Welcome to Week 43 of the Textures and Tassels Blanket mystery crochet along! This week, will be setting a foundational border to set the stage for more decorative borders in future weeks.
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Textures and Tassels Blanket Week 43
Crochet Pattern by Underground Crafter
Updated 11/12/21
Add a simple single crochet border to set the foundation for decorative borders in future weeks.
The Textures and Tassels Blanket is a mystery crochet along for a throw-sized blanket worked in a combination of motifs and rows. Borders are crocheted in the round and the blanket is finished off with tassels. (Optional, of course, if you don’t like tassels.) New clues will be released on Fridays through December 10, 2021.
Finished Size
- Throw Blanket.
Materials
- Lion Brand Heartland yarn (Solids: 100% acrylic, 5 oz/142 g, 251 yd/230 m; Tweeds: 94% acrylic/6% rayon, 4 oz/113 g, 200 yd/183 m): 14 skeins in your choice of colors, or approximately 3,320 yards/3,036 meters in any medium weight yarn.
- Clover Amour US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size that matches gauge or you prefer using with medium weight yarn.
- Clover Tassel Maker in Large or Small, or the bundle of both sizes (optional, but very helpful if you plan to finish your blanket with tassels).
- Clover Quick Locking Stitch Marker set (optional, but helpful for marking the front and holding pieces together for seaming).
- Clover Chibi yarn needle.
Gauge
- See individual clues for gauge information.
Textures and Tassels Blanket Pattern Notes
- The Textures and Tassels Blanket Blanket is constructed using a combination of motifs and rows. Borders are crocheted in the round. New “clues” will be released on Fridays during 2021.
- I am using 3 colors for my version of the blanket: Lion Brand Heartland yarn in 178 Pinnacles (CA), 195 Biscayne (CB), and 350 Mount Rainier Tweed (CC). This is a “dye lot” yarn, so be sure to get enough of each color you plan to use so that the colors match. If you substitute a “no dye lot” yarn, the dyes are consistent between batches so you can order additional yarn as needed and the colors will match.
- You can use as many or as few colors as you like for your version. I recommend at least 2 colors to show certain stitch patterns.
- Whenever possible, I recommend crocheting over your yarn tails as you work. Sometimes, a stitch pattern will be too lacy to effectively crochet over your yarn tails. In that case, I recommend weaving in ends.
- Fiber Flux has a helpful video tutorial for crocheting over your yarn tails as you work here.
- Stitches n Scraps has helpful video and photo tutorials for 3 ways of weaving in ends here. I use the yarn (tapestry) needle method.
- Because the border will be crocheted in the round over the unworked sides of rows, when changing colors often you can carry your yarn tails up the side of your work. AllFreeCrochet has a helpful video tutorial for carrying your yarn tails up the side of your work here.
- Color changes are only suggestions. You are welcome to change colors more or less often.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- CC – Color C
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- *Repeat instructions after asterisk as indicated.
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
- () Work instructions in parentheses into same stitch or space.
Notes for Part 43
- Gauge is not important for this section.
- Your blanket should lay flat on the edges. If the border is curling, you have added too many stitches. If the border is buckling, you have added too few. Each side of the border should be in a multiple of 4 sts if you need to adjust your stitch count.
- Ch 1 at beginning of Rounds and sl st joins do not count as a stitches.
- Color changes are only suggestions. You are welcome to change colors more or less often. For this section, my Color C is Lion Brand Heartland in 350 Mount Rainier Tweed.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project, click here to watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Single Crochet Border
- Join CC with sl st to corner ch-2 sp on outside of first or last square from Row of Squares 38-41 from Part 42. Begin crocheting along long edge of blanket.
- First Long Side:
- Ch 1, 2 sc in same ch-2 sp, evenly work 38 sc across next square, sc in next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of each of next 5 rows from Part 37 (see video above),
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 26 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of next row from Part 30, 2 sc in side of next row from Part 30, sc in side of next row from Part 30,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 20 sc across next square, skip in next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of each of next 4 rows from Part 21,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 20 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of next row from Part 12, 2 sc in side of next row from Part 12, sc in side of next row from Part 12,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 26 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of each of next 5 rows from Part 5,
- sc in next ch-2 sp, evenly work 38 sc across next square, (2 sc, ch 2, place stitch marker in ch-2 sp, 2 sc) in next ch-2 sp.
- First Short Side:
- Turn to work along Row of Squares 1-4, evenly work 40 sts across each of next 4 squares to ch-2 sp, (2 sc, ch 2, place stitch marker in ch-2 sp, 2 sc) in next ch-2 sp.
- Second Long Side:
- Turn to work along long edge of blanket, evenly work 38 sc across next square, sc in next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of each of next 5 rows from Part 5,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 26 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of next row from Part 12, 2 sc in side of next row from Part 12, sc in side of next row from Part 12,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 20 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of each of next 4 rows from Part 21,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 20 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of next row from Part 30, 2 sc in side of next row from Part 30, sc in side of next row from Part 30,
- skip next ch-2 sp, evenly work 26 sc across next square, skip next ch-2 sp,
- sc in side of each of next 5 rows from Part 37,
- sc in next ch-2 sp, evenly work 38 sc across next square, (2 sc, ch 2, place stitch marker in ch-2 sp, 2 sc) in next ch-2 sp.
- Second Short Side:
- Turn to work along Row of Squares 38-41, evenly work 40 sts across each of next 4 squares to ch-2 sp, (2 sc, ch 2, place stitch marker in ch-2 sp) in first ch-2 sp, sl st to top of first sc to join.
- Fasten off CC. – 680 sts + 4 ch-2 sp (196 sts on each long side + 164 sts on each short side + 4 ch-2 sp)