Point of view
Create a fresh look in your living space with a corner-to-corner blanket in cool shades. Designed by Ilaria Caliri
YOU WILL NEED
■ Scheepjes Colour Crafter (100% acrylic, 100g/300m)
COOL PALETTE
5 balls of Yarn A Barneveld (1005) 3 balls of Yarn B Wolvega (1099) 1 ball of each:
Yarn C Almelo (1316)
Yarn D Ameland (1725)
Yarn E Alphen (1722)
Yarn F Dordrecht (1062)
Yarn G Oosterende (2005)
Yarn H Amstelveen (1277)
■ A 3.5 mm (US E/4) crochet hook
For yarn stockists contact Scheepjes www.scheepjes.com TENSION
One square (8x8 blocks) measures 13x13cm (5x5in)
MEASUREMENTS
Finished Blanket measures 145x145cm (57x57in)
ABBREVIATIONS
For a full list, see page 92 of Simply Crochet magazine Inspired by glacial colours and modern quilts, Ilaria has designed a blanket that really suits a contemporary living space and makes the most of the beautiful shades in the Scheepjes Colour Crafter range.
NOTES
This Blanket is made of join-as-you-go Squares. Each Square is worked using a corner-to-corner (C2C) construction in blocks of (ch3, 3tr). Each row of a Square is made up of a diagonal row of blocks, starting with 1 block in the bottom right corner, increasing to 2 in the next row, 3 blocks in the next, and so on.
Each Square is made of 8 by 8 blocks in 2 colours, always using Yarn A for the first part of the Square (Rows 1-7) and a different colour for the second part of the Square. Make a total of 121 Squares, referring to the image below for the colour combinations.
SQUARE 1 MAKE 1 Using Yarn A, ch6.
INCREASE ROWS
Row 1 (RS) Tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch (1 block made), turn. [1 C2C block] Row 2 (WS) Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch (1 block made), skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp of the first block (the 2 blocks are now touching, with the block from Row 2 sitting on top of the block from Row 1), (ch3, 3tr) in same ch-3 sp (second block made), turn. [2 C2C blocks]
Row 3 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch (1 block made), *skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp (the first block of Row 3 is now sitting on top of the last block of Row 2), (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; repeat from * once more (third block made), turn. [3 C2C blocks]
Row 4 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, *skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; repeat from * to end, turn. [4 C2C blocks]
Rows 5-7 As Row 4. [7 C2C blocks after Row 7] Change to Yarn C.
Row 8 As Row 4. [8 C2C blocks]
DECREASE ROWS
Change to Yarn C.
Row 9 Ch3, *skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; rep from * to last block, skip 3 tr of last block and ss into ch-3 sp (do not make another block), turn. [7 C2C blocks]
Rows 10-15 As Row 9.
[1 C2C block after Row 15]
Fasten off and weave in ends.
SQUARE 2 MAKE 10
The remaining 10 Squares for the bottom row of the Blanket. Each Square will be joined to the Blanket using slip stitches, at the beginning or end of each row.
Place the previous Square RS up with the Yarn A triangles pointing to the bottom right. Join Yarn A to the top left corner of the bottom left block of the last Square.
INCREASE ROWS
Row 1 (RS) Ch3, 3tr in the previous Square ch-3 sp, turn. [1 C2C block]
Row 2 (WS) Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp of the first block, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp, ss into the ch-3 sp of the block from the Square on the left, do not turn. [2 C2C blocks]
Row 3 Ch3, ss between the next two blocks of the LH side Square, turn, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, *skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; repeat from * to end, turn. [3 C2C blocks]
Row 4 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, *skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; repeat from * to end, ss into the ch-3 sp of the block from the Square on the left, do not turn. [4 C2C blocks]
Rows 5-7 As Rows 3, 4 and 3 again.
[7 C2C blocks after Row 7]
Change Yarn according to the Layout Guide.
Row 8 As Row 4, turn. [8 C2C blocks]
DECREASE ROWS
Change yarn.
Rows 9-15 As Rows 9-15 of Square 1. Fasten off and weave in ends.
SQUARE 3 MAKE 10
The remaining 10 Squares to make up the right hand column of the Blanket. Each Square will be joined to the Blanket using slip stitches, at the beginning or end of each row. Place the bottom row of the Blanket RS up, with the Yarn A triangles pointing bottom right. Join Yarn A to the top right corner of Square 1.
INCREASE ROWS
Row 1 (RS) Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, ss between the two blocks of the Square below, do not turn. [1 C2C block]
Row 2 Ch3, ss between the next two blocks of the Square below, turn, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, skip 3 tr of the next block to the left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp, turn. [2 C2C blocks]
Row 3 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, *skip 3 tr of next block to left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; repeat from * to end, ss between the two blocks of the Square below, do not turn. [3 C2C blocks]
Row 4 Ch3, ss between the next two blocks of the Square below, turn, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, *skip 3 tr of the next block to the left of hook, ss into the ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; rep from * to end, turn. [4 C2C blocks]
Rows 5-7 As Rows 3, 4 and 3 again.
[7 C2C blocks after Row 7]
Change Yarn.
Row 8 As Row 4. [8 C2C blocks]
DECREASE ROWS
Rows 9-15 As Rows 9-15 of Square 1. Fasten off and weave in ends.
To make next Square in the RH column of the Blanket, join Yarn A to the top RH corner of the last Square 3 made.
SQUARE 4 MAKE 100
All remaining Squares to make the Blanket. Each Square will be joined to the Blanket using ss joins, at the beginning and end of each row.
Place the work RS up with the Yarn A triangles pointing bottom right. Join the remaining Squares in rows, joining to the Square the row below, and the Square to the right side.
Join Yarn A to the top left corner of the bottom left block of the Square to the right of where your next Square will be placed.
INCREASE ROWS
Row 1 (RS) Ch3, 3tr in the previous Square ch-3 sp, ss between the two blocks of the Square below, do not turn. [1 C2C block]
Row 2 Ch3, ss between the next two blocks of the Square below, turn, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, skip 3 tr of the next block to the left of hook, ss into ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp, ss between the next two blocks of the LH side Square, do not turn. [2 C2C blocks]
Row 3 Ch3, ss between the next two blocks of the LH side Square, turn, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, *skip 3 tr of the next block to the left of hook, ss into ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; rep from * to end, ss between the next two blocks of the Square below, do not turn. [3 C2C blocks]
Row 4 Ch3, ss between the next two blocks of the Square below, turn, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, *skip 3 tr of the next block to the left of hook, ss into ch-3 sp, (ch3, 3tr) in same sp; rep from * to end, ss between the next two blocks of the LH side Square, do not turn. [4 C2C blocks]
Rows 5-7 As Rows 3, 4 and 3 again. [7 C2C blocks after Row 7]
Change Yarn according to the Layout Guide.
DECREASE ROWS
Change yarn.
Row 9-15 As Rows 9-15 of Square 1. Fasten off and weave in ends.