The Little Larksfoot Rainbow blanket is the little sister of the Big Larksfoot Rainbow Blanket. Made with Scheepjes Stone Washed, it’s a happy-go-lucky rainbow blanket in a rhythmical stitch pattern. Measuring 120 x 95 cm (47¼ x 37½ in) it’s perfectly suitable as crib or baby blanket.
Materials and preparation
Yarn
| Label | Colour name | Code | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour A | Coral | 816 | 1 ball |
| Colour B | Carnelian | 823 | 1 ball |
| Colour C | Rhodochrosite | 835 | 1 ball |
| Colour D | Tourmaline | 836 | 1 ball |
| Colour E | Corundum Ruby | 808 | 1 ball |
| Colour F | Lepolite | 830 | 1 ball |
| Colour G | Blue Apatite | 805 | 1 ball |
| Colour H | Amazonite | 813 | 1 ball |
| Colour I | Green Agate | 815 | 1 ball |
| Colour J | Malachite | 825 | 1 ball |
| Colour K | Forsterite | 826 | 1 ball |
| Colour L | Peridot | 827 | 1 ball |
| Colour M | Beryl | 833 | 1 ball |
| Colour N | Yellow Jasper | 809 | 1 ball |
| Colour O | Moonstone | 801 | 2 balls |
Shop the yarn
You can get the yarn from Scheepjes retailers, such as:
Crochet hook
4.0mm (US size G/6)
Measurements
Blocked and finished blanket measures 120 x 95 cm (47¼ x 37½ in)
Gauge/tension
Gauge isn’t critical, but it’s important that you do not use more than 12 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
- […] — Indicates the amount of stitches at the end of a row or round.
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.
- If you’re looking for a larger blanket, try the Big Larksfoot Rainbow Blanket.
Crochet pattern
With Colour A, ch137, turn.
In the next row, we’ll start creating the iconic 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. Repeat for A through N another 2 times, and then Repeat for Colours A, B, C and D once more. Your last row will be Row 92. If you want your blanket to be longer, continue until you reach Colour N again. Cut yarn, weave in all ends.
Border
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 24 stitches each. This means that we’ll need 28 x 24 = 672 stitches. We ended Round 4 with 664 stitches in total. However, since we’ll be working 2 crab stitches in each corner, you will make 8 extra stitches in Round 5 and you will end up with the precise amount of stitches to complete the colour cycle twice.
Weave in all ends, block to size.
Diagrams
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