Star gazing
Lose yourself in rippling rounds of concentric stars with this blanket by Paintbox Yarns
YOU WILL NEED
■ Paintbox Simply Chunky (100% acrylic, 100g/136m) 3 balls of:
Yarn A Champagne White (302)
Yarn B Blush Pink (353)
Yarn C Washed Teal (332)
Yarn D Vanilla Cream (307) 4 balls of:
Yarn E Buttercup Yellow (322) 5 balls of:
Yarn F Duck Egg Blue (335)
■ A 6mm (US J/10) hook
■ Pompom maker, 5cm
■ Stitch markers
For yarn contact Love Crafts 01409 404 010 www.lovecrochet.com TENSION
Tension is not critical for this project, but it may affect the yarn quantities required
MEASUREMENTS
Blanket measures 162cm (63 in) in diameter
ABBREVIATIONS
For a full list, see page 94
Clean simplicity and flat pastels create a ‘why didn’t I think of that’ design that’s an instant room brightener. Once you’ve learned the pattern you can hook it to any size, for anything from doily to bedspread.
NOTES
Blanket is worked in rounds, with RS facing throughout.
Slip stitches are not included in st counts unless otherwise stated.
BLANKET
Using Yarn A, ch4, ss to last ch from hook to form a loop.
Round 1 (RS) Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), 11tr into loop, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
[12 tr]
Round 2 (RS) Ch3, tr in st at base of ch-3, 2tr in each st around, ss to top of beg ch-3. [24 tr]
Round 3 Ch4 (counts as tr, ch1 throughout), tr in st at base of ch-4, *tr in next st, (tr, ch1, tr) in next st; rep from * 10 times more, tr in next st, ss to third ch of beg ch-4. [36 tr, 12 ch-1 sps]
Fasten off and join Yarn B into any ch-1 sp.
Round 4 Ch5 (counts as tr, ch2 throughout), 2tr in sp at base of ch-5, *skip 3 sts, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in next ch-1 sp; rep from * 10 times more, skip 3 sts, tr in same sp as beg ch-5, ss to third ch of beg ch-5, ss into ch-2 sp. [48 tr, 12 ch-2 sps]
Round 5 Ch5, 2tr in same sp, *tr in next st, skip 2 sts, tr in next st**, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in ch-2 sp; rep from * 11 times more ending final rep at **, tr in same sp as beg ch-5, ss to third ch of beg ch-5, ss into ch-2 sp. [72 tr, 12 ch-2 sps]
Round 6 Ch5, 2tr in same sp, *tr in next 2 sts (pm in final tr), skip 2 sts, tr in next st (pm in tr), tr in next st**, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in ch-2 sp; rep from * 11 times more ending final rep at **, tr in same sp as beg ch-5, ss to third ch of beg ch-5, ss into ch-2 sp. [96 tr, 12 ch-2 sps]
Round 7 Ch5, 2tr in same sp, *tr in each st up to marker (pm in final tr), skip 2 marked sts and remove markers, tr in next st (pm in tr) tr in each st to next ch-2 sp**, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in ch-2 sp; rep from * 11 times more ending final rep at **, tr in same sp as beg ch-5, ss to third ch of beg ch-5, ss into ch-2 sp. [120 tr, 12 ch-2 sps]
Round 8 Ch5, tr in same sp, *tr in each st up to marker (pm in final tr), skip 2 marked sts and remove markers, tr in next st (pm in tr) tr in each st to next ch-2 sp**, (1tr, ch2, 1tr) in ch-2 sp; rep from * 11 times more ending final rep at **, ss to third ch of beg ch-5, ss into ch-2 sp. Rounds 7-8 set the pattern.
Fasten off and join Yarn C into any ch-2 sp.
Rounds 9-12 Repeat Rounds 7-8.
[168 tr, 12 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Yarn D into any ch-2 sp.
Continue to repeat Rounds 7-8 using the following colour sequence:
Rounds 13-17 Yarn D.
Rounds 18-21 Yarn E.
Rounds 22-26 Yarn F.
Rounds 27-30 Yarn A.
Rounds 31-35 Yarn B.
Rounds 36-39 Yarn C.
Rounds 40-44 Yarn D.
Rounds 45-48 Yarn E.
Rounds 49-53 Yarn F.
[Stitch count at the end of Round 53 is 672 tr, 12 ch-2 sps]
Continue with Yarn F.
Round 54 *Ss into bl of next 2 ch, ss in bl of next 28 sts, skip 1 st, ss into bl of next 27 sts; rep from * around, ss into bl of beg ss.
Fasten off.
TO FINISH
Weave in all ends.
Make 2 pompoms in each colour and join one to each point of the Blanket.