Last time we went out in our caravan, and it was several years ago, I decided to crochet a blanket for the dog to sleep on. For this reason I chose acrylic double knit yarns in bright colours on a black ground and a simple ‘wagon wheel’ pattern. Well, after a good start it languished in a bag whilst we moved house, and settled in. I discovered it in a box and decided to try to get it finished. Luckily the yarns were all with the squares, and the pattern was still in the bag. Its taken me a while to get back into the swing, and having a dodgy shoulder recently has not been helpful.

Now its time to assemble and fill in the edges. So all the squares needed to be blocked to the same size. Yes, they were made to the same size, but being in a bag and folded up they are a bit messy, and its much easier to join them if they are consistently sized.

As I was doing this, I made a video of the process in the hope someone might find it useful.

I am now assembling the blanket by working a double (UK)/single crochet (US) joining the edge stitches of two squares, and then two chains, and then another joining stitch, then another two chains etc… it is quite a quick and effective join.

Needless to say, after all the hours I have spent on the blanket, the dog will not be sleeping on it…

Cick to watch from the beginning.