All posts tagged: Gloria Blanket

Gloria Blanket CAL – Week 2 Instructions

Hello, and welcome to the second week of my Gloria Blanket Crochet-Along! This week we will make a mix of Quarter Mandala Squares and Snowflake Squares. I am so pumped to get started and I’m very thankful that you’re joining me for this CAL. Have fun and share pics! Please read everything carefully. Gloria Blanket CAL Quick Links Gloria Blanket CAL Main Info Page Gloria Blanket PDF Pattern Ravelry / Etsy / My Shop– As usual, the CAL will be released free every week here on my website, but I will offer the full blanket pattern in PDF form as soon as I write it up (I’ll have a date soon!) Instagram Sharing – I’m on Insta as @CypressTextiles. Hashtag your WIP and FO pics with #GloriaBlanket and #CypressTextiles so I can share and save them in my story highlights! CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook Group – This is my main FB group (join!). Share your progress pics in this group if you like, and I will share CAL highlights there as well. YouTube Channel (Subscribe!) – Here I …

Gloria Blanket: Quarter-Mandala Square (UK Terms)

Hello, lovely crafter! Welcome to the pattern for my Quarter-Mandala Square, part of the Gloria Blanket. I have written this pattern specifically with Scheepjes Catona in mind just to avoid confusion with so many yarn options. For the Gloria Blanket CAL, please look for your yarn choice on the Week 9 post. You will find specific yarn colors for each square, gauge, motif measurements, hook size, and lots more info on that post. In that post, scroll to your yarn choice and follow the steps to complete this week’s CAL work. You will refer back to this pattern to create the square. The pattern is in US Terms and UK Terms (This post), and I provide step by step photos as well as a video which will release on Saturday, Sept 26th on my YouTube channel. Gloria Blanket CAL Quick Links Gloria Blanket CAL Main Info Page Gloria Blanket PDF Pattern Ravelry / Etsy / My Shop As usual, the CAL will be released free every week here on my website, but I will offer …

Gloria Blanket: Quarter-Mandala Square (US Terms)

Hello, lovely crafter! Welcome to the pattern for my Quarter-Mandala Square, part of the Gloria Blanket. I have written this pattern specifically with Scheepjes Catona in mind just to avoid confusion with so many yarn options. For the Gloria Blanket CAL, please look for your yarn choice on the Week 9 post. You will find specific yarn colors for each square, gauge, motif measurements, hook size, and lots more info on that post. In that post, scroll to your yarn choice and follow the steps to complete this week’s CAL work. You will refer back to this pattern to create the square. The pattern is in US Terms (This post) and UK Terms, and I provide step by step photos as well as a video which will release on Saturday, Sept 26th on my YouTube channel. Gloria Blanket CAL Quick Links Gloria Blanket CAL Main Info Page Gloria Blanket PDF Pattern Ravelry / Etsy / My Shop As usual, the CAL will be released free every week here on my website, but I will offer …

Gloria Blanket CAL: Main Info Page

December 4 and 11: Weeks 11 and 12 = Join and Border! The PDF is now out! Gloria Blanket PDF Pattern Ravelry / Etsy / My Shop Announcement – Please read As some of the recommended yarns are difficult to find, I have updated the yarn info below. Please take a look at your chosen yarn and see if I have added any recommended substitutes. I have also added a few more yarn choices and posted the yarn amounts for you! Check it out below. Introduction Hello, lovely! Today I am shouting out the announcement for my Gloria Blanket CAL! One of my favorite things to do in my designer life is to host a Crochet-A-Long. I just love the community involvement, and I especially love seeing the different variations being made all over Instagram and my Facebook Group. Gloria has been several years in the making and I am so pleased to finally release the pattern as a CAL. Originally, I wasn’t going to as my typical CALs have many different motifs to entertain …

Work in Progress: Gloria Blanket

Hello, you! A couple of weeks ago I told you about a blanket that did not yet have a name, that I was working up using the Scheepjes Metropolis cutie pie colour pack. Well the blanket now has a name – and a few progress pics too. I’m super excited to show you, so read on! Also you should know I am sat in an airport for the next three hours (more on that later!), so this will be an excessively chatty post.. you’ve been warned lol Gloria Blanket I mentioned it in the yarn arrival post, but it bears repeating that this design has been knocking around in my mind for a few years now, and it is also one of my most requested patterns – that is, many many folks have messaged me asking when I will get a move on with this one! Side note: Another very heavily requested pattern is my upcoming Botanica Blanket CAL (#botanicablanket), and I will make an official info post on Tuesday, November 26 – or maybe …