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Katran Stool Cover – a Free Crochet Pattern

Posted on September 12, 2017 | 3 comments

Are you ready to make your Katran stool cover?

Why Katran? Well, katran is a Hindi word which explains the beautiful offcut pieces of fabric which are the by product of weaving mills. Often farmers will collect these waste fabrics, spin it into heavy yarns, and make furniture in their off-season. These stunning pieces inspired me to use Scheepjes Secret Garden to bring this stool to life.

Now, if you prefer a printer/ereader friendly version, pop over to Ravelry where this pattern is available to download for a euro: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/katran-stool-cover

Materials

3 balls of Scheepjes Secret Garden in 709 Lily Pond
1 Scheepjes wooden stool 42 x 28cm
4 mm hook
Stitch markers
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Measuring tape

Measurements

Stool: 42cm high x 28cm in diameter

Tension

19 stitches by 16 rows in 10cm in the pattern format.

Abbreviations

US Terms
ch chain st
hdc half double crochet
ss slip stitch
hdc3lInc 2 half double crochet in the 3^rd loop in one stitch (increase)
hdc3l half double crochet in the 3^rd loop
hdc3l2tog 2 half double crochet together in the third loop (decrease)

Notes

This pattern is made in continuous rounds, with no joins. Keep the tension firm.
Repeat instructions between the *…* the instructed number of times.

Be sure to keep to the measurements of your stool, depending on the actual diameter you may need to add or remove increase rounds.

Use the stitch marker to keep track of the first stitch of each round.

Instructions

Round 1 Ch 4, ss to join. Work 8 hdc into the ring (marking the first stitch)

Round 2 Increase in the third loop of each stitch around – 16sts

Round 3 *hdc3linc, hdc3l* x 8 – 24sts

Round 4*hdc3linc, hdc3l x 2* x 8 -32sts

Round 5*hdc3linc, hdc3l x 3* x 8 – 40sts

Round 6 hdc3l x 3, *hdc3linc, x 4* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l -48sts

Round 7 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 5* x 8 – 56sts

Round 8 hdc3l x 4 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 6* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l x 2 – 64sts

Round 9 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 7* x 8 – 72sts

Round 10 hdc3l x 5 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 8* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l x 3 – 80sts

Round 11 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 9* x 8 – 88sts

Round 12 hdc3l x 6 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 10* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l x 4 – 96sts

Round 13 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 11* x 8 – 104sts

Round 14 hdc3l x 7 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 12* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l x 5 – 112sts

Round 15 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 13* x 8 – 120sts

Round 16 hdc3l x 8 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 14* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l x 6 – 128sts

Round 17 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 15* x 8 – 136sts

Round 18 hdc3l x 9 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 16* x 7, hdc3linc, hdc3l x 7 – 144sts

Round 19 *hdc3linc, hdc3l x 17* x 8 -152sts

Round 20-36 hdc3l x 152 – 152sts

Round 37 *hdc3l2tog, hdc3l x 6* x 19 – 133sts

Round 38 *hdc3l2tog, hdc3l x 5* x 19 – 144sts

Round 39 ss between each stitch around (catching the top two loops plus the third loop) to create a firm fit. Tie off, weave in ends.

Slip the cover over the stool and you’re finished!

The materials for this project are available from your favourite Scheepjes stockist in the Benelux, in North America you can order the yarn from Love Knitting or Knotty House (in Canada) or if you’re in the UK or anywhere else in the world Wool Warehouse is the place to go.

For your 28cm diameter stool, you should ask your favourite retailer. Failing that, you’ll be able to find them in discount home stores all over the place, often with a very ugly print that is calling out to be covered with something beautiful!

*Just a note: this post contains a couple of affiliate links which, if you choose to use when feeding your yarn habit, will earn me a small commission. This helps me keep up the freebies and doesn’t cost you a thing. Thanks so much! ♥

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Ta-DAA! Katran Crochet Stool Cover

Posted on September 8, 2017 | 2 comments

I’m so excited to share this with you, my Katran stool cover is finished!

I’m beyond happy with the result of this project. From the moment I was inspired I was consumed. I had to choose my colours and make this as fast as I could. And fast is just the right word – this is something you can whip up in a few hours, which after slaving for months on huge projects, has been a breath of fresh air. It’s actually exactly the right medicine for me.

The way the colours change almost randomly is exactly what I was hoping for, I think it has captured the scrappy sari silk look that I was going for.

I’m going to have the pattern ready for you in a week’s time, so between now and then assemble your materials.

You’ll need:

3 balls of Scheepjes Secret Garden in your chosen colourway. I went for 709 Lily Pond.

A 28cm diameter stool. I got mine from Scheepjes, and you should ask your favourite retailer. Failing that, you’ll be able to find them in discount home stores.

In North America you can order the yarn from Love Knitting or Knotty House (in Canada)

Or if you’re in the UK or anywhere else in the world Wool Warehouse is the place to go.

In the Benelux, head into your favourite Scheepjes stockist, almost everyone stocks this gorgeous yarn.

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Secret Garden Crochet Pattern – WIP

Posted on September 1, 2017 | 2 comments

Last week I told you about this gorgeous new yarn that had landed on my doorstep, and now I want to share a progress report with you.

I’m making a new stool cover to be able to interchange with my Egyptian Star Flower Stool cover and it’s really coming to life in just the way that I imagined. The katran inspiration was right on the money!

So, do learn from a mistake that I made here: the stool was almost finished when I realised that I made it way too big, so had to frog it. So, no matter how much I love the yarn, it’s not made for frogging. It’s definitely not a yarn you can just rip out, you have to be careful and take it slow, otherwise you’ll destroy it.

Having said that, the effort is worth it. Doesn’t it make a beautiful ball?

So I have the final amounts ready, you’ll need three balls of Secret Garden in your favourite colourway.

Get the yarn from Wool Warehouse for £4.39 (€5.39) per ball with global shipping.

In North America, Love Knitting/Crochet stocks it for $5.50 USD per ball.

In the Benelux, go to any one of the great Scheepjes stockists, and if you’re looking for a lovely day out head to Sparkelz-Creatief in Zuidhoorn, just outside Groningen.

Stay tuned for the big reveal next week!

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New Crochet Project: Secret Garden

Posted on August 25, 2017 | 1 comment

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a new project with you. It’s actually been a while since I’ve worked on a new project that I’m able to share with you!

For this new design I’m going to be working with the glorious Scheepjes Secret Garden in either one of the two colourways below, Lily Pond and Lavender Beds.

The design is inspired by the Hindi word katran which is a word that describes small pieces of cloth by-products from weaving mills. There is a movement in India where these offcuts are collected by farmers in their off-seasons and spun into heavy yarn to make traditional daybeds.

The Secret Garden make me think of these gorgeous Indian yarns which are just a riot of colour with no real order to the changes. There’s a real handspun quality to the yarn which I love.

For my project you’ll need 3 skeins of Secret Garden in your chosen colourway, and now I’ll tell you a bit more about the yarn itself:

Secret Garden is a blended yarn, comprised of 20% silk, 20% cotton and 60% polyester. The silk and cotton give the yarn life and the polyester keeps it soft, and also keeps the price point down to a level where it can be considered affordable. For example, Wool Warehouse stocks Secret Garden for £4.39 (€5.39) and in North America, Love Knitting/Crochet prices it at $5.50 USD. In comparison to other, similar yarns, this is extraordinary.

The yarn comes in 50 gram balls, and calls for a 4mm hook. For your 50g you’ll get 93 metres of yarn.

Now, I’ll be back next week with a progress report, but in the meantime I want you to take a look at an earlier design of mine, the Pina Colada shawl from YARN, the Tropical Issue:

I designed this shawl with two shades of Secret Garden which blend together using short rows. The shawl is lovely and soft, and has a beautiful drape. I find it perfect to wrap around my shoulders on a chilly afternoon, and it’s also squishy enough to curl it around my neck as an oversized scarf for when I’m out cycling.

It’s a challenging pattern, so not one that I would recommend to a beginner, and it’s enormously satisfying seeing the colours change and the contrast grow.

YARN is available at the usual stockists in the Netherlands and Belgium. I’ve seen it in Sticks and Cups in Utrecht (along with all the copies of the After Party booklets) and it’s also on Wool Warehouse for £5.95 (€7.30).

Stay tuned for the next installment!

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Yarn Day: Secret Garden

Posted on September 28, 2016 | 2 comments

This week Scheepjes launched another brand new yarn. Seriously, I can’t keep up with them all, there are so many! This one is the silk blend Secret Garden.

Among the Blogger Tribe, this one has been much anticipated. We were lucky enough to be given a sneak peek and there was lots of oohing and aahing and rubbing yarn on our faces.

So I’m excited to give you a little show and tell!

I have these three colours – Rambling Blooms, Herb Garden and Falling Blossom for a top secret project that I’m working on, but I also wanted to show you how it crochets. I whipped up this granny:

It shows off the colours in Rambling Blooms beautifully, don’t you think?

About the yarn; it’s a silk (20%), cotton (20%) and polyester (60%) blend, and the recommended hook/needles sizes is 4mm. I’ve gone up to a 5mm though, as I think that suits my style much better. The fabric of my granny is quite dense, so it would be forgiving using a 6mm even. It’s available in 10 shades, I’m looking forward to trying them all.

I see that this yarn is going to be a knitter’s dream. I’m already thinking of the beautiful shawls and tops I’m going to be seeing in the very near future!

The yarn goes on sale today, so do keep an eye on your favourite stockists in the Benelux, and Wool Warehouse and Deramores will also have you covered no matter where you live in the world. If you can’t find it straight away, pop back again for another look.

To find more inspiration, do join the #scheepjes hashtag on Instagram, there are thousands of beautiful gorgeous pics!