DESERT DREAMS
Simply Crochet|Issue 123
Capture a sunset scene in an arid North American landscape with this blanket border by Lucy Croft
Lucy Croft
DESERT DREAMS

YOU WILL NEED

  • Cygnet DK (100% acrylic, 100g/298m) 1 ball of each: Barley (4884) Sunshine (184) Coral (422) Fuchsia (676) Mocha (432) Black (217) Fern (2759) Apple (6711) Kiwi (303)
  • A 4mm (US G/6) hook
  • Cotton muslin blanket, 108x108cm

For yarn stockists contact Cygnet Yarns 01274 743374 www.cygnetyarns.com

TENSION

15 sts and 17 rows measure 10x10cm (4x4in) over double crochet using a 4mm hook, or size needed to obtain correct tension

MEASUREMENTS

Panel measures 20cm (734in) wide, length can be adapted to size of blanket used

ABBREVIATIONS

bobble Using colour indicated, *yrh, insert hook in st, yrh and pull up a loop, yrh and pull through 2 loops on hook; rep from * 4 times more, yrh and pull through all loops on hook

For a full list, see page 94

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