This pattern was for a long time on my mind but it did get real form after my journey through China. The Lantern festival which is also called the festival of light is celebrated at New Years day in China. Thousands of burning lanterns are released on the river and float into the air. Everyone knows the famous pictures of it. The whole festival has different meaning over 2000 years of tradition. These days it all about coming together as a family and celebrate life, but in more ancient times this festival had more religious meaning. If you like to know more about it please read my detailed blogpost about it. For now, enjoy this special crochet pattern made out of hexagons, did you notice the entire blanket is even made in a lantern shape ?

Some basic information about the pattern :

Crochet hook 4,5 mm needed

Yarn needed :

For this pattern i used Scheepjes Stonewashed yarn which comes in balls of 50 grams with a length of 130 meters. As this pattern holds a lot of different colorshades for the lanternpart in each motif it is also possible to use small skeins out of the Stonewashed/Riverwashed colourpack. Or you can also choose to just use one color for all lanterns. So options are endless. First the colors and amounts for this blanket including border and joining :

Yarn A : 803 Black Onyx – 7 balls of 50 grams needed ( 340 grams used )

Yarn B : 817 Citrine – 2 balls of 50 grams needed ( 70 grams used)

Yarn C : 833 Beryl – 2 balls of 50 grams needed ( 84 grams used )

Yarn D : this is the lantern color which is made out of different colorshades. I used colors : 825 Malachite, 807 Red Jasper, 811 Deep Amethyst, 816 Coral, 835 Rhodochrosite, 823 Carnelion, 832, Enstatite, 830 Lepidolite, 834 Morganite, 824 Turqoise, 827 Peridot, 836 Tourmaline, 826 Fosterite, 810 Garnet and 803 Canada Jade.

For a motif you need 10 grams of yarn and a half motif needs 6 grams. In total you need 262 grams of yarn for this.

Yarn E : 805 Blue Apatite – 6 balls of 50 grams needed ( 265 grams used )

Yarn F : 828 Larimar – 6 balls of 50 grams needed ( 295 grams used )

The finished size of this hexagon blanket is 165 cm x 165 cm / 65 inches x 65 inches

Basic stitches are used in the pattern,

The pattern holds written instructions guided by step by step photos. When bought you receive a PDF file to download. The original pattern is written in English with US terms but there is also a Dutch version available, a Swedish version which is made by Torun Hedfors Johansson. And from now on we also have a Hungarian version made by Reka Erdei.

A small typo was detected on 11/08/19. In Round 7 there is said to crochet stitches in the loop of Round 6, however this has to be Round 5. After this date the pattern was revised.

Further information can be found in the pattern itself or my blog.

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