Tutti-frutti BEAUTY

Crochet a cheery blanket in zingy spring colours

- KATE EASTWOOD

MEASUREMENTS

Length 115cm/45¼in Width 95cm/37½in

MATERIALS

6 x 50g (125m) balls of Sirdar Country Classic DK (50% wool, 50% acrylic) in each of Dark Pink (Pink 857) and Beige (Oat Beige 851), and 5 balls in each of Light Pink (Rose Pink 855), Yellow (Chartreuse 866) and Blue (Duck Egg Blue 864)*. Size 4mm and 3.5mm crochet hooks; safety pins. Yarn is available from theknittingnetwork.co.uk.

TENSION

21 stitches and 26 rows to 10x10cm, over double crochet, using 4mm hook.

ABBREVIATIONS

BLO, back loop only; ch, chain; dc, double crochet; dedc, insert hook into next st, yrh, pull loop through, yrh, ch2, yrh, pull through 2 loops on hook; dtr, double treble crochet; slst, slip st; st(s), stitch(es); tr, treble crochet; yrh, yarn round hook.

NOTES

Yarn amounts are based on average requirements and are approximate. Figures in square brackets are worked as stated after 2nd bracket.

BOBBLETTE SQUARES (MAKE 20 IN LIGHT PINK AND 20 IN DARK PINK)

With 4mm hook, make 22ch.

1st row: 1dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1dc in each ch to end, turn – 21 sts.

2nd row: 1ch (does not count as a st throughout), 1dc in first st, [1dedc in next st, 1dc in next st] to end, turn.

3rd row: 1ch, 1dc in each st to end, turn.