Crop Circles

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  Step 1

  Construction
  JOINING: The finished squares are slip stitched or crocheted together along each side. Crochet into the corresponding gaps between the stitches on each side of each motif.
  BORDER: Work two rows of double crochet.

  Colour chart
  This chart is designed to give you an overall look at how this blanket is composed and
  how the colours interact with each other.

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  Step 2

  Square motif
  10 x 10cm (4 x 4in)
  Using colour 1, make a 5-ch foundation chain and join in a ring
  with a sl st.
  Round 1: 2 ch (counts as 1 htr), 9 htr in the foundation
  ring. Join to the 2nd st of original 2-ch with a sl st (10 htr).
  Fasten off.
  Round 2: in this and all following rounds, work in the gaps
  between sts in previous round. Join colour 2 in any gap, 2 ch
  (counts as 1 htr), 1 htr in same gap, *2 htr in next gap*. Repeat
  from * to * 8 times. Join to the 2nd st of original 2-ch with a
  sl st (20 htr). Fasten off.
  Round 3: join colour 3 in any gap, 2 ch (counts as 1 htr), 1 htr
  in same gap, 1 htr in next gap, *2 htr in next gap, 1 htr in next
  gap*. Repeat from * to * 8 times. Join to the 2nd st of original
  2-ch with a sl st (30 htr). Fasten off.
  Round 4: join colour 4 in any gap, 2 ch (counts as 1 htr), 1 htr
  in the same gap, 1 htr in the next 2 gaps, *2 htr in next gap,
  1 htr in next 2 gaps, *. Repeat from * to * 8 times. Join to the
  2nd st of original 2-ch with a sl st (40 htr). Fasten off.
  Round 8: 1 ch (counts as 1dc) in the 2-ch corner space,
  *1 dc in the next 17 gaps, (1 dc, 2 ch**, 1 dc) in the 2-ch
  corner space*. Repeat from * to * 3 times, ending last repeat
  at **. Join to the original 1-ch with a sl st. Fasten off.
  Round 5: join colour 5 in any gap, 2 ch (counts as 1 htr),
  1 htr in same gap, 1 htr in the next 3 gaps, *2 htr in next
  gap, 1 htr in next 3 gaps*. Repeat from * to * 8 times.
  Join to the 2nd st of original 2-ch with a sl st (50 htr).
  Fasten off.
  Round 6: join colour 6 in any gap, 2 ch (counts as
  1 htr), 1 htr in same gap, 1 htr in the next 4 gaps, *2 htr
  in next gap, 1 htr in next 4 gaps*. Repeat from * to *
  8 times. Join to the 2nd st of original 2-ch with a sl st
  (60 htr). Fasten off.
  Round 7: join colour 7 in any gap, 4 ch (counts as 1 dtr),
  1 dtr in same gap (this forms the end of a corner), *1 dtr
  in the next gap, 1 tr in the next 2 gaps, 1 htr in the next
  2 gaps, 1 dc in the next 4 gaps, 1 htr in the next 2 gaps,
  1 tr in the next 2 gaps, 1 dtr in the next gap, (2 dtr, 2
  ch**, 2 dtr) in the next gap (this forms the corner)*.
  Repeat from * to * 3 times ending last repeat at **.
  Join to the 4th st of original 4-ch with a sl st.

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  Step 3

  Making Crop Circles
  1 Take one Motif 1 block, two Motif 2 blocks, two Motif 3 blocks, two Motif 4 blocks, two Motif 5 blocks and one Motif 6
  block. Attach them together with slip stitch in the order shown to create the centre column.

  2 Take two Motif 1 blocks, four Motif 2 blocks, four Motif 3 blocks, four Motif 4 blocks, four Motif 5 blocks and two Motif 6
  blocks. Taking one side at a time, add a column either side of the first column with slip stitch

  3 Take six Motif 1 blocks, twelve Motif 2 blocks, twelve Motif 3 blocks, twelve Motif 4 blocks, twelve Motif 5 blocks and six
  Motif 6 blocks. As in step 2, work a column at a time as shown, attaching the blocks with slip stitch.

  4 The centre block is now complete and you can start adding the next motifs in rounds, working around the blanket as you add
  them. Take forty-two Motif 1 blocks and slip stitch them in place to create the first border.

  5 Take fifty Motif 4 blocks and slip stitch them in place to create the second border.

  6 Take fifty-eight Motif 5 blocks and slip stitch them in place to create the third border.

  7 Take sixty-six Motif 6 blocks and slip stitch them in place to create the fourth border.
  8 Complete the blanket with a 2 dc border.

  Colour variations
  For this variation I changed the ‘background’ colour to a deep purple, and used lots of gorgeous berry and blue tones.

  Colour variations
  For this variation I changed the ‘background’ colour to a bright lime green, and used lots of fresh, vibrant colours.

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