WISHGHAN CAL – Week #6 Wisps in the Wind

WISHGHAN CAL – WEEK #6: Wisps in the Wind

As mentioned in the square with Flit, wisps are the little seedlings from the milkweed plant. When the pods break open in the end of summer, these gentle wisps are released to take their ride on the wind before settling into their new place in the ground. It is a beautiful life cycle.

Do you remember making wishes on these little seedlings and releasing them into the wind as a child? With hopes that your wish would come true and that the little wisp you wished upon would carry your wish where it needed to go to come true!

If you haven’t had a chance to read my children’s chapter book, WISHWEAVER, you can find it at most online retailers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, Target, and Walmart! Written for ages 7-9, WISHWEAVER would make the perfect gift for the special kiddo in your life. Especially ones who love adventure, bugs, and magic!

Weyburn could only hope. Until then, they would wait.

The animals would continue the tradition of planting milkweed seeds so that more milkweed pods would grow. When the pods opened in the peak heat of summer to release their seedlings—such adorable little wisps—there would be web enough to catch them so the cycle could continue. The orb spiders made sure of it.

Excerpt from the book, WISHWEAVER, by J.H. Winter.

While this Wishghan CAL posts will always be here for free on my blog, for convenience, I’ve also created one giant 70-page PDF file for those who would like to purchase a copy of all the files together in one place along with a photo tutorial of connecting the squares and doing the final border. No searching through posts necessary! Plus, it’s over there now, should you want to work ahead of the group rather than wait for each week’s new square. You can purchase this pattern for a small fee here on Ravelry. It is also available on Etsy and LoveCrafts.

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Chart:

Color Key:

Pattern:

Increasing:

↓ Row 1: B
↑ Row 2: W, B
↓ Row 3: G, W, A
↑ Row 4: B, A, W, G
↓ Row 5: W, G, W, A, B
↑ Row 6: B2, A, W, G, B
↓ Row 7: B, W, G, W, A, B, A
↑ Row 8: A2, G, A, W2, G2
↓ Row 9: W, G2, W, G3, B, A
↑ Row 10: W, A, G, W, G, W, G, W2, B

Corner (***To start the RECTANGLE, begin with a decrease to start Row 11, then Increase at the END of the ↓ Rows and Decrease at the END of the ↑ Rows.***): 

↓ Row 11: B, W2, O, W3, A, B, W
↑ Row 12: B, W, B, A2, W, O, W, G2
↓ Row 13: W2, B, O, B3, W, G2
↑ Row 14: B, G, W, B3, O, P, A, W
↓ Row 15: A, O, W, B2, G3, W2
↑ Row 16: B, W, G, W3, B, W2, O
↓ Row 17: O, X, B4, O2, G2
↑ Row 18: W, G, O3, B3, A, O
↓ Row 19: B, A2, B, O, P, B, W, G, W
↑ Row 20: W, G, W, B, O, W, B, A, B2
↓ Row 21: B2, A, W, X, O, W, G, B2
↑ Row 22: B2, G, W, O2, W, A, B, A
↓ Row 23: A, B, A, O2, B, W, B3
↑ Row 24: A3, W, B4, A, B
↓ Row 25: A, B8, A
↑ Row 26: A, B9
↓ Row 27: B6, O, W, B, A
↑ Row 28: A, B, W2, O, B, W3, B
↓ Row 29: W, G2, W, O, P, X, O, B, A
↑ Row 30: A, B2, O3, G4
↓ Row 31: B, W, G, O, W, O2, B2, A
↑ Row 32: B, A, B, A, O, W, G, W3
↓ Row 33: B, W2, G, W, B, A, B, A, B
↑ Row 34: B2, A2, B, W, G, W, G, W
↓ Row 35: G, W, A, B, A2, B, A, W, B
↑ Row 36: B, G, W, A, B3, A, W, B
↓ Row 37: W, B, A, W, O, A, B, W, B2
↑ Row 38: B2, G, W, B, O, W2, B2
↓ Row 39: B, O, X, P, O, W, G, B2, A
↑ Row 40: A, B, W, B, G, O, B, O2, B
↓ Row 41: O2, B, W4, B, A, B
↑ Row 42: B, A, B2, G3, W, B, O
↓ Row 43: B, W, G, W, B3, O2, B
↑ Row 44: B, W, O2, B, W3, G, W
↓ Row 45: W2, G, W2, B, O, W2, B
↑ Row 46: A2, X, O, B3, G, W, B
↓ Row 47: B, W, B2, W, B, P, O, W, A
↑ Row 48: A, G, W, O, B, W, G, B2, W
↓ Row 49: W, B2, G, W, O, W, G, B2
↑ Row 50: B, G2, W2, O, G, W2, B
↓ Row 51: W, G2, W2, G4, B
↑ Row 52: B2, W4, G, W2, G
↓ Row 53: W, B, W, G, W2, B4
↑ Row 54: B6, G, W, B2
↓ Row 55: B2, W, A, B3, W, B2
↑ Row 56: B2, G, W, B2, A, B3
↓ Row 57: B2, A, B2, W, G, W, G, B
↑ Row 58: B, G, W2, G, B2, A, B2
↓ Row 59: B, A, B2, W, G, W, G, B2
↑ Row 60: B2, W, G, B, G, B2, A, B
↓ Row 61: B, A, B, W, G, W, G, W, B2
↑ Row 62: B3, W, G, W2, B2, A
↓ Row 63: A, B, O2, G3, B2, W
↑ Row 64: W, B, W, G3, O3, A
↓ Row 65: O, P, W, G, W3, B, W, G
↑ Row 66: G, W, B3, W, G, W, O, W
↓ Row 67: X, O, W, B3, O, B, G, W
↑ Row 68: W, G, W, O2, B2, W, O2
↓ Row 69: O, W, B3, O2, W3
↑ Row 70: G2, O, P, W, O, A2, W, A
↓ Row 71: B3, A, W2, O, W, G, B
↑ Row 72: B2, W, B, O, X, B4
↓ Row 73: B4, A, B2, W, B, A
↑ Row 74: A, B, A, B2, A, B, A2, B
↓ Row 75: A, B, A, B, A, B, A, B, A, B
↑ Row 76: B, A, B2, A, B, A, B, A, B
↓ Row 77: B3, A, B, A, B, A, B2
↑ Row 78: B3, A, B, A, B, A, B2
↓ Row 79: A2, B, A, B2, A, B, A, B
↑ Row 80: B, A2, B, A, B, A, B2, A

Corner (Decrease at the end of each Row to finish the RECTANGLE):

↓ Row 81: B2, A, B, A, B, A, B, A
↑ Row 82: B, A, B, A, B, A, B2
↓ Row 83: B, A, B, A, B3
↑ Row 84: B2, A, B, A, B
↓ Row 85: A, B2, A, B
↑ Row 86: A, B2, A
↓ Row 87: A, B2
↑ Row 88: B, A
↓ Row 89: A

Sneak Peek of What’s Up Next…

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If you’d like to make the Whimsy or Flit amigurumis, head over to this post.

Happy crocheting!