Talavera BLANKET

Bring Spanish sunshine into your home with the bright colours and textured stitches of Ana Morais Soares' seven-part Talavera blanket crochet-along

- Ana Morais Soares

YOU WILL NEED

Materials are for the whole Blanket

• Caron Simply Soft (100% acrylic, 170.1g/288m) 4 balls of Off White (9702) 3 balls of each: Blue Mint (9608) Robin's Egg (9780) 2 balls of each: Gold (9782) Fuchsia (9764)
• A 5.5mm (US H/8) hook
• Stitch markers or scrap yarn

For yarn stockists contact Wool Warehouse 01926 882818 www.woolwarehouse.co.uk

TENSION

Rounds 1-10 to measure approx 10cm (4in) in diameter

MEASUREMENTS

Finished Blanket measures approx 145x145cm (57x57in)

ABBREVIATIONS

standing sts A standing st at beg of the round is worked starting with a slip knot on the hook, then the st indicated is worked as normal in the st or sp specified

cl (cluster sts) Work all sts of a cl in the same st or sp specified, working each st of the cl up until the last yrh of each st. At this point there will be 1 loop on the hook remaining for each st of the cl, plus the original loop on the hook (for a 2-tr cl there will be 3 loops on the hook), yrh, draw through all loops on hook

For a full list, see page 94

Imaginative stitches and bright colours pop on this multi-textured blanket, bringing forth visions of Spanish Talavera tiles and warm days spent by the sea. This is the second part of the CAL, and you'll be turning the circle at the centre into a square. We hope you'll join us on this exciting Iberian journey!

NOTES

This crochet-along has been designed in seven parts, worked from the centre out. The Blanket is worked with RS facing throughout. You may wish to weave in ends as you work.

BLANKET

PART 2

TO SQUARE THE BLANKET