MOVIE BLANKET
Film buffs might need this blanket to hide under during scary moments! Designed by Karen Barnes.
This chunky supremo is perfect for a fun, easy project and the appliqué method means you can do the whole thing without a chart – huge applause awaits!
NOTES
Change colour on the last yrh of the last st. For the main Blanket you do not need to carry the yarn; instead have two working balls of Yarn A at each end of the row. To create the projector light on the blanket you will work a section in Yarn A, a section in Yarn B and a section in Yarn A on each row. As you work up the blanket you will expand the Yarn A sections while reducing the Yarn B section. The number of stitches in each row should remain the same.
BLANKET
Using a 10mm hook and Yarn B, ch72.
Row 1 (RS) Etr in fourth ch from hook and each ch across, turn. [70 etr]
Rows 2-3 Ch3 (counts as etr throughout), etr in each st across, turn.
Rows 4-5 Change to Yarn A, ch3, etr in first st, change to Yarn B, etr next 68 sts, change to Yarn A, etr last st.
Rows 6-7 Change to Yarn A, etr in next
3 sts, change to Yarn B, etr next 64 sts, change to Yarn A, etr last 3 sts
Rows 8-9 Change to Yarn A, etr in next 5 sts, change to Yarn B, etr next 60 sts, change to Yarn A, etr last 5 sts Continue in pattern to Row 36, increasing the number of sts in each Yarn A section by 2. Row 36 should have 34 sts in Yarn A,
2 sts in Yarn B and 34 sts in Yarn A.
Fasten off Yarn B.
Using Yarn A, repeat Row 2 until the blanket measures 160cm in length.
BORDER
Join Yarn A into beg ch3 of the last row.
Round 1 Ch3, (etr, ch2, 2etr) in same st as ch, *etr across to last etr, (2etrs, ch2, 2etrs) in corner, (2etrs in first row end, 3etrs in next row end) repeated to next corner, (2etrs, ch2, 2etrs) in corner; repeat from * omitting last corner, join to ch3 with a ss.
Round 2 Ch3, work an etr in each st around and (2etrs, ch2, 2etrs) in each ch-2 corner space, ss to top of beg ch3 to join.
Fasten off.
APPLIQUÉS
FILM REEL MAKE 2
Using 5.5mm hook and Yarn D, ch2. Round 1 6dc in second ch from hook, ss to first dc to join. Fasten off. [6 sts]
Round 2 Join Yarn C to any st, ch1, 2dc in each st around, ss to first dc to join. [12 sts] Now work with two colours, carrying the unused yarn behind.
Round 3 Ch1, 2dc in same st as ch1, dc next st, join Yarn D, 2dc in next st, dc in next, *with Yarn C, 2dc in next st, dc in next st, with Yarn D, 2dc in next st, dc in next st; repeat from * around, join with ss to first dc. [18 sts]
Round 4 With Yarn C ch1, dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, *with Yarn D dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, with Yarn C, dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around ending with Yarn D, ss to first dc to join. [24 sts]
Round 5 With Yarn C ch1, 2dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 3 sts, *with Yarn D, 2dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts, with Yarn C, 2dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts; repeat from * around, ss to first st to join. [30 sts]
Round 6 With Yarn C ch1, dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st, *with Yarn D, dc in next 4, 2dc in next st, with
Yarn C dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around ss in first dc to join. [36 sts]
Round 7 With Yarn C, ch1, 2dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 5 sts, *with Yarn D, 2dc in next st, dc in next 5 sts, with Yarn C, 2dc in next st, dc in next 5 sts; repeat from * around, ss in first dc to join. [42 sts]
Fasten off Yarn D.
Round 8 With Yarn C, ch1, dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next st, *join Yarn E, dc next 6 sts, 2dc in next st, with Yarn C, dc in next 6 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around, ss in first dc to join. [48 sts]
Round 9 With Yarn C, ch1, 2dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 7 sts, *with Yarn E, 2dc in next st, dc in next 7 sts, with Yarn C, 2dc in next st, dc in next 7 sts; repeat from * around, ss in first dc to join. [54 sts]
Round 10 With Yarn C, ch1, dc in same st as ch1 and next 7 sts, 2dc in next st, *with Yarn E, dc in next 8 sts, 2dc in next st, with Yarn C, dc in next 8, 2dc in next; repeat from * around, ss in first dc to join. [60 sts] Round 11 With Yarn C, ch1, 2dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 9 sts, *with Yarn E, 2dc in next st, dc in next 9 sts, with Yarn C, 2dc in next st, dc in next 9 sts; repeat from * around, ss in first dc to join. [66 sts]
Round 12 With Yarn C, ch1, dc in same st as ch1, dc in next 9 sts, 2dc in next st, *with Yarn E, dc in next 10 sts, 2dc in next st, with Yarn C, dc in next 10 sts, 2dc in next st; repeat from * around, ss in first dc to join. [72 sts]
Fasten off Yarn E.
Round 13 With Yarn C, ch1, 2dc in same st as ch1, (dc in next 11 sts, 2dc in next st) repeat around omitting last 2dc, ss to first dc to join. [78 sts]
Round 14 Ch1, dc in each st around, ss to fist dc to join. Fasten off.
PROJECTOR
Using a 5.5mm hook and Yarn C, ch50.
Row 1 Tr in fourth ch from hook and each ch across, turn. [48 sts]
Rows 2-16 Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), tr in each st across, turn. Fasten off. LENS
Using a 5.5mm hook and Yarn C, ch13.
Row 1 Tr in fourth ch from hook and each ch across, turn. [11 sts]
Row 2 Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), tr in each st across, turn.
Row 3 Ch3, tr in same st as ch3, tr in each st across to last st, 2tr in last st, turn. [13 sts] Rows 4-8 Repeat Row 3. Fasten off. [23 sts]
TRIPOD MAKE 3
Using a 5.5mm hook and Yarn C, ch52. Row 1 Tr in fourth ch from hook and each ch across. Fasten off.
TO MAKE UP
Using the image below as a guide, sew the Appliqués onto the front of the Blanket.