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Aran 4.5mm, 5mm
★★★ Advanced
Yarn used
Lily Sugar‘n Cream
15 balls in Soft Ecru 01004 (MC)
5 balls in Sage Green 00084 (CC1)
2 balls each in Tangerine 01699, Country
Red 01530 & Blackcurrant 01318 (each
used 3 times as CC2)About the yarn
Aran; 109m per 71g ball; 100% cottonTension
All motifs measure 12cm across after 4
rounds with larger hookHooks used
4.5mm, 5mmSizing
Finished blanket measures approximately
136cm squareThis pattern is worked in the round – join
with a sl st at end of each round.
This design includes sections worked
in mosaic crochet. This is easier to do
than it may seem at first, as there are no
colour changes within rounds. Colours are
changed every 2 rounds. For the mosaic
crochet part of the Octagons you will need
to turn your work after each round – to
help you keep a track of which side should
be facing you, we have included a RS/WS
indicator at the beginning of each round of
the written pattern for the Octagons.
Full written instructions are given, and a
chart, for rounds 7-28 of one section of the
Octagons. It is up to you which you follow,
but if you are new to mosaic crochet, we
recommend following the written pattern at
least for the first Octagon.
If you chose to follow the chart, read it
from bottom to top, read RS rounds from
right to left, and WS rounds from left to
right (the opposite way around if you
are left-handed).
Where the chart indicates a different
colour to that which you are using, miss
the number of sts indicated and chain the
number of missed sts plus 1. These missed
sts are ‘filled in’ by working a tr into them
when working the next RS round, leaving
the ch-sps unworked and behind.
Any square without a symbol on the chart
represents a dc.Start crocheting
Octagons (make 9)
Make 3 with each shade of CC2
Rnd 1 (RS): With larger hook, CC1 and
working into a magic ring, 4 ch (counts
as 1 tr, 1 ch here and throughout), [1 tr,
1 ch] 7 times, join with sl st in 3rd of beg
4 ch. 8 sts
Rnd 2 (RS): [Sl st, 4 ch, 1 tr] in first 1ch-sp,
*1 RtrF, [1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr] in next 1ch-sp; repGet ready for spring with this fresh and bright design
SPRING POSY BLANKET
Special abbreviations
Raised double treble Front (RdtrF):
Work the dtr around the post of the
stitch inserting hook from front to back
to front again
Raised double treble Back (RdtrB):
Work the dtr around the post of the
stitch inserting hook from back to front
to back again
Treble 3 down (tr3d): Working in
front of ch-sps, make 1 treble in missed
st 3 rounds down
Standing tr: With slipknot on hook,
work tr in st indicatedfrom * 6 more times, 1 RtrF, join with sl st
in 3rd of beg 4 ch. 24 sts
Rnd 3 (RS): 5 ch (counts as 1 tr, 2 ch here
and throughout), miss 1ch-sp, *1 tr,
1 RtrF, 1 tr, 2 ch, miss 1ch-sp; rep from *
6 more times, 1 tr, 1 RtrF, join with sl st in
3rd of beg 4 ch.
Rnd 4 (RS): [Sl st, 5 ch, 1 tr] in first 2ch-sp,
*1 tr, 1 RtrF, 1 tr, [1 tr, 2 ch, 1 tr] in 2ch-
sp; rep from * 6 more times, 1 tr, 1 RtrF, 1
tr, join with sl st in 3rd of beg 5 ch. 40 sts
Rnd 5 (RS): Sl st in first 2ch-sp,
3 ch (counts as 1 dc, 2 ch here and
throughout), *1 dc in same 2ch-sp, 1 dc,
4 ch, miss 3 sts, 1 dc, 1 dc in next 2ch-sp,
2 ch; rep from * 6 more times, 1 dc in
same 2ch-sp, 1 dc, 4 ch, miss 3 sts, 1 dc,
sl st in beg 3ch-sp to join. Turn. 32 sts
Rnd 6 (WS): 1 ch, 1 dc in sl st, *1 dc, 2 ch,
working behind 4ch-sp, 1 RtrB around
next RtrF below, 2 ch, 2 dc, 2 ch, miss
corner 2ch-sp, 1 dc; rep from * 7 more
times, omitting last dc on final rep,
inserting hook from back to front join with
sl st to beg dc. Turn. 40 sts
Rnd 7 (RS): WJoin MC with a sl st in first
2ch-sp, 3 ch, *1 dc in same 2ch-sp, 2 ch,
miss 1 st, 1 dc, 1 tr3d, 2 ch, miss 1 st, 1
tr3d, 1 dc, 2 ch, miss 1 st**, 1 dc in
2ch-sp, 2 ch; rep from * across ending
last rep at **, join with sl st in beg 3ch-sp.
Turn. 48 sts
Rnd 8 (WS): 1 ch, starting in the sl st, *
1 dc, [2 ch, miss ch-sp, 2 dc] twice, 2 ch,
miss ch-sp, 1 dc, 2 ch, miss corner
2ch-sp; rep from * 7 more times,
inserting hook from back to front join
with sl st to beg dc. Turn.
Rnd 9 (RS): With CC1, sl st in 2ch-sp, 3 ch,
*1 dc in same 2ch-sp, 2 ch, miss 1 st,
[1 tr3d, 3 ch, miss 2 sts] twice, 1 tr3d,
2 ch, miss 1 st, 1 dc in 2ch-sp, 2 ch; rep
from * 7 more times omitting last 1 dc
and 2 ch, join with sl st in beg 3ch-sp.
Turn. 40 stsCN53.P12-15.indd 13CN53.P12-15.indd 13 11/02/2020 14:1511/02/2020 14:15