The mighty Prism Blanket - crochet tutorial

 Hello happy hookers, hope this blog post finds you all well and happily hooking away.

This is a blanket pattern that I have returned to over the years, you know those times where you just want something to work on in front of the TV which doesn't take up too much brain space?   Yeah, that!

So this is the Prism Blanket, so called because it radiates out from the centre, messing with you eyes a little bit.  I have always made it previously in scrap colours to use up stash that collects from other projects, but I thought this time I would consciously use a monochromatic colour range to make it blend and pop.

All yarn is Stylecraft Special DK - because it is my favourite yarn to work with and provides such a fabulous colour range.... the shades I have used here are White, Silver, Grey, Charcoal and Black - and I used just short of 2 x 100g balls of each, and 3 of the black as I used that for the edging too.

As always, I have used my trusty Clover Amour crochet hook - 4.00mm. 

If you can crochet a Granny Square you should easily be able to make this as it is just clusters of Treble Crochets (UK Terminology).

As I mentioned I usually make smaller ones of these as stash-busters, here is an example.

As long as you follow the same rules you can make them any size you like!  All you have to do is work out what measurement you want (rectangle) half the short size and make your first square to match that.  Follow the video for the rest of the instructions.

As I was making it my Mum decided she fancied doing one too, she's great at pattern testing for me, and she asked me to choose her colours.  I thought, let's go bright and beautiful and chose shades of yellow and orange for her. 

She still has the border to finish, but looking mighty bright and cheerful so far!

So, you can find the video here if you fancy having a go yourself....

I really hope you enjoy making this funky blanket, and please do tag me on Instagram or Facebook @soozintheshed

Unitl  next time then... HAPPY HOOKING!

Oh, and just for transparency, if you buy anything from Amazon using the links I provided I get a small commission. just pennies if I remember rightly, but it doesn't cost you a bean  :)