Golden sunshine

Indulge yourself with a cocktail of orange colours and hook Kate Bruning’s gorgeous blanket.

Kate has designed a richly coloured blanket using the colour orange as a base and mixing it with analogous red-based colours. We’re loving the cheerful vibrancy of the geometric shapes – just like a brilliant sunrise.

NOTES

The Blanket is made up of 40 square motifs and 20 triangles crocheted together in a diamond pattern.

SQUARE

Using Mustard, make a magic ring.

Row 1 (WS) Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), 6tr into ring, turn. [7 tr]

Row 2 (RS) Ch3, 2tr into each st across, turn. [13 tr]

Row 3 Ch3, (tr in next st, 2tr in next st) 6 times, turn. [19 tr]

Row 4 Ch3, (tr in each of next 2 sts, 2tr in next st) 6 times, turn. [25 tr]

Fasten off.

Row 5 Join Salmon in first st, ch4 (counts as dtr), dtr same st, dtr in next st, tr in each of next 2 sts, htr in next st, dc in each of next 2 sts, htr in next st, tr in each of next 2 sts, dtr in each of next 2 sts, ch2, dtr in each of next 2 sts, tr in each of next 2 sts, htr in next st, dc in each of next 2 sts, htr in next st, tr in each of next 2 sts, dtr in each of next 3 sts, turn. [26 sts, 1 ch-sp]

Row 6 (RS) Ch3, 2tr in same st, tr in each of next 12 st, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in ch-2 sp, tr in each of next 12 st, 3tr in last st, do not turn. [34 sts, 1 ch-sp]

Fasten off.

Rotate to work into row ends.

Row 7 (RS) Join Papaya in first row end, ch1, 2dc in first row end, 3dc in next row end, 2dc in next row end, (3dc into next row end) 6 times, 2dc in next row end, 3dc in next row end, 2dc in last row end, turn. [32 sts]

Row 8 Ch1 (does not count as st), dc2tog, dc in each st across to last 2 sts, dc2tog, turn. [30 sts]

Rows 9-21 Repeat Row 8. [4 sts]

Row 22 Ch1 (does not count as st), dc2tog twice, turn. [2 sts]

Row 23 (RS) Ch1 (does not count as st), dc2tog, do not turn.

BORDER

Next round Ch1 (does not count as st), work 16 dc into each edge of the square and (dc, ch2, dc) in each corner, ss to first dc to join. [72 dc and 4 ch-2 sps] The blanket is a mix of geometric shapes: squares, circles and triangles. TRIANGLE

Using Papaya, ch33.

Row 1 Dc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn. [32 dc]

Rows 2-17 Repeat Rows 8-23 of Square.

BORDER

Next round Ch1 (does not count as st), work 16 dc into each short edge of the triangle, 30dc along the long edge and (dc, ch2, dc) in each corner, ss to first dc to join. [68dc and 3 ch-2 sps]

TO MAKE UP

Using the image as a guide and with the sun motif at the top of each square, join the squares and triangles together using dc seams on the RS.

BLANKET BORDER

Once all Squares and Triangles are seamed you will have 2 ch-2 sps at each corner of the Blanket and 3 ch-2 sps at each seam along the edges of the Blanket.

Join Papaya in any st along the edge of the Blanket, ch2 (counts as htr), htr in each st around, working 3htr in each ch-2 sp at the Blanket corners and 2htr into each of the 3 ch-2 sps at the seams, ss to top of beg ch-2 to join.