This is my version of a 5-sided Virus throw. I used a fingering weight yarn worked together with a metallic gold thread. However, the pattern could be followed using whatever type of yarn desired with an appropriate hook since you just keep doing rounds until you reach the size you want. In my case, I went out to 59 rounds counting a sc border ...

This is a combination of my two most frequently used patterns: ripple and Jacob’s Ladder. The directions are written in US terminology and should result in a throw to afghan sized project. The yarn I used here was a #4 weight acrylic/polyester blend chenille and it took about 60 ounces of it.