Pets are Family!

Our cats are our kids! Nay, strike that ! they are our grand kids!!!! We thought we were dog people until the cats decided to adopt us!! It all started one October morning some 9 years ago , when our community cat decided to have her litter in our garden! We were their servants! These cats however just visited us and didn’t truly enjoy being indoors.

We rescued one cat who was thrown away as a kitty in a dumpster and he is the chonker now known as Chebry aka Somnath Chatte. He is very meek and mild mannered but very vocal when he wants his food or play time or when he is just announcing to the whole world that he going to take a nap:)

The Second kitty had to be brought indoors as he was hit with a stick that broke his hip ! He was all but 2 months old!!! He was named Squeaky but soon changed to Cheesh aka Poppat Lal.

Our cats are ” foreign returned”!!!! They spent two years with us Stateside and were truly a blessing to have around during the dreadful covid times!

We have made a few custom products for other pets but never for our own :(. Hence when Jo of Joscraftyhook put out a request for Pet Appreciation blog hop , we jumped right in! These furbabies need pampering:)

An amazing group of crochet designers have brought together 24 patterns for this event. Each day starting from August 1st there is one pattern put out by each designer that will be free for 24 hours!

You can visit the main post hosted by Jo by clicking on the image below and get the coupon code for the pattern of the day!

Next , visit the appropriate designer’s blog post and click on the image that says ” Download” . This will take you to the designer’s website or ravelry or store from where you can then download the free PDF!

The above link will take you to our Ravelry store but if you have trouble accessing Ravelry , you can get the pet blanket pattern from our Payhip Store as well where the coupon code has been already applied.

So simple, right?? We sure do hope you enjoy making this pet blanket.

However the pet blanket pattern will furever be free here on the blog! So let’s get cracking shall we?

Heart Stealer Pet Blanket

Materials:

JoAnn’s Big Twist Value

CA Medium Rose – 1 skein

JoAnn’s Big Twist Value

CB Plum – 1 skein

JoAnn’s Big Twist Value

CC Off white – 1 skein

Hook: 5 mm

Gauge: 14dc by 6 rows = 4” square

Rounds 1-4 = 5” square

Finished size: 24” square.

Stitches and Abbreviations:

Sl st – Slip stitch

St – Stitch

Ch – Chain

Dc – Double crochet

Yo – Yarn over

Beg – Beginning

Difficulty: Intermediate

Notes:

1: The square uses 2 colours starting from

round 5.

2: Do not cut the unused colour, carry it behind the sts and work over it (do not use floats as it can get caught in the paws).

3: The colour change is worked as follows: with working colour yo, insert hook in the st, yo pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops, drop working colour, yo with next colour and pull through last two loops.

4: The number following CA or CB refers to the number of stitches in that colour, 1 stitch in each stitch unless otherwise specified.

5: Total number of stitches each round is mentioned at the end of the row with the number of CA /CB stitches in brackets.

6: Each round increases by 16 stitches.

Pattern Instructions

Round 1: With CA and using magic circle, ch3(counts as first dc), 11 dc in the circle. Close the circle and sl st to top of beg ch3- 12 dc.

[Alternative to magic circle, with CA you could also chain 4, sl st to first ch to form a circle, ch3(counts as first dc), 11 dc in the circle and sl st to top of beg ch3 – 12 dc]

Round 2: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 5dc in the next st]3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Join with sl st to the top of beg ch3 – 28dc.

Round 3: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 6 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 6 sts,2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of beg ch3- 44dc.

Round 4: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 10 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 10 sts,2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Using CB, join with sl st to the top of beg ch3 – 60 dc. Do not cut CA.

Round 5: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CA14dc, CB5dc in the next st]3 times, CA14dc , CB2dci n the same st as beg ch3. Using CA, join with sl st to top of beg ch3- 76 dc (56 CA, 20 CB).

Round 6: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CB2dc, CA14dc, CB2dc, CA5dc in the next st]3 times, CB2dc, CA14dc, CB2dc, CA2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Using CB, join with sl st to top of beg ch3 -92 dc (76 CA, 16 CB).

Round 7: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CA2dc, CB2dc, CA6dc, CB2dc, CA6dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB5dc in the next st]3 times, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA6dc, CB2dc, CA6dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dcin the same st as beg ch3. Using CA, join with sl st to top of beg ch3 – 108 dc (64 CA, 44CB).

Round 8: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA4dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA4dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA5dc in the next st] 3 times, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA4dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA4dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of beg ch3- 124 dc (100 CA, 24 CB).

Round 9: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CA2dc, CB5dc, CA3dc, CB2dc, CA6dc, CB2dc, CA3dc, CB5dc, CA2dc, CA5dc in the next st] 3 times, CA2dc, CB5dc, CA3dc, CB2dc, CA6dc, CB2dc, CA3dc, CB5dc, CA2dc, CA2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of beg ch3- 140 dc (84 CA, 56 CB) .

Round 10: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CA12dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA12dc, CA5dc in the next st] 3 times, CA12dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA2dc, CB2dc, CA12dc, CA2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of beg ch3 – 156 dc (132 CA, 24 CB).

Round 11: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [CA15dc, CB3dc, CA2dc, CB3dc, CA15dc, CA5dc in the next st]3 times, CA15dc, CB3dc, CA2dc, CB3dc, CA15dc, CA2dc in the same st as beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of beg ch3. Fasten off CB– 172 dc (148 CA, 24 CB).

Round 12: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 42 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 42 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3 – 188 dc.

Round 13: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 46 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 46 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3. Fasten off CA – 204 dc.

Round 14: Using CC , join with sl st to the first st of previous round, ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 50 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 50 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3 – 220 dc.

Round 15: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 54 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 54 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3 – 236 dc.

Round 16: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 58 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 58 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3 – 252 dc.

Round 17: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 62 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 62 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3 – 268 dc.

Round 18: Ch3, 2dc in the same st, [1 dc in each of the next 66 sts, 5 dc in the next st] 3 times, 1 dc in each of the next 66 sts, 2 dc in the same st as the beg ch3. Join with sl st to top of the beg ch3 – 284 dc.

Round 19: *Ch1, sl st in the next st, repeat from * around. Join to base of first sl st – 284 sl st, 284 ch1 sp.

Fasten off. Weave in the ends.

Block and let your pet enjoy the lovely blanket😊