How to crochet a tartan blanket

The easy way to make a tartan blanket....in any colour.....

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[Purly]

How do you finish off your blanket? After weaving in the chains you'll be left with a lot of loose strings. What do you do with it?

[Ozgrandmother]

@Purly you can darn in and trim all ends or after darning each end ,work 2 rows of double crochet making extra d.c for curving at corners , or crab stich or the easiest is to do fringes by adding extra lenghts of wool to match with what you are left with from weaving up...hope this can help !..let me know how you are going ....what colour is your blanket?

[Purly]

@Ozgrandmother Thanks for the tips! Now I just gotta figure out what darning is and what crab stitches a (I'm dutch, don't know all english terms yet)

My blanket is going to be white, anise and pistachio, to match my parents' bedroom walls :D

[Ozgrandmother]

@Purly ~I went to Google Translate and the answer is:maak een zoon ..or: het stoppen.I'm not sure if that helps.I can tell you in French it's:faire un ourlet. For the crab stitch have a look at a video from BerrocoKnitBits called: 'crab stitch"Really you can finish it any way you like.Fringe is the easiest.Or you can with a sawing needle thread each end back unto itself into the first row or two of your blanket.There are no specific rules on how you have to finish it.Your colours are beautiful:)

[Purly]

@Ozgrandmother Thank you <3 Credit for the colors goes to my parents, since they designed their own bedroom :) I just got the measurements for the blanket: 230cm by 215cm. So big @_@ I hope I can do it!

[Ozgrandmother]

@Purly ~yes you can do it ! it will be so lovely! :)

[Ozgrandmother]

@fiercenfocused ~For the Campbell of Loudoun, for example, you need to do 236 chains.Your first row of double crochet will be creating 116 spaces or holes and following the colour chart, you will end up having crocheted 116 rows up. For all tartan,the number of rows up is dictated by the number of rows of colour , from the colour chart .

[fiercenfocused]

@Ozgrandmother

Let me make sure I am understanding this correctly. If I make a blanket that is 200 chains wide, that I must do 200 rows of double crochets? Or can I just get a ruler and measure to see if my length matches my width?

[Ozgrandmother]

@fiercenfocused ~ yes ,it will be square,some tartan are bigger than others.For exemple,some are 246 chain long & wide, some 230 chain L x W ect..depending on the tartan ...But yes, basicaly it will be square,unless you want to add a few more row. I suppose it can be done.The mc Donald of Kingsburgh is a nice size blanket.Were you thinking of doing a bed cover maybe? Then you have to add more row , following the colour menu, and then your vertical chains will need to be the lenght of the blanket