Night Owls Blanket
INTERMEDIATE
FINISHED MEASUREMENT
30 inches square
MATERIALS
• Premier Yarns Deborah Nor-ville Everyday Soft Worsted medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (4 oz/203 yds/113g per skein):
3 skeins #1002 cream
2 skeins #1029 shamrock
1 skein each #1016 kiwi, #1017 azure, #1028 mustard, #1032 peony, #1027 lemon, #1022 bittersweet, #1026 grenadine, #1033 violet and #1012 black
• Sizes H/8/5mm and I/9/5.5mm crochet hooks or sizes needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
GAUGE
Size I hook: Each finished square with border = 5¾ inches square
Size H hook: Eye = 1⅜ inches in diameter
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Row definitions are as follows:
Current row: The row presently crocheting; if presently crocheting pattern row 6, then row 6 is the current row.
1 row below: The last row crocheted; if presently crocheting pattern row 6, then row 5 is the row 1 row below.
2 rows below: The row before the last row crocheted; if presently crocheting pattern row 6, then row 4 is the row 2 rows below.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Closing single crochet (closing sc): Insert hook through back lp of sk st 2 rows below current row, then insert hook through both lps of st 1 row below current row, yo, draw through, yo, draw through both lps on hook.
Turn ch-2 so that front and back lp are facing back and back bar of ch is facing front, sc in back bar of first ch, ch 3, sl st in back bar of 2nd ch from hook, sc in back bar of next ch,
