Big Dots Little Dots

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As you might have guessed, this crochet blanket is made up of big

dots and little dots. The little dots are sewn together in fours andthen joined to the big dots like a traditional four patch quilt.

Facts and Figures

I made my blanket with Stylecraft Special DK yarn (295m / 100g)

and a 4mm crochet hook. There are 72 big dot blocks and 72 little

dot and the finished blanket measures about 127cm / 50".

I used nine colours for the dots (less than 100g of each):

Teal, Saffron, Magenta, Bluebell, Meadow, Camel, Plum, Denim

and Pomegranate.

You will also need far more of the background colour (Cream)

than you could possibly imagine, 500g in fact.

Frankies Knitted Stuff

Big Dots, Little Dots


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This pattern uses British crochet terms: dc = US sc

htr = US hdc

tr = US dc

The Dots

I crocheted all the dots first before turning them into squares. With

each of the nine colours I made eight big dots and 32 little dots and

yes, that is an awful lot of dots.

Big Dots

Make 4ch and join with a slip stitch into a ring.

Round 1: 3ch, 11tr into ring, join with ss to top of 3ch (12 sts).

Round 2: 3ch, 1tr in same place, (2tr in next st) 11 times, join

with ss to top of 3ch (24 sts).

Round 3: 3ch, 2tr in next st, (1tr, 2tr in next st) 11 times, join


Round 4: 3ch, 1tr, 2tr in next st, (2tr, 2tr in next st) 11 times, join


Fasten off and darn in ends.

Little Dots

These are made in exactlythe same way, following the

first two rounds only of the

above pattern.


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Turning the Dots into Squares

Big Dots

Join the cream yarn to any stitch.

Round 1: 2ch, 1htr, *(1htr, 1ch, 1htr) in next st, 2htr, 7dc, 2htr,

repeat from * three times, ending with 7dc, join with ss

to 2ch.

Round 2: 2ch, 2htr, *(1tr, 1ch, 1tr) in next st, 3htr, 7dc, 3htr,

repeat from * three times, ending with 7dc, join with ssto 2ch.


Little Dots

Theres only one round for these. Join the cream yarn to any stitch.

Round 1: 2ch, *(1tr, 1ch, 1tr) in next st, 1htr, 3dc, 1htr, repeat

from * three times, ending with 3dc, join with ss to 2ch.



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Sewing the Blocks Together

I decided to sew rather than crochet the blocks together as Iwanted a smooth finish. This took a ridiculously long time but

was worth it in the end. I used mattress stitch, working into the

middle of the edge stitches.

First make the little dot blocks. From the 32 little dots in each

colour you will be able to make eight four patch blocks.

Then lay out all the blocks in twelve rows of twelve, alternatingbig and little blocks. I decided on a colour order and laid out the

big dot blocks first, following this order, beginning at the top left

and working in rows. Then I filled in the gaps with little dot

blocks, following the same colour order but, this time, beginning

with colour number 8 rather than colour number 1.

Sew the blocks into rows and then sew all the rows together.

And, as if that wasnt enough now add a border.

The Border

Actually, after all that sewing together, this went quite quickly.

It is worked in three rounds. Join the cream yarn to any stitch.


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Round 1: 2ch, then work half trebles all round, with two or three

trebles where the blocks join. Work 2htr, 1ch, 2htr into

the corner spaces.Round 2: 3ch, then work trebles all round. Work 2htr, 1ch, 2htr

into the corner spaces.

Round 3: 3ch, then work trebles all round. Work 3tr into the

corner spaces.

The border not very exciting but it does the job.

If your crochet is anything like as uneven as mine you will now

need to block your blanket and then sit back and admire.

Abbreviations

st stitch

ch chain

ss slip stitch

dc double crochet (US sc)

htr half treble (US hdc)

tr treble (US dc)

Frankie Brown, 2012.My patterns are for personal use only and should not be used to knit items for sale.

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