As I was helping my mom with repainting the guest room in the basement, I discovered a beautiful blanket! I was so excited. My mom had told me how she had received it as a graduation present from a very kind lady who she knew growing up. As I carefully examined the blanket, I figured out the pattern and thought that it would be fun to share with everybody!
*Again this is not an exact pattern, and can be made to just about any size.
HOOK SIZE: J/10-6.00MM
TIME: basically forever....blankets take me forever to make so I cannot tell you how many hours it takes
YARN: pick three different colors, the colors that are shown in the finished afghan are a coral orange, peach and cream, they look absolutely stunning together, but I think that alternate colors that would look good are; deep purple, turquoise and white.
Start: Ch 10, sl st in st ch to create a loop
R1: ch 3, (Counts as first dc) 3dc in loop, ch 2, 4 dc in loop,ch 2, turn.
R2: in ch 2 space, (3 dc, ch2, 3dc), dc in ch 3 from round 1, ch 2, turn
R3: in ch 2 space, (3 dc, ch2, 3dc), dc in first dc from previous round (see picture below, if you are confused)
Repeat until desired length, when on last row, in ch s space, (3 dc, chain 5,3 dc) , then dc in the spot that you normally would. Finish off and change to your new color.
R4: (Make sure to start your new color where the old ends!) Ch 3, (counts as first dc,) 2 dc in same spot, in next opening, 3 dc, continue along edge until you have reached the the last space before it curves.(look at picture for this step if you don't understand.)
You should have 4 dc, on the outermost dc, crochet 3 dc in it, by this point you should have reached the foundation loop, in that loop crochet 10 dc, put 3 dc in ch three,,and continue crocheting 3 dc in each open spot. When you reach the curved part, 1 dc in each space, 10 dc in ch 5 space, 1 dc in each space, sl st in ch 3, fo. change colors.
R5: ch 3, 1 dc in each st, until you reach the loop with 10 dc in it, when you reach this point, 1dc in next 4 sc, *in 5th st, put 2 dc in it, continue crocheting 1 dc in each st,* until you have reach the other end with 10 dc, when you do reach that point, repeat from * to * until you finish the round. FO
(make sure you congratulate yourself right here and prepare yourself to make a lot more of these.)
After you have made a few of these, it's time to crochet them together (or sew them, if you would rather do that.) To crochet them together you simply, need to line up the two pieces together (For this tutorial I used a pink and blue piece for contrast!)First, go under the back loop of your first piece and the back loop of your second piece and sc as you would normally, keep going until you reach the end of the edge, then cut yarn and weave in any ends.
EDGING 1:After you have crocheted/sewn all your pieces together, start hdc on the long straight edge, (you can really pick anywhere, it doesn't matter), when you reach the curved, scalloped edge of the blanket, you may have to add an extra few stitches here and there, to keep it laying flat, I only had to add 2 extra stitches along each curve, although you may have to add more depending on your tension, do this all the way around the blanket, cut yarn and change colors (Sorry forgot to take a picture at this step! But basically what we did was we crocheted all the way around the blanket, to make it more "square" shaped.
EDGING 2: 1 sc in each space, until you reach the curved edges, when you do you can add a few extra sc here and there as needed. Finish off .
OPTIONAL: If you want you can add fringe on the end, to do so , cut about 6" of yarn in whatever color you want, fold them in half, and pull about an inch or an inch and half through until you get a loop, finally pull "tails" through loops and pull until secure. Trim off any excess if needed.
When you finish make sure you give yourself a pat on the back for finishing!!
As always, I would love to see any pictures of the things you've made and if you have any questions, feel free to comment!
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