Charlotte's Universe - Part 14 and final rows.

 Hello !

I have finished this CAL!

Just so you will know, I have completed the CAL over at the Look What I Made website.  You can find the beginning of the CAL at this link.  She has lots of other patterns and CALs as well.  Well worth the trip over there.

I have been working on this CAL since November 2021.  I finished it on Feb 23, 2022.  So it took me just over 3 months.  Not bad, considering it has 7421 yards in it!

Here the stats on the remaining rows... 

Row 122 & 123 - Used some old Sayelle white yarn (worsted weight) - 96.63 grams.

Row124-125 - Red Heart Paddy Green - 120.5 grams

Row 126 - Red Heart Orchid - 82.3 grams

Row 127 - Paddy Green - 91.7 grams

That finished Part 14 of the CAL.  Then, they supplied a few bonus rows, and since I had enough yarn, I went ahead and did them... 

Row 128-130 - Orchid (purple color) - 275.3 grams.

I did one last row, because I felt it would finish off the edge nicely -

Row 131 - Paddy Green - 42 grams (this is a single crochet row, just to give a frame to the blanket).

All in all, it is 4043 grams & 7421 yards (approximately) 

I'm pretty proud of it. It's the largest thing I've crocheted, so I think it's quite an accomplishment.

Please let me know if you have ever done one of "Look What I Made"'s patterns, or if you have finished anything over 7000 yards !

If you convert the grams to pounds, it's almost 9 pounds of yarn.

I used a J hook, and I think if I did it again, I would have went down to an 'I' hook, just because some of the stitches are a bit looser than I would like, but I do like it a lot. Learned new stitch patterns, and have something that is plenty big for my bed!

Charlotte's Universe Parts 11 - 13

 Wow, it's again been a long time between posts.  I have completed three parts of the Charlotte's Universe CAL.  It's now through Part 13. !! 

It's getting so big!  It will fit on our Queen sized bed, with enough to hand over the sides a little too.  

Last I told you, I had finished Row 95.

On Row 96, I continued with white, using 69g.

After this row, I weighed the afghan, and it's 2300 grams right now!  That is over 4200 yards ! And I still have more to go!

Row 97 & 98 was more white and used 124 grams in these two rows together.

Row 99 & 100 was more Paddy Green. Used 131 grams.

Rows 101, 102, 103 I used Orchid (light purple). These flowers took 224.7 grams.

Rows 104 through 107 was more Paddy Green. 238.4 grams.

Rows 108 and 109 are white again.  Used 95.3 grams.

Here a photo at about this point.

See that nice row of purple flowers ?  I like the design, but it leaves these large holes ... which I don't like.  Good thing this will be a bed spread and will have a quilt underneath it.

On Rows 110 & 111, I was back to the light purple (Orchid) color.  Used 109.2 grams.

This was the end of Part 12.  At the end of this round, the corners were empty as the preceeding rows did not fill in the corners. Part 13 will fill in the corner triangles.

Here's what it looked like at this point.

If you add up the weight at this point it comes to 3222.6 grams which is approximately 5914 yards !

Wowza!  It certainly fills my lap while I am working on it.

I continued and have finished the corner triangles.  I tried to use up some of the yarn from the inside rounds, as I had small amounts of those left, and I wanted to leave my larger yardage yarns for the outside border.  

so... here we go on the triangles (Part 13).

Row 112 & 113 is "Roses" - a hot pink color - used 9.1 grams for the 4 corners.

Row 114 is Lilac - used 8.9 grams

Row 115 is Grass Green - 10.3 grams for all 4 corners.

Row 116 is Amethyst (dark purple) and used 13.7 grams for all four corners.

Rows 117 - 119 used a really dark Green (no label for this one, but it is darker than Paddy Green).  This used 33.1 grams.

Row 120 used a tan (Buff) color yarn, nd used 17.4 grams.

Row 121 used "Warm Brown" and 20.1 grams.

and that completed the corner triangles. - 3,335.2 grams of afghan so far.

I will be starting part 14 soon, in the next day or two I think.  This will probably be white or green.  I am thinking one row of white, and then green and then purple again.  We'll have to see how things go.  I think I have enough white to do one more round, and then that will be it for the white.  But I have a bit of the Orchid color left, and I think 2 skeins of Paddy Green.  So much of the last borders will be Green.

I like to think mom would have liked this pattern. She was always a fan of purple. :)

Charlotte's Universe - Parts 9 & 10

 I have  finished 2 more parts of this Crochet-A-Long (CAL).  The rounds are taking quite a bit more time, and more yarn.  I don't have all that much left of the yarn I started with, and the only color that I have enough of right now to do a complete round is white.  My next couple rounds will be white, but I am going to have to go buy some yarn to supplement so that I can maintain the same color scheme.

This is how much I started with:

  

This is how much I have left after Part 10.

This is taking a bit more yarn then I expected.  I probably should have decreased a hook size, and that would have helped a little bit.  

So here is my record keeping for each row.

For Rows 82 - 86 I used Paddy Green.  

    61.98 g for Row 82

    80.34 g using up a 2nd skein

    and 114 g of my 3rd skein that I had.

I changed to Lilac (purple) for Row 87. Used 97 grams for that round.

Row 88 I used the dark purple again - used 32 grams.

Row 89 - This is a tan / Buff color. and used 61.75g,

Row 90 - This a slightly darker brown called "Warm Brown".   Used 69 grams.

On Row 91, I used 46 grams of the same brown.

Row 92 - Went back to Paddy Green, and used most of what I had left of that skein.  so approx. 102 grams.

Row 93 is the Roses - and I used a light purple color - possibly called "orchid" but not sure as it didn't have a label.  Used 118g on the Roses round.

Row 94 was Paddy Green again - used 47g

Row 95, I used 23 grams of Paddy Green.

And the last row of Part 10 is Row 96.  I switched to White as it was all I had left of in a quantity that would complete a full round.  I have used 69 grams in this row, which is a plain dc (double crochet) round.

Here is 1/4 of the afghan.  It's getting quite large, so I'll have to figure out a way to get a full picture to post.

And here's a close up of the last few rows . . .

I did go ahead and purchase some more purple and green yarn at the store today.  I would really like to complete this pattern in total, and not stop short.  I'll use my small scraps as I can, there is some shorter sides coming up, but not sure how much of the small amounts I'll be able to use.  We'll have to go row by row :)

Next, I know will be a couple rows of white, then some green, and purple :)

Then, well, we'll see.

Charlotte's Universe CAL - Parts 7 and 8

 Hello again,

I have been working steadily on this crochet-a-long, but it seems to be going slowly.  Each round gets bigger and bigger, so it takes longer as well. My time has also been a bit more limited recently, but I am happy with my progress so far.

Last I posted, I talked about Row 68.  I haven't taken very many in-process photos, but I do have a few.  I have kept track of some yarn usage thought. I'll list them here and place photos as I am able.

For row 69 & 70 I was able to continue using the dark purple. 

                Row 70 used 47.7 grams of dark purple.

 Row's 71 &72 were done in Leaf Green and used 64.1 grams of yarn.

Row 73 was done in a Lavender yarn, and used 78.1 grams.

Row 74 was done in a variegated yarn that had pink and browns in it, and used up 42 grams.

Row 75 used a medium tan yarn, and used 82.5 grams

Row 76 used the leaf green yarn again and used 25.9 grams.

You can see in the above photo that I have started Row 77. You are able to see the difference between the Leaf green and the Grass Green.

Row 77 through 81 used the grass green yarn, and used up a total of 188.4 grams of yarn.

Row 82 I changed to Paddy Green yarn.  Used a skein of 61.98 grams, and started on a second skein in the middle of Row 83 using a skein that had 80.34 grams in it.  I haven't finished that skein yet, but soon.  I am sure I will have to go into another paddy green skein before I'm done with this color, as the next few rows in part 9 will be this color before changing to a purple again.

After Part 8 was completed, I took a wide angle shot.  This takes up most of the floor in my living room now. Approx. 5 - 6 feet square (this is a guess, I haven't measured it yet.)

Charlotte's Universe Progress - Part 6 finished.

 

I've made a bit of progress on my Charlotte's Universe CAL.  Last time I posted, I had finished through Row 42, which was the end of Part 4 of the CAL.  I have just completed part 6 last night.

I used the Medium "Leaf" Green on Rows 43-46, which was only short rows, as they form the base of the triangle for each side, and used 71g of yarn for those rows. 

I then did 2 rows white, 2 rows light green (nearly using that up! - I used 28g and only have a few grams of light green left now)... then another row of Leaf green before finishing the triangles with white.  I am hoping that the white isn't too stark a contrast once this is finished, but it may be a good accent point too. Only time will tell.  

As each round gets larger it will use more yarn, so I have to be careful on color selection so that I have enough to finish each round before running out of that color of yarn.

I framed these triangles in white - using up a couple of white partial skeins on these triangles and the framing. This will firm up the edges nicely before continuing on. . .

So that is Part 6 completed.  

I did start Part 7 last night as well. The first row is the dark purple - and that one round, Round 68, used up 48grams.  Hoping it will last for 2 more rounds before going to the next color, which will be Leaf Green, and then a Medium purple for a row of flowers.  I should be interesting!

Charlotte's Universe CAL Project

 So I have decided to start the Charlotte's Universe CAL.  You can view the pattern here.

I have started this because my mom, who was named Charlotte, passed away this May and this CAL has her name (no affiliation, just a coincidence).  The other reason is that I inherited her yarn stash, and there are tubs of Worsted Acrylic yarn.  This will be a good way to use up her stash, in a blanket that has her name.  I figured it would be a good way for me to remember her as we head into the Holiday season.  The first holiday without her.

My main colors are purple, green, white, with brown and pink also thrown in for good measure. :)

I am starting with dark brown and dark purple, then light green.  I figure the browns and purples will go dark to light from the center outward, and the green will go light to dark from the center outward.  In my head, this may work.

Here is the stash I am starting with.

After looking at this selection, and again trying to estimate how much I will need, I added a couple more skeins on top.

I think that will be enough.  I hope so.

This morning I got started on this CAL.  I completed 4 rounds.  Here is a photo of the first two.

I haven't taken a photo of rows 3 and 4 yet.  

I'll try to keep this blog updated on my progress.  

Have you ever completed this CAL or any other of this type?  It has many many rounds, and many many pages of patterns to print out.