what we’re making

(Just a note: in the videos you might see or hear that part 2 and part 3 are the other way around. Please disregard this and refer to the diagrams in this online course as it’s different when making the Macarla Blanket left handed.)

The stylish ribbed texture of the Macarla Blanket is created by double crochet (US single crochet) stitches that are worked through the back loop of the stitch below. The ribbed lines of the border and the centre run perpendicular to each other, and the stitches on the edges of the blanket are worked through both loops to give the blanket structure and shape.

We’ll start out making the original Macarla Blanket in 6 parts:

• part 1 – the bottom section of the border
• part 2 – the left section of the border
• part 3 – the right section of the border
• part 4 – the top section of the border
• part 5 – the centre
• part 6 – join the border and centre together

To make the optional extended Macarla Blanket: we’ll then rotate the original Macarla Blanket 90 degrees and add the extra border:

• extended part 1X – the bottom section of the extended border
• extended part 2X – the left section of the extended border
• extended part 3X – the right section of the extended border
• extended part 4X – the top section of the extended border
• extended part 5X – join the original and extended together