CROCHET RECIPE: The Dally Dahlia Blanket - Part One
{A Crochet Recipe: a rough guide on how to produce a crochet item, as opposed to a proper pattern which involves more maths than the designer had brain cells for at the time of casting on}
We all need a mindless, "see how it turns out" project from time to time, don't we? I started this blanket last autumn, after impulse-buying a basket full of discounted cotton. It was the lovely bright colours that did it, you see. IrREsistible.
At the time the darkness of the Swedish winter was already setting in fast and disrupting my normal sleep-wake pattern. I needed the happy colours. I also wanted something easy yet interesting - I do not deal well with repetition.
I opened my stitch dictionary and tried the Uneven Berry. Added a few granny stripes. Then one of my favourite stitches, the Herringbone Half Treble. Finally, some easy Dally Dahlia granny squares, for which a full pattern and photo tutorial is available here.
And there you have it, the beginning of a crochet blanket recipe. The stitches are all based on different multiples and I haven't bothered to try to make them fit. So it's a pretty wonky blanket. But: blocking. It'll be fine.
If you'd like to make your own, slightly wonky but decidedly happy blanket, read on...
Dally Dahlia Blanket - Part One
Materials
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- wool needle
- 4 balls each of Sandes Garn Mandarin Naturell in Gul (A), Sjogronn (B), Petrol (C), Cerise (D) and Natur (E)
- yarn alternative: any DK cotton yarn will work for this blanket
Special Stitches
- Herringbone Half Treble Crochet (HHTC):
- Uneven Berry (UB) - free photo tutorial here
Recipe Notes
- The Dally Dahlia Blanket is worked in sections of stripes, and strips of Dally Dahlia Granny Squares. The sections and strips are then sewn together using the whip stitch.
- The recipe is written in UK terms.
- Always change colour on the final step of the last stitch of the previous row.
Recipe instructions
Section one (bottom)
Make a starting chain of 106 (= a multiple of 3, plus 1) in colour A
Rows 1-19: Uneven Berry stitch
Rows 20-24: Granny Trebles in colour B
Rows 25-29: Herringbone Half Treble Crochet in colour C
Rows 30-31: HHTC in colour E
Attach 6 joined Dally Dahlia Granny Squares, worked in colour D
Section two (middle 1)
Make a starting chain of 106 (= a multiple of 3, plus 1) in colour E
Rows 1-2: HHTC
Rows 3-7: HHTC in colour B
Rows 8-12: Granny Trebles in colour C
Rows 13-26: UB in colour D
Rows 27-31: Granny Trebles in colour B
Rows 32-36: HHTC in colour C
Rows 37-38: HHTC in colour E
Attach 6 joined Dally Dahlia Granny Squares, worked in colour A
Section three (middle 2)
Make a starting chain of 106 (= a multiple of 3, plus 1) in colour E
Rows 1-2: HHTC
Rows 3-7: HHTC in colour D
Rows 8-12: Granny Trebles in colour C
Rows 13-26: UB in colour A
Rows 27-31: Granny Trebles in colour C
Rows 32-36: HHTC in colour D
Rows 37-38: HHTC in colour E
(Attach 6 joined Dally Dahlia Granny Squares, worked in colour B)
This is where I am up to. I've got a few granny squares on the go, and I've started the last section.
In Part Two, I'll share that last section with you as well as details on the border. Not that I've thought that far yet, but I have been toying with the idea of incorporating some leftover jersey. Don't the colours just work perfectly?
Written pattern copyright Eline Alcocer 2016.
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