I designed Lakeside Spirit because of my love of nature and animals and wanted to create a beautiful scene, plus this design has my first detailed border separate PDF, obviously it’s up to you if you use it. The design is smaller than usual as many people were asking for smaller blankets, but you could use a thicker yarn if you’d like it bigger.
 
Lakeside Spirit is an overlay mosaic crochet pattern. The download includes the full WRITTEN PATTERN and CHARTS, in separate PDFs, please check your library.
 
This pattern is in US terms using overlay mosaic crochet, in one size. You cut the yarn and alternate the colours with each row.
 
Yarn.
I used a cake for my own blanket, pictured above.
Cicibebe Cake DK, 100g, 360m, colour 100, I used 3 cakes. 1080m Highland Heathers, DK, 100g, 272m, I used 700g, 3 balls.
 
Measurements.
155 stitches by 155 rows.
My blanket, without the border, using DK yarn is 35 inches wide by 38 inches high, with the border its 37.5 inches wide by 40.5 inches high.
 
Needed.
2 different colours of contrasting yarn. You can use any thickness yarn but the size of the blanket and quantities of yarn will differ.
A crochet hook appropriate for your yarn, I used a size 4 hook.