Big, bigger, biggest! The Big Larksfoot Rainbow Blanket means business: this blanket measures 180 x 205cm (71 x 81in): perfect to wrap around yourself once (or twice), or to huddle under together! The Larksfoot stitches are made with Scheepjes River Washed, resulting in a distinctively toned-down rainbow blanket. And if the Big Larksfoot Rainbow Blanket is too big for you, there's a Little Larksfoot Rainbow Blanket too.
Materials and preparation
Yarn
| Label | Colour name | Code | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour A | Mersey | 961 | 3 balls |
| Colour B | Nile | 944 | 3 balls |
| Colour C | Avon | 956 | 3 balls |
| Colour D | Mississippi | 946 | 3 balls |
| Colour E | Mekong | 946 | 3 balls |
| Colour F | Eisack | 957 | 3 balls |
| Colour G | Steenbras | 942 | 3 balls |
| Colour H | Yarra | 949 | 3 balls |
| Colour I | Rhine | 952 | 3 balls |
| Colour J | Tiber | 958 | 3 balls |
| Colour K | Po | 955 | 3 balls |
| Colour L | Narmade | 962 | 3 balls |
| Colour M | Murray | 960 | 3 balls |
| Colour N | Ural | 959 | 3 balls |
| Label | Colour name | Code | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colou r O | Moonstone | 801 | 4 balls |
Shop the yarn
You can get the yarn from Scheepjes retailers, such as:
Crochet hook
4.0mm (US size G/6)
Measurements
180 x 205 cm (71 x 81 in)
Gauge/tension
Gauge isn’t critical, but it’s important that you do not use more than 24 grams per 2 rows of each colour.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- ch
- chain
- ch-sp(s)
- chain space(s)
- crab st
- crab stitch. Insert hook in st, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through loops on hook, insert hook in st on the right to the previous stitch, twisting the stitch on itself
- dc
- double crochet
- dc2tog
- double crochet 2 stitches together
- hdc
- half double crochet
- RS
- Right side
- sp
- space
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- standing dc
- standing double crochet. Make a slip knot on your hook, yarn over (hold finger over loops on hook to prevent loops from twisting of your hook), insert hook in st, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through first 2 loops on hook, yarn over, pull through remaining 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.
Notes
This version of the Larksfoot stitch is slightly adapted from the original Larksfoot stitch. Instead of working a dropped dc, in each spiked cluster, you’ll be working a dropped dc2tog to give more volume to the stitch.
Crochet pattern
With Colour A, ch285, turn.
In the next row, we’ll start creating the Larksfoot stitch. The Larksfoot stitch consists of spiked clusters (2 dc and a dropped dc2tog in between), separated from each other by chains.
Rows 3-6 set pattern, two rows for each colour. Repeat Rows 3-6 for colours D through N, and start over with A. You repeat the pattern until you have 6 full rainbow stripes ending with colour N. Your last row will be Row 168. Cut yarn, weave in all ends.
Edging
You just made 2 extra stitches in your last round (one on each long side). This is necessary for your final round. You will be working the next round with all coloured leftovers from the body of the blanket. You have 14 colours for the blanket, which will each be used twice. This leaves us with 28 colour sections of 46 stitches each. This means that we’ll need 28 x 46 = 1288 stitches. After Round 5 we'll have 1280 stitches (including the extra 2 sts). But because we'll be working 2 stitches in each corner space in Round 6, you'll end up with 1288 stitches after all.
Weave in all ends, block to size.
Diagrams
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Ann
April 26, 2020 21:45