A quick and easy blanket for the cold winter evenings. Seed stitch squares and rectangles are sewn together, bordered with double crochet (UK) and edged with reverse double crochet aka crab stitch.

Making this blanket from squares and rectangles means it’s a portable project; win number one! Seed stitch has an amazing texture and can be crocheted without too much concentration; win number two!

The instructions are for a 135cm x 168cm blanket, plenty big enough to fully cover a lap and legs. Also included are layout suggestions and yarn quantities for 102cm x 135cm baby blanket and 168cm x 234cm single bed blanket.

Sizes
Shown as 1(2:3) where appropriate

1. 135cm x 168cm large lap blanket
2. 102cm x 135cm baby blanket
3. 168cm x 234cm single bed blanket

Squares = 33cm x 33cm
Rectangle 1 = 33cm x 66cm
Rectangle 2 = 66cm x 33cm

Materials
Yarn A: 6(4:9) balls x King Cole Forest recycled aran Gisburn Forest (1919) 100g/300m
Yarn B: 5(3:8) balls x King Cole Forest recycled aran Forest of Dean (1917) 100g/300m
Yarn C: 4(3:9) balls x King Cole Forest recycled aran Balvain Woods (1915) 100g/300m

Two balls of King Cole Forest will make three squares or one rectangle and one square.