Sampler Blanket Part 1

I'm Natalie, and for the ten years or so that I've been crocheting, it's been both my happy place and my therapy. I'm a huge fan of crochet bloggers such as Lucy of Attic24, and Heather of the Patchwork Heart. I love to gift and donate handmade items, and I also have an Etsy where you can purchase my work (NatalieMcCrochet on Etsy).

My latest finished project was the Seaside Stashbusting Blanket, by Coastal Crochet. 



And this has inspired my current WIP (work in progress 😊 - got to love a bit of crochet slang 😂) my Attic24 sampler blanket. So this is my first attempt at designing something like this, and at writing up a pattern that makes sense to anyone but me! I'm not trying to take credit for the stitches, and all of the detailed photo tutorials can be found over on the Attic24 blog (Attic24 (typepad.com)) My colour inspiration comes from my stash of Stylecraft special dk, in a loose "random rainbow" colour repeat (ok, that makes more sense in my head, but it should become clear as I go along!)

So here we go!

Chain 151. Use candyfloss if you're following my colour scheme. I always go up a hook size for my foundation chain, so I used a 5mm hook.

Row 1. Dc in each stitch along using a 4mm hook (this is the size I generally use with dk yarn; if you crochet looser or tighter you may need to adjust your hook size to suit). You should have 150 stitches.

Row 2. Neat wave row 1. Chain 3 (counts as 1st tc) htc in next 2 stitches, dc in next 2 stitches, then repeat to end: dc, dc, htc, htc, tc, tc, htc, htc, dc, dc. Your final stitch should be a tc. Remember, the full pattern is on the Attic24 page, linked above.

Row 3. Change to plum. Neat wave row 2. Chain 2 (counts as first dc) then dc in next stitch, and repeat to end: htc, htc, tc, tc, htc, htc, dc, dc, dc, dc. Your final 2 stitches should be a pair of dc.

Row 4. Rpt. neat wave row 2.

Row 5. Change to storm blue. Rpt. neat wave row 1.

Row 6. Rpt. neat wave row 1.

Row 7. Change to pistachio. Rpt. neat wave row 2.

Row 8. Rpt. neat wave row 2.

Row 9. Switch to mustard. Rpt. neat wave row 1.

Row 10. Chain 2 (counts as first htc) htc in each stitch to end.

And there you have it! You should now have three full waves, and two half waves, with a nice flat edge on top, ready for the next stitch.

a picture of the first 5 completed stripes


a close up of the neat wave rows






      


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