Snowflakes in Summer

I needed a reminder of the cool weather while coming in to the scorching heat of a Texas summer. Most of this blanket is made of 30 individual squares so that I (or you) wouldn’t have to endure a hot and heavy blanket this time of year while still making something big and beautiful. This new pattern is more a record of what actions I have performed to make this blanket, and hopefully adequate to reproduce it yourself should you wish. I did not use testers or tech editors. It is free. I understand how lean these days can be. If you think this pattern sucks, or have questions or comments, suggestions, or whatever else, my email is TexasCrochetDesigns@gmail.com I used almost all of the 31 skeins of dk weight yarn total (there was less than half a skein of each color left at the end) - all were Paintbox Yarns Simply DK, 100% acrylic, in the colors: Red Wine (color # 115, 5 skeins), Rust Orange (color # 79, 5 skeins), Glorious Gold (color # 66, 5 skeins), Jewel (color # 72, 5 skeins), Rich Teal (color # 64, 6 skeins), and Royal Blue (color # 140, 5 skeins) - and a 3.5mm hook (majority of all the work) and 4mm hook (only to join the squares). I paired every color with every other color twice, switching which color functioned as the background and the snowflake, for a total of 30 squares. And thus, I used equal amounts of yarn for Colors A and B in the pattern, with the exception of the Rich Teal stripes surrounding the connected squares, and separating the primary and secondary borders. While the Paintbox Yarns Simply DK yarn was certainly adequate for the job, and cheap, I still prefer the quality of Premier Anti-pilling Everyday DK yarn. If I had to make this again, I would use that yarn instead. This blanket could make a great stash buster, too. Instead of arranging the squares warm-cool, you could arrange them light-dark, blue-green (if you didn’t have any warm colors), etc. The finished size is about 6.25ft x 7.25ft, or 1.9m x 2.2m. Almost queen sized, but probably closer to full-sized. I used 2,850-3000 grams, or 8,600-9,000 yards, or 7,865-8,280 meters, of yarn. You might need to search for and watch an overlay mosaic crochet tutorial on YouTube first if you’ve never used that technique before. This pattern could easily be done by an adventurous beginner, as long as you know the anatomy of stitches and the types of stitches listed below. My apologies go out to the more visually inclined as I will not be providing charts along with the written pattern. In the making of this blanket, I did not draw up many of the figures in it, and therefore don’t have them for you to reference, either.