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Amazing blankets with textures!
So, a textured patchwork throw is a wonderful, colorful way of enlivening the decor in a room, be it a bedroom or living space. Moreover, the tactile aspect of the texture augments its appearance by having a varied surface that stimulates yet another sense. Moreover, while these blankets may LOOK complex, they’re really quite easy to make. Of course, this means that they are perfect even for an ambitious… well, more adventurous beginner. Likewise, they are highly customizable, so you can really make them your own. Better still, they will also make a great, personal and sincere present.
Continuous Mitered Square Blanket
This textured patchwork throw is undoubtedly a top notch example of just how far you can take the variation in this sort of project. Technicolor dreamcoat? Pshaw! make a continuous mitered blanket instead!
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Hue Shift Afghan
Here is another textured patchwork throw. However, this mitered blanket uses very strong delineation between the colored miters, thus achieving a more field-like effect. Lovely!
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More info about project photographed on Ravelry.
Pathwork Throw
The beautiful textured patchwork throw below is made of mitered squares. Overall, it’s constructed in a super smart way, in that each square gets joined as you go.
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Rainbow Twist and Turn Bargello Afghan
The regular squares that make up this beautiful blanket give this wonderful piece an almost digital appearance, with a pleasant regularity and predictability. Of course, the possibilities for variation are endless, but the individual squares make it easy to put together any design you like.
Skills: Easy Designer: Michelle Westlund
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Rainbow Twist and Turn Bargello Afghan
Bauhaus Block Blanket
The Bauhaus Block is an intriguing blanket made from 1.75” x 1.75” squares. It makes a nice bedspread, but it is also a good pattern for a rug, wall hanger, or tapestry. According to the pattern, you will make an eight-stitch by eight-row square, but you can adjust it to your project, such as a six-stitch by six-row square like in the blanket in the photo.
Skills: Easy Designer: Michelle Westlund
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More info about this project on Ravelry.com.
Minecraft Blanket
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Postcards From Sweden
Overall, this mosaic bedspread is a classic home staple that’s a great way to add a ton of color into your room. Furthermore, it’s also a fun project that you can work on on and off as your time dictates.
Skills: easy Designer: The Button Ship
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more info on Ravelry.
Hybrid Quilt
This triangular half-square mosaic bedspread pattern combines both traditional complete squares and ones made of two triangular half-squares. To summarize, the diagonal divisions allow you to experiment with any number of either repeating or random patterns and layouts.
Skills: Easy Designer : Tracy Fear
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On The Spot Throw
To begin with, we have this mosaic blanket done in modified earth tones. Undoubtedly, it would be a great center piece in a pale-colored room.
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Woven In Time Blanket
This mosaic blanket combines various iterations of the rainbow one way and blue color gradients the other. Consequently, it’s a beautiful field of intermittent stripes that nevertheless have a wonderful continuity.
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more info about project photographed here.
Cascade Blanket
Lastly, the cascade blanket is probably the acme of geometric mosaic blankets. Although it looks highly complex, it actually makes use of relatively simple shapes and will be quite easy to make, but to great effect.
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Various C2C Blanket Possibilities
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