I was never one of those teenage girls who had perfect handwriting or dotted their i‘s with little hearts. My hand could never move as fast as my thoughts and I just wanted to get the words on paper as quickly as possible.
That translated to some messy handwriting… but some carefree art!
This little bundle of patterns feels like the swirly doodles of grade school where crushes and who-likes-who are a major distraction from math and science. I like the carefree fun in these lines.
There are two large squares (chart size 81 x 81; 40 windows to start with when using interlocking) and one blanket (chart size 161 x 161; 80 windows in the foundation for interlocking) in this set. You can join all three together or use the squares as pillows or join the squares to other squares for a blanket of your own.
The name for the baby blanket, “My Heart is Full of Love“, comes from the cliche saying that I said repeatedly every time I had a new baby. Your arms get full, but your heart gets fuller! **I added “of love” to the title on Ravelry because I didn’t realize another designer already used that title.**
You’ll notice that the mosaic sample (pink and white in the images above) has the interlocking mesh dots as part of its chart. Lately I’ve been adjusting my mosaic pieces to be more solid but this set has not been adjusted.
The square titled “Flying Hearts” looks like wings to me. And “Swirly Hearts” is just the description of what I see as well. Both of the samples below were crocheted by Angela Kermack using the mosaic technique.
This eBook is on both Ravelry and Etsy. Each piece in this bundle is available separately on Ravelry as well.
For the blanket (My Heart is Full of Love):
- Chart is 161 x 161
- Finished measurements approximately 40” x 40” / 101cm x 101cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Gauge: 16 DC x 8 rows = 4”
- Worsted weight yarn
- Interlocking yardage: (1820-1870 yards total)
- Main color (MC) – 910 yards plus 50 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) – 910 yards
- Overlay Mosaic Yardage (1975 – 2475 yards)
- Main color – 925 yards
- Contrasting color – 1050 yards
- Plus, optional envelope border: 500 yards
For the large squares (Flying Hearts & Swirly Hearts):
- Chart is 81 x 81
- Finished measurements approximately 20” x 20” / 51cm x 51cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Gauge: 16 DC x 8 rows = 4”
- Worsted Weight Yarn
- Interlocking yardage: (460 – 485 yards total)
- Main color (MC) – 230 yards plus 25 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) – 230 yards
- Overlay Mosaic Yardage (530 yards)
- Main color – 265 yards
- Contrasting color – 265 yards
