Make yourself cozy with this cheerful mermaid-tail cocoon! The bright colors, wavy stripes and shell texture will put you in the mood to drift off for a nap while your legs and feet stay warm and dry.

Mermaid Tail blanket is a simple, cozy and addictive project worked in the Tunisian crochet technique. Each shell element of the blanket is small enough to place all of your stitches on a regular crochet hook.

Find Tunisian crochet tutorials at www.msweaver.com/tutorials/tunisian-crochet/.

MATERIALS

• Yarn: Caron Simply Soft; aran; 315 yd (288 m) per 170 g ball; 100% Acrylic
• Hooks: regular US J-10 (6 mm) for shells and Tunisian US J-10 (6 mm), at least 30 cm long, for fin
• 10 (12, 14) locking stitch markers
• Yarn needle to weave in ends and for sewing

YARDAGE

• 2 (2, 3) balls each in White 9701 (MC) and Cool Green 9770 (CC1)
• 1 (2, 2) balls each in Strawberry 0015 (CC2), Mango 9605 (CC3) and Harvest Red 9763 (CC4)

GAUGE

• 1 shell = 3⅜’’ (8.5 cm) wide and 2⅛’’ (5.5 cm) tall
• 15 Tss = 4’’ (10 cm)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

• S (M, L): 33.5 (39, 79)’’ / 85 (100, 120) cm in circumference
• 50 (59, 71)’’ / 128 (150, 180) cm long including fin

Tech editing by Amy Curtin (Amerz on Ravelry).

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