Corner to Corner Ombre Blanket

When I first got my hands on the new Paradise Beaches DK range from King Cole I knew I had to make a blanket! The dk acrylic blend is available in 8 solid colours in a beautiful pastel rainbow colour palette.

The acrylic polyamide blend is soft, washable and perfect for garments and accessories. The new sorbet colours compliment the variegated pastel shades within the Beaches range really nicely. Click here for more info on the range and to see all the available colours.

I was immediately drawn to the pink and yellow shades and thought a corner to corner project would be great to show of the gorgeous colours with a gradient effect.

Corner to corner or c2c crochet is a really simple but addictive pattern using treble (US double ) crochet stitches. Its perfect for blankets as it works up so quickly (and can be really hard to put down!) If you're new to c2c I'd recommend this really clear video tutorial by the fabulous Bella Coco Crochet.

I made a simple square blanket using 4 colours of dk yarn with a 5mm hook

1x 100g ball in:

Strawberry Daiquiri 3008 (dark pink)

Pink Gin 3007 (light pink)

White Russian 3002 (light yellow)

White Lady 3001 (white)

My finished blanket measures approx. 70cm/28 inches

I used 90g in each colour for the blanket and saved 10g for the pom-poms. This was enough for 38 rows in colour 1 (strawberry daiquiri) and 17 rows in colour 2 (pink gin) this was the end of my increase section. I started the decreases in colour 3 (white Russian) then colour 4 (white lady) to complete my square. No need to worry too much about row counts, just use half your yarn to increase and half on the decrease section.

I decided not to add a border but kept it simple with pom poms on each corner. You can find my pom pom making tutorial on Instagram for a quick tip on trimming to get the right shape. I absolutely love how this blanket turned out and think the colours are beautiful together!

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Yarn kindly gifted by King Cole ltd

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