I designed this wonderful pattern, especially for the time of Advent. Over the last decade, it has become an authentic tradition for many crafters to have an advent calendar full of little hand-dyed mini-skeins of yarn. 24 days of pure pleasure as you can unpack a lovely surprise each day during Advent. I have been weak again this year and ordered one myself, so I started thinking about what to do with it. As the Scrappy Squares blanket pattern was a direct hit this year and designed for something similar, I had something similar in mind. And so here is the Advent Adventure. Unpack one skein daily, wind it, and immediately crochet it away on this beautiful pattern. It will only take about 30 minutes daily, and you can use it directly!

Although this might be designed in the Advent theme, of course, this pattern is so multiverse that you could use it with any yarn, all scraps you have lying around, and in any size you like.

General information:

Yarn requirements: I have used different brands of yarn for this blanket. I will also not give a total of yarn as you can let this blanket grow to any size possible. It is just a start-up for whatever you like to make. I have used two Colors. Color A will be a fingering weight (sock) yarn held double in a range of 360-420 meters of yarn per 100 grams. This will be, for example, all the mini skeins out of your advent calendar. As a divider, I used Color B, a dark blue yarn with the same conditions; this can also be any brand you like as long as both colors are in the same condition level. For example, my fingering weight yarn were mini skeins of Wol met Verve hand-dyed yarn held double combined with La bien Aimee DK merino in colorway Amege as a dividing color. Although these conditions of yarn are different, the fingering weight of yarn held double will turn to a DK type of yarn and match the actual DK yarn. In this way, all things are possible to combine as long as the weight of the yarn is the same for all parts.

Needed for one arrow motif on a stripe:

Color A: any fingering (sock) yarn held double ( 10 grams of yarn held double / approx. 29 – 39 meters of yarn) (if you used a single thread of DK yarn, you would need 5 grams (12-14 meters) of yarn)

Needed to finish one Stripe and combine them:

Color B: a yarn matching the same conditions as Color A ( 12 grams of yarn / approx. 27-30 meters of yarn)
As Color B is only used between the arrow stripes, the amount of yarn used is given per Stripe.

Hook size needed: As we want a nice drape, I advise a full-size hook size that is more significant for the chosen yarn. I used a 5.0mm crochet hook for my yarn conditions.

Size: One arrow without an edge will measure 12 x 8 cm (5 x 3 inches), and with an edge, it will measure 12 x 10 cm (5 x 4 inches).

There is no finished size for the entire blanket, as you can start and decide your own size by adding as many arrows on a stripe as you wish to gain width. Length is obtained by the number of stripes made.

-I used my mini skeins from an advent calendar for the pattern. When using the yarn-held double, you can make two arrow motifs out of one mini skein of yarn, as most hand-dyed mini skeins are approximately 20 grams. As I used the yarn-held double, I winded it up to a little ball and worked with the outer thread and the thread from the center simultaneously. If you don’t have a winder, make two balls of 10 grams to work with out of one mini skein.

-Although I decided to use a fingering weight held double in combination with a single thread of DK yarn for the divider, you can really make your own choices here. You can also use a single thread of fingering weight yarn with a similar fingering weight yarn as color B. You can use two single threads of DK yarn for both colors. You can even take a worsted-weight yarn for both colors. Anything is possible if you ensure Colors A and B have the same conditions. A few meters of difference between types of yarn aren’t an issue. Take note that any combination you choose that differs from what I did will have a different outcome in size. Make a little swatch at the start of the pattern to see how things will turn out when unsure.

After purchase, you can download a PDF file in all available languages, including Dutch and English (US).

No charts or videos are available for this pattern. It is very beginner-friendly, and therefore, the written instructions accompanied by photos are definitely enough to get you started.