HOOK ‘N’ LEARN
Get hooking Lucy Croft's ninth block for our beautiful blanket
This is the ninth pattern in our Hook ‘n’ Learn blanket crochet-along, which we’re running over the year. Perfect for beginners and fun for more experienced stitchers too, you’ll learn how to do 12 attractive stitches, then we’ll show you how to put it all together in the last issue. This month, try Lucy’s Apache Tears stitch. Choose between the beautiful soft shades of Stone Washed XL, or the bright tones of Colour Crafter (or go mad and make both!). Please note: if you’re making the Colour Crafter version you’ll need to make two Apache Tears Blocks.
Stone washed XL
Make one Apache Tears Block ■ Scheepjes Stone Washed XL (70% cotton, 30% acrylic, 50g/75m), 1 ball of each: Turquoise (864), Morganite (874)
■ A 5.5mm (US I/9) hook
For yarn stockists for both versions visit Scheepjes at www.scheepjes.com/en TENSION
13 dc and 13 rows to measure 10x10cm (4x4in) over patt using a 5.5mm hook
MEASUREMENTS
Block measures 20x40cm (8x16in)
colour crafter
Make two Apache Tears Blocks
■ Scheepjes Colour Crafter (100% acrylic, 100g/300m), 1 ball of each:
Block 1 Eindhoven (1114), Alphen (1722)
Block 2 Goes (1820), Tilburg (1083)
■ A 4mm (US G/6) hook
TENSION
16 dc and 16 rows to measure 10x10cm (4x4in) over patt using a 4mm hook
MEASUREMENTS
Block measures 16x32cm (6 x12 in)
ABBREVIATIONS
For a full list, see page 92
NOTES
All stitches are worked on the RS; fasten off at the end of each row and rejoin yarn in first st on RS. All dc are worked into bl of st. All dtr are worked into fl of the st 3 rows below. The first and last st of each row are worked as dc.
APACHE TEARS BLOCK
Using a 5.5mm (4mm: 4mm) hook and Turquoise (Eindhoven: Goes), ch52.
Row 1 (RS) Dc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. Fasten off. [51 dc]
Row 2 (RS) Join Turquoise (Eindhoven: Goes) in first st, ch1 (does not count as st throughout), dc in bl of each st across. Fasten off. [51 dc]
Row 3 Repeat Row 2.
Row 4 Join Morganite (Alphen: Tilburg) in first st, ch1, dc in bl of first st, *dtr in fl of st 3 rows below next st, dc in bl of next 7 sts; repeat from * 5 times more, dtr in fl of st 3 rows below next st, dc in bl of next st. Fasten off. [7 dtr, 44 dc] The instructions for the Colour Crafter blanket are shown in brackets.