Saturday 8 August 2015

TV crochet...




I'm not going to make any excuses for purchasing a whole series of The Waltons. Some might think it's seriously uncool but my excuse is that I missed out first time round, in the late seventies, because they didn't have subtitles back then. I watched bits but I couldn't follow it and it was one of those programmes that my long suffering little bro didn't really want to fill me in on, and who could blame him? Yes I could have bribed him, tied him to a chair, beat him up, but for reasons unknown I let him off the hook on that occasion.

Anyway, I really love all that make do and mend stuff and there was plenty of that in the depression years on Waltons Mountain! I love the fact that extended family live under the same roof and boy, there's so much job sharing going on, it's enough to make me start drawing up a rota for round here!

The grandmother is to be seen with the occasional piece of crochet in her hands (when she's not repairing denim dungarees that is!), the girls make the occasional crochet or knitted scarf and there is one particular crochet blanket that I keep spotting. I liked the way there was no need for an additional border because the treble clusters make a scalloped edge as it is. With a bit of help from my lovely blog friend we (she) solved the mystery of the pattern required to get that edge and hey presto one little sample of the Walton's crochet blanket! The vertical stripe is achieved by surface embroidery which is a little bit tricky since it works upwards into trebles so it doesn't really have a very uniform or obvious stitch on which to space even stitches, but even so, it's not impossible. It's a nice way to gain an extra colour and dimension to a simple shell stitch pattern.

I had better not start another blanket right now but I think a cushion would be fun to make with this pattern. I'll add the basic instructions to this post when I've relocated them from my emails. Done in rows of two they look like four petal flowers so this would probably look quite good in a bright colour combination.

21 comments:

  1. Loved The Waltons! GOOD NIGHT JOHN BOY!

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  2. Oo, I LOVED the Waltons, and still hum the theme tune to my children!!
    Caz xx

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  3. It looks really good Juanita x

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  4. It looks really good Juanita x

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  5. Do you have the pattern for the Waltons blanket?

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  6. Do you have the pattern for the Waltons blanket?

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  7. I am trying to replicate one of the afghans from the Walton's using the stitch pattern shown in the picture above.....do you have any instructions or patterns or can you tell me where to find one?

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  8. Do you have a pattern? The waltons is my favorite and I've been hunting for a pattern for this blanket for a long time

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    1. The Honeymoon is an episode where you can get a good shot of the Walton's afghan. It is in the scene where John Boy is called out to speak to Marsha Woolery. The minute JB stands up you can see it folded on the back of the rocking chair. The colors are yellow, orange, green and gray or light blue.

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  9. My replica is now in the Hamner House Bed and Breakfast in Schuyler. I'd like to say i used a pattern, but I really didn't. I just looked at lots of pictures and started crocheting. I wish now I had written down everything I did.

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    1. Go to Olivia's bed and breakfast website and I think you can see it on the back of the couch in the living room. When the bed and breakfast opened, I took it and have a picture holding the afghan with the cast members.

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    2. Have tried to post a picture of the one I made for the bed and breakfast, but can't figure out how to do that.

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    3. Lisa do you have the pattern for the one you made? Is it a shell stitch?

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  10. I’m almost finished with my version. I’m just now crocheting the vertical lines in between the clusters. I’m not sure if I’ll continue them as the color pattern I’ve chosen is a little more busy. I’d be happy to share a photo if I am able to figure that out.

    Teresa

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  11. Is the vertical strip embroidery or chain stitch?

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  12. Hi Juanita. Do you have a pattern perhaps drawn or written out for this pattern please?

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  13. I made this afghan and it's on display on the back of the couch at the bed and breakfast. You can see it in pictures on their website

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  14. Is anyone interested in the Walton's afghan pattern?

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  15. I would love to have the pattern for the afghan

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