A new take on the traditional granny square, with a pattern that does not skew, no matter how big it gets! With over 5 pounds of yarn and a generous size of 72” x 72” , this heavy blanket will soothe you into slumber. Your own crocheted weighted blanket is here!
For my sample, I used 12 skeins of bulky weight Color Made Easy and a K hook, using 5 skeins of Birch (cream), 4 skeins of Malachite (green), 2 skeins of Blue Moon, and one skein of Kingfisher (teal.)
In a traditional giant granny square blanket, the rounds tend to skew after a certain size, and some people turn the piece at the end of each round to prevent the skew. With this pattern, no turning is necessary, and square remains perfect all through up to my finished 72” size. Fun and easy to memorize, use your color imagination and basic crochet stitches to create your own unique masterpiece.
Crochet Along with this pattern and its smaller adaptations on my Ravelry Board and Facebook Crochet-A-Long with JulieAnny Group starting February 28, 2020. Use discount code JULIE20 for 20% off the price of the pattern, good indefinitely.
If you Crocheted Along with MysteryGhan 2020, post a finished afghan photo of your MysteryGhan 2020 on a Ravelry project page and I will send you this pattern for free, PM me.
Week 6 of our Mystery’Ghan 2020 is posted on Ravelry and you should have received an email and an update in your Ravelry library. This week we tackle the join. I added some photos in the Ravelry thread and the Facebook CAL group to help. Join in and add to the chat! I love to see what you come up with.
Thanks to everyone who orders their yarn through my links. It really brightens my day when I see that someone thought of me before ordering. I get notifications of the date and amount, but of course, I do not know who placed the order so I am grateful to you anonymous kind people. If you are thinking of ordering online from Wool Warehouse, Lion Brand Yarn, Yarnspirations, or KnitPicks/WeCrochet, please click this or any of my links or banners and I will get credit.
Stay tuned – this CAL is winding down – border next week!
Week 4 and 5 of our MysteryGhan 2020 are now available for download on Ravelry. Free sign-up ends today, but if you have downloaded the pattern you will receive updates at no charge. Any problems let me know. I will usually post the clue at 11 PM EST the day before so that we all have the clue in our hands on Friday; remaining clues every Friday until Feb 14. (I am planning to combine Clue 7 and 8 but not sure yet.)
This week we have a surprise! Can’t wait to see what you all come up with.
Tips, sharing, photos, and chatting are in full swing on my Ravelry Board and my Facebook Crochet-Along Group. The pattern is presented as a Mystery, so please do not post spoiler photos in the first photo of your project or on the boards except in designated spots.
While you are here on the blog, please clink on my links to purchase yarn and I will receive a commission. Yarn Packs are available in my Designer Store at Deramores. Click into the site from here, buy anything, and I will get credit, thanks! I also have an affiliate relationship with Wool Warehouse, Lion Brand Yarn, Yarnspirations, and KnitPicks/WeCrochet.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is a free Coupon Code for Heart to Heart Afghan Block, good until end of February 2020: HEART. If you finish the block, please make a Ravelry project page or share photo on social media.
Week Three of our MysteryGhan 2020 is now available for download on Ravelry, still free with Coupon Code Mghan2020 until January 31, 2020. I will usually post the clue at 11 PM EST the day before so that we all have the clue in our hands on Friday; remaining clues every Friday until Feb 21.
Tips, sharing, photos, and chatting are in full swing on my Ravelry Board and my Facebook Crochet-Along Group. The pattern is presented as a Mystery, so please do not post spoiler photos in the first photo of your project or on the boards except in designated spots.
Pattern is free with Coupon Code during the CAL until January 31, 2020. Code is Mghan2020, enter as prompted on the Ravelry purchase link. While you are here on the blog, please clink on my links to purchase yarn and I will receive a commission. Yarn Packs are available in my Designer Store at Deramores. Click into the site from here, buy anything, and I will get credit, thanks! I also have an affiliate relationship with Wool Warehouse, Lion Brand Yarn, Yarnspirations, and KnitPicks/WeCrochet.
Week One of our MysteryGhan 2020 is now available for download on Ravelry, still free with Coupon Code Mghan2020 until January 31, 2020. If you downloaded the Mini-Clue, then you have already received your update notification. I will usually post the clue at 11 PM EST the day before so that we all have the clue in our hands on Friday.
Clue Schedule:
Week 1 – January 3, 2020
Week 2 – January 10, 2020
Week 3 – January 17, 2020
Week 4 – January 24, 2020
Week 5 – January 31, 2020
Week 6 – February 7, 2020
Week 7 – February 14, 2020
Week 8 – February 21, 2020
Tips, sharing, photos, and chatting are in full swing on my Ravelry Board and my Facebook Crochet-Along Group. The pattern is presented as a Mystery, so please do not post spoiler photos in the first photo of your project or on the boards except in designated spots.
Pattern is free with Coupon Code during the CAL until January 31, 2020. Code is Mghan2020, enter as prompted on the Ravelry purchase link. While you are here on the blog, please clink on my links to purchase yarn and I will receive a commission. Yarn Packs are available in my Designer Store at Deramores. Click into the site from here, buy anything, and I will get credit, thanks! I also have an affiliate relationship with Wool Warehouse, Lion Brand Yarn, Yarnspirations, and KnitPicks/WeCrochet.
Pattern in an aran-weight yarn requires about 3200 yards for a finished size of 66” square. In dk weight, less yarn is needed but the sizing will be smaller, about 44″ square, but I have worked out an adaptation for a 44″ x 54″ rectangle version. Will also suggest border enlargement ideas at the end.
Pattern consists of many motifs with a simple join and a surprise ending. Designed for the intermediate crochet or advanced beginner – some post stitches, popcorns, and interesting techniques, but mostly easy, like all my patterns.
Please make a Ravelry project page and spread the word on social media! Use hashtags #crochetalongwithjulieanny #mysteryghan2020 #mghan2020
I’m excited to announce that I have a new affiliate partnership with Knit Picks and its new crochet-centric site, We Crochet. When you click on the links or banners on my blog to purchase yarn at Knit Picks and/or We Crochet, I will receive a commission. Thanks for thinking of me when you make your next yarn haul from Knit Picks/We Crochet! (UPDATE: If you place an order from Knitpicks by clicking through one of my links, send me a PM with the date and amount of the order and I will send you a pattern of your choice from my Ravelry Store.)
I’ve used several Knit Picks yarns in the past, and found their quality, selection, value, and delivery service to be top-notch. I’m planning some awesome projects and Crochet A Longs in 2020 featuring Knit Picks yarn, and cannot wait to further delve into their offerings.
Who is ready to Crochet Along with JulieAnny as we work through the eight weeks of Clues in MysteryGhan 2020 beginning January 3, 2020? The Mini-Clue and Intro is now available for download on Ravelry.
Create your own beautiful and unique afghan as you share and chat on my Ravelry Board and my Facebook Crochet-Along Group. The pattern is presented as a Mystery, so please do not post spoiler photos in the first photo of your project or on the boards except in designated spots.
Download Mini-Clue/Introduction now and you will automatically receive Ravelry updates each week of the CAL.
Pattern in an aran-weight yarn requires about 3200 yards for a finished size of 66”. In dk weight, less yarn is needed but the sizing will be smaller. You can make as a lapghan or add to border – will suggest at the end.
Pattern consists of many motifs with a simple join and a surprise ending. Designed for the intermediate crochet or advanced beginner – some post stitches, popcorns, and interesting techniques, but mostly easy, like all my patterns.
Please make a Ravelry project page and spread the word on social media! Use hashtags #crochetalongwithjulieanny #mysteryghan2020 #mghan2020
Welcome to Week 48, our final block of our 2019 Block of the Week Crochet Along. Don’t forget to join in chatting and sharing photos on my Ravelry board and my Facebook Crochet-A-Long group. Thank you to all who have crocheted along and posted progress photos of your work. Please use hashtags #BAWJ2019 and #crochetalongwithJulieanny.
This week I was happy to receive a new design from Heather C. Gibbs of Keep Calm and Crochet On UK blog. We featured one of Heather’s designs earlier in the year – Encompass Me Afghan Block – when she was under the weather, and I am so glad she is feeling better and gave us this new design. Poppin’ Spades is fun and easy but makes a striking statement and I think it is just right to finish off our year! (Free on her blog and available on Ravelry for a nominal fee.)
Please share on the boards how you are finishing your afghans. I’ve finished three and have one more to go. Don’t forget to tag your Ravelry projects for a chance to win a tote bag. There will be two more drawings, look for details on my Rav board.
BAWJ2019 final Block for Week 48 will be released next Monday, 12/9/19.
Come Crochet Along with JulieAnny in January 2020 as I present our 2020 MysteryGhan. This will be my eighth Mystery Afghan since 2011 and I always appreciate your enthusiasm and participation as we crochet along. As you may know, my mystery afghans consist of about eight weeks of clues given without the help of photos as we crochet along to create unique afghans. We will chat on my Facebook Group, “Crochet Along with JulieAnny”, and my Ravelry board. As we finish each week’s clue, we welcome progress photos in a Spoiler thread on Ravelry, and in a reply to a Spoiler message on Facebook. Will explain more as we go along, or check thread for last MysteryGhan – Midday Mandala. Photos are helpful to those who need a visual, but those who love the mystery aspect do not appreciate photos spoiling their fun.
The pattern will be free with Coupon Code on Ravelry, and each week the pattern will be updated with that week’s clue, so you will receive notice of the Ravelry update. The Coupon Code will be revealed on this blog. Not sure of dates yet but stay tuned.
The afghan will consist of multiple motifs with an easy join. You will need about 3200 yards of yarn to complete the afghan. The finished size is about 66 inches long. You can use stash yarn and any type/weight yarn of your choosing, but I will give suggestions and list yarn packs in my Deramores shop. If you plan to purchase yarn online, please go through my links here on the blog to Deramores, Wool Warehouse,Lion Brand Yarn, or Yarnspirations, and I will receive a few cents commission. Once you get on the website through my link, you can buy anything and I will get credit.
I used seven colors in my Patina colored sample, but you can use from 3 – infinite number of colors. You will need about 3200 yards total (I used about 3024 but to account for tension I add a little.) I would suggest choosing a palette of 5 – 9 colors that you love together. In my “Patina” palette the colors did not have much contrast. The main body of the afghan is like our sampler afghans in that you can change colors every round and choose colors from your palette randomly. You will each make a unique work with your own color selections. The body needs about 2350 yards of assorted colors. The border needs about 900 yards, including 240 yards for join; 325 yards of a dark color; 220 yards of a third color; and 120 yards of a fourth color. The body can consist of all 9 colors and then 4 of those colors can be used for the border/join. The dark color acts like a “ frame.”
Palette suggestions – I will offer these in my Deramores Shop soon.
Patina Colorway:
Scheepjes Stone Washed XL (50 g – 75 m/82 yd) – 40 skeins
8 skeins Lepidolite; 7 skeins Brown Agate; 6 skeins each of Yellow Jasper and Garnet; 5 skeins each of Enstatite and Boulder Opal; 3 skeins Deep Amethyst
Scheepjes Stone Washed (50 g – 130 m/142 yd) – 23 skeins
4 skeins each of Lepidolite, Garnet, Brown Agate, and Boulder Opal; 3 skeins Enstatite; 2 skeins each of Yellow Jasper and Deep Amethyst
Stylecraft Special Dk (100g – 295 m/322 yd) -11 skeins
2 skeins each of Plum, Walnut, Mocha and Emperor; 1 skein each of Grape, Camel, and Gold
Stylecraft Special Aran (100 g – 196m) -16 skeins
3 skeins each of Plum, Camel, Mocha and Gold; 2 skeins Emperor;
1 skein each of Pale Rose and Dark Brown
Beachy Colorway
Scheepjes Stone Washed XL (50 g – 75 m/82 yd) – 40 skeins
8 skeins Obsidian; 7 skeins Brown Agate; 6 skeins each of Moonstone and Amazonite; 5 skeins each of Blue Apatite and Boulder Opal; 3 skeins Axinite
Scheepjes Stone Washed (50 g – 130 m/142 yd) – 23 skeins
4 skeins each of Obsidian, Moonstone, Brown Agate, and Amazonite; 3 skeins Blue Apatite; 2 skeins each of Axinite and Boulder Opal
Stylecraft Special Dk (100g – 295 m/322 yd) -11 skeins
2 skeins each of Dark Brown and Stone; 1 skein each of Cream, Storm Blue, Duck Egg, Parchment, Mocha, Walnut, and Denim
Stylecraft Special Aran (100 g – 196m) -16 skeins
3 skeins each of Duck Egg, Parchment, Mocha, and Dark Brown; 2 skeins each of Cream and Storm Blue
Welcome to Week 47 of our 2019 Block of the Week Crochet Along. Don’t forget to join in chatting and sharing photos on my Ravelry board and my Facebook Crochet-A-Long group. Feel free to jump in any time. Please use hashtags #BAWJ2019 and #crochetalongwithJulieanny.
This week we revisit one of my older designs, Crochet Clusters Afghan Square – tried it out recently in my Stylecraft Batik palette. Pattern will be free on Ravelry until the end of 2020 with Coupon Code BAWJ. Please make a project page and show photos of your work on social media! (When I was working it up I noticed an error – In Rounds 7 and 10 I mention working into the fpdc of a previous round, but it should be fptr.)
