My Wade's Blanket CAL

I'm really happy about my new blanket & so it deserves a little blog post of course!

This CAL was hosted by Zelna (Zooty Owl) & Andrea (Kokopelli Design)

& it was great fun to crochet it!

I LOVE CALs!

It's just such a difference to work on a project

while other crocheters are growing the same patterns.

You have the opportunity to see

photos of other CAL members

& I guess everyone else was unpatiently waiting

for the next part being published! ;-)

It was a special pleasure that my friend Lisbeth
has joined this CAL as well!
With her friendly permission
I can also show you a photo here:

Isn't it beautiful?!

Of course you can still find all patterns online

so you can still grow your own "Wade's Blanket CAL".

 Here you find Zelna's post with links to all parts 

& this link will guide you to Andrea's tutorials!

So this was my journey:

(I have added an additional row to every square
so my blanket is a little bit bigger!)

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Part 5:

Don't ask me for the heart pattern!

I'm a freeform crocheter & so I've just grown it!

I've basically just sewed the heart on a huge neon yellow granny square!

Part 6:

Part 7:

...and part 8, the border:

Taking good photographs of bright neon colours

is an impossible thing without a proper camera

but I can't change my favourite "colour", haha!

If someone is interested in the yarn I've used:

Only Schachenmayr Bravo,

the Lady in the yarn store always

says: "The Bravo girl is coming!" :-)

I'm really busy these days -

I have to write an essay for my philosophy studies

& the book has 729 pages, haha!

I hope you have more crochet time,

sending hugs:

Dada (or Julia)

Granny Square Mosaic Photo Tutorial - With Mosaically!

Since many years I often make mosaic collages as last minute presents -

you can find many free mosaic photo editors online.

The artist WorkByKnight (WBK)

makes stunning granny square mosaic pictures

&  Crochet Granny Square Art for Charity

is also recreating his pictures in yarn!

I can't show you a pic here because of the copyright

but have a look yourself! ;-)

I wanted to try it myself...

It's actually great because you can just

design your own patterns for blankets.

Haha, I could totally recreate myself in granny squares now!

I've used Mosaically.com for my test

& I thought I show you a short step-by-step tutorial...

1. You need LOTS of granny square pictures,

I've cutted out my granny squares with 

the free photo editor Picmonkey...

I just used the "square option" which is offered 

in the "Crop" section on the left side.

(On this screenshot you see part 2 of my 

Zooty Owl-Kokopelli Design CAL!)

2. Go to Mosaically.com!

3. Upload the photo you want to transform to a mosaic!

Click on "Step 2"!

4. Upload your granny square pics in "Step 2"!

(I've used 47 granny photos,

the more the better!)

Click on "Step 3"!

5. Play around with the

colour & the size

until you are satisfied!

6. Download it!

I've also added my signature

& increased the shadows in the pic for a better contrast...

Picmonkey.com is a real good free online editor! ;-)

7. Crochet your own mosaic blanket

or do whatever you want with this photo!

If you also make such a photo mosaic

or really crochet such a blanket

be free to show it to me on Dada Neon Crochet!