Grab all your favourite colours for this beautiful play blanket! The hdc create a stunning canvas for your popcorns to shine on. A geometric, modern feel combined with the deep and vibrant colours make this a play blanket that you'll want to keep working on.
Materials and preparation
Yarn
| Label | Colour name | Code | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour A | Aqua | 1422 | 2 balls |
| Colour B | Ocean | 2015 | 2 balls |
| Colour C | Petrol | 1708 | 2 balls |
| Colour D | Midnight | 1825 | 2 balls |
| Colour E | Iris | 1277 | 2 balls |
| Colour F | Deep Fuchsia | 1827 | 2 balls |
| Colour G | Heather | 1724 | 2 balls |
Shop the yarn
You can find the Chunky Monkey yarn for this blanket via Scheepjes retailers, such as:
Crochet hook
6.5mm (US Size K/10.5)
Measurements
105 x 120 cm (41⅓ x 47¼ in)
Gauge/tension
11 sts and 9 rows in hdc measure 10 x 10cm with a 6.5mm hook
Abbreviations (US terms)
- ch
- chain
- colour change
- to change colour, finish stitch before indicated colour change until the last yarnover. Instead, take a strand of the new colour on your hook and yarn over in that colour. You now have a finished stitch in the old colour, and a loop on your hook in the new colour.
- dc
- double crochet
- hdc
- half double crochet
- popc
- popcorn: crochet 5dc in the same stitch, remove hook from loop, insert hook from front to back through first dc and pick up loop again, pull through loop on hook
- RS
- right side
- s(ts)
- stitch(es)
- ss
- slip stitch
- WS
- wrong side
Repeat formats
- *….; rep from * once/twice/3x — Crochet the instructions after * and then repeat that section a further number of times as indicated.
- (…) once/twice/3x — Crochet the instructions between brackets the total number of times indicated.
- […] — Indicates the amount of stitches at the end of a row or round.
- (…) in same st/sp — Indicates that all instructions between brackets are worked in the same stitch or space.
Notes
- The ch2 at the end of each row are turning chains and do not count as st.
- Popcorns are worked on the right side only.
Crochet pattern
Body
With Colour A, ch89, turn.
Every even row is a repeat of Row 2 and is not written out below unless you need to change colours.
Weave in ends.
Border
We'll be working our first round of the border in the same colour as the underlying stitches. It's a bit of a hassle but worth the effort!
You're making 2hdc on one side of the corner, and 1hdc on the other side. The reason for this is that when you work in Rounds, the slanting of stitches causes the corners to look slightly crooked. By working 2hdc we're offsetting this slant and making perfectly square corners. Trust me, it works!
Weave in ends. Block blanket to size.
Adjusting the size of the blanket
You can adjust the width of the blanket by adding extra repeats of “(1popc, 1hdc) 2 times, 1popc, 31hdc” after the first repeat of this section in every uneven row. Do so by increasing the number of starting chains with multiples of 36 stitches.
Every added 36 stitches form an extra band of popcorns with hdc’s in between, measuring approximately 36 cm (14.2 in) in width.
To make the blanket longer, simply repeat Rows 3-38 more times. Each repeat adds 45 cm (17.7 in). You might want to sketch out the blanket if you add extra rows, to see how many colours you want to use for your adjusted blanket length.
Diagrams
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Comments
Toshia-Niane
January 01, 2022 01:34