Mandala Madness - Part 16

So, part 16 saw the shape of the blanket change again. The last round of part 15 had large sections of front post trebles and then smaller sections of ruffle stitches. I love those, they add such texture and add a really touchy feely element as well. They are definitely one of my favourite stitches that I have done.

The first round of this part folds over these long trebles to give a beautiful curved stitch that reminds me of the texture of rope. The next few rounds saw these lovely petal shapes appearing, done again with lots of treble stitches which is great, as the blankets grow quickly in size. Even the one done with the thinner Scheepjes whirl. The colour change with this whirl certainly starts to show towards the end of the part. The light grey colour that is there at the start gets gradually darker towards and the next colour starts to creep in which is a burgundy colour.

The white version has the green colour that is present at the edge of these petals. The back post stitches  that are one in some of the petals, create a ridge where it is folding over a small amount of the previous rounds stitches. I like how this has been done, I think it adds another level of interest.

The blankets are getting so large now, they easily fit on a double bed. The next part sees the spaces that are between the petals getting filled in and smoothing out the perimeter. More of the burgundy colour will also be added to the Scheepjes whirl blanket and this adds another depth to the range of the colours that are already present. I still however need to work on the blanket and get it caught up some more!

Onto part 17 .........................................