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Attic 24 blankets.
I ve used the 15 shades in the sweet pea yarn pack to design two different blankets which i ll be sharing for my crochet a long cal throughout january and february 2019.
Little squares doll blanket.
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The colourwash is a sweep of the colours from bottom.
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Start at the top right hand corner of the blanket.
The posy blanket is a medley of colours inspired by the bunches of sweet peas i had in a jug on my table in the summer.
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Cosy stripe blanket attic24 15 8373 1849.
You need to think of your blanket as a grid made up of vertical strips.
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Make sure the right side of your blanket is facing you the edge where you darned in your ends will be on the right.
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I ve chosen a soft muted palette of colours to describe the feeling of walking on a breezy beach in early spring when there is still a chill in the air.
If you are using the attic24 cosy pack of yarn colours that s them in the bag above i ll be sharing the progress of my own cosy stripe blanket including the exact random.
The granny stripe pattern is absolutely beautiful in it s simplicity and makes a fantastic blanket.
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In my harmony blanket pictured above there are 126 squares in total which are laid out in a 14 x 9 format.
Use parma violet yarn.
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I washed the blanket in the washing machine on a normal 40 degree wash blankets made in stylecraft special come out of the machine just damp and not sopping wet as they can withstand a fairly decent spin.
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Insert your hook into the first stitch at the top right hand edge of your blanket and pull through a loop of the new yarn.
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This table shows the order of the squares for the 9 vertical strips.
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That means there are 9 vertical strips each containing 14 squares.
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All you need to think about is the quantity it takes roughly 15 x 100g balls to make a single bed size blanket and twice as many to make a full king size bed blanket.
I then spread the blanket out directly on the carpeted attic floor smoothing and gently stretching it into shape.