Rainbow Sampler Blanket 2 (Part 2)
05.Oct.23 / Kirsten BalleringAre you ready to continue your Sampler adventure? The Rainbow Sampler Blanket 2 features more stitches, vibrant colours, and a sprinkle of yarn magic.
Designed for adventurous beginners who want to take their crochet skills to the next level, this blanket teaches you everything you need to know about more advanced stitch patterns.
Other pattern parts can be found here:
Materials and preparation
Yarn
Original Colours
Scheepjes Colour Crafter (100% Premium Acrylic, 100g/300m)- Colour A: 1001 Weert x 6 balls
- Colour B: 1132 Leek x 1 ball
- Colour C: 1083 Tilburg x 1 ball
- Colour D: 1123 Roermond x 1 ball
- Colour E: 2004 Brussel x 1 ball
- Colour F: 1277 Amstelveen x 1 ball
- Colour G: 1432 Heerlen x 1 ball
- Colour H: 1130 Sittard x 1 ball
- Colour I: 1241 Den Bosch x 1 ball
- Colour J: 1821 Terneuzen x 1 ball
- Colour K: 1725 Ameland x 1 ball
- Colour L: 1422 Eelde x 1 ball
- Colour M: 2009 Kortrijk x 1 ball
- Colour N: 2006 Luik x 1 ball
- Colour O: 1068 Den Helder x 1 ball
- Colour P: 1034 Urk x 1 ball
- Colour Q: 2015 Bastogne x 1 ball
- Colour R: 1114 Eindhoven x 1 ball
- Colour S: 1263 Leerdam x 1 ball
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If you're looking for Colour Crafter, you can find it at your local retailer or online through one of these links:
Crochet hook
5.0mm (US size H/8).
Measurements
The blanket measures 170 x 210cm (67 x 82 ½in) after blocking.
Gauge/tension
See pattern of part 1 for gauge information.
Notes
- Colours used for this part are:
- Colour A: 26g
- Colour H: 8g
- Colour I: 8g
- Colour J: 20g
- Colour K: 20g
- Colour L: 11g
- In most rows, you’ll make a ch1 before turning your blanket. This is a turning chain and does not count as a stitch. If you find a ch1 is too small, you can also make a ch2. This depends on how tight you crochet.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- begin-bobble: ch2, (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through two loops on hook) 5x in the same stitch or space, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- begin-puff stitch: ch1, (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop) 3x in the same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- BLO: back loop only
- bobble: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through two loops on hook) 6x in the same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- ch: chain(s)
- dc: double crochet
- dc2tog: double crochet 2 stitches together to decrease the stitch count by 1: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through first two loops on hook) once in each of two stitches, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- dc3tog: double crochet 3 stitches together to decrease the stitch count by 2: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through first two loops on hook) once in each of three stitches, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- dc7tog: double crochet 7 stitches together to decrease the stitch count by 6: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through first two loops on hook) once in each of seven stitches, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- FL: front loop
- FPdc: front post double crochet: Yarn over, insert your hook around the post of the stitch indicated in the pattern, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through first two loops on hook, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- hdc: half double crochet
- hdc2tog: half double crochet 2 stitches together to decrease the stitch count by 1: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop) in each of two stitches, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- popcorn: 6dc in same stitch, remove hook from loop, insert hook from front to back through first dc, pick up loop, pull through dc to close popcorn
- puff stitch: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop) 4x in the same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- RS: right side
- sc: single crochet
- ss: slip stitch
- s(ts): stitch(es)
- tr: treble crochet
- wrapped st: wrapped stitch: (yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop to working height) 2x in same space, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- 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.
- *…; rep to end Crochet the instructions after * and then repeat that section to the end of the row or round.
- (…) 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.
Colour layout
Techniques
To keep the pattern organised, I placed the stitch tutorials on separate pages:
Crochet pattern
Granny Stripe section 2
A new Granny Stripe section. They’re great to add some space between other, more solid stitches!
Row 19 (RS) Join Colour H with a ss in the first stitch, ch3 (counts as first dc), 1dc in same stitch, *skip 2 stitches, 3dc in next stitch; repeat from * another 70 times, skip 2 stitches, 2dc in last stitch, cut yarn, turn. [71 Granny clusters with 3 dc, 2 clusters with 2 dc, 217 dc in total]
Row 20 (WS) Join Colour I with a ss in the first stitch, ch3 (counts as first dc), *3dc in first space between clusters of previous row; repeat from * another 71 times, 1dc in third ch of begin-ch3 of previous row. Cut yarn, turn. [72 Granny clusters with 3 dc, 2 dc, 218 dc in total]
You might have noticed that we have 218 stitches in this row. We’ll fix that in the next row.
Row 21 (RS) Join Colour A with a ss in the first stitch, ch1, 1hdc in same st, 215hdc, hdc2tog in the final 2 stitches, ch1, turn. [216 hdc, 1 hdc2tog]
Row 22 (WS) 217hdc, cut yarn, turn. [217 hdc]
Jacob's Ladder section 1
In Dutch, rays of sunshine peering through clouds on a gloomy day are called Jacob’s Ladders. You can see where this stitch gets its name, right? For this stitch, you make loops of chains in each row that are knitted up and fastened in the final row of this section.
Row 23 (RS) Join Colour J with a ss in the first stitch, ch1, 1hdc in the same st, 5hdc, (1hdc, ch5, 1ss in last hdc), *11hdc, (1hdc, ch5, 1ss in last hdc); repeat from * another 16 times, 6hdc, ch1, turn. [18 ch-5 loops in hdc, 199 hdc]
The hdc in which you slip-stitched the five chains is now called ch5-hdc.
Row 24 (WS) 6hdc (you end up on the right side of the ch5-hdc), ch5, *skip the ch-5 loop of the previous row, 12hdc, ch5; repeat from * another 16 times, skip the ch-5 loop of the previous row, 7hdc, cut yarn, turn. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 25 (RS) Join Colour K with a ss in the first stitch, ch1, 1hdc in the same stitch, 6hdc (the last hdc looks like it’s going in the chain, but it actually is the loop of the hdc), ch5, *skip ch-5 space, 12hdc, ch5; repeat from * another 16 times, 6hdc, ch1, turn. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 26 (WS) 6hdc, ch5, *12hdc, ch5; repeat from * another 16 times, 7hdc, cut yarn, turn. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 27 (RS) With Colour L, repeat Row 25. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 28 (WS) Repeat Row 26. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 29 (RS) With Colour K, repeat Row 25. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 30 (WS) Repeat Row 26. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Row 31 (RS) With Colour J, repeat Row 25. [18 ch-5 spaces, 217 hdc]
Now ladder up all Jacob’s ladders. If they get undone, secure them with a stitch marker. Make sure to ladder them up on the RS! You don’t want to make the same mistake I made (twice).
Row 32 (WS) 6hdc, 1ss in top of first ladder, skip st after ladder, *11hdc, 1ss in top of ladder, skip st after ladder; repeat from * another 16 times, 6hdc, cut yarn, turn. [18 ss, 199 hdc]
If skipping the stitch after the ladder leaves too big of a gap, you can decide to make a hdc2tog in the first and second stitch after the ladder. It leads to the same result (i.e. 11 stitches in between slip stitches).
Row 33 (RS) Join Colour A with a ss in the first stitch, ch1, 1hdc in same st, 216hdc, ch1, turn. [217 hdc]
Row 34 (WS) 217hdc, ch1, turn. [217 hdc]
Row 35 (RS) 217hdc, cut yarn, turn. [217 hdc]
Diagram
Diagram part 2
Key (US terms)
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