RED POPPY THROW
Get ready for spring with Kate’s vivid red, pink and peach oral blanket
Your décor won’t know what hit it when you introduce this granny square blanket with its vibrant shades of red. The floral motifs are just what we need to brighten our senses in the transition from winter to spring, and these ones certainly do the job of bringing cheer to our surroundings.
NOTES
The Blanket is made up of 108 Square Motifs, joined together at the end.
SQUARE MOTIF (MAKE 108)
Using a 3.5mm hook and Anthracite, make a magic loop.
Round 1 (RS) Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), 6dc into loop, ss into first dc to join.
Fasten off. [6 sts]
Change to Peach.
Round 2 Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), tr into st at base of ch-3, 2tr into each st around, ss into top of beg ch-3 to join. [12 sts]
Round 3 Ch3, tr in space between first 2 tr sts, (FPtr into next tr, tr into space between next 2 tr sts) 11 times, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [24 sts]
Round 4 Ch1, FPdc around first st, (ch2, skip 1 st, FPdc into next FPtr) 11 times, ch2, skip last st, ss to top of beg FPdc to join, turn.
Fasten off. [12 FPdc, 12 ch-2 sps]
Join Cardinal into an ch-2 sp.
Round 5 (WS) Ch3, 2tr into same ch-sp, 3tr into each ch-sp around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [36 sts]
Round 6 *FPss around first st, ch2, tr into fl of next st, FPdtr around same st, FPdtr around next 4 sts, tr into fl of next st, ch2, FPss around same st, ch2; repeat from * 4 times more, skip next st, ss into beg FPss to join. [5 petals]
Round 7 *Ss into next ch-2 sp, 2dc into ch-sp, dc in next 2 sts, htr into next st, 2htr into next st, htr into next st, 2dc into next st, 2dc into ch-2 sp, ss into same ch-sp; repeat from * 4 times more. Fasten off. [40 dc, 20 htr] Join Lollipop into the top of any st from Round 5.
Round 8 (WS) Ch3, 2tr in st at base of ch-3, *skip 2 sts, 3tr in next st, skip 2 sts, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) into next st, skip 2 sts, 3tr into next st; repeat from * 3 times more, omitting last 3tr, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [16 3-tr cluster, 4 ch-2 sp]
Rounds 9-10 Ss into space between 3-tr clusters, ch3, 2tr into same sp, *3tr into each sp between 3-tr cluster to next ch-2 sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) into ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3. [24 3-tr clusters,
4 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off and weave in ends.
JOIN MOTIFS
Place Square Motifs together with WS facing. Using a 3mm hook and Lollipop, dc join the Motifs together so the seam is visible on RS. Join all Motifs together in the same way so Blanket is 9 Motifs wide and 12 Motifs long.
BORDER
Using a 3.5mm hook, join Cardinal into any ch-sp.
Round 1 (WS) Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) into corner, *(3tr into each sp between 3-tr clusters, tr into ch-2 sp before dc joining seam, 2tr in ch-2 sp after dc joining seam) across to ch-2 corner sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) into corner; repeat from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Rounds 2-4 Ss into ch-2 corner sp, ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) into ch-2 sp, 3tr into each sp between 3tr cluster across to next ch-2 sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) into ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Fasten off and weave in ends.