Jane Crowfoot - The Blue House Crochet Blanket Pattern

"The main hexagonal motif used in this project was originally designed to be part of my Frida’s Flowers blanket crochet along project in 2016, however I felt it wasn’t totally right for the design, so I made an alternative piece instead. Despite its omission from the project, I love the motif and so I named it ‘Diego’s Flowers’ after Frida Kahlo’s husband Diego Rivera. The pattern was originally published on my old blog as part of the Stylecraft Blogtour in 2017, but I always intended to look at the design again in order to make some bigger projects at some point.

Fast forward a few years and here we are with the updated pattern, which now also includes the instructions for a matching half motif. The colours for this project were inspired by the décor of Frida & Diego’s fabulous kitchen within their home in Mexico City ‘The Blue House’, which is now a museum. The kitchen surfaces feature bright yellow and blue ceramic tiles and the painted table and chairs that sit at the centre of the room have green and red hand painted details. The large terracotta
bowls and cooking pots that are placed around the room are decorated with flashes of orange and pink - all colours that feature in the palette I have chosen for this project."

Size : Approx. 100cm (39 1/4in) wide x 180cm (70 7/8in) long

Yarn Required:

Stylecraft Life DK

French Blue (2447) x 4

Daffodil (2394) x 2

Cardinal (2306) x 1

Cascade (2312) x 1

Copper (2312) x 1

Cream (2305) x 1

Fern (2311) x 1

Mustard (2496) x 1

Pink Lady (2297) x 1

Hook Size: 3.5mm and 4mm

Also Required: Stitch Markers, Knitters Sewing Needles