I started crocheting this blanket in late December / early January. It wasn’t a difficult pattern. It wasn’t a complicated lace pattern with size 5 needles. It just took me forever to finish.
I tried various tactics to get myself motivated to finish. I didn’t start another project and told myself I couldn’t buy new yarn until I finished it. I tried doing a few rows a day and then didn’t stick with it. I tried leaving it out in sight so I would think about it. Nothing worked.
It’s my own fault. I wasn’t super motivated…maybe because I wasn’t making it for anyone specifically. I also didn’t love the colors at first. They weren’t what I had in mind. They still aren’t my favorite colors, but I like them more than I did initially.
What I love about this baby blanket is the Tunisian Tweed Stitch. It’s super durable and strong and creates a blanket that even when stretched out, doesn’t show any holes at all. This crochet is tighter than a garter stitch and has a unique look.
I was determined to finish this blanket before May ended and I met my goal when I finished it last week.
Now I’m sharing the pattern with you on the last day of May. The pattern will be for sale on Ravelry starting on Monday, June 4th.
Update-Thanks to all those who donated or emailed me to get early access to the pattern. You can now buy it through Ravelry.
But because I love my blog readers and email subscribers, I’m offering it to you early. How much? That’s the best part…pay whatever you want!
If you can’t afford anything, you can get it for free. If you’d like to buy me a coffee or some other amount, feel contribute any amount that you want. Just promise me one thing. You won’t take 5 months like me to finish it!
The pattern will be available for you to pay what you want through Sunday, June 2nd. So don’t wait! Click on the link below.
For those that are interested, here are the details on the blanket:
~1,600 yards of Worsted Weight Yarn (I used Knit Picks Brava Worsted) I used 5 colors, but this can be adjusted for different color schemes very easily.
You’ll also need a Tunisian Crochet Hook, size J (these are the really long hooks that are longer than knitting needles)
The finished dimensions are 38 inches long by 32 inches wide
I love the colors! I would never have thought to put them together but they are lovely. You have inspired me to pick up my tunisian crochet project that has been sitting untouched for about a year
Hey I am loving this blanket- I love tuisian.I would love to donate and get this pattern, but I just can’t figure out how to do it. When I click on donate it just takes me to my paypal, and I’m not good with this stuff, so I don’t know how to donate or anything to this site. Anyway, help would be appreciated! I love this blanket and I love this site. You are the best for sharing your talents.
Thanks Lauren! I’m glad this project didn’t last me a year…I wanted to finish it before half the year went by.
Hi Chelsea,
It’s not your fault at all…something was going wrong with the PayPal button. There’s a new link in the post now, so everything should be working. Email me if you still can’t get it to work, though!
Lindsay
I’d love to have this pattern, I am learning to crochet, is the Tunisian stitch terribly hard to learn? Fixed income and have already spent too much on yarns and such.. maybe you will offer again and I can get it at that time. Love your works!!
If you don’t want to pay anything, you can either put in $0.01 in Paypal or email me and let me know you’d like a copy of the pattern. I’ll send the PDF your way.
I don’t think Tunisian stitch is very hard. It’s pretty simple compared to other knitting and crochet techniques. And once you figure it out, the rest of the blanket is very simple!
Paypal is still not working, it says bad request. I would like the pattern. Is is strictly tunisian stitch or tunisian and knit? I don’t know how to knit
Thank you
Hi Lindsay, another lovely blanket … congrats! I’ve made my donation via paypal but redirection failed and I am wondering if you can email the pattern to me. Thanks, Derrin.
Thanks Derrin! I emailed you the PDF.
Got it … thank you
Tried Paypal but no luck as yet – also unsure of US to UK time zone restraints, so unsure if still available as free download – if possible, could you please send pdf?
ur tusian crochet blanket i think i made
a donation some time ago to get it
haven t received it yet
I am just learning how to do the simple Tunisian stitch….you can put so many chains on the crochet hook so how do you do one with 80 stitches?
Thanks for your help.
Sarah, Good Question! There’s a special hook you can buy that’s about 3-4 times as long as a normal crochet hook to do Tunisian projects with more stitches. I bought mine at the local craft store, but here’s one for under $4 on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Boye-14-Inch-Tunisian-Afghan-Crochet/dp/B00097E9RE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359601523&sr=8-2&keywords=tunisian+crochet+hook)
Thanks for the quick reply….I do have this crochet hook but it seems that 80 stitches would be a tight fit on the hook….am I missing something?
Thanks