Welcome to my For The Love Of Cats! filet crochet pattern.

This blanket uses the most basic filet crochet technique, may even be suitable as a first blanket project. As long as you are able to crochet Double Crochet (UK Treble Crochet) in rows, you will be able to make this blanket.
The pattern is written using US terminology with UK terminology included in brackets.
There are graphs and detailed written instructions to help you on your journey.
To help you personalise your blanket I have included a chart with the letters of the Alphabet.

There’s a photo tutorial on how to achieve nice straight edges, so you don’t even need to add a border if you don’t want to and another picture tutorial on how to do the “Cat Stitch” slightly modified to fit better into this blanket.

This pattern consists of 5 files:
1: Introduction and General Instructions
2: Pattern file: Simple and Personalised Versions: one page graph, suitable for printing and written instructions
3: Alphabet file: two charts with small and large letters to help you personalise your blanket.
4: Large PDF graph for the Simple version to use if you keep track of your progress on a computer or tablet
5: Large PDF graph for the Personalised version with space left blank for your own letters

Please note: the Alphabets are graphs only.

Yarn and gauge:
I have used DK weight yarn and all calculations are made accordingly.
1550m DK (Double Knitting) weight yarn for the body of the blanket
(to help you plan your own colour scheme, 1 row takes about 14m of yarn)
120-130m for the border (if you’re making the same border as I did)

You can use any yarn and any gauge, just bear in mind that your finished item will be smaller or larger depending on your gauge, yarn and hook size, also the amount of yarn you’ll need will also be different.

Blanket size(using DK weight yarn and 4.5 mm hook)
140x95cm without the border.

Should you need any help, do not hesitate to contact me.
Happy hooking!