Welcome to Week 5 of my ‘Down by the Sea’ Blanket crochet-along (CAL) – the penultimate week! After this week we’ll only have the border left to do… It’s been an absolute joy to share this design with so many of you… 💙
I can’t quite believe that December has arrived. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, we can start to feel festive and this week I certainly did when I was invited to the preview event of the ‘Glow Wild’ lantern trail at Wakehurst which isn’t too far away from us. I share more in my chat with you here during a beautiful coastal sunset… enjoy!
Here are a few photos from what was a mesmerising and magical display of lights in such a beautiful setting…
Wakehurst has the tallest living Christmas tree in the UK decorated with 1,800 lights!
And a couple of photos from the gorgeous sunset…
The weekly round up of photos shared by so many of you either in the Facebook Group or over on Instagram is particularly wonderful this week with photos shared from a Swedish lake, the Australian outback, an Irish harbour, a carousel in Mexico and a photo by Bournemouth pier to name just a few!! Wow!! 😍😍😍
Moving onto this weeks crochet and we repeat the rows from last week on the opposite side of the blanket, but we also add to both sides with some parasol inspired stitches!
Gazing across the beach there are lots of groups of people all enjoying their time down by the sea. Parasols provide welcome shade on the beach but it’s also the café’s lining the promenade which have parasols up to help us keep cool and out of the blazing heat of the midday sun whilst we enjoy a beachside treat!
Here I enjoyed coffee by the beach in Brighton…😄
And here I enjoyed a coffee in the Lower Gardens in Bournemouth… 😄
The shell stitches we’ll be crocheting this week are crocheted in the traditional way but by changing colour at the end of each stitch, alternating between two colours, we’ll get a striped parasol effect!
For those of you who have purchased the pattern on Ravelry it has now been updated to include Week 5:
The free pattern with lots of step by step photos is below.
So let’s get crocheting!! 🙂
Pattern in UK Crochet Terminology. US Terms are at the end of this blog post. See Week 1 for all the abbreviations.
Week 5 – Parasols on the beach and at the café!
Here’s a YouTube tutorial for our parasol stitches this week:
The shell stitches in the next row are crocheted in the traditional way but change colour at the end of each stitch, alternating between Yarn A and Yarn B, for the striped parasol effect.
Row 15 (RS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1dc in first st, *miss 3 sts, (1dtr in next st changing to Yarn A at end of st, (1dtr in same st changing back to Yarn B at end of st, 1dtr in same st changing to Yarn A at end of st) three times but do not change to Yarn A at end of 7th dtr, miss 3 sts, 1dc in next st (crochet around Yarn A to encase it), repeat from * to end of row, join with Yarn A at end of final st, turn. [16 shells]
Row 16 (WS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1dc in each st to end, join with Yarn F at end of final st, turn. [129 sts]
Row 17 (RS) 3ch (counts as first tr here and throughout), 1tr in each of next 2 sts, 1htr in next st, 1dc in next st, 1htr in next st, 1tr in next st, *miss next 3 sts instead working 3dtr into central st 3 Rows below in Row 14, 1tr in next st, 1htr in next st, 1dc in next st, 1htr in next st, 1tr in next st, repeat from * 14 times, 1tr in each of final 2 sts, turn. [129 sts]
Row 18 (WS) 3ch, 1tr in each st to end, fasten off.
Repeat Rows 1 – 18 on opposite side of blanket.
And there you go… now we just have the border left to do next week. Until then…
Happy Crocheting Everyone!😄💙
Pattern in US Terms
The shell stitches in the next row are crocheted in the traditional way but change colour at the end of each stitch, alternating between Yarn A and Yarn B, for the striped parasol effect.
Row 15 (RS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1sc in first st, *skip 3 sts, (1tr in next st changing to Yarn A at end of st, (1tr in same st changing back to Yarn B at end of st, 1tr in same st changing to Yarn A at end of st) three times but do not change to Yarn A at end of 7th tr, skip 3 sts, 1sc in next st (crochet around Yarn A to encase it), repeat from * to end of row, join with Yarn A at end of final st, turn. [16 shells]
Row 16 (WS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1sc in each st to end, join with Yarn F at end of final st, turn. [129 sts]
Row 17 (RS) 3ch (counts as first dc here and throughout), 1dc in each of next 2 sts, 1hdc in next st, 1sc in next st, 1hdc in next st, 1dc in next st, *skip next 3 sts instead working 3tr into central st 3 Rows below in Row 14, 1dc in next st, 1hdc in next st, 1sc in next st, 1hdc in next st, 1dc in next st, repeat from * 14 times, 1dc in each of final 2 sts, turn. [129 sts]
Row 18 (WS) 3ch, 1dc in each st to end, fasten off.
Repeat Rows 1 – 18 on opposite side of blanket.
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