colorful blanket

March 2, 2011 by elisabeth andrée 19 Comments

pattern for the squares

materials

two summers ago i made this blanket of an average cotton yarn, hook size 2,5-3 mm. 

for the blocks i changed the pattern of a hexagon into this ‘there is nothing special to it’ square. 

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used stitches (american english)

• ch = chain
• ss = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet

start with a magic loop

1. 4 ch (= first dc and 1 ch), crochet *1 dc, 1 ch* 11 times (= 12 dc and 12 ch), close magic ring and ss to third ch

2. ss to first chain space of row 1. make 3 ch and 1 dc in first space, *2 ch and 2 dc in next chain space*, repeat between * * till end of row, end with 2 ch and ss to third ch.

3. ss to first chain space, make 3 ch and 2 dc in first space, *(2 ch and 3 dc in next space) twice, 3 ch and 3 dc in next space* crochet between * * 3 times, end with 2 ch and 3 dc in next space twice, 3 ch and ss to third ch.

4. ss to first chain space, make 3 ch and 2 dc in first space, 1ch, 3 dc in next space, 1 ch, in the 3 ch space you create a corner: **3 dc, 2 ch, 3 dc**, *(1ch, 3 dc, 1 ch in the next space) twice, (**make a corner**)*, crochet between * * 3 times, end with (1ch, 3 dc, 1 ch in the next space) twice and ss to third ch. fasten off. 

5. if you want a larger square, just repeat row 4 until desired size.

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