Rainbow Blanket by Sue Stratford

Rainbow Blanket

Crochet
February 2018
Stylecraft Special DK
DK (11 wpi) ?
4.5 mm
4374 - 4429 yards (4000 - 4050 m)
one size
UK
English

This blanket is made using 13 different colours. The ‘13th’ colour is the one which changes the flow of the stripe pattern on each repeat. Therefore you work an equal number of rows using each colour.

The colours are worked in the order, repeating until each colour has been used for all the stripe sequences (i.e. you will have completed sections of 5, 2, 1 and 3 rows for each colour). Don’t worry, the stripe pattern is fully explained!

You will need a second ball of the starting colour (in this case Lime) to complete a further 5 rows at the end to balance the blanket and work 1 row of trebles along the two side edges of the blanket.

The colours I used are:

1 ball of each, except where stated
1065 Lime (2 balls)
1081 Saffron
1256 Jaffa
1132 Shrimp
1246 Lipstick
1083 Pomegranate
1241 Fondant
1084 Magenta
1061 Plum
1082 Bluebell
1003 Aster
1722 Storm Blue
1708 Petrol