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Life’s a Beach
You
NEED
LGC kit
white DK yarn

Settle down for a sunbathe on a

rainbow
blanket

When we picked the colours for this issue's kit, this stitches
is just the kind of make we had in mind! Gorgeously
bright and summery, Jackie Carreira's granny
used
stripes design is eye-catching and fun to create. Chain (ch)
Double crochet (dc)
Make your mat a little larger by adding a
Treble crochet (tr)
contrasting white row and tassels either end using
DK yarn from your stash. See the shopping panel SIZE:
(right) for more information. Blanket: 40cm x 60cm

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Meet Our
Designer
“It’s easy to
turn this cute
summer mat
into a larger one. Simply
increase the length of the
initial chain by multiples of
three, plus one, until you
have the required width”
Jackie Carreira is a freelance writer, crochet teacher
and designer working in Suffolk. Her mum taught her
to crochet when she was seven years old and she’s
been hooked ever since!
rainbow
blanket
Using 5.5mm hook
and white yarn from
your stash loosely
make 50ch
Row 1: 1dc in second ch
from hook, 1dc in each
ch to end, turn. 49 sts
Row 2: 3ch (counts as
1tr), 1tr in first dc, (miss
two dc, 3tr) to last
three sts, miss two dc,
2tr in last st, turn. 15 tr
clusters made plus two
tr in each of first and
crochet
crochet
clever
To change colours
seamlessly at the end
of rows, work the
last stitch of a row
without working the
very last part of it.
Instead, complete the
last part with the new
colour, tying it in to
the previous yarn to
secure. Cut the old
yarn and lay the end
of it over the previous
row, working the new
stitches over it to
secure it
last st first and last st
blue
Note: each 3tr group Row 4: 3ch (counts as
Change to white yarn
counts as one tr cluster.
Each 3tr group is
1tr), 1tr in first tr, (miss
three tr, 3tr between
from your stash
Rows 47-49: rep
Shopping
worked in space
between 3tr clusters
next two tr clusters of
prev row) 15 times, miss
Rows 3-4 once, then
Row 3 again
Basket
of prev row three tr, 2tr in top of 3ch
Row 50: 1ch, 1dc in each You’ll need extra white
Row 3: 3ch (counts as of prev row, change to
st to end DK yarn to complete
1tr), miss next tr, 3tr in red yarn (see Crochet
Fasten off this project. See
space between two tr Clever panel), turn.
to make up
stockists of King Cole
and first 3tr cluster of 15 tr clusters made yarn on p24
prev row, (miss three tr, plus 2tr in each of first Sew in ends. Cut
3tr between next tr and last st lengths of white yarn
clusters of prev row) 15 Rows 5-46: rep Rows from your stash using a
times, miss one tr, 1tr in 3-4 21 times, working in postcard sized piece of
top of 3ch of prev row, foll seven-row stripe card as a size guide and
turn. 16 tr clusters made patt: red, orange, yellow, knot to form 17 tassels
plus one tr in each of green, light blue, dark along each side edge
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