Jenny and I are delighted to share her Spring version of Sophie’s Dream.  I love how the orange she used for the border and joining brings all the colours together.  And I super love the yellow popcorns!

Sophie’s Spring Dream is a beautiful marriage of pastels and brights,  making it perfect for those of you who like colour but prefer something a little less bold than the original (Summer) version.   Don’t those colours just make your heart sing?

To create your own Sophie’s Spring Dream, you’ll have to follow the original pattern HERE.  Don’t click on the link yet, though! There are a few things you need to know about this colourway if you wish to recreate it:

1. Materials
2. Making the ‘Gardens’
3. Deciding on Your Layout

Materials

Yarn packs for Sophie’s Spring Dream are available in my Wool Warehouse Shop HERE.  Packs include printed instructions for turning 12 Sophie’s Gardens into this beautiful blanket. You can find the individual balls at any of the Scheepjes Stockists HERE.

• Hooks
  • 2.75mm crochet hook (Parts 1 – 3 of Sophie’s Universe)
  • 3mm crochet hook (Part 4 of Sophie’s Universe and Border)
  • 3.25 mm crochet hook (Joining Only)
• Yarn
  • Scheepjes Whirl (60% cotton/40% acrylic), 215–225g/1000m/1093yds
    • Main Colour 1 (MC1) – 1 ball of Cotton Candy Man (760)
    • Main Colour 2 (MC2) – 1 ball of Sherbet Rainbow (768)
    • Main Colour 3 (MC3) – 1 ball of Lemon Cassis Cream (765)
    • Main Colour 4 (MC4) – 1 ball of Jumpin Jelly (759)
  • Scheepjes Whirlette (60%cotton/40%acrylic),100g/455m/497yds
    • Border Colour 1 (BC1) – 2 balls of Citrus (864)
    • Border Colour 2 (BC2) – 1 ball of Banana (858)

Making the Gardens

Gardens A to C

With MC1 and working from the inside to the outside of your ball, make 3 squares, labelling them A, B, and C in order of creation.

Gardens D to F

With MC2 and working from the inside to the outside of your ball, make 3 squares, labelling them D, E, and F in order of creation.

Gardens G to I

With MC3 and working from the inside to the outside of your ball, make 3 squares, labelling them G, H, and I in order of creation.

Gardens J to L

With MC4 and working from the outside to the inside of your ball, make 3 squares, labelling them J, K, and L in order of creation.

Deciding on Your Layout

Jenny’s Layout

Look at all that bright beauty!!!  For this one, our favourite layout was when Jenny simply placed each Whirl in its own row.  What I really REALLY like is how she split the pastel and bright whirls up so that the blanket doesn’t feel colour heavy on one side and too pastel on the other.

We are aware that individual tastes vary greatly, so you are, of course, free to change your layout.  You can find hints for doing so in the original pattern.

Although the joining instructions don’t change between colour versions, I am including a graphic for joining this specific colourway here.  Hopefully, it will help those of you who like to visualise things.

I am also including a photo of the border for colour-placement reference:

Thank you for choosing to make this blanket.  If you share photos of your project, please use #sophiesdreamblanket so that we can all Ooh! and Aah!

All Four Sophie’s Dreams

• Sophie’s Summer Dream (original pattern)
• Sophie’s Winter Dream
• Sophie’s Spring Dream (This Post)
• Sophie’s Autumn Dream

More Whirl Patterns

• My Voyage Shawl
• My Story Shawl
• Sophie’s Universe in Whirl
• Banksia Baby Blanket

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