Island Time Blanket Pattern — NautiKrall Crochet (2024)

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Intro:

It’s bright, it’s colourful, it’s made with dreamy yarn…

The Winters are grey here in Canada-but not from where I’m sitting! A blanket so cheerful it’s bound to remind you of tropical getaways and warmer, sunnier days ahead.

Made with the coziest wool I could get my hands on… WeCrochet’s very own “Wool of the Andes” (*affiliate link) makes this blanket extra special. This blanket was original designed in a hand dyed merino DK weight yarn which has since been retired. I thought that it was time to find the exact same colours and remake this beauty in a classic, simple- yet stunning yarn. The new blanket is made with a traditional Peruvian Highland Wool with solid and heathered colours mixed together in total perfection (if I humbly do say so myself). I was awestruck by the combos while working with them and I do hope you love it as much as I have.

You won’t want to miss this one!

L, M

ps. If you want the printable PDF of the pattern you can grab one in my Etsy or Ravelry pattern shops below:

ETSY: Island Time Blanket Pattern

Ravelry: Island Time Blanket Pattern

**please note: for anyone who was working on the original blanket pattern-do not panic! All the colour combos remain the EXACT SAME. The only change to the colour chart has been a replacement of the variagated colourway “Tropical Splendor” which are now solid colours: “conch” and “papaya heather”.

Notions

• US 5.0 mm crochet hook (size H).

• Needle for weaving in ends.

• Scissors,

Yarn

WeCrochet Wool of the Andes Worsted (110yds/50g): **affiliate link

• Cloud (1481yds/673g) 14 skeins

• Blossom Heather (216yds/98g) 2 skeins

• Dragonfruit (246yds/112g) 3 skeins

• Caution (233yds/106g) 3 skeins

• Crème Brulee (229yds/104g) 3 skeins

• Green Tea Heather (235yds/107g) 3 skeins

• Wonderland Heather (235yds/107g) 3 skeins

• Marina (249yds/113g) 3 skeins

• Solstice Heather (246yds/112g) 3 skeins

• Haze Heather (227yds/103g) 3 skeins

• Paloma (132yds/60g) 2 skeins

• Papaya Heather (103yds/47g) 1 skein

*** any worsted weight yarn can be substituted as long as gauge is met-here are a few of my favourite alternatives:

• Heatherly Worsted by WeCrochet

• Brava Worsted by WeCrochet

• Shine Worsted by WeCrochet

• Swish Worsted by WeCrochet

Gauge

• 4 rnd large sunburst= 4.75” (unblocked)

Finished Size

• 48” x 61” After Blocking

Glossary (using US Crochet Terminology)

• st(s)- stitch(es)

• ch- chain

• ch-sp- chain space

• sl st- slip stitch

• YO- yarn over

• rnd- round

• SC- single crochet

• HDC- half double crochet

• DC- double crochet

• tr- treble crochet

• CJAYG- continuous join as you go

• cl st(s)- cluster stitch(es)

• 4 DC cl- 4 double crochet cluster stitch

• 5 DC cl- 5 double crochet cluster stitch

• puff- puff stitch

• RS- right side

How to puff stitch (puff): YO and insert hook into st, YO and pull up a loop (pull up to about the height of a DC). Repeat 2 more times. There should be 7 loops on the hook. YO and pull through all 7 loops.

How to 4 DC cl: YO and insert hook into sp, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2. Repeat 3 more times. There should be 5 loops on the hook. YO and pull through all 5 loops.

How to 5 DC cl: YO and insert hook into sp, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2. Repeat 4 more times. There should be 6 loops on the hook. YO and pull through all 6 loops.

Pattern Notes

• Gauge will affect yarn quantities, please adjust hook size to meet gauge.

• Ch 2 counts as DC throughout.

• Ch 3 counts as tr throughout.

• Please pay special attention to yarn quantities: in some instances, the entire skein was used for the blanket with only a few grams to spare. Make sure to purchase enough of the same dye lot to finish blanket.

• The Colour Legend is my attempt to provide you with colour accurate photos/generic colour names that you can use if you’d like to find an alternative yarn (the actual yarn name will be provided below in brackets). **please note that the colour “Conch” has been updated to “Paloma”

• Blanket is constructed using CJAYG, where each motif is turned into a square while joining the next motif in the blanket. If you choose to join your blanket a different way-please note yarn quantities will differ (you’ll need more).

• This pattern only differs from the original by using a slightly heavier yarn (worsted rather than DK weight). All colour combos remain the same as the original pattern.

• Don’t forget to share your makes on Instagram and Facebook! I always love seeing what you have all worked up. Tag me on Instagram @nautikrallcrochet or Facebook @nautikrall_crochet, or use the hashtag: #islandtimeblanket

Blanket Dimensions: 9 squares x 11 squares= 99 squares

*Squares are numbered to coordinate with the colour chart below. Please use this chart for final placement of squares.

Pattern Large Sunburst Motif:

Round 1

• Ch 5, sl st into 5th chain from hook to create centre ring.

• Ch 2, work 15 DC into centre of ring (16 sts).

• Join with sl st to the top of the first DC (not the ch 2), Fasten off.

Round 2

• Join new colour into top of any st.

• Ch 1, puff into same st, ch 1.

• [Puff, ch 1] into each st around (16 puffs).

• Sl st into the ch-1 sp between the first two puff sts (not into the top of the first puff st), Fasten off.

Round 3

• Join new colour into any ch-1 sp.

• Ch 2, into same sp work a [4 DC cl, ch 2].

• Work [4 DC cl, ch 2] into each ch-1 sp around (16 cl sts).

• Sl st into the ch-2 sp between the first two cls (not into the top of the cl st), Fasten off.

Round 4

• Join new colour into any ch-2 sp.

• Ch 2, into the same sp work a [5 DC cl, ch 3].

• Work [5 DC cl, ch 3] into each ch-2 sp around (16 cl sts).

• Sl st into the ch-3 sp between the first two cl sts (not into the top of the first cluster st).

• Fasten off.

**Only Complete the following Round 5 IF you do not plan on using the CJAYG to join the motifs. Round 5 is written out for anyone who wishes to seam their squares together separately at the end of their project.

Round 5

• Join Colour Cloud into any ch-3 sp and ch 3.

• [3 tr, ch 2, 4 tr] into same sp (1st corner).

• *4 DC into next ch-3 sp.

• 4 HDC into next ch-3 sp.

• 4 DC into next ch-3 sp.

• [4 tr, ch 2, 4 tr] into next ch-3 sp.*

• Repeat from * to * 2 more times.

• 4 DC into next ch-3 sp.

• 4 HDC into next ch-3 sp.

• 4 DC into next ch-3 sp.

• Join rnd with sl st into top of first tr (not the ch 3), Fasten off.

***Please see video tutorial below for how to crochet the Large Sunburst Granny Square (NOTE: The 5th round is different in the video tutorial—I’ve added 1 extra DC to the granny shells for this blanket pattern):

Assembling Motifs with Continuous Join-As-You-Go (CJAYGO)

• With RS of sunbursts face up, lay out all motifs in the arrangement from the colour graph above.

• Using colour Cloud, start in top right-hand corner to join squares across the rows.

  Example: First row will be joined from square number 9 across to square number 1. The second row will start with square number 18 and be worked across to square number 10.

• Following along with the video tutorial, crocheting squares together until blanket is complete.

• Once back to the start of the blanket (in the top right-hand corner)- DO NOT FASTEN OFF.

• You are now ready to start border Round 1.

***Please see the YouTube video tutorial below for the CJAYG method of joining these sunbursts:

Border

**Continued from CJAYG…

Round 1

• Sl st over the next 2 sts, into the ch-2 corner space.

• Ch 2; work [3 DC, ch 2, 4 DC] into the corner sp (completes 1st corner of blanket).

• Continue working 4 DC into each sp between granny clusters of the squares.

• Into each join (where two squares meet); work 3 DC on either side.

• In blanket corners work [4 DC, ch 2, 4 DC].

• To join border rnd: sl st into the top of the first DC (not into the ch 2), Do not fasten off.

Round 2

• Repeat rnd 1 (in between the granny clusters of “3 DC” from previous round, work 4 DC), Do not fasten off.

Round 3

• Work pom-pom border all the way around blanket.

• Sl st into beginning st to join rnd.

• Fasten off, weave in all ends.

**Please see video tutorial below for how to crochet pom-pom border: How to Crochet Pom-Pom Border.

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