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  • Another Tunisian Triangles Blanket.  These 4 colors - 2 shades of blue, purple, green - were a curated set that I bought online because I thought it would work well with this triangle pattern.   I used Tunisian Simple stitch because it is so simple, and I like the feel of it when complete.   It works up quickly and produces a warm, snuggly blanket.

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    • beautiful and very colourful blanket.  Some child will be so happy!

    • SUPER colours, SUPERB design, Sharon!! Sooooo eye-catching, I LOVE it!

    • I love these colours together, Sharon, and the design is really striking.

    • Ding-a-ling!!!    Tremendous Sharon, it makes me think of harlequin's ♥️

    • This is jaw dropping beautiful.  You picked a GREAT color combination.

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    This blanket is knit using Good Old Fashioned Funky Prints teamed with a gentle baby pink, both DK ply.   To complement the pastel tones I chose to knit a smaller size stitch count for the blocks/basketweave.   It is knit on 6mm needles in four panels of 51sts, then crochet joined and bordered with a stronger candy pink DK.   These gentle colourways are a far cry from my usual bold colour choices, but I really enjoyed the change.

     

    • this is such a pretty blanket.  the design and joining really came out well.

    • Karen, I love to see the effects created by your different colour combinations, and this layout works really well.  I'm inspired to try a double stranded blanket - how much of each yarn do you use? (Don't want to over-estimate and add even more to my stash of leftovers!)

      • Thank you Lesley.  I buy 4 x 100g DK for each colour, which leaves a choice for border colour + possibly a hat or 2.   Only 300g of each would leave you short in one direction or another.    If doing in one piece you could do a contrast/different colour stripe or block at start + finish then buy less for the body..... Get me?

        My actual blankets when completed + bordered weigh around 725-775g unless I've used aran which is a different ball game altogether.

        You could choose to have one colour as your base then uses different ones for stripes for mass leftover use. 

        A different alternative is to plan joining + bordering you blanket with toning colour(s) which uses some of your leftovers too + could be an option to save you buying more than you really need to.   I play all these games more or less every time I plan my next one. 

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