My little
granddaughter loves to fiddle with something when she’s tired, in the car,
taking a nap, and going to bed. So I made her a fiddle blankie that was small
enough for her to carry around, but big enough to cover her lap in the car
seat, and cover her when taking a nap. I designed this so it has holes for her
to poke her fingers in, and with a nubby edging – something else to fiddle
with. I used Tunisian crochet.
#4 yarn
6.5mm Tunisian crochet hook
I used a hook bigger than recommended for the yarn to make looser
stitches. Use the same hook for the double crochet stitches of the finishing edge. I used a 10” long bamboo Tunisian crochet hook. You can buy this hook here.
Finished size of blanket: 24” x 17”
Ch = chain
dc = double crochet
The shells of each row are in the chain space of the row below so you have a staggered shell pattern, rather than having columns of shells.
Instructions:
Chain 100.
Row 1: Forward Pass. Insert hook
in 2nd chain from hook, yarn over, draw up a loop. Repeat in each chain across,
keep all loops on hook. Do not turn.
Row 2: Return Pass. Yarn over,
draw through 2 loops on your hook; *chain 5 draw through 5 loops on hook (shell
made). Repeat from * across until you have 5 loops remaining on your hook.
Chain 4, draw through 4 loops, ch 1, draw through 1 loop. Do not turn. 20 shells
made.
Row 3: Forward Pass. Ch 1, *insert
hook in next chain stitch, yarn over, draw up a loop. Repeat from * in each
chain stitch and in the center stitch of each shell. Keep all loops on hook. Do
not turn.
Row 4: Return Pass. Ch 3, draw
through 4 loops on your hook; *chain 5, draw through 5 loops on hook. Repeat from
* across until you have 5 loops remaining on your hook. Chain 4, draw through 4
loops, ch 1, draw through 1 loop. Do not turn.
Row 5: Forward Pass. Ch 1, *insert
hook in next chain stitch, yarn over, draw up a loop. Repeat from * in each
chain stitch and in the center stitch of each shell. Keep all loops on hook. Do
not turn.
Row 6: Return Pass. Yarn over,
draw through 2 loops on your hook; *chain 5 draw through 5 loops on hook (shell
made). Repeat from * across until you have 5 loops remaining on your hook.
Chain 4, draw through 4 loops, ch 1, draw through 1 loop. Do not turn.
Rows 7-80: Repeat Rows 3-6 until you have 40 rows of shells. Do not
turn.
Row 81: Finishing row. Ch 1, *(sl st, dc5, sl st) in center stitch of shell, skip 5
chain sts. Repeat from * across ending in the last shell. Continue down the
side of the blanket. **(sl st, dc5, sl st) in edge space of first row on side
of blanket. Repeat from ** in edge space of every other row to end. Continue
across bottom of blanket. ***(sl st, dc5, sl st) in chain space, skip shell.
Repeat from *** across. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Adorable! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWow! I love this. I'm just learning Tunisian and had no idea something this pretty could be made with easy stitches.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful blanket. How much yarn was used to make this blanket? Thank you in advance.
ReplyDeleteI used one skein of Sensation Little Treat yarn, but that is discontinued so it will depend on the size of the skein you get.
DeleteWhen finishing Row 2---I have 3 loops left on hook instead of 5. I started with 100 loops, Y O draw thru 2 loops, draw thru 5 loops after each chain 19 times, then have 3 loops leftover, not 5. I should chain 102 to compensate for the first 2 loops I drew the yarn thru?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but I don't know why you have a different number of loops left on your hook. I'm sure it won't make a difference if you start with an extra 2 chains.
DeleteWhen I finished row 2, I had the same problem as Carol. I added 2 more loops and it worked. However on row 4 I couldn’t figure out how to chain 3. Going to the end it wasn’t as you said it would be. Please help. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOn the return pass you chain 3 before pulling through the first loops.
DeleteSo on Row 4: Return Pass. Ch 3, and then draw through 4 loops on your hook
Could you possibly do a video of this pattern? I just can’t get the right number you have at the end of each row. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I don't have any videos. I can try to help you but I'd need more information. Do you have less loops or more loops at the end of the row? Did you chain 3 before pulling through the first 4 loops at the beginning of the row? Are you of on loops as you start the row or on the return pass?
DeleteRow 1 - 100 loops.
ReplyDeleteRow 2 - 4 loops at return pass, not 5.
I have done this several times and come up with the same.
At the end of row 2 you have 20 shells, each made with 5 loops. 5x20=100. To get 4 loops left at the end you must only have 99 loops on the row so you would have made an error on Row 1. Count the loops on Row 1. Do you have 100 loops?
DeleteYes, I do.
DeleteIf you have 100 loops on Row 1 you would end up with 20 shells each with 5 loops on Row 2 as 5x20=100.
DeleteIf you have 100 loops on Row 1 but only have 99 loops at the end of Row 2, you must be losing a loop in the count somewhere. If you're consistently ending up with 4 loops, it really won't matter to the pattern as it's on the end of the row if the last shell only has 4 loops in it. Or you could add an extra chain to get an extra loop on Row 1.