Radiance

Originally designed in 2015 and commissioned by Willow Yarns in the USA as a written only pattern in US terms, this pattern and the yarn pack are still available from Willow Yarns.

However….. I have re-written the pattern, it has now been thoroughly tested by my amazing team of testers and is also now available to purchase in my store in both UK and US terms, as a photo tutorial.

I have edited this original post and added all the new links and information.

I was commissioned by Willow Yarns in the USA to produce a design, and write the pattern, for a throw/afghan with textured stitches.

So this was not going to be just a simple pattern repeat, and as I just love working with texture I was raring to go!

As is my way… I waited for some inspiration, and sure enough, within a couple of days, I had so many dreams about the sun and the eclipses that were coming up earlier this year. I knew the Solar theme was very important and as the Sun is our Star, the idea of an eight-pointed star was born.

I have used front post stitches, popcorns, folding single crochet and a round of fan stitch within the central star. Then clusters fan out like solar flares, until the design becomes square.
The outer rounds are made up of crossed double crochet, star stitch and starburst stitch.

I finished this with an extra round of treble crochet and folding single crochet to give a border and then looped it to a frame of Beech wood.
Here in Buckinghamshire UK we are surrounded by beautiful woods full of these amazing trees, so it felt right to use 🙂

This was the finished throw.
The photo is taken at the amazingly beautiful and tranquil Lyde Gardens in Bledlow Bucks.

However the lovely folks at Willow Yarns wanted this design for their 2016 Spring/Summer catalogue and so wanted really bright colours. Though they love the “fall” colours of the draft it was time to choose bright summery colours.
So for the full throw I chose:
Yarn: Willow wash, you can see the full range here.
Colours: 2 Buttercup, 2 Spearmint, 2 Blueberry, 2 Clear Water, 2 Celestial, 2 Sapphire, 2 Lavender, 3 Hyacinth, 2 Azalea, 2 Cooked Quince, and 2 Lurid.
Hook: 5mm H
The finished throw is just over 60 inches square.

The Willow Wash is an amazing yarn to work with, so soft and squishy and it just glides off the hook. It is 100% acrylic and is non pilling so it will wash and wash and wash 🙂
Willow yarns do ship to anywhere and I highly recommend this yarn and they are a great bunch of people, so please do check them out and let me know what you think if you try any of their yarns.

Carissa

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Jo

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