – and so the requirement for toddler squares. I was really happy to hear that she was inspired
by my last donation of squares, and has been making animal squares. Thank you Linda for your
appreciation and for spreading smiles.
So
why the title “In-the-Round” ? The idea of these granny squares is to make a
big circle / round in the centre and then work a square off it – and then
embellish that big circle / round with whatever is totally specific for the
character or animal we are creating.
Using this idea, let’s see what all we can create here.
Today
let’s work on some of the smiley Emojis... and spread smiles.
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Materials used : Today I’ve used a 4-ply acrylic baby soft yarn with a 4 mm crochet hook ;
This yarn is not specific for this project.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.
As today's project is a donation to Project Chemo Crochet, the squares need to be 9” x 9” - going towards toddler blankets
For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red rose ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well as Oswal or Vardhaman acrylic yarns
International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn ; Alize bamboo yarn ; Spotlight 4-Seasons Stallion or Marvel acrylic yarns or "I-love-this-cotton" cotton yarn from Hobby Lobby. My pattern here gives you sizes in
inches – so follow the pattern idea and head size chart to make it to any size
you want.
Abbreviations used :
sc : single crochet dc : Double crochet
ch : chain ch-sp : chain space
sp : space rep : Repeat
hk : hook yo : Yarn over
trc : Treble / triple crochet
dtrc : Double triple crochet
hdc : Half double crochet
sl-st : Slip stitch
fsc : Foundation single crochet
Stitches used :
Starting slip knot : https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
What is a slip stitch : https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw
What is a chain stitch ? https://youtu.be/pXx5ukBjKkY
Magic circle : https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro
Foundation Single Crochet : fsc : https://youtu.be/mcT85fwh4mA
Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;
yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg
Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
Double Triple Crochet : dtrc : wrap yarn three times around hook, insert hk into st ; yo (4 lps on hk); [yo, draw through 2 lps] three times. One trc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/XyPrnAtOs3U
Whipstitch to join : https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA
Invisible join : https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM
Single crochet to join : https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI
Instructions using U.S terminology
In
this blog, I am going to make smiley faced emojis. I found a really cute emoji crochet granny
square by Ashleigh. Free pattern at http://www.sewrella.com/emoji-crochet-granny-square/
As
our requirement for Project Chemo Cancer is for 9” x 9” squares, I tweaked the
pattern just a bit.
Tweaks that I’ve done :
1.
I
started with the centre yellow circle and then worked the white as instructed
by the designer.
2.
In
Round 5 (using yellow), the designer has said we should work a sc all
around. I chose to work a hdc all
around, as I want to increase my square size – but this does not compromise the
pattern that comes after this.
3.
I
worked 5 dc in each ch-5 sp of Round 2 of the granny squares (in white). I found that 4 dc pulled my work and made the
yellow circle lumpy.
4. I continued
repeats of the last Round 3 of the granny square (in white), working 1 dc in
each dc, and then the (3 dc ; ch 3, 3 dc) in each corner ch-3 sp. I just
continued till I had a 9” x 9”
square. Easy enough, right?
For
the different ‘emotions’ or emojis, I was inspired by this picture that I found
online. Come along then.. let’s
innovate.
Facial features and embellishments :
I
just kept the photos of the common emojis and embroidered in the features. The lovely Ashleigh has offered us two ways
to work in the features.. one using the tapestry embroidery needle and one with
the crochet thread and hook using the tambour method.
For the hand I tweaked this free pattern – using sc instead
of hdc to get a smaller hand. I stuffed
it with an amigurumi ball to give it a little oomph.
What is an amigurumi ball ? For all my
stuff toy projects, I like to stuff my polyfill stuffing inside a little
stocking-net. Even if using hypo allergenic stuffing, the stocking-net keeps
the stuffing in neatly when washing. Here’s what mine looks like.
For the heart I used this free pattern that I’ve used before
for the donation to Peyton Hearts Project http//littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.in/2010/01/how-to-crochet-heart.html
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