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Ziggy Pop Blanket pattern by Melu Crochet

Pop some modern colour and texture into your home with this bold, playful blanket. The pattern is suitable for an intermediate skill level, with clear instructions and a photo tutorial to guide you step by step, especially when making the bobbles pop in a different colour from your working yarn.

A standout feature of this design is the use of multicoloured, colour-changing yarn for the bobbles. There’s no need to constantly switch colours or purchase multiple skeins, which saves time, money, and effort. These shorter gradient yarns can be tricky to match with patterns, but here they truly shine, bursting through against a solid background. You get a vibrant, eye-catching effect with none of the usual hassle.

This design uses both DK and Aran weight yarns. The thicker Aran yarn is especially effective at concealing the carried yarn, keeping the finish neat and polished. The bobble stitch creates a soft, tactile fabric with loads of texture and personality. It’s a perfect showcase for the magic of colour-changing yarn in a fun, modern design.

My Ziggy Pop Blanket pattern is here! Take a look in my Etsy shop and LoveCrafts shop, and buy now on Ravelry!

Materials
5.5mm hook
For medium sized blanket: Approximately 550g aran yarn, and 50g DK yarn
Yarn Needle
I used MC: Cygnet Kiddies Supersoft aran in Sea Ice (477)
And CC: Cygnet Colour Rush DK in Fibrebrick (656)

Sizes
Small (baby): 60 x 73cm (23½ x 29 inches)
Medium (toddler/lap blanket): 83 x 110cm (33 x 43 inches)
Large (throw): 150 x 210cm (59 x 82 inches)

Step by step Bobble stitch guide included

This design was featured in Crochet Now magazine, issue 106 but has been updated to my usual style and has lots of added photos and tutorials.

🇺🇸 🇬🇧 You can choose to download US or UK terminology after purchase 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

Thank you to my fabulous testers:

Here are the Ziggy Pop blankets that my amazing testers made:

Steph @stephtebbutt made the medium size, and used the yarn Emu Classic Aran in Asparagus and Hayfield Bonus DK in cream and biscuit.

Anna @meridalane made a toddler sized blanket at 86 cm x 76 cm, she used Paintbox Simply Aran 30g of PB Jewel, Kingfisher, Washed Teal, Duck Egg Blue, 30g of Stylecraft Duck Egg, 85g PB Paper White and 180g PB Misty Grey

Di @coolcrochetbydi used 4 balls of Aran & Eve by Source of Fibre in colour: Whisk and 2 balls of a mauve/purple variegated mill end yarn.  

Helen @snapdragoncrochet83 used 2 balls of Paintbox Simply Aran and James C Brett Aurora dk

Thanks once again to my fabulous testers!

My Ziggy Pop Blanket pattern is here! Take a look in my Etsy shop and LoveCrafts shop, and buy now on Ravelry!

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Printed Paper copies are here!

People have been asking for printed copies of my patterns for a long time, I am very excited to say that I now have some available! I am so happy with how they have come out!

Amazon paperbacks

I have several of my patterns available in paperback form now available on Amazon! take a look at these lovely paper copies that will be printed on demand and posted directly to you.

Granny Flexi Hexi Longline Cardi from Amazon (UK) version and Amazon (US Version)

Granny Flexi Hexi Longline Cardi from Amazon (UK) version and Amazon (US Version)

Crazy Hexi Cool Cardi  Amazon (UK) version and Amazon (US Version)

Crazy Hexi Cool Cardi  Amazon (UK) version and Amazon (US Version)

Bobblina Heart Blanket UK Terminology  Amazon (UK) version 

Bobblina Heart Blanket UK Terminology  Amazon (UK) version 

Melu Crochet Printed A4 Physical Booklets- Posted to you

Bobble Shapes: Modern Blanket Pattern Collection

Printed A4 40 page Physical Booklet Posted to you- ENGLISH US Terms- Bobble Shapes: Modern Blanket Pattern Collection by Melu Crochet

Includes 4 popular blanket patterns in one booklet:
Atria Heart Blanket, 
PopStar Blanket, 
Smarties Bobble Blanket and 
Lollipop Rainbow Blanket

Fully tested patterns presented in this high quality booklet

Lollipop Rainbow Blanket

This gorgeous, bright lollipop rainbow blanket uses colour changing Lollipop yarn to create the beautiful rainbow effect.

This pattern is really easy to work up, and there’s only a few ends to sew in once you’ve finished the project. 

Get your Printed A4 Physical Booklet Posted to you- Lollipop Rainbow Blanket pattern here! (US terminology)

Here Comes the Sun Scarf

This is a very quick and easy pattern, the mini pom pom edging is worked as you go along so it is a great pattern for using colour change yarn, as the pompoms will match the colour of your stripes. Unlike tassels or sewn on pom-poms, you don’t need to worry about them coming off.

Easy to read crochet diagram chart and Stitch Guide included, More info on the Here Comes the Sun scarf

Get your Printed A4 Physical Booklet Posted to you- Here Comes the Sun Scarf pattern here! (US terminology)

I will add more to the collection- let me know if there is one of my patterns you would like to buy in Printed booklet format – thanks!

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