A Life Inspired
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A Life Inspired,originally designed as a crochet a-long for Crochet Now magazine is now available as an E-Book.
Available to purchase in US or UK terms.
Image courtesy of Crochet Now
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I love designing afghan squares, and I love the flexibility they give you in creating your own blanket.
When Crochet Now, a very popular crochet magazine in the UK, asked me to design a crochet a-long for their readers I straight away knew it had to be squares.
Then I started to go through my process of what was I going to design, how was I going to find the inspiration for a 13 part cal?
12 squares would make up 12 parts, and the final part would be the joining and border, well that was easy, but where was my inspiration coming from?
While designing this cal last year [2018] I was still grieving for the loss of my Mother, I was trying to sell her home and find my forever home, there seemed to be so many obstacles.
So, in true Helen style, I asked my Angels.
The first thing that came to me was…
What inspires me?
What is my ethos for life?
And then the ideas and visions of what I wanted to create flew through my mind like a whirlwind.
I wanted this to be a progressive learning project for people of all skill levels, so whether you are a beginner or experienced crocheter you will learn some new stitches as you progress through the pattern.
The Squares
12 squares with my thoughts for how I have been inspired through my life.
Guiding light
We all have an inner voice that guides us through life, all we need to do is stop and listen.
Written in the Stars
Maybe we have some control over our lives, or maybe everything we experience is predestined?
Don’t Fence Me In
There are many times in life that we can feel restricted by events or people, but we are always able to find a gate to open.
Time Frames
In this busy, modern world we all seem to have to work to time frames, sometimes we pull it together and other times it slips away.
Star of the Show
You are always the star of your own show!
Changing Direction
No matter what path you think you are on in life, the compass will spin and you will be off in another direction before you know it.
Opening Doors
When one door closes there is always another waiting for you to open it.
My Cup Runs Over
When we look for the joy in life and practice an attitude of gratitude, we come to see how many blessings we have in life.
Twists and Turns
Our journey through life is full of twists and turns, when we go with these changes, we can create something beautiful.
Angelic Whispers
Angels surround us, protecting us and whispering loving guidance to us all, we just need to learn to listen.
Connections
As we journey through life we make connections, some for a short period of time and others for a lifetime.
Wheel of Fate
Some things in life are going to happen, no matter what we try to do to change it. Maybe it is better to accept where life wants to lead us so that there are less bumps in the road.
Join and border
Should you decide to change the number of squares used and you have an even number of squares you will have to skip only 1 stitch at R2 the 3dc cluster round
Yarn Packs
The Sky’s the Limit
Stylecraft Life and Batik
4 x 50g C1 Batik Coral
2 x 100g C2 Life Ice Blue
3 x 100g C3 Life Cascade
4 x 100g C4 Life Denim
5 x 50g C5 Batik Storm
2 x 100g C6 Life White
5 x 50g C7 Batik Silver
Colour per round is included in the pattern.
Recommended hook size 4mm G
Finished size 142cm x 203cm / 5 inches x 80 inches
Happiness
Stylecraft Special Double Knitting
3 x C1 Jaffa
3 x C2 Empire
4 x C3 Sunshine
5 x C4 Emperor
2 x C5 Bright Pink
3 x C6 Bright Green
3 x C7 Wisteria
Happy Colours -colour per round pdf
Recommended hook size 4mm G
Finished size142cm x 203cm / 56 inches x 80 inches
A couple more beautiful examples of A Life Inspired.
Ineke made a 2nd blanket as a lapghan, using Aran weight yarn and a 5mm hook, the squares come out at 12 inches each, and she made just 1 of each square, and as you can see the texture of the squares shows beautifully when a light solid colour is used. Ravelry project page
Mellissa has the details of what she used on her Ravelry project page.
Lesley used Stylecraft Special Dk
C1.Spice 480yd/439m – C2Fuchsia 564yds/516m – C3Sage 840yds/769m – C4Storm 786yds/719m -C5Tomato 408yds/374m -C6Violet 642yds/588m.
Lesley only used 6 colours so alternated C7 depending on how the colours were going, and above list is total amount used..
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3 reviews for A Life Inspired
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Kathryn Mueller (verified owner) –
I loved every single stitch of this blanket. I used Mellissa’s colorway, and it is gorgeous. Like all of Helen’s joined squares patterns, a Life Inspired is infinitely flexible and inspiring – so many options for repeats and layouts.
Sandra du Plessis (verified owner) –
I can’t wait to start!!
Roopam Carroll (verified owner) –
I have just made the first square, Guiding Light and it was a pleasure to make. I always find with Helen’s patterns that the design emerges as I make it… the photos look lovely, but when it is hooked up in yarn the pattern is stunning. Thank you