Hello Spring Cal

Hello Spring – Round up

Here a brief summary of my test for the Hello Spring Cal:

Hello Spring Cal

21. March – 25. April 2022

Pattern

Hello Spring Cal
available on Ravelry and Etsy

Designer

Ana Morais Soares from One Skein of Love

Technique

Overlay Mosaic crochet

Test Phase

08. February – 21. March 2022

Finished

21. March 2022

Yarn

Stylecraft Special DK

Colours

1001 – White, 3 balls
1822 – Pistachio, 3 balls
1027 – Khaki, 2 balls
1081 – Saffron, 1 ball
1723 – Tomato, 1 ball

Hook

Clover Soft Touch, 4 mm

Gauge

Repeats

5 Repeats, 93 stitches

Rows / Patterns

261 rows, patterns 1 to 12, following the Cal pattern

Border

Double border

Finished Size

57 x 149 cm

As always it was a lot of fun to test one of Ana‘s pattern. If you missed any parts just have a look at my older posts.

Hello Spring – Part 6

Hello Spring Cal comes to an end now, only the border needs to be done.

If you follow my blog, you already know that I made a wall hanging working the Hello Spring pattern over 5 pattern repeats. When it came to the border, I finally had to decide how I wanted to hang it up.
I have seen quite complicated looking constructions to hang a wall decoration, but I had no idea how to do it.
At first I thought about attaching loops to it like a quilt, but even then I wasn’t sure how best to attach them. Then I had another idea, a very easy one:

I worked the border as normal. In the final joining round I left a piece open on the upper side edges. On the last 7 stitches on both upper sides I worked the slip stitches only on the front layer without joining the two layers. The corner is worked as normal.
This has created a kind of tunnel through which you can push a rod. It works perfectly!

My colours for the border

Long overdue update, July 2024:
I have finally redesigned the documents for my colour scheme and combined the download into one file.
Please don’t be surprised that the files look a little different, the content is the same.

My colours Hello Spring parts 1- 6 Download

Tomorrow I will write a short summary with all details of my test. Stay tuned!

Hello Spring – Part 5

Part 5 of the Hello Spring Cal is out. It is the last part of the blanket body. So it’s almost done. Next week the instructions for the border will follow.

Next week I will show you how I made the mounting for the wall hanging. Add on I will list my yarn amounts.

Here a few impressions of mine:

My colours Part 5

My colours Hello Spring parts 1- 6 Download

Happy hooking 💕

Hello Spring – Part 4

Week 4 of the Hello Spring Cal starts, now it is already half way done. One more part will follow next week and then it will be border time!

Just two more pictures this week – again, not the best quality! Again we had a long period of bad weather! Sorry!

And here my colours

My colours Hello Spring parts 1- 6 Download

Have fun 💕

Hello Spring – Part 3

It is already week 3 of the Hello Spring Cal. The time flies! However, I just felt thrown back a few weeks. We haven’t had that much snow for years. This is our old pine tree on Saturday morning, 02.April 2022. Hello Spring!

But I don’t want to miss to share

My colours Part 3

My colours Hello Spring parts 1- 6 Download

Have a lovely week 💕

Hello Spring Cal – Part 2

Just in time for the start of the second part of the Hello Spring Cal I would like to show you my part 2 and share my colour placement..

But first …

… I‘d like to show you my finished wall hanging.

I worked over 5 repeats and it is about 60 cm (24 inch) wide.

It will be a decoration in our hall. Unfortunately it is too dark there to take a good photo. The colours are hard to capture anyway!

My colours part 2

According to my original plans, I only wanted to use 4 colours for my wall hanging – mainly White, Khaki, Pistachio and a little Saffron to spice it up. In part 2 I changed my mind!

The picture below shows my first attempt on part 2. Probably a bit too much Khaki?

And here my second version, after playing a bit with Tomato

My colour placement:

My colours Hello Spring parts 1- 6 Download

And that’s all for today. Have a wonderful week 💕

Hello Spring Cal – Part 1

Today is the day, Hello Spring Cal starts!

Since some people have asked me about it, yes, I will post my progress, parts and colours here. So let us begin with my

Yarn and colours

I used Stylecraft Special DK and a 4 mm hook. My colours are

1001 White
1822 Pistachio
1027 Khaki
1081 Saffron
1723 Tomato

When I saw Ana‘s pattern I actually had a different colour scheme in mind and my first approach was slightly different.
But somehow it didn’t work, even thoughI tried two different colour placements. I had the feeling that it might be a bit dark for a spring theme. At the same time, I had no idea how to proceed with the colour placement. That’s why I discarded it.

Nevertheless, I LOVE these swatches. I haven’t frogged them yet and will keep them as inspiration. I know for sure that I will use these colours some day!

While looking for other colour combinations, I came across a drawing with stylised flowers in two different shades of green on a white background. Somehow that said >Spring< to me.
To achieve this look I choose White and Pistachio as main colours and added a little bit of Khaki. Spiced up with a few splashes of Saffron and Tomato.

And here are the colours I used for part 1

My colours Hello Spring parts 1- 6 Download

Oh, I almost forgot! The pattern is available here.

And last but not least, here is a photo showing all the test versions of the One Skein of Love test team.

See you next week!

The days are not only getting a bit longer but also a bit warmer. The first bushes and trees are sprouting and the sparrows are preparing their nests under our roof. Spring is coming in the northern hemisphere!

Ana from One Skein of Love is celebrating the season with her Hello Spring Cal.
Another project that has kept me busy in the last weeks, between Midnight Snowflakes, sock knitting, a short holiday and „normal” life.

I started testing the Hello Spring Cal in early February. The pattern is designed as a blanket and – similar to Winter Wonderland – consist of different designs that can be combined in various ways. Due to time constraints I only worked 5 repeats this time – it will be a beautiful wall decoration when I am finished.

My colours were inspired by a drawing I found on the internet: flowers in two or three different greens on a white ground. They looked so fresh and airy and reminded me immediately of spring. Unfortunately I cannot share it here due to copyrights but I tried to copy this look using Stylecraft Special DK from my stash.

I used mainly White and Pistachio combined with Khaki and a little bit of Saffron and Tomato.

The Cal will start next Monday, 21. March 2022 and runs for 6 weeks. More information and of course also the pattern are available in Ana’s Ravelry store.

Due to the lovely holiday we had last week I am still working on the border but I hope to show you more next week!