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DROPS 99-30 by DROPS Design
"Wrap yourself in a cozy afghan made of double Alpaca. Beautiful, decorative and practical."
DROPS crochet blanket in double thread “Alpaca”
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DROPS 99-30
Size: approx 110 x 160 cm
Materials: DROPS Alpaca from Garnstudio
350 g colour no 618, dark beige
150 g colour no 4050, lilac
100 g colour no 6360, blue mix
100 g colour no 8105, lavender
100 g colour no 4434, purple mix
100 g colour no 6347, blue/purple
100 g colour no 100, off-white

Drops crochet hook size 6 mm, or size need to obtain the correct tension.

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NOTE: This pattern is written in British English. All measurements in charts are in cm. For conversion from cm to inch - click here. There are different terms for crocheting in British and American English. If this pattern includes crochet, click for "crochet terms" here. For this pattern in American English, please click here.
Crochet tension: 1 hexagon should measure 19 cm from corner to corner.
Trible tr: Make 3 yo, put hook through st and pull thread through (= 5 st on hook), *yo, pull through 2 sts*, repeat from *-* a total of 4 times (= 1 st on hook).

BLANKET:
Crochet diamond: The hexagon is crochet with 2 threads Alpaca in the same colour (double thread), with the last round in dark beige. Crochet 4 ch on crochet hook size 6 mm and form a ring with a sl st.
Round 1: 6 dc in ring
Round 2: in each dc crochet 5 trible tr, and crochet these tog at the top as follows (replace first trible tr with 5 ch): *crochet 1 trible tr but wait with the last pull-through*, repeat from *-* a total of 5 times = 6 sts on hook, make a yo and pull hook through all 6 sts. Crochet 7 ch between each trible tr-group and finish round with 1 sl st in the first trible tr-group.
Round 3: *7 ch, 1 dc in ch-loop from previous row, 7 ch, 1 dc at the top of trible tr-group from previous row*, repeat from *-* a total of 6 times = 12 ch-loops.
Round 4: 3 ch, 1 dc in first ch-loop, *6 ch, 1 dc in next ch-loop*, repeat from *-* and finish round with 6 ch and a sl st in first dc = 12 ch-loops.
Round 5: 3 ch *5 tr in ch-loop, 5 tr in next ch-loop, 1 tr in dc, 3 ch, 1 tr in the same dc*, repeat from *-* a total of 5 times and finish round with 5 tr in next ch-loop, 5 tr in next ch-loop, 1 tr in dc, 3 ch, 1 sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round.
Round 6: Crochet in dark beige around all hexagons! 1 dc in each tr; in each corner crochet as follows: 1 ch, 1 dc in ch-loop and 1 ch. Cut the thread.

Crochet 60 hexagons in total.
Crochet in the following colours (see Fig 1):

No 1: 9 hexagons in blue mix no 6360
No 2: 9 hexagons in blue/purple no 6347
No 3: 8 hexagons in lavender no 8105
No 4: 8 hexagons in off-white no 100
No 5: 10 hexagons in lilac no 4050
No 6: 9 hexagons in purple mix no 4434
No 7: 7 hexagons in dark beige no 618

Assembly: See Fig 1 on how to place the hexagons. Sew the hexagons tog. with dark beige with 1 st in each st.
Crochet border: Crochet a border round the whole blanket with double thread beige as follows:
*3 ch, 1 tr in the first ch (= 1 picot), skip 2 sts, 1 dc in next st*, repeat from *-*.


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