November, finished on 5th January it is my quickest blanket yet, but the pattern is so simple it is excellent TV crochet.
Facts:
8 colours, (shades 132, 140, 117, 142, 137, 118, 181, 149) Jarol Heritage dk yarn 100g balls, I bought two of each colour but didn't start the last two balls, total weight 1250g. Size 5mm hook. It's 55% wool (not 30% like I thought) and 25% acrylic, 20% nylon so I am hoping it will wear and wash well.
Pattern - 204 stitches, 40 stripes, each made up of 3 rows of US half double (UK half treble) stitches, I think this is my favourite stitch. It gives texture and thickness while growing quite quickly. Two rounds of colour in the same stitch as a simple non-fussy border for my teenage son. About 25,000 stitches in all ( scary!)
Size 150cm x 100cm (that's about 5 by 3ft) so not massive but large enough to snuggle under.
I used a foundation single crochet for the first time with this blanket and I think I will use it again. It gives a neat foundation row, neater than my usual chain stitches anyway which can vary in size if I'm not careful, giving an uneven edge.
It's been a bit grey and rainy today so yet he pictures aren't great, the colours are closest in the first picture if not quite right in the the others. But here you are:
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