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13 July 2014

The amazing V Stitch



This week I have made a new discovery
 and am delighted to share it with you!

V Stitch

surprisingly simple
extremely fast growing
addictive pleasure


over on Instagram there is a wave sweeping the nation
and one by one all my hooky friends have been making v stitch blankets


so eventually I caught the bug
and dived into my Stylecraft Special DK stash
coming out with this gorgeous range of autumn colours


It is an amazingly fast growing blanket
so simple to hook
and totally addictive


at the end
 I sew each end into its own coloured stripe using a darning needle
 thinking of it as embroidery
to obtain a neat professional finish



Simple Edging
in UK terms

To complete the blanket make a simple edging.
1 rounds of dc (UK)
followed by a 2nd round of
dc 3 chain dc in the same stitch miss a stitch repeat


these baby blankets are such quick fun 


 I have made 2 and started a 3rd in 1 week!



If you Google Vstitch you will find many free patterns
and there is plenty available on Pinterest Ravelry and You Tube

but basically you need a starting chain in muliples of 3 +2 +2
you start with a treble (UK) in the 5th chain stitch from the hook
and make 1 treble 1 chain 1 treble for the first v all in the same stitch
miss 2 chain and repeat
at the end miss 1 chain and end with 1 treble
the rest is easy
just make 1 v stitch in each previous v
and a single treble at the start and end of each row

go on you know you want to ...
join the v stitch party!

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have a wonderful relaxing Sunday my hooky friends
Happy Hookin!

Heather

xxx









11 comments:

Amy at love made my home said...

Hello, I am new to your blog, but looking forward to reading along. Your blankets are beautiful, I love the colours that you are using!! xx

Gillian said...

The blankets look lovely - nice colours. And V-stitch looks very easy to do so I must give it a go. After I've finished at least 1 of the blankets I'm currently working on!

Highland Monkey's said...

You just might have tempted me to dust of my hooks and get going on one of these blankets! Looks gorgeous.

cockney blonde said...

Love those blankets and the stitch is really pretty. Off to google it now, x

Kris@Littlebushshack said...

Just lovely, thank you ever so much Heather x. Once again you have inspired me,, I have been looking for a project to use up some chunky yarn.. I'm Off to google Vstitch and get hooking x
KRIS

DianeM said...

Oooo, I am going to have to check out this latest craze. Your blankets are lovely, you have given me impetus to finish the blankets I have started so I can make one of these!
Smiles, DianeM :)

The Webbers living a life at the beach said...

They look fab! Another new pattern to try, I've not got any crochet on the go right now and I'm missing the hook in my hand xx

Unknown said...

it's really so fantastic a little be complicated for me in english but i think i can try, thank you your blog is so lovely and i love England
have a good day
Sylvie
http://vanillejolie.canalblog.com/
i just beginning crochet

janjan said...

A neighbour is expecting a baby, I thought I had plenty of time to make a blanket for her. When I saw her the other day she said it could be any day now.........panic over, you inspired me to get busy with my hook and make a quick blanket.

Unknown said...

Hi I love your blog your work is beautiful if by any chance you read this could you please tell me the yarn and colours you used for the blue and brown V stitch blanket it is so gorgeous xx

Crafty Tash said...

I was looking for ideas for edging my V Stitch blanket and came across your website. I may follow your lead. I can see why this stitch is so popular, it is one you can do in front of the TV without having to refer to notes/patterns and explanations. I have so enjoyed making mine. Thank you very much.

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