Rainbow Crocheted Blankets

Amanda's bold and inspiring use of colour and pattern gives stunning results that are deceptively easy to achieve. This colourful book contains illustrated block-by-block guides to creating ten stunning blankets, with colour variations providing twenty further creations. Each of the ten blankets is constructed from a series of simple motifs, including squares, hexagons and triangles: creating a large and sumptuous blanket is simply a matter of piecing together colourful motifs into wonderful arrangements.

The book contains basic instruction on yarns and hooks, explains how to join motifs and sew in ends, and provides a brief guide to using colour. For each blanket there is an index of motifs used, accompanied by the instructions for how to make them: both in written form and as a chart. The blocks include a range of shapes and are accompanied by the 'fillers' needed to fill the gaps between them. Each project has a full colour chart, and takes the reader block by block through the entire construction process. 

Book Contents

Introduction 6
Colour 8
equipment 10
Techniques 12
Projects 14
How to use this book 16
Crop Circles 18
Solstice 28
Arabian Nights 38
Lilian 50
Rose Window 62
Knot Garden 72
Flying Geese 84
Mirage 94
Flower Power 106
Liberty 116
Reference 128