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Mirage Blanket
Mirage is a re-make of a quilt I made in the 1990’s, called Reflection of a Mirage.
Which was originally inspired by historical Turkish/Islamic city maps.
The centre panel of the blanket depicts the reflection of a desert city, I can’t remember why there was a reflection, but as I love the way the shapes fit together I decided to stick to the original name and design.
The base colour is turquoise and fits into the rainbow as a replacement for blue, for me turquoise is the colour of the Mediterranean and works nicely with orange which is the colour used in Persian carpets, which also form part of the inspiration.
BLANKET SIZE
Mirage measure 135 x 135 cm (53 x 53 inches) square.
HOOK SIZE
Crochet hook in size 4mm
YARN
DK (240 to 250 metres per 100 gms) wool yarn
Yarn’s recommended for the blanket
UK Independent dyers/spinners
John Arbon Textiles - Knit by Numbers DK
Worldwide commercial brands
Cascade 220 Sport,
Fyberspates Vivacious DK
Yarn Stories - Merino DK, Merino/Alpaca DK,
Knit Picks – Wool of the Andes Sport
COLOURS
You can use oddments and leftovers from other projects
You can find my Rainbow Crocheted Blankets Book for sale in my website shop - HERE
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