This blanket has been inspired by the character ‘Demelza’, from BBC’s Poldark (2015). I used Demelza’s colour palette and incorporated her love of flowers into each square.

Gauge is not essential for this project. As a guide, the big central square turned out roughly 16 inches for me, worked in Stylecraft Special DK with a 4.5mm hook (making the blanket as a whole ~55.5 inches across). If your central square is smaller, your blanket will be correspondingly smaller. If your square is bigger, your blanket will be bigger. Use what feels comfortable to you with the yarn you choose. I tend to have a tight gauge; use your own judgement as to whether you want to go up or down a hook size, or even two!

There are two pattern documents: one with plenty of images to help with particular steps or stitches, and one without images, which is smaller and more printer-friendly.

Update 23rd May 2016: I’m pleased to announce that this pattern is now available in Dutch! Translated by the very kind sannemethorst, the pattern document is now available to download.

Update 26th January 2017: The pattern is now available in Spanish! You can find it here.

Update: Also available as video tutorials in Arabic, thanks to Banan Felimban.