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  • Thank you so much for visiting me in the Attic, it's lovely to see you. My name is Lucy and I'm a happily married Mum with three children. We live in a cosy terraced house on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales in England which we are slowly renovating and making home. I have a passion for crochet and colour and love to share my creative journey. I hope you enjoy your peek into my colourful little world x

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Carole Caple

Hi Lucy
I have turned this into a shawl instead, I hope you don't mind. I get lots of comments about it whenever I wear it and I have recommended your designs to all of the people admiring it. I knitted the body of the shawl and crocheted along the sides. It is lovely and warm and I am sure it will be well used over the coming years.
Carole (Dorset)

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I am now working on my second Yuletide I love it.

Stitch count:
I took the advice of an earlier commenter and worked out a stitch count for each row. Every treble round adds 4 stitches per side, every 2-treble round adds 3 stitches per side and every spike round adds 1 stitch per side. So for example:

Row 6  Lipstick (spike) has 15 stitches per side. Then
Row 7  Teal (treble) adds 4 stitches per side = 19 stitches per side
Row 8 Kelly green (2-tr) adds 3 st per side = 22 stitches per side
Row 9 Claret (spike) adds 1 stitch per side = 23 stitches per side
Row 10  Burgundy (treble) adds 4 stitches per side = = 27 stitches per side
Row 11  Tomato (2-tr) adds 3 st per side = 30 stitches per side
Row 12  Bottle (spike) adds 1 stitch per side = 31 stitches per side

This continues throughout the pattern.

Turning work and starting from different corners:

I found turning the work over each time you start a new round helped keep the square more square, and starting from a different corner with each colour change also helped. The washing and blocking after completion also improved the final result in texture and symmetry.

It would be fantastic to have a new colour way (and wool pack - maybe including Poppy and Leaf, the new Made in Yorkshire colours!) for this brilliant pattern!

Thanks for designing it, Lucy.

Elizabeth

Hello Lucy! I just finished my Yuletide blanket and it is so pretty! The colors are wonderful! Of course, I seem to be constitutionally unable to follow directions exactly -- I have to change something -- but I think you would approve just the same. Here's what I did: I wanted a blanket large enough to act as a bedspread in the winter and I wanted it to be rectangular rather than square. I used your palette, in your color sequence, and I used your stitches -- but in order to turn at the end of every row, I had to add rows so that the stiches were on the right side. I added a row of bobbles atop the spike row (worked from the back), followed by two extra rows of dc. Repeat forever. I finished off with your edging. It took 2.5 yarn packs and I changed colors every row. Lots of woven-in ends! I swear I spent more time weaving in ends than I did actually crocheting. But it turned out so well and I am very happy with it. What amazes me is how different they are. Same colors, same color sequence, virtually the same stitches -- but so different. Thank you for sharing your beautiful pattern. I really enjoyed recreating it.

Robyn

I’ve been sitting on this project for 2 years. Finally decided this July to start it for 2024 Christmas. It’s turning out beautifully. I’m not worried about the stitch count. Also row two was very difficult for some reason but now that I’m on row 27 I see the pattern and can do it without the pattern. Just follow the colour chart now.
Happy Crocheting Loves.

Lyn Elliott

Hi Lucy, I have just purchased the Yuletide blanket pack and have looked at the pattern and notice that the blanket instructions do not turn after each row of the blanket is finished - my query is in the past when making a huge granny square blanket, if I don't turn my work each round, my work tends to go out of shape. Is this likely to happen with this pattern or because I will be doing different stitches each row the blanket should stay square throughout? Ive been crocheting for nearly 4 years now so have quite an even tension.
Many thanks,
Lyn

Mary Cross

Hi, I am on row 7 of the Yuletide blanket and finding it difficult to get even stitches on each side, is there a stitch count I could follow please. If I end up with odd numbers of stitches the pattern will be uneven.

I have already done the Fireside & Starbright blankets with no problems.
Thank you
Mary

Lynn

Hi, all! I found that starting each round in a different corner helps with the “wonkiness” and reduces bulk in just one corner of the blanket. I made this pattern in the Springfrost color pack and it’s of course beautiful! Such a fun pattern!

Sue Langley

Hi Lucy. On day 3 of the Attic24 yuletide blanket. Is there a stitch count chart for each round

Dana

I'm not sure what it is with this pattern. I think it's just gorgeous but for some reason I find it very difficult to keep the count correct. I've just accepted that my stitch count is off and I make it work when I hit a problem.

Patricia Morris

Thoroughly enjoying this Yuletide Blanket project, particularly as we've had so many dull days. The colours really brighten the day sat in front of a cosy fire with the blanket growing at a pace! I have so admired everyone else's projects which have been posted on Facebook as well as the many other various throw's that I am now completely hooked! Thank you for awakening my soul to produce some amazing worthwhile gifts!

Mary Mason

Maybe it's menopause but I have started this blanket so many times 'don't seem to be able to get beyond row 2,
Is it ultimately a complicated pattern?Should I give up and just do a granny stripe blanket?

Michèle OLIVIER

Hello !

thank you for your site Lucy !

I Would like to make Yuletide Blancket for my daughter, but without red ! Only several different greens, blue et violet.
Is it possible ?

Thank you !

Karen Armstrong

I made this Yuletide blanket 2 Yrs ago and it is just so gorgeous!! Did you ever put together another yarn pack for different color palette for this pattern?
Thank you! Karen

Nat

Is there a stitch count available for this blanket please? I’m worried as it’s starting to look a little wobbly!
Thanks for sharing your amazing talents and making these gorgeous patterns available to us. Keep them coming!

Gill Nixon

Having trouble with the stitch count is there any help with this please?

Christine Wilczewski

Hello. I received all of my materials. I believe the pattern is written in British crochet terms. I just wanted to check to make sure I am correct before I begin. Thanks for your response. Christine

Laura

I'm trying to figure out what exactly is meant by "fasten off" at the end of each round. Are we supposed to have a bunch of yarn ends sticking out of each round/do we darn those ends in?
Thank you!

Heather G

Would love to make this as a flat striped blanket. I'm new-ish to crochet. Any suggestions? Number of chains to begin/multiples? I'm assuming I'd still want to work the same repeat rows, but flat. Am I overthinking this or have I bitten off more than I can chew???

Mary Marks

Hello Lucy.
Just finished the Yuletide Blanket yesterday, just in time for my daughter’s Christmas present. She loved it and so do I.
Thanks for the photo instructions, I found them very helpful. Despite making several mistakes and having to undo quite a few rows, I enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you for enhancing my limited crochet skills and giving me the confidence to tackle more projects.
Merry Christmas. Mary

Mary

You need to make this into a PDF so that the whole thing is downloadable and printable page by page. Trying to print even one page from this pattern as its loaded onto the web page is just a nightmare

ingrid bardyn

kan het patroon echt niet in het nederlands bedankt

Gerry Smith

I recommend counting each row to ensure no mistakes. Once you get going you can see that some rows increase by 4 stitches and some by 8. This will help keep the square shape. Each rows relies on the previous one being correct so it is best to check by counting each row before moving on.

Barbara Gorman

I’ve just got the final border row to do, can’t believe it’s nearly finished - I’ll have withdrawal!
It’s looking great - for those who needed a stitch count - Mariken posted a formula on Oct 12th (or thereabouts) last year which I found really useful
Barbara

Anna Vloothuis

Hello Lucy,
I just love the Yuletide blanket colours and would like to make it in a single bed size blanket. Do you have instructions for doing such a blanket, and, if so, can you please tell me where I can find it?

Ta very much
Anna

Trish

Hi Lucy, I’m being very careful with not missing that hiding stitch but I’m definitely doing something wrong. Every time I recount at the 2nd row (stitch 2 miss one) the first side always has an extra pair of stitches. Thank you Trish

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