Get ready to bring a wave of colour into your home with the Harlequin blanket! The Catherine wheel pattern emerges as more diamond shaped on the front, and kind and gentle round wheels on the back. The colours are yours to play with, and while you can create a colourful vibrant blanket such as mine, you can just as easily make a gentle and delicate blanket in more neutral tones.
Materials and preparation
Yarn
| Label | Colour name | Code | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour A | 653 | 2 balls | |
| Colour B | 720 | 2 balls | |
| Colour C | 510 | 2 balls | |
| Colour D | 716 | 2 balls | |
| Colour E | 639 | 2 balls | |
| Colour F | 714 | 2 balls | |
| Colour G | 551 | 2 balls |
Shop the yarn
Cotton 8 is available from Scheepjes retailers such as:
Crochet hook
3.5mm (US Size E/4)
Measurements
78 x 105cm (31 x 41in)
Gauge/tension
3 Catherine wheel pattern repeats and 10 rows measures 10 cm (4 in)
Abbreviations (US terms)
- ch
- chain
- ch-sp
- chain space
- ch-1 sp
- chain-1 space: number denotes number of chains in chain space
- dc
- double crochet
- dc7tog
- double crochet 7 stitches together: ((yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops) seven times, yarn over, draw through all loops)
- RS
- Right side
- sc
- single crochet
- sc2tog
- single crochet 2 stitches together ((insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop) twice, yarn over, draw through all loops)
- ss
- slip stitch
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- 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
- The dc7tog in Row 3 can be easily recognized as you are working in all stitches between two ch-1 sps.
- If your Catherine wheels are looking cramped, try making 8 ch in Row 3 and 5 instead of 7 ch. This won’t influence other instructions in the blanket.
- Ch1 at the end of a row is a turning chain and doesn’t count as a st.
Crochet pattern
Blanket
With Colour A, ch194.
Rows 3-6 form pattern repeat (which is 2 complete Catherine wheels).
Repeat Rows 3-6 until the following colour sequence has been completed, each colour consisting of two rows (so two colours per Rows 3-6 repeat):
D, E, F, G, *G, F, E, D, C, B, A, A, B, C, D, E, F, G; repeat from * another two times, then G, F, E, D, C, B.
To finish
Block to size and weave in all ends.
Diagrams
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