Ross blanket

I came across this while looking for something for my mother in law for Christmas. She had just made a blanket from a kit and had expressed an interest in another, so I had picked one for her which was more straight forward rows back and forth. But I had fallen for this one! It looked so interesting, I loved the colours, and I had never done anything like this before.

Black Sheep Wools were doing this as a kit at the time, so I went along and bought it from them. The pattern is an online download by Catherine’s Crochet Corner. It was originally a CAL (another abbreviation I hadn’t known – Crochet-a-long), so released in weekly parts. But that was a while ago so all available to download now. It uses Stylecraft Special Double Knit (SSDK), which is really good value wool at £1.89 per 100g ball.

I started this in Feb 2018 and couldn’t put it down. It used stitches I had never heard of before, things like front post, back post, in double and trebles, double trebles, and standing trebles, but the instructions and pictures were so good it was easy to figure out. I loved learning the new stitches, and the lovely patterns they made, and using colour combos I would never have dreamed of. Note the ends are all sewn in as you go along… it would be an absolute nightmare to finish if you didn’t!! And crocheting the squares together is also a killer of a job, but well worth it. My son has claimed this for his own, and we even decorated his bedroom in colours to match this blanket!