Fall Into Winter Blanket crochet pattern - digital or hard copy

Now that Harvest Hues is available in mini-skeins, they obviously needed to be incorporated into a snugly crocheted lap-blanket design.  The colours were chosen to represent the colour changes in nature as it passes from Autumn to Winter, but you could just as easily make a version in pinks and purples with the neutral Barley as the background colour. 

The blanket is made up in 4 repeated panels, crocheted in linen stitch to create a drapey fabric that shows the colour stripes at their best.  The panels are then slip stitched joined together before a double crochet border is added.  

The pattern includes a chart, written instructions, schematics for joining and adding the border.  UK crochet terminology is used. 

Materials:  John Arbon Textiles Harvest Hues, Worsted/ Light Aran, 100g/200m/219yds, 65% organically farmed Falklands Merino / 35% Devon Zwartbles

MC: Blue Spruce, 600g/1200m/1312yds (6 x 100g skeins)
CC1: Flax, 35g/70m/77yds (2 x 25g mini skeins)
CC2: Russet, 48g/96m/105yds (2 x 25g mini skeins)
CC3: Bracken, 48g/96m/105yds (2 x 25g mini skeins)
CC4: Pomegranate, 29g/58m/63yds (2 x 25g mini skeins)

5mm hook (US H/8) for panels, 6mm hook (US J/10) for joining, 5.5mm hook (US I/9) for border

6 x place markers

1 x stitch marker (to secure stitch when putting project aside)

Tapestry needle

Blocking equipment

Tension: Unblocked linen stitch of 18 sts and 17 rows over 10cm/4". Blocked linen stitch of 17.5 sts and 16 rows over 10cm/4".

Blanket Dimensions: Unblocked 110cm/43.25" wide and 92cm/36.25" long. Pinned out to 113cm/44.5" wide and 98cm/38.5" long. Blocked 112cm/44" wide and 94cm/37" long.

Yarn substitutions: Any aran/worsetd yarn with at least 200m (219yds) per 100g that gets tension and offers good drape and stitch definition.

Stitches used: 

ch - chain ch-sp - chain space   dc - double crochet (US single crochet)

dcBLO - double crochet back loop only (US single crochet back loop only)   

sk - skip   ss - slip stitch 

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Pattern Pricing

I now operate a ‘pay what you can’ scale for my electronic/downloadable single patterns.  I usually charge £5 for these patterns and to encourage access for all crafters, these are now available on a scale of £3 - £7 and you chose what you can afford within that scale. 

Please note that this doesn’t apply to my hard copy patterns, which remain priced at £5 and come with an automatic digital download.

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Pattern format

Fall Into Winter Blanket is an six-page document.  If you are purchasing a printed copy, it is A4 sized with large, clear text.

Weights given are approximated to provide the best estimate for postage and packaging costs only.

Product materials, sourcing and PoM Rating

This product was originated by me at Fay Dashper-Hughes Designs.  This pattern is printed on paper that is manufactured using wind power,100% recycled post-consumer fibre and carbon neutral.  It is printed by me in my studio in Cheshire, England.

Postage and Packaging

You can read all about P&P here.

The P&P costs applied are very transparent.  No additional costs are added on, you simply pay for the cost of packaging and the cost of postage.  I don't offer free P&P because what that usually means is that the cost of P&P has been added to the cost of goods.  I think it is better to assume that my customers aren't daft and would rather have transparent P&P costs than the pretence of 'Free P&P' with inflated prices on the items that they are buying.