Babette crochet blanket

Crocheted squares in three sizes, arranged in a geometric pattern covering 15x18 small-square-units, plus a border. Most of the rounds are alternating hdc and ch stitches (with extra chains in th...

I'm currently making my second Babette blanket. These amazing creations were first bought to my attention when two friends picked up the p...

...rd, 4s rd and 2 rd squares. Note to self: When making granny squares, always turn after each rd. The benefits are that you don’t get tilting of the square, which I am prone to and both sides of the blanket look the same, so no right or wrong side. For this blanket I worked first 2 rds right side facing and then turned after each rd so that the squares ended with right...

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I altered the original layout a little and added 2 more 12 inch strips to make it larger. I’ve blocked all the pieces. I added a border with 6 rows of double crochet: 2 brown, 1 multi, 3 brown.﹤...

I like to use a crochet stitch to join my squares, I looked it up on line and found Attic24 has a great tutorial, lots of pictures and a great help. I learned to place my work good sides together and to go through the outside loop of the seam. The results looked great. The only thing is she was joining equal sized granny squares rather than my jigsaw of different sized squares so it took me a while to work out how the Babette went together. What I learned... ...it's all about doubling up the…

It took me a year to complete but it was worth the effort. Blogged here

This tutorial is available for download as a PDF HERE (at www.ravelry.com) These blankets always remind me of the works of Gustav Klimt - without the nudes, that is. Many of these look like the Babette blanket, but this is a guide or a tutorial to creating a bigger and freer version with your own colours and in your own style. If you prefer to have a clear framework of reference for colour and a neat chart for your squares, the Babette is definitely the pattern for you - and you can find out…

As I had all of my colourful yarns out for my Lanterns Blanket, I thought I would start another granny blanket. I have procrastinated for days over what type of granny blanket I wanted and have d...