Thursday, January 21, 2016

Crochet Blanket 9 - Lemon Lime & Baby Lilac

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Total time = 12 hours

·         11 mm crochet hook or P hook
·         bernat® blanket™ yarn Baby Lilac (light purple) x3 & bernat® blanket™ yarn Lemon Lime (bright green) x3

Pattern:
With Lilac
Ch 110 (Or chain any amount in groups of 6 until you get the width you like)

Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, *sk 2 ch, 5 dc in next ch, sk 2 ch, sc in next ch, repeat from * across, ending with a sc. Ch 3, turn work Away from body.

Row 2: 2dc in first st (same spot where you chained up 3), *sk 2 sts, sc in next st (middle dc of group of 5 dc from prev. row), sk 2 sts, 5 dc in next st (sc from prev. row), repeat from * across. Ending with 3 dc in last st, change color to Lemon Lime in last st. ch 1 with new color, turn (See video for guidance)

Row 3: sc in first st, *sk 2 sts, 5 dc in next st, sk 2 sts, sc in next st, repeat from *across. Ending with sc. Ch 3, turn

Rows 4-56: Repeat rows 2 and 3 for the rest of the pattern. Changing color every 2 rows

Note- When changing color I left a little bit of a tale and tied a knot with the new color tail to secure and decided to leave it as a fringe for the end of the blanket.