Stormy Rainbow Blanket has been designed with my love of earthy tones in mind, but you could just as easily crochet it in a unicorn, jewel or brilliantly bright rainbow paired with a neutral.
The blanket is made using the intarsia crochet method and just one simple stitch. Easy row repeats make it a great first intarsia crochet project.
The blanket is a mirror image, initially working through 12 (rainbow mini skeins) or contrasting colours, and then mirroring these colours from the centre out.
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Buy Stormy Rainbow Blanket
Stormy Rainbow can be quickly purchased using the ‘Buy now’ button below. This is from my Provenance Craft Co where you can buy printed or digital copies and I have ‘pay what you can’ options.
Stormy Rainbow can also be purchased on Etsy and Ravelry. Click on your preferred icon for more pattern details, or to purchase:
Yarn Requirements & Finished Measurements
3 x 100g of 4ply (400m/ 437yds per 100g).
12 x 20g of 4ply (80m/ 87yds per 20g).
Lap Blanket Dimensions: Blocked 112cm/44″ x 98cm/38.5″.
Materials Used in Sample
Sample Used the following yarns and grams:
RiverKnits Nene 4ply, 100g/400m/437yds, 100% British Bluefaced Leicester. 3 x 100g of MC and 12 x 20g mini-skeins in your chosen set of colours.
Pattern Main Colour – 3 x 100g shade Steinchen. Pattern Contrast Colours – 1 x 20g of each.
Pattern Contrast Colours – 1 x 20g of each. CC1 – Jewel Fuchsia, CC2 – Jewel Crimson, CC3 – Jewel Tomato, CC4 – Brilliant Orange, CC5 – Brilliant Gold, CC6 – Jewel Yellow, CC7 – Jewel Lime, CC8 – Jewel Green, CC9 – Shadow Jade, CC10 – Shadow Turquoise, CC11 – Shadow Indigo, CC12 – Shadow Viole
- 3.5mm (US E4) & 4mm (US G6) hooks
- 2 place markers
- blocking equipment
- tapestry needle
Stitches & Techniques (UK terminology)
- double crochet (US single crochet), chains, herringbone treble (US herringbone double), starting treble (US starting double crochet)
- crocheted in one-row repeat
- border added as you go with intarsia method as you work through contrast colours
Helpful tutorials for Stormy Rainbow
If you are new to some of the crochet stitches used in Stormy Rainbow, here are some tutorials to help you make the blanket pattern:
- Double crochet (US single crochet) – click here for video tutorial OR here for photo tutorial
- Herringbone treble crochet (US herringbone double crochet) – click here for video tutorial OR here for photo tutorial
- Starting treble crochet (US starting double crochet) – click here for video tutorial OR here for photo tutorial
- If you need some guidance on choosing colours, you might find my Tips for Choosing Yarn Colours blog helpful.
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