If you wanted to do this using cheapish acrylic, these are the ‘recommended’ colors:

MC = Turquoise. Marvel 1008 or Thoroughbred 2009

A = Dark red. Thoroghbred 2010

B = Light grey. Marvel 1022

C = Curry. Marvel 1029

D = Dark green. Marvel 1020

E = Mist. Marvel 1039
So far I am up to starting the second ball of grey, making the total cost for THAT yarn, 7$. If the rest of the afghan uses two balls each, that makes this a 42$ blanket.

Looking at a couple of other MMA’s, I found this one, showing M16 (3rd from right, on the bottom again) with an A row. There is also this one, (M16 being 4th from the right TOP row). Just found another one, and it too, hows an A row on M16. Though, on that last one, where I have a B color on R4, they have D, and the last five colors are B, B, C, C, A.

I’m really not fussed enough to go and change mine…well..I could…nooo no no no.

ETA: for the record, you need to make 16 little squares, using all 4 colors, 4 times each in the middles.

I worked out what I needed sort of following the usual mug cake versions:

3TB gluten free plain flour

half teaspoon baking powder

1TB polenta

4tb sugar

2TB oil

2tb orange juice (or juice of one orange?)

2 bantam eggs (or one large regular chook egg)

I mixed up the dry ingredients in the mug first. Added the wet and mixed it all well. Then zapped it on high for 3 mins.

The result? A slightly too sweet, not very orangey, moist mug cake, with nice little chewy bits. Orange zest would *make* this.

For the record, my microwave needs longer than 1.5 mins, and 1ts baking powder may be too much. I’ll try that with half a teaspoon next time I think. Another I idea I had, was switching the milk to orange juice (I like jaffa flavor), or maybe adding some mint.

messy gluten free mug cake

(picture of gluten free scones just to make a nice even number )

Maybe I should do a few of the little motifs.

1: D, A, D, A, D, A, A, B, A x3 D, A, A,

2: A, C x 3 D, M x 3, E x 6

3: D, B x 4, D, D, B x 7

4: M, A x 3, B, A x 4, C x 5

5: B, C, D, D, B, D, x4, B, D, D, C, D

6: D, B, D, A, D x10

7: M x 8, C,  D, D, B, D, B

8: C, A, C, B, C, B, A, B, C, B, C, B, A, C,

9: B, M, B, B, M x4, A, D, D, A, M, B

10: C x 8, M, A, D, A, D, A,

11: E, D x3, C, D, D, M x7

12: A, D, M, B, A, B, M, D, A, D, M, B, M, D

13: E, A, E, B, E x 10

14: M, D, M, B,  M, B, D, B, M, B, M, B, D, M

15: B x9, C, B, C, B, C

16: C, D, D, B, C, D x 4, B, B, C, C, A,

17: B, A x3, E, D x 3, M, D, M, A x 3

18: B, E, A, Bx4, E, A, E, B, B, A, E

19: E, C, E, C, E, C, C, M, C x4, E, C,

20: D, A, D, A, D, A, D, A, D, A, D, A, D, A

21: A, B, A, B, A, B, B, E, B, B, B, A, B, A

22: C, M, C, M, C, M, M, D, M x 4, C, M

23: C, B, E, E, C x4, B, E, E, C x 3

24: A, M, A, D, A x 10

25: B, E, B, E, B, E, E, C, E x 4, B, E

26: E x 8, A, M, B, M, B, M

27: M, D, M, D, M, D, D, A, D x 4, M, D

28: Ex4, B, M, B, E x 3, B, M, E, E,

29: M x4, C x3, M x 9

30: C, B, C, M, C x7, C, C, M, C

Dear Lord that was traumatic, and I still don’t think I got 21, 23, 24, 25, 26 right. The B’s and E’s look much the same. Either way, I’ll do what I have and hope for the best.

ETA, most look to be right.

While in Spotlight yesterday, looking for pale grey yarn, I found two greens that would have been perfect for this. I was tempted to buy them, but decided I can make it with the colors I am using well enough. Who knows when I’d find something the colors would ‘suit’ better.

On Row five I chain four, rather than three to give me a wee bit more room. I better take some time today and sew some ends in before they get away from me.

On Ravelry I found out that it has a correction. You can find this here.

I went to suss out the yarns I have, and decided they matched well enough to the listed ones: Materials: Yarn Mission Falls 136 Wool (100% merino wool; 136 yd [124 m]/13/4 oz [50 g]: #027 macaw (MC), 7 balls; #012 raisin (A), 3 balls; #002 stone (B), 3 balls; #013 curry (C), 3 balls; #531 sprout (D), 3 balls; #019 mist (E), 3 balls. The actual pattern tells me that the same yarn has 85yards/78metres per 50 grams, but the same correction page lists the above. as 8ply acrylic has about 300m per ball, the 7 balls of the main color needs about 2.5 of acrylic. I have that. I DON”Y have the ‘sprout’ or ‘mist’ (dark/light green respectively). I am thinking that chocolate and black might work well in its place. Failing that, I have a burnt orange and some of that other not-quite-olive green. I think I prefer the chocolate/black over the orange/green. Maybe chocolate and orange will work in better?

So I read the color chart list and found a row that has colors I have handy (I’m lacking a full ball of stone/pale grey), then remembered I have a scrap of a pale grey somewhere. Found that, decided that would work and set about starting one motif. It is working really well too. Problem is..I haven’t worked from a chat before, and while this isn’t an intricate chart, I still stuffed it up. I wondered why there were 30 rows for the motifs, and decided to ‘trust the pattern.’ Because, you read from left to right, and top to bottom don’t you? I started motif 2, A C B A C B M A M (etc).

Squinting at the pattern was doing my head in, so I unearthed the printer, couldn’t find the power cord, and so started writing the color combinations out…then realised I wasn’t doing motif 2…I was doing round 2 of the first 9 motifs. How clever! on the other hand, no one will have the same color combination! I think I will keep this one and substitute it for a motif I don’t much like. OR do the whole lot using the rows rather than motifs. I can get two motifs out of one by following rows. We’ll see. It could be fun.

(if you don’t slip the first stitches on the return row you lose the holes O.o)