- Make this beautiful planned pooling throw,
the "Blackwatch Throw" from Premier Yarns,
made with their new "Everyday Plaid" yarn.
Let's begin.
(upbeat music)
Planned pooling is all the rage
to make a beautiful plaid
from a variegated yarn.
Hi, I'm Kristen Mangus with GoodKnit Kisses,
and I'm really excited to present to you
Premier Yarns new planned pooling yarn.
This is "Everyday Plaid".
And we are working with four colors in here
in a variegated yarn
that change beautifully
to have beautiful new designs.
There's all kinds of new colors,
so you're gonna wanna click on the link
to get yours.
Today, I'll be working on the Blackwatch Throw
in the Navy Green Plaid
as well as a crochet hook,
an I-9, 5.5 millimeter.
And you'll also need scissors
and a tapestry needle.
To download your pattern,
be sure and click on that link in the description.
Premier Everyday Plaid
has some general notes and tips you should know
before you start for a successful planned pooling project.
Rather than calling for an exact gauge
and specific number of stitches,
this pattern adjusts to your own gauge
to make planned pooling easier to start.
You don't need to go up or down
on the hook size
and you don't need to change the stitch type
to get the colors in the right place.
The color should shift one stitch each row,
either forward or back,
to get the pooling effect.
To be successful,
the most important thing
is to have consistent gauge throughout the pattern.
Now you can achieve that,
but letting your tension loosen
or tighten mid-project
will cause the pooling pattern to change.
So I recommend having a project to the side
using the same linen stitch pattern we'll use
in a solid color
so that you can work out your tension before you begin.
Whether you've had a stressful day
or a super relaxing day,
you can work out your normal gauge
and your normal tension
and then you can put it down
after a few rows
and start on your plaid pooling project.
Alright, let's dive into the foundation chain
and more tips along the way.
Your Blackwatch Throw
is going to be approximately 42 inches by 56 inches
and that depends on your personal gauge.
And we've got two balls of Plaid that you need.
I'm working with Navy Green Plaid,
so you'll need two balls of that.
And you're also going to need eight balls
of a solid color that goes down below and above
to surround your plaid.
I'm going to use color Mist
so that you can see it in this gray color,
but you'll want Navy
if you want to match these colors and the pattern.
Let's look at this foundation chain.
You can see how it's longer
than my actual crochet work,
and that's because we need to work
through this color sequencing
so you can see this foundation chain
works through four different colors.
We've got black, blue, green, and gray.
We're gonna do that here in a second,
but I want you to see that it clearly changes
black, blue, green, gray,
and then it changes again to black, blue, green, gray,
and it keeps going.
So you're gonna want to go through six of these sequences,
so when I tell you in a second to go through that,
you'll know what I mean.
And then the color sequencing won't matter
on this beginning foundation
as much as it will on this very first row
that will begin right after.
Alright, now that you've seen that,
grab your hook and yarn and let's begin.
As you can see, I've shown a color change here
in front of you
with the black, blue, gray, and green,
and then back to black again.
So I wanna pick out my clear color change.
And again, I say that it goes from the gray
to the black.
And so I'll take my yarn
and go ahead and cut off
all the extra right before that
and start my slip knot here.
And we do need to work through six color sequencing.
I like to start with,
when I count, with my black.
And so if you will go ahead
and pull out all your strands
enough for a full sequence of six,
when you get to the seventh black one,
you can actually put a little safety in here
by putting a slip knot right in the middle
of your strand.
And then when you get to that point,
you'll know that you've gotten far enough.
So you're gonna through the sequencing
until you get to the seventh one
where the black is coming through.
So you finish all the gray,
and then that last loop on your hook
is going to be this black,
and we will begin.
So let's start our slip knot.
Make it however is easiest for you.
And when I chain,
I like to chain just one at a time
on this particular one
because the gauge, your own particular gauge,
a consistent one is so important.
I just pull through one stitch at a time.
And I can go relatively fast that way.
Instead of, let's say for instance, I chain
and then keep holding my thumb in place
and then go through like this,
I found in the past
that sometimes I get either way too loose here
and then it might be tight up here.
So I'd rather just pull through one at a time.
Go ahead and pause your video,
make all your chains,
and I'll meet you back up soon.
Alright, I'm pulling through where my color change is
for the last time.
And we're going to work into for row one,
the third chain from the hook.
So don't count what's on the hook.
We're gonna count down one, two, three.
We're gonna single crochet.
So insert in through that chain,
pull up a stitch, get your single crochet
by yarning over and pulling through two.
Now we're going to chain one
and then we'll skip one chain
and go into the next chain
and single crochet
and chain one.
So you'll continue that sequence
by skip one chain,
single crocheting into the next chain,
and chain one.
Okay, you're gonna go through the foundation
and repeat this color change
until the sixth,
it's got six complete color changes,
and when you reach the seventh part, you stop,
and I'll meet you back up.
So be sure you're being really consistent on here.
Don't pull too tightly,
more than you would for a normal project,
and you'll get your color sequencing right.
I'll meet you back at the end of that
and go on with the rest of the row.
See you soon.
I'm coming to the end of row one
until we've repeated our color change six times.
And when you pull up that last color change,
you can see right here
I've already got the next color coming through.
We're going to rip back two to three stitches
until we get to the last single crochet.
So take that chain off
and insert your hook back in,
and now we're just gonna turn our work
and chain up to start row two.
Chain one, two.
And now we're gonna look at
this chain-one space right here.
Okay, so there's our single crochet,
and we're going into that chain-one space
and single crochet there.
Pull up a stitch.
Got our single crochet and chain one.
Now you can see that our color has changed, okay?
It has shifted over
where the ending of my black is.
Okay, I'm gonna use the colors that's on mine.
If yours is different,
obviously, you're gonna look at whatever you end with here.
So the end of this chain down here
on the foundation is now shifting over,
and I have this turning chain here
in the new color, okay?
We've shifted over our black
and now we're going to go into the next chain-one space
and single crochet and chain one
and continue going down the row
until we reach one full color sequence here.
And then I'm going to pause
and show you a technique
that's going to help you establish your row two really well.
So just continue working.
Single crochet, chain one.
And I'm just gonna continue talking as I crochet this,
and you do too.
If you need to, pause your video,
use your controls to slow down or speed up as needed.
But the unique part about this pattern
that keeps us to where we don't have to
do any kind of
measuring of gauge
where you count how many stitches in an inch
and that kinda thing
or change our hook up or down
is it works with your tension.
So if you tighten up,
you're gonna get more stitches
in your color sequence.
And if you loosen up,
you'll get less stitches in your color sequence,
which if you go through them
and you find that you have
not shifted over properly,
your pattern won't show up right.
So I'm gonna show you how to have a little cheat.
And this number sequence
is really gonna help you establish your row two and three.
Row two and three are the most critical
to get your patterning right.
Alright, so I've come down to the end
and you can see
where my new color changes.
I'm gonna set this down
and show you a sequence.
So if you look at your foundation,
I can see my foundation right down here,
it jumps up to our first color, okay?
Our first color changing.
So I can count out how many stitches
are in that first color change.
Okay, this is a color sequence
and the pattern sequence.
So I'm gonna count how many stitches.
So we've got one, two,
and I'm just counting single crochet,
one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
nine, 10,
11, 12,
13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, and 20.
It stops where that gray is.
And then the next sequence starts.
So if I count this out,
it's going to be 20 or 19.
So it'd be a give or take a number
from the last one over,
and so on down the row.
Now if you notice,
mine's a little shorter than yours.
It's 'cause I'm only doing three repeats on mine.
So mine's about 1/2 the width of yours.
So you're going to come over here
and you can actually count out
in row two and three
how many is in your sequence.
So if I look at this one,
where the black starts,
not where the gray, but where the black starts here,
I can count out and see if I'm around 20,
give or take 20 or 19.
So we're at one, two, three,
four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, 10,
11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19.
See, I'm right at 19,
and that sequence is there
and I can see that I'm keeping my gauge right.
Now you also can see how
this row one here
has a black,
and then I'm about to start a black.
The row right below it
isn't gonna be the part
where we're looking
for the color shifting to change.
I'm gonna show you on this other sample
where you're gonna look for this color shifting.
It's critical for your row two to be correct
or start off correctly like this
in order for row three
to begin to start matching up with row one.
Let me show you what I'm talking about
on this bigger sample here.
So on this bigger sample,
you can see how
this black here
is not directly down below on the first row.
So this is the third row here
and then the first row.
They're directly above each other.
Okay, they're lined up.
Offset is the row directly below it.
So you're not gonna look at the row below it.
You're looking at one two rows down.
So you can see that black is shifted forward
versus this blue.
And then if I go two more rows up,
the black shifts over one more time.
So it starts making this diagonal here.
The same thing happens with this green.
This green is one stitch back up here
than it was down here.
And this one goes this way.
So you can see how it starts developing
these big X's
and makes that plaid shape.
We're gonna continue on
and you'll want to go through
all the way down to the end
and meet me back up
and we'll go on to row three.
See you soon.
At the end of row two,
and I want to go into this chain-two space here
so I can see a little V-stitch of my single crochet.
I'm gonna go right into that stitch there
or that space,
pull up a stitch and single crochet
and that will complete my row.
And now we're going to turn our work
and chain up two.
One,
two.
And now we're going to continue our sequence of
that single crochet into this chain-one space here.
And I should get that same color
that I just chained up with
and chain one.
And then my next color should change
into the new color.
Alright, so now you can see that I've got
a black color here.
And down two rows down,
I can see that it has shifted.
So you can see this black is here
and right above it is the gray,
and then we've shifted over to the black.
This is that first critical part.
So row two
will set you up successfully for row three.
And so once you get row three established,
it should be easier to continue shifting.
So it doesn't always work out this perfectly.
You can go back and let's say you,
let me look at my work here.
We're gonna go back and look at our counting.
So if you're off by a little more,
like you say you crocheted over
and you have two more of your old color
and then you have the new color coming in here,
that means your stitches might have gotten
a little too loose on the previous row,
and so you can kind of frog back and check that.
And one way to check it before you start
just ripping out a whole row
is you can go back and check
how many are in your color sequencing.
So we've got our color sequence
and we count across,
and I had actually, when I was off camera,
I counted, I had 20 through here,
just like I had before,
and then it started over with my next
and I had 20 again,
and then I had 19 in another one,
so it was about the same
as what my sequencing was before.
And then when we came up to this next row,
it was correct.
So say we had to go backwards.
We would just pull out our stitches
and pull back to where that sequencing was off a little bit
and try and either make our tension a little looser
or a little tighter,
just in that one little spot there
'cause it may have been
that we just got a little loose.
So I'm gonna continue on with my sequence
and finish out my row.
So you're gonna continue
with the same row three.
Repeat that until you have gotten 12 inches.
And I'm gonna pull out my sample here and show you
what it's going to look like.
Okay, so as it starts developing,
you're going to start seeing,
as you get to about row seven,
you can really see the pattern develop,
and it'll stop about right here.
And so you'll be able to see this clear to vision
of where these angles go,
where you can start seeing
that it's really shifting.
So you'll have some color shifting this way
while other colors,
if you look at this green,
it's shifting this way.
And see, the blue is right on top of it
going that way, right?
And then you have the gray
going the opposite direction.
So you're gonna repeat with row two,
which is the same as row three you just did,
until your piece measures 12 inches.
And I'll join you back up for the next step.
See you soon.
Let's talk about
coming to the end of your first ball
and you need to tie on the second ball or skein.
When you begin a new ball,
change the ball where the yarn changes color
to match the new ball to the old ball,
and that ensures the pattern
doesn't get disrupted.
So my new ball starts at the gray,
going into black and blue and then green.
And I'm at the blue and green part right here.
So I'm just gonna pull that part out
and lay it on this white surface
so I can see it for myself a little bit better,
and lay both of these out together.
And I'm just gonna pull it until it matches up
right about where that color change is.
I see it's kind of heathered into that next color,
and then it's fully blue here.
So that's where I'm gonna decide to grab it.
So I'm gonna hold onto this first stitch here,
make sure that my tail is on the bottom
and kinda get it pinched together
right about where this is.
Okay, so this is where my stitch is.
I've got my single crochet and one chain
ready to go into the next single crochet.
So I'm gonna lay this tail towards the front
so I don't grab it,
and I've got my new ball up top
'cause my finger is gonna go around like that.
And so that way, I can grab it as I normally do.
And I'm gonna hold it again
and take this old tail,
I'm sorry, this is the beginning tail of the new ball,
and I'm just gonna kinda put it around
in the front like this, okay?
And what that does is it puts it
on top of the work
with the other tail as I go,
and it'll work both of them in at the same time.
So now I'm gonna go ahead and
get this onto my fingers
and get my hook,
and then we're gonna begin by
going into this next chain space
and yarning over.
Let's see, go in.
Where's the chain space?
There it is.
Chain space and we're going to yarn over
and pull that stitch on through
and then yarn over and pull through again.
Okay, now this top one's a little loose
and I can pull on that strand.
So I'm gonna just hold onto this
and pull onto these two strands here
and make sure, there I go.
So now it's made that yarn
nice and secure.
And then we're gonna go ahead and chain up
with our pattern
and then hold onto the other two tails.
Just let them lay onto the top as you work.
And we're just gonna go into the next chain space
and single crochet as you normally would
and chain.
So you're just gonna continue on
as you normally do,
except you're just gonna make sure
that these tails are woven in as you go.
And once you get about three or four inches in,
then let the tails just drop off,
and then you can clip them with your scissors
when you're ready.
And then you won't have any tails to weave in.
And that is all there is to it.
And I've got my color patterning
still going strong with my green.
I've got it going back one stitch here.
So we're still in the same color patterning
that we needed.
Alright, pause your video
and finish until that 12 inches
and we'll see you on the next step.
Alright, we have finished our 12 inches,
the last row for mine.
And to fasten this off,
we just want to go ahead and
yarn over and pull through and cut our yarn
and weave in our tail.
And then I want to go ahead
and show you how to handle the foundation chains
that are from the beginning.
I think it's better to go ahead
and weave these tails in, personally,
before you move on to fastening on the new colors.
So join me for fixing that foundation row
here in a moment
and then we'll come back to adding on a color
onto this end.
See you soon.
So this beginning chain here
at the foundation chain
is what we need to take out,
and we're gonna stop it right up here
and weave in our tails.
In order to take that out,
all you need to do is undo this slip knot.
So we're just gonna undo
this beginning loop.
And if you've got a blunt tapestry needle,
it might not get in as easy
as one that's a little sharper.
I'll just keep, whoops.
Don't wanna do that.
Yeah, here we go.
Just pull on that.
And then if you, see this loop like this?
If you end up pulling on the tail,
it will make that slip knot again.
So you've gotta keep pulling out
loop by loop.
And if yours is really long, that's normal.
Mine's just a little shorter.
And so I'm coming to the end here
and I wanna get this last gray out of here.
Okay.
And then I'm just gonna pull on that
and tighten it up.
And it is ready for us to weave that in.
Alright.
And so you're just going to go in
with your tapestry needle.
Course, this is my small sample here.
So just go in with your tapestry needle
and pop it into this last stitch
and start following along
where the color is that's the same.
And then when you get up to the next color change,
you can jump up to the next row where that happens.
I like to go in underneath these V-stitches here
in the same color change over here
and then as it starts changing,
I can jump up to the next row
that has that same color in it.
So now that I'm in the gray,
I'll jump up to behind these stitches here
and follow along
until you reach enough length,
yeah, three or four inches,
and then trim that up,
and you're ready to now
add on your new color.
Alright, pause your video
and get your new color
and I'll see you in a moment.
We're ready to join with color B
and we're going to be adding onto this end
where we had finished before,
measured the 12 inches.
And I'm gonna show you how to start it
without starting with this slip knot.
And you can pull through your new color
with the new yarn
before you finish and weave in the tails,
but I like to do it this way.
I'm going to take my tail,
and normally, I wrap my yarn like this
to feed in with the new yarn.
So I can do that same thing here
and I've got my tail
at the front of my finger.
And I'm going to go around the back like this,
put my hook through my stitch
where I wanna pull it up
and pull through a stitch,
just as I would here.
And now I can yarn over it as usual
and slip it this way and pull it tight,
and now we have a little slip knot here
instead of actually making one.
So I'm gonna go and turn my work
and lay my tail at the top edge,
and it's going to get worked in.
And go ahead and chain two.
One, two.
And we can begin with our sequence
of going straight into that chain one space.
Go right here.
Make sure that our tail is on top of our work
and pull up a stitch,
yarn over, pull through the two,
and you've got your single crochet.
Go ahead and chain
and continue going into those spaces
as you have done before with the linen stitch,
and you'll continue until you get 48 inches.
So make sure you that have
your tape measure handy.
Make your linen stitch
until you've reached 48
from the very beginning edge here with the plaid.
Alright, pause your video
and I'll see you soon.
Okay, we've reached the end of our 48 inches
and we're just gonna yarn over
and pull through and cut,
cut our tail here,
just as we've done before.
And you can leave this tail
to fasten it in later.
We're gonna go over to the other side.
So we've got the beginning edge
and we're going to join up
with color B again.
Same thing before.
Put your yarn around your finger
with the tail in the front
and go into that first stitch there.
Go into that black.
Little tight.
Alright.
Come to the back and pull through.
And then yarn over,
pull through to get that little slip knot there to begin.
And now we can turn our work
and chain up.
One,
two.
And then start going into that chain-one space here.
Now this chain-one space
is not really a chain-one space.
It's from the beginning edge,
so you may need to
kind of push your hook in there
to get it right.
Pull through, single crochet,
and chain across.
And you may not like this tail in here.
You may want to not trap it in
and lay it to the back
and then weave the tail in later
up here, okay?
So if you didn't like that join before,
you can always pop it out on the other side.
I'm just gonna leave mine out there.
So we just gotta continue going across
until you have reached 56 inches
from the beginning gray on the other side.
Alright, we'll see you soon.
Right, we're on the last part.
We've got 56 inches.
And just go ahead and cut your yarn
and pull that on through
and weave in your tails.
I hope you enjoyed making your "Blackwatch Throw"
with the Premier new Everyday Plaid yarn.
I think it's gorgeous.
I hope you checked out the video before.
If you haven't,
it is the Fringe Plaid Scarf,
and it's only got one repeat
so it's gonna be a little more simple
than this one that you did.
So be sure and check that one out
as well as clicking on that link
for all the other colors that you can get.
On behalf of Premier Yarns
and GoodKnit Kisses, that's me,
we are wishing you Happy Crochet
and Happy Planned Pooling.
Bye-bye!
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