GEOMETRY: Moroccan Lantern design

After a couple of days of some crochet I need to change crafts so todays project is the Moroccan Lantern design.
I worked out how to draw this interlocking design in a size i wanted, with the compass and ruler and cut out a template in card

Now i'm cutting dozens out in wallpaper samples to make a patchwork wall of Moroccan Lanterns in lots of different pale grey, white and ochre colours 

 TORUS SQUARE

4 put together to see how they work hex will be next

blocking on the ironing board

Love to make a door fly curtain for the work room..need lots of squares though they aren't quite 6" square might be finished for 2019! lol

TORUS SCARF PATTERN

TORUS SCARF PATTERN

Torus is an ancient geometrical spiral makes a perfect crochet motif, circle, square or hexagon.

Alize space dyed, cotton yarn takes about 6g per motif depending on the join stitch...

In a Square...

In a Hexagon...

Again as the original circle...

quite a choice for the adaptable TORUS

TORUS SQUARE PATTERN

US TERMS

Alize space dyed cotton

4mm hook

Each Square weighs approx. 6g and 14 motifs measure approx. 3'/ 184cms
 2 balls will make approx. a 6' scarf with a narrow border of hdc.

Finger wrap of 10 wraps

ROUND 1: [Ch1 counts as first sc], 12 sc into circle, sl st to complete circle, cont. [12sc]

ROUND 2: Ch7, sc into next st, ch7 sc into next st, repeat until you have 11 x ch7 loops, ch4, tr into last st, cont. [12 ch7 loops]

  NOTE: Using ch3 and a tr, for the last loop means you are at the top of the loop to continue round 3.

ROUND 3: ch6, sc, into next loop, repeat to end, for the last loop ch3, tr for last loop, cont. [12 x ch6 loops]

NOTE: To help find the first loop add a stitch mark so you don't miss it as you do the round..it's easily done!

ROUND 4, 5 & 6: repeat round 3, ch6 loops, sc into each previous round loops.
ON ROUND 6, ch6 and sl st into first ch to complete the round

ROUND 7: Will turn the circular motif into a square that can be joined together to make a scarf.

6sc in next loop, ch1, 6sc into next loop, ch1, 3sc, ch3, 3sc in corner sp. repeat for all sides

JOIN AS YOU GO

After completing the first square with round 7...

start in any corner of the next square, 3sc, ch1, sl st to join to first completed square, ch1, 3sc in corner sp, sl st, into next ch1 sp, 6sc in next loop, sl st, into next ch1 sp, 6sc, in next loop, sl st into next ch1 sp, repeat for each joining side

CENTRE JOIN AS YOU GO

FINISH
Make 28 motifs, 2 rows of 14 motifs, approx 6'/ 184cms. long width 10"/ 25cms
edge with one row of 1hdc, in each st, and sp, 2hdc, ch2, 2hdc, at corners

 If a deeper border is required then you will need a 3rd ball of the yarn 

BLOCK AND STEAM INTO SHAPE

Pin it out and either spray and leave to dry or steam with an Iron

KITCHEN UPDATE, Then off to Poppy's Holfirth for a relaxing 3 day Crochet Retreat

Starting to see an end to the dust and piles of furniture and boxes every where...plastering should be completed today second fix for the lights etc and the en suite put back to gather on Friday, while I am enjoying a fab crochet retreat at

Poppy's Holfirth

....cya soon cant wait.

en suite floor up... 

rotten joist....to be removed 

room with a view! lol 

new joists in... 

 first plaster boards going up yesterday after the Electrician sorted the wiring and solved the the fault...more wires left floating in the sockets just cut off and left touching the metal box and causing another fault...who ever wired this house needs shooting 

 ceiling all plaster boarded...just the steel beam to cover with special fireproof plasterboard this morning 

most of the bonding and feathering in of miss matched walls done from the old part of the house to the other side of the wall that was removed a step in it about 2cm!

 new wall where the chrome radiator/ towel rail will go

 wall for the TV and side board will go

new cooker position...although Phil's not happy with drilling a hole for the extractor right under the extractor canopy..so we might be having a new one that doesn't need a hole he tells me this morning!..some carbon thing that eats smells? no idea about that one lol

Hi Gloss or Shaker Style?
Still can't decide between ultra modern White, hi gloss units with clean sleek lines or 
White Shaker style? White work tops for definite and the island will be charcoal grey like the wall in the lounge with a wooden top. 

Teal sofa so the colours for the room will be teal, blue and aqua, with some lime green maybe.....but shades of blue need to use the sofa we have.

Made a folder of pictures for inspiration....
My Pinterest folder on 
NEW KITCHEN MAKEOVER 2017

2 volunteers!!!...did l ask for help? lol

Turn ya back and the help is sitting down on the job......lol

Copying didn't work ended up cutting out and painting the flower shapes still not sure if l should paint the background first of stick flowers down and then paint the back ground....experiments to do in art journal me thinks before l decide

not sure l want a crisp edge to flowers or a blurry edge...sort of stitched edge maybe!!!!

BEGINNINGS OF 2 FLORAL COLLAGES

Should have been a lime and aqua flowers first the inspiration from a duvet cover....but the printer ran out of cerise ink so wont print anything....must buy a new printer

So l just played around with all the colours and wallpapers l had for now

added a few smaller die cut flowers too not sure what the end collage will be like yet but love the flowers l have so far large ones are about 12" and the smallest about 1"



hehehehe like scrapbooking on a grand scale.....very relaxing though cutting out flowers