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Wednesday 29 November 2023
KOALA BLANKET
Start with granny square idea and then add the adorable motifs.. and spread smiles when you present this to a cute baby .. how do you like it?
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Materials used : Today I’ve used ~ 300 gms in 3 different colors of Spotlight (Semco)acrylic yarn with a 4 mm crochet hook ; embroidery needle & fabric glue to seal ends
This yarn is not specific for this project.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.
For Indians : You can use Oswal 4-ply, Vardhaman Millennium for a light blanket or Ganga Alisha for a slightly warmer/heavier finish
Double Crochet : dc :yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk); [yo, draw through 2 lps] twice.One dc made.Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Part 1 work a granny square.Go here for the blanket pattern
The only difference is that at the end of every round I turned and I feel that this made this a perfect square.
For advanced crocheters : So basically we are using the linen stitch and this is the stitch in the video below. In case the video does not come on, please go to here
I added in colors as I went around and got a nice pattern automatically
I used this pattern here. I tweaked it a bit to suit my requirement as I wanted it a bit larger (especially with the slender yarn I was using). So my tweaks were just to start with more stitches and then work more rounds around.
and once you've done the motif, attach it to the centre of your little blanket
You could add pompoms to the ends or you could do tassels (nice fat soft ones) too. Here is a video on how to make tassels (the video makes slender ones - you just add on loads more yarn to make this squishy ones)
and it was gift packed in this awesome box .. what do you think?
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