It's a School Night Child's Blanket

"This child's blanket can brighten up your home, or serve as a throw for an adult. This blanket was designed to fit the size requirements for Project Night Night's Night Night Packages for homeless children. Skills used: Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, Working in rows, Increasing, decreasing by skipping stitches, and crocheting into chain spaces."

Crochet HookI/9 or 5.5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge16 sts x 7.5 rows = 4" (10 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.

Finished SizeAdjustable. Pictured sample measures 36 (91.5 cm) width x 43 (109 cm) length.

Materials List

• Lion Brand Heartland (5 oz/142 g/251 yds/230 m/100% acrylic) 2 skeins in 109 Olympic (CA) and 4 skeins in 105 Glacier Bay (CB), or approximately 360 yds (329 m) in CA and 1,000 yds (914.5 m) in any medium weight yarn.
• US Size I-9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain gauge.
• Yarn needle.