An adorable blanket to make
Crochet fans will love this pattern – all the squares on the pretty cot blanket are made in the same heart design, but in a variety of colours
MATERIALS:
Rooster Almerino DK, 50 per cent baby alpaca, 50 per cent merino wool DK (light worsted) yarn
10x50g balls of 201 Cornish (off-white) (MC) 1x50g ball each of:
218 Starfish (orange)
219 Sandcastle (pale yellow)
205 Glace (pale blue)
203 Strawberry Cream (pale pink)
211 Brighton Rock (pink)
204 Grape (purple)
216 Pier (pale green)
215 Lilac Sky (pale lilac)
217 Beach (turquoise)
3mm (UK 11/US 3) crochet hook
Yarn sewing needle
BEFORE YOU BEGIN…
Ch – chain; dc – double crochet; MC – main colour; rep – repeat; RS – right side of work; ss – slip stitch; st(s) – stitch(es); tr – treble; WS – wrong side of work
SQUARES
(Make 63, 7 of each colour heart)
Using MC, make 22ch.
Row 1 (RS): 1dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1dc in each ch to end. (21 dc)
Row 2: 1ch (does not count as a st), 1dc in each dc to end.
Rows 3-4: Rep Row 2.
Cont in dc throughout, following chart for Rows 5-16 to work the heart motif, and using one small ball of MC on each side of motif.
Read the chart from bottom up, working odd-number rows from right to left and even-number rows from left to right.
Using MC only, work 5 more rows in dc. Fasten off.
MAKING UP AND FINISHING
Lay the squares out on a flat surface in strips of 7 squares across by 9 squares down, so different colour hearts are arranged evenly across the blanket. Using MC and with WS together, join the rows into strips using a double crochet seam, then join the strips together vertically.
FOR THE EDGING
Round 1: Join MC in top right-hand corner of blanket, make 1dc in same corner, *1dc in each st along edge to next corner, 2dc in corner sts; rep from * twice more, 1dc in each st along edge to last corner, 1dc in corner st, ss in first dc.
Round 2: 1ch, 1dc in each st along edge to next corner, 2dc in corner sts; rep from * twice more, 1dc in each st along edge to next corner, ss in first 1-ch. Round 3: 3ch, 1tr in each st along edge to next corner, 2tr in corner sts; rep from * twice more, 1tr in each st along edge to next corner, ending 1tr in same space as first 3-ch, ss in top of first 3-ch. Fasten off. Sew in ends on WS. Press the blanket to size.
Sweetheart chart Follow the chart to work the heart motif and read from bottom up