Be the difference you want to see with fast palliative care blankets such as this Life Lines Palliative Care Crochet Blanket. These also make excellent crochet baby blankets.
I'm pairing up leftover yarns for Bernat Blanket to make these quick charity-based patterns. When using two colours, you need one ball and half of the other of the same colour to make it work.
You may be like me and have bought yarn over the years but don't know what to pair it with. This is an excellent stash busting design to benefit others.
Materials
Bernat Blanket Yarn - 300g / 10.5 oz, 201 meters / 220 yards
A - Little Roses - 2 Balls (discontinued)
B - White - 2 Balls
Hook Size: 10 mm / N/15
GAUGE = 8 sc and 7 rows = 4” [10 cm]
Abbreviations
Beg = Beginning
Ch = Chain(s)
Dc = Double crochet
Rep = Repeat
RS = Right side
Sc = Single crochet
Scblo = Single crochet back loop only
Sl st = Slip stitch
St(s) = Stitch(es)
WS = Wrong side
Instructions
There are no stitch multiples for this blanket.
With A, ch 79.
1st row: RS. 1 sc 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Turn. 78 sc.
2nd row: Ch 3 (counts as first st here and throughout). 1 dc in each st across. Break A. Turn. 78 dc.
3rd row: With B, attach with sl st to back loop only in beg st. Ch 1, 1 scblo across. Turn. 78 sc.
4th row: Ch 3, 1 dc in each st across. Break B. Turn. 78 dc.
5th row: With A, attach with sl st to back loop only in beg st. Ch 1, 1 scblo across. Turn. 78 sc.
6th row: Ch 3, 1 dc in each st across. Break B. Turn. 78 dc.
Rep 3rd to 6th row 9 more times. Break.
Edging
1st rnd: With RS facing, attach B with sl st to any corner. Ch 1, 3 sc in same st as join. Sc evenly to next corner. *3 sc in corner. Sc evenly to next corner. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to be beg sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 3 in same st as join. 3 dc in next st. 1 dc in each st to the st before the middle sc of a corner. *3 dc in corner st, 1 dc in each st to next corner. Rep from * around. Join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. Fasten off.
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Crochet Diagram
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