Just as streams join to form a mighty river so too does the influence of family and friends shape and form a person. The textured design of this pattern is reminiscent of both family tree diagrams branching outwards, and of streams converging into the center.

I hope you will enjoy making this pattern as much as I did designing it. Along with the main pattern there is a chart for the 6in block and a Round-by-Round photo guide for the 12in block. Each size is pictured by itself along side a US quarter for scale.

A huge thank you to my testers, GalenaD, swiftlysparrow, vegasangelbrat, dmbonner, craftynanalady, jillywillis, Stueysmom, and Berniece. This pattern wouldn’t be half as nice without your input.

There have been some requests for yardage requirements. I did not measure while working on the pattern, but I have gone back and weighed my pieces. Based upon weight/length data printed by the manufacturer here are the measurements I calculated (rounded up to the nearest whole yard/meter).

• 6in block = 33yrd / 31m
• 9in block = 77yrd / 71m
• 12in block = 126yrd / 116m
• 24in blanket = 658yrd / 602m
• 36in blanket = 1241yrd / 1135m

Feel free to share photos of your finished blocks, I’d love to see them.

Have questions? This pattern has a help thread.