This is a CAL from Agrarian Artisan Designs by Valerie Bracegirdle. Schedule:

January 21, 2017 Week 1 - 16 hexes, 4 halves
January 28, 2017 Week 2 - 18 hexes, 4 halves
February 4, 2017 Week 3 - 19 hexes
February 11, 2017 Week 4 - 24 hexes
February 18, 2017 Week 5 - border

Spring Blossom Blanket CAL Ravelry Group Thread
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I’m trying to decide on a color layout now so I can begin on the motifs. I’m going to use stash and not buy any more yarn. Valerie suggested that I do a test motif and weigh it to get an idea of yarn needs, and she also suggested using multiple colors in the background, both of which were brilliant suggestions! Unlike the pattern, I’ll do the first “background” row in green to simulate leaves around the flowers. I did three test motifs just to make the numbers more accurate. Total motifs = 81, so I have to multiply these numbers by 27 to get totals for the entire blanket.

Centers/Flowers:

Weight of 3 centers = 19g = 6.333g each

I have:

• Pinks: Lady Slipper, Rouge, 200g
• Purples: Freesia, Mulberry, 200g
• Teals: Marine, Peacock, Tidepool, 300g

I just have a small amount of Blush, so I will use that for a few centers.

Centers: 19g x 27 = 513g = Plenty of bright colors

“Leaves”:

Weight of test motifs w/ green rows = 28g, so green = 9g = 3g each

I have:

• Alfalfa 100g
• Peapod 93g
• Grass 100g

Green: 9g x 27 = 243g = Plenty of green

Background

Weight of test motifs w/ two white rows = 50g, so white = 22g (7.333g each)

I have:

• Sheep(ish) White(ish) 5 x 85g/skein = 425g, enough for 58 motifs
• Cream 100g, enough for 13 motifs
• Almond 100g, enough for 13 motifs

There are 7 concentric circles of hexagons. I will choose center colors more or less randomly (I may stick to one color family per concentric circle sometimes). I will use the same leaf color for each motif in a circle. Getting the background colors to work out is trickiest.

Circle # : Week # = number of motifs, Colors

1 : 3 = 1 hex (very center), Purple Grass Almond
2 : 2 = 6 hexes, Pinks Alfalfa Cream
3 : 1 = 12 hexes, Random Grass White(ish)
4 : 3 = 18 hexes, Purples Grass White(ish)
5 : 4 = 24 hexes, Random Alfalfa White(ish)
6 : 2 = 12 + 1/2(4), Random Peapod All
7 : 1 = 4 + 1/2(4), Random Grass Almond

I have transferred this plan to the layout diagram and added it as a picture.

Amounts needed for Leaves:

• Grass (have 100g) = 25 * 3g = 75g
• Alfalfa (have 100g) = 30 * 3g = 90g
• Peapod (have 93g) = 26 * 3g = 78g

Amounts needed for Background:

• Almond (have 100g) = 1 + 8 + 4(1/2) motifs = 11 * 7.333g = 81g
• Cream (have 100g) = 6 + 8 motifs = 14 * 7.333g = 102g , may have to substitute a White(ish)
• Sheep(ish) White(ish) (have 5 x 85g/skein = 425g) = 54 + 4(1/2) = 56 * 7.333g = 410g

Border

I have three skeins of Teal, so that should be plenty for some centers and two rounds of border. I will try to keep 50g of two teal colors.