#Free patterns memory quilt free#

What a kind soul!!! And, her afghan turned out fabulous!! I’m so impressed! I used to be able to do hard(extremely challenging) patterns, but I had a stroke, then ended 6 years later, broken, from the death of my Precious Mom, total betrayal by my brother, while she was on her deathbed, and he took her whole family with him.

#Free patterns memory quilt free#

Kudos to the lady who came upon this pattern and the decency to give it to us free of charge. This is a great beginner pattern! There was nothing wrong with the pattern as far as I could see. Ch 3, turn.Ĭontinue row 3 until your blanket is the length you prefer.Ĭut yarn and weave in ends with a darning needle. Row 3: 1 dc into very first stitch, repeat to last space, 2 dc into last space and then 1 dc into 3rd stitch of ch 3 from previous row. Your row should contain a 2dc cluster, 50 clusters and a 2dc cluster. Set Up Row: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc into first sc, to 3st before end, 2dc in last stitch. I can’t possibly give you an exact number of skeins.įoundation Row: 1 sc into 2nd chain from hook, 1 sc into each chain to end (156 stitches) Tons of lace weight to bulky weight yarn. Northern Lights Memory Blanket - A Free Crochet Pattern Otherwise I’d be weaving in ends right now instead of typing! It meant that all I had to weave in were the starts and ends of the project. Oh, and if you don’t mind being a tiny bit sloppy, this knot tying technique was a game changer. Most of the time I crocheted with two strands of worsted yarn at the same time, but sometimes the yarn was sock weight, so I crocheted with three strands. Obviously if you choose to follow it your blanket will look quite different from mine and hopefully very personal. So here’s the basic pattern I came up with. It’s every color I love and perfectly cozy. I’ve not had the opportunity to see more than green and white with my own eyes, but the northern lights can be all colors of the spectrum. After I got through purple, the blanket was starting to remind me of the Aurora Borealis. As soon as I reached the end of a skein I brought in a different skein.Īs I crocheted along I was reminded of each project I had bought the yarn for. I started with some tripled up DK weight red wool I had used to knit a teeny tiny baby sweater. Instead of following a striped pattern, I opted to go with the flow.

It not only goes by more quickly than knitting but it also uses up yarn faster, which is just what I wanted. I decided to work on a lap blanket to curl up on the couch with.

That doesn’t always work out, apparently. I have a loose rule that I can’t buy more yarn until I use the last yarn I purchased. Instead of working in the round, though, you crochet back and forth.Ī few weeks ago I tidied up my yarn collection and realized I have a whole lotta yarn. Once the first few rows are set up it crochets very easily – just like a granny square. I based this pattern on the Granny Stripe Scarf from, so if you have difficulty following my pattern I recommend you read their instructions. Unfortunately, as I’m a full-time working mom I don’t have the ability to recreate this pattern to check for errors. I don’t have a lot of experience writing crochet patterns and I have had a few people contact me about how the set-up rows are written in a confusing manner. I wrote this pattern when I was a much less experienced crocheter. Thanks for checking out my Northern Lights Memory Blanket pattern.