Have you ever looked out on an open field of wildflowers? The beauty, peace, and stillness is so inviting. Add in a beautiful sunset, and you have a perfect remedy for what ails you! Here’s a lap blanket that you can create to keep that remedy near whenever you need it.

This pattern uses Tunisian Crochet. Don’t worry, it’s not hard, and you’ll get the hang pretty quickly, but you can always look up a few tutorials if you’re nervous about it. In short, you’ll pick up loops in each stitch across the row on the forward (Fwd) pass and then use up those loops on the return (Rtn) pass. Those stitches have to be held on the hook, so you’ll want a really long hook or, and probably preferably, a hook with a cable attachment like those from ChiaoGoo that attach to the same cables that ChiaoGoo Interchangeable knitting needles use.

The border uses traditional crochet.

Yarn
MC1 - 100g DK solid or variegated or fade green sample used Wollelfe Pure Merino DK in Mud
CC1-CC4 - 10-20g each DK yarn
MC2 - 400g DK solid or variegated or fade blue sample used Wollelfe Pure Merino DK in
CC5 - 100g DK solid or variegate or fade in pink, mauve, or orange sample used Baah Yarns Shasta in Silvery Lady

Hook & Notions
US I (5mm) hook with 22” cable
darning needle

Gauge: not important

Measurements: depends on gauge, sample measured 25 in x 33 in

Stitches:
MC main color
CC contrasting color
st/sts stitch(es)
ch chain
sk skip
dc double crochet
sc single crochet
sl st slip stitch
YO yarn over

Special Stitches:

bobble shell using MC1 pull up loop in next ch, pull up loop on top of SH one row below, drop MC1, using CC pull up loop in second ch normally skipped, (YO, pull up loop in same ch, YO & pull yarn through two loops) x2, YO & pull yarn through three loops on hook, drop CC, using MC1 and working behind CC bobble, pull up loop in next ch and through remaining CC loop, sk next SH

SH Shell