In this post you can find the pattern and video tutorial for Part 11 of my Enigma Blanket design. In Part 11 we finish the rectangular panels on either side of the blanket. This last part is rather detailed with texture and popcorns. After this part, all that is left to do is the border. Voor Nederlands, zie aub DEZE post.

Resources

Materials

You will need 7 colors of any yarn you like to make your Enigma Blanket. I have designed 4 colorways in 3 different yarn weights to inspire you for your own blanket. You can use one of my colorways or choose your own. My colorways are the original Flower Field in Scheepjes Stone Washed, and Flower Field in Scheepjes Colour Crafter, and the two new colorways Vintage in Scheepjes Scrumptious and Sunset Sky in Scheepjes Cotton 8. You can find information about color numbers and yarn amounts HERE. You can buy your supplies from any yarn shop close to you, but you can also buy a full kit with everything you need from my webshop.

I also have yarn kits available for all 4 colorways of Enigma Blanket in my shop. The mandala kits include everything you need to make these mandalas including the pattern, yarn and the mandala rings.

Abbreviations

This pattern uses US crochet terminology. If you are more familiar with UK terminology, please refer back to this overview for the most common terms.

ch Chain
ch-sp(s) Chain space(s)
dc Double crochet
hdc Half double crochet
sc Single crochet
sl st Slip stitch
st(s) Stitch(es)
tr Treble crochet

surface crochet Holding working yarn behind piece and hook in front of piece insert hook through piece, yrh, draw yarn though piece and loop on hook (as a sl st)

bpsc Back post single crochet: work the single crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from back to front to back again
fpsc Front post single crochet: work the single crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from front to back to front again

fpdc Front post double crochet: work the treble around the post of the st inserting hook from front to back to front again

fptr Front post treble: work the treble around the post of the st inserting hook from front to back to front again

PC popcorn: 5dc in st, remove hook, insert hook in 1st dc made, replace loop on hook, draw loop through 1st st, ch1

Color Placement

Please refer back to the materials list for the specification per colorway in regards to which color is Color A up to Color G.

Enigma Blanket Pattern – Part 11

This pattern uses US crochet terminology. If you are more familiar with UK terminology, please refer back to this overview for the most common terms.

Two identical panels are worked on opposite sides of the blanket, extending the panel made in the previous parts. Unless stated otherwise, ch1 and ch2 do not count as a st, and ch3 counts as 1dc.

Row 25 (RS) Join Color C in first st with a standing sc, 1sc in next 8 st, *skip 2 sts, 6dc in next st, skip 2 sts, 1sc in next 18 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 9 sc. Fasten off.
[144 sc, 8 shells]

Row 26 (RS) Join Color G in first st with a standing sc, 1sc in next 6 sts, *skip 2 sc, [(1dc, 1fptr) in next dc] 6 times, skip 2 sc, 1sc in next 14 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 7 sc. Fasten off.
[112 sc, 8 shells]

Row 27 (RS) Join Color D in first st with a standing sc, 1sc in next 4 sts, *skip 2 sc, [1dc in next st, (1dc, 1fptr) in next fptr] 6 times, skip 2 sc, 1sc in next 10 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 5 sc. Fasten off.
[80 sc, 8 shells]

Row 28 (RS) Join Color A in first st with a standing sc, 1sc in next 3 sts, *skip next sc, 1bpsc in next 18 sts, skip next sc, 1sc in next 8 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 4 sc. Turn.
[64 sc, 8 shells]

Row 29 (WS) Continue with the same color, ch2 (does not count as a st), *1dc in next 2 sts, ch2, skip 2 sc, 1dc in next st, ch3, skip next 3 sts, 1sc in next 11 sts, ch3, skip 2 sts, 1dc in next st, ch2, skip 2 sc, 1dc in next 2 sts; repeat from * to end. Fasten off. Turn.
[48 dc, 88 sc, 16 ch2-sp, 16 ch3-sp]

Row 30 (RS) Work the popcorns from this row in the sts from Row 28 and in front of the sts from Row 29. Join Color B in second st of Row 29 with a sl st, *ch2, 1PC in next unworked st from Row 28, ch4, skip 3 sts on Row 28, 1PC in next unworked st of Row 28, ch6, 1bpsc in 9th bpsc from Row 28, ch4, 1PC in next unworked st from Row 28, ch4, skip 4 sts on Row 28, 1PC in next unworked st from Row 28, ch2; repeat from * to end, sl st in second last dc from Row 29. Fasten off.
[32 PC, 8 ch6-sp, 2 ch2-sp, 31 ch4-sp]

Row 31 (RS) Join Color E in first st of Row 29 with a standing hdc, 1hdc in next st, *1fpsc around PC, 1fpdc in next dc of Row 29, 1fpsc around PC, in Row 29 work 2 hdc in next st, 1sc in next 9 sts, 2hdc in next st, 1fpsc around PC, 1fpdc in next dc of Row 29, 1fpsc around PC, 1hdc in next 4 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 2 hdc. Turn.
[32 fpsc, 16 fpdc, 64 hdc, 72 sc]

Row 32 (WS) Continue with the same color, ch1, *1hdc in next 5 sts, 1sc in next 13 sts, 1hdc in next 5 sts; repeat from * to end. Turn.
[80 hdc, 104 sc]

Row 33 (RS) Continue with the same color, ch1, 1hdc in each st accross. Fasten off.
[184 hdc]

Row 34 (RS) Join Color F in first of 11 sc of Row 29 with a sl st, surface sl st over next 10 sc of Row 29, fasten off. Repeat for other 7 sets of 11 sc on Row 29.

Repeat rows 25-34 on the second panel on the opposite side of the blanket. Work away all yarn tails.

Video tutorials

There are free video tutorials available on my YouTube channel to help you make your Enigma Blanket. The video’s are available in English US Terms, in left handed and right handed versions. I hope the videos make it possible for everyone to make the blanket.

Size at the end of this part

At the end of this part, the Cotton 8 measures 5cm, the Stone Washed panel measures 5.5cm, and the Colour Crafter and Scrumptious panels measure 7cm.

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Enigma Blanket Part 11 – Free Crochet Pattern