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Blanket

DK 4mm

★★★ Adventurous

Yarn used

James C Brett Twinkle DK

8 balls in Soft Beige TK21 (MC)

James C Brett Top Value DK

6 balls in Navy 8416 (CC1)

2 balls in cream 844 (CC2)

Available from http://www.lovecrafts.com

About the yarn

Twinkle: DK; 300m per 100g ball; 96%

acrylic, 4% polyester

Top Value: DK; 290m per 100g ball;

100% acrylic

Tension

18 sts x 20 rows = 10cm measured over

dc with MC

Hook used

4mm

Other supplies

2 locking stitch markers

Sizing

Finished blanket measures approximately

140cm square

Start crocheting

This pattern is worked in the round, do not
turn your work at the end of the round, join
to first st with a sl st at end of each round.
When making the octagons you will be
Rosina Plane

Inspired by the glitz and glamour of

roaring 20s, this blanket will add a shine

of sophistication to any room

Putting on the Ritz

BLANKET

alternating 1 round using MC and 1 round

using CC1. To minimise the number of ends

to weave in, and to help you keep a track

of where you are in the octagons, do not

fasten off each colour at the end of each

round – instead hold the unused colour on

a stitch marker.

Special stitches

Raised double crochet back

(RdcB): Work dc around post of stitch

inserting hook from back to front to

back again

Raised treble back (RtrB): Work tr

around post of stitch inserting hook

from back to front to back again

Raised double treble front (RdtrF):

Work dtr around post of stitch inserting

hook from front to back to front again

Half treble 2 down (htr2d): Work htr

in missed st or sp 2 rows down

Treble 2 down (tr2d): Work tr in

missed st or sp 2 rows down

Double treble 2 down (dtr2d): Work

dtr in missed st or sp 2 rows down

Raised treble front 2 down

(RtrF2d): Work a raised treble around

missed st 2 rows down, inserting hook

from front to back to front again

Raised double treble front 2 down

(RdtrF2d): Work a raised double

treble around missed st 2 rows down,

inserting hook from front to back to

front again

Crab st (aka reverse dc): Dc in

each st, working in the opposite

direction to normal – for right

handers this will be left to right

Standing treble or htr: With slipknot

on hook, yrh, insert hook in indicated

st, complete tr or htr as normal