When you are poorly, you can wrap yourself in a magic blanket, put yourself in front of the TV and, hey presto, you will get better!

OK, so I was rather a lot younger when I genuinely believed in the medicinal properties of a magic blanket but nonetheless, the power of the magic blanket should not be underestimated, particularly when used with small children!

Magic blankets can come in all shapes and sizes, they can be colour-coordinated or wonderfully varied and great for using up scraps from other projects.

This pattern is inspired by the original magic blankets crocheted by my Grandma in the 1960’s and 70’s. One of her magic blankets is pictured above, sitting on top of my modern-day version which used baby pastel colours.

Gauge is not important for this project, you could vary the hook size, yarn weight and number of stitches/rows to make whatever size you want. It has even been suggested that the stitch pattern could be used to make other items.

Version 2 of the pattern is now available to download with thanks to my testers dulcymh, donnaknitsdolls, melissagreen and trinalrose who all provided valuable feedback.