Fjara (Lopi 30) — Wave-Striped Crochet Blanket Pattern

Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir’s Fjara from Ístex’s Lopi 30 is a crocheted blanket, 116 × 170 cm, in eight colours of Álafosslopi on a 10 mm hook. It is worked back and forth in rows of single crochet, with a wave row every third row made of stitches of different heights — single, half double, double and treble crochet — so the stripes ripple; every row is a new colour, in an order the pattern sets out over 36 rows. Fairy green (9984), ochre (0065) and grey green (9775) are not in Ístex’s current range; the other five colours still are. Lopi 25 has a different pattern with the same name.

What you get

• The crochet pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One size — 116 × 170 cm
• The colour order for the stripes, row by row
• Yarn and hook are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Fjara kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · one size
A 0051 white — 5
B 9973 wheat heather — 4
C 9984 fairy green — 3 · no longer made by Ístex — the Fjara kit uses 9965 chartreuse green heather
D 9961 bordeaux heather — 3
E 0057 grey heather — 2
F 9975 black tweed — 2 · still made — the Fjara kit uses 0059 black instead
G 0065 ochre — 2 · no longer made by Ístex — the Fjara kit uses 9971 amber heather
H 9775 grey green — 2 · not in Ístex’s current range — the Fjara kit uses 9966 cypress green heather

Size
One size — 116 × 170 cm (45¾″ × 67″).

Gauge
8 sts = 10 cm (4″) on a 10 mm crochet hook. The pattern gives no row gauge: the rows are of different heights.

Needles
10 mm (US N/15) crochet hook — the whole blanket is crocheted with it

You will also need
A tapestry needle if you weave in the ends afterwards — the pattern says you can instead crochet over them as you go.

How it is made
Crocheted back and forth on a 10 mm hook. Chain 102 in wheat heather and work a row of single crochet into the chain — 100 stitches. Then six rows make the pattern: a row of single crochet; a wave row (ch 1 and 1 single crochet, then 1 half double, 1 double, 3 treble, 1 double and 1 half double; then repeats of 3 single crochet, 1 half double, 1 double, 3 treble, 1 double and 1 half double, with a single crochet at the end); two rows of single crochet; the opposite wave row (ch 2, with trebles where the first had single crochets); and a row of single crochet. These six rows are repeated, changing colour every row in the pattern’s 36-row colour order, until the blanket is long enough; the pattern suggests ending with two rows of single crochet. The ends can be crocheted over as you go, or woven in afterwards.

Design: Guðrún Ragna Sigurjónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 15), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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