El Segundo Slipt Stitchers

Modular Projects

Your project can be anything from an afghan or pillow assembled from crocheted Granny Squares, fancier crocheted or knit squares, to a sweater for our year-long Sweater KAL/CAL!

Please feel free to share any ideas you may have!

Your pieces don't have to be square. How about a knit hexagon swirl motif, like the Sagrantino Shawl (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sagrantino-shawl)? I've made this one, and the pattern is very well written and easy to understand!

Or a fan motif, like the knitted Fan Shawl (in fingering weight) by Gail Tanquary (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fan-shawl-fingering)?

A cute (knit) diamond motif to try is this Modular Scarf by Anne Rousseau. (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/modular-scarf-2). If this is anything like the jacket I made from Patricia Werner's Dazzling Knits: Building Blocks to Creative Knitting book (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/dazzling-knits-building-blocks-to-creative-knitting) book, this one is really easy.  You pick up stitches, decreasing until you have only one tail per diamond to weave in later.

Here's a beautiful crocheted hexagon pattern, with stars of different sizes: Star Struck Shawlette by Rae Blackledge (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/star-struck-shawlette). Or this crocheted one, n°04 Chèche au Crochet from Bergère de France (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/n04-cheche-au-crochet). Although the original pattern is in French, it is available in English.

Or try this Join-as-You-Go crochet motif wrap: Thredbo Wrap by Crochetroo (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/thredbo-wrap).

If you like a more graphic, clean look, there's Frankie Brown's Syrian Squares knit wrap (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/syrian-squares).

Working from Japanese charts is fun, and surprisingly easy! Here's a fully charted crochet motif pattern, 29-29 Motif Crochet Shawl from Pierrot (Gosyo Co., Ltd) (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/29-29-motif-crochet-shawl). Follow the link, and click to the right of the little pattern motif (it's the one that looks like a little "sewing pattern", under the "button" for the notions link).

And Hey! If you still like the traditional Granny Square (and who doesn't?), here's a link from Teresa Richardson for her Traditional Granny Square (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/traditional-granny-square-5). She includes a link to her free video tutorial.

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