Spoke Flower Blanket by The Crochet Fix.
This pattern was something I’d wanted to do for a long time so was really happy when I got time to get started.
It did start off a bit of a nightmare, nothing to do with the pattern which is extremely well written by the way, no it was me not reading it properly!
I got through the first full pattern repeat and all looked fine, it was nice and flat and looked really nice in the colours I’d chosen.
So I checked the pattern, felt sure I was right but undid it back to the dark purple where it had been fine.
Off I went again but the same thing happened, I thought maybe it would improve when blocked so carried on, but sadly it got worse and the puckering looked awful, no way was this going to come out with blocking.......
I nearly gave up, it was so much work to undo but decided to really sit and read the pattern again, I must be missing something and indeed I was, where the pattern called for UK treble/US dc down the side of each petal and UK half treble/US hdc hdc at the spoke, I was doing all half treble from the increase at the petal point!
Studying the numbered round chart I had a eureka moment realising how I’d misunderstood. What a relief, it meant I could get back on track and actually finish it.
My advice is read, read, read, study, study,study. Look at the charts which give all the stitch counts for each round and you won’t go wrong.
Here’s my finished blanket or it can be a baby playmat. It measures 36” across from point to point, worked in double knit on a 4mm hook.
I’ve also used the same pattern to make some placemats and coasters, doing just the first few rounds. For the small coasters I did just one colour each round, for the larger mat I did two rounds per colour.
An absolutely brilliant pattern and offered for free which is so kind bearing in mind the amount of work that must have gone into it. Thank you The Crochet Fix.
Find the pattern on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spoke-flower-blanket
Happy crocheting!
