A Blanket in The Style of Vasarely

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Photos et dessins Isabelle Kessedjian 2013. Textes Marie-Line Andr 2013 pour http://www.purple-laines.com

A Blanket in the Style of Vasarely
Create a graphic and contemporary blanket inspired by the work of Victor Vasarely (1906-1997).Based
on an association of cubes perceived in axometric perspective, this blanket, though flat, will create the
illusion of in relief work, by assembling diamonds of various colours.

Dimensions :
For a blanket worked in PurPle Alpaga in double thread (or any other DK yarn to be crocheted in US
G/6 x (each diamond is about 6 x 4.2 ); the size of your blanket will vary with
the yarn weight chosen. We opted to work with a DK yarn. We recommend you would not use a lighter
yarn or your finished worked might be too small.
Materials and tools :
About 940 g of Purple Alpaga in colour 1, 940 g of Purple Alpaga in colour 2, 940 g of Purple
Alpaga in colour 3 and 200 g (estimation) in colour 4 for the border. If you wish to use another
yarn, we can only recommend to make a few diamonds, to weight them and to divide their
weight by the number of diamonds weighed - to get the average weight of 1 diamond.
Multiply this weight by 104 to get the necessary quantity per colour)
Some sewing thread and a sewing needle to assemble the diamonds.
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A tapestry needle to weave in the remaining threads invisibly.
HOW TO MAKE YOU BLANKET
Only 4 different shaped (A, B, C & D) are necessary to this bedspread :
Shape A is a diamond; you will need a total of 298 to make the throw.
Shapes B & C are triangles; you will need respectively 12 and 15 of them.
Shape D will form the
cns, u nd 2.
Diamond A
On the 1st half of the diamond,
every row ends with 2 sc in the last
stitch, so as to add 1 stitch per row.
On the 2
nd
half of the diamond, every
row ends with sc2tog, so as to
decrease by 1 stitch per row.
Work as follow:
Row 1: 2 ch
Row 2: 2 sc into the stitch from
previous row. 1ch, turn work. (you
now have 2 sc on your row)
Row 3: 1 sc, 2 sc on the next stitch. 1
ch, turn work (= 3 sc)
Row 6: 4 sc, 2 sc on the next stitch. 1 ch, turn work
(= 6 sc)
(= 7 sc)
(= 8 sc)
(= 9 sc)
Row 10: 8 sc, 2 sc on the next stitch. 1 ch, turn
work (= 10 sc)
work (= 11 sc)
work (= 12 sc)
work (= 13 sc)

work (= 14 sc)
work (= 15 sc)
work (= 16 sc)
work (= 17 sc)
work (= 18 sc)

Yu wk s nw 1 sc wd; u gng s
decreasing to form the tip of the diamond.

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Row 19: 16 sc, sc2tog on the last 2 stitches of row.
1 ch, turn work (= 17 sc)
Row 35: sc2tog on the 2 sc of previous row. Cut
the yarn and slip the thread in the last loop. Pull on
the yarn to tighten the stitch. With your tapestry
needle, invisibly weave in the remaining tail in the
fabric.

Work a total of 298 diamonds, that is 104 in
colour 1, 90 in colour 2 and 104 in colour 3

Triangle B (equilateral)
These triangles appear on the sides of the blanket.
These triangles being a half diamond, u work
rows 1-18 of the diamond. Onc uv cd
row 18, cut the yarn and slip the thread in the last
loop. Pull on the yarn to tighten the stitch. With
your tapestry needle, invisibly weave in the
remaining tail in the fabric.

Work 12 triangles B, only in colour 2.

Triangle C (long)
These triangles are placed at the top and at the
bottom of the blanket. They are also half triangles
but in the width this time.
Row 1 : 2 ch
Row 2 : 1 sc in the first ch. 1 ch, turn work.
Row 3: 1 sc. 1 ch, turn work.
Row 4: 2 sc in the stitch from previous row. 1 ch,
turn work.
Row 5 and all odd-numbered rows: work 1 sc
into every stitch. 1 ch, turn work.
Row 6 : 1 sc, 2 sc on the next stitch. 1 ch, turn
work (= 3 sc)
work (= 4 sc)
work (= 5 sc)
work (= 6 sc)
work (= 7 sc)
work (= 8 sc)
work (= 9 sc)
Row 19: work 1 sc into every stitch. 1 ch, turn
work.

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Your work is now 9 sc wd; u gng s
decreasing to form the tip of the triangle.

Row 21 and all odd numbered rows: work 1 sc
into every stitch. 1 ch, turn work.
Row 22 : 6 sc, sc2tog on the last 2 stitches of row.
Row 32 : 1sc, sc2tog on the last 2 stitches of row.
Row 34 : sc2tog on the 2 sc of previous row. Cut
fabric.

Work 15 triangles C in colour 2 only.

Triangle D (rectangle)
These triangles are placed at the bottom corners of
the blanket.
They are half C-ngs, s ull work rows 1- 8
f ng C. Onc uv cd w 1, cu
fabric.

Work 2 triangles D in colour 2 only.

Joining motifs
With a doubled sewing thread, sew your motifs
fwng Isbs dwng.
Border
Using your 4th colour, work 1 sc on every sc stitch
or row of the sewn motifs. To turn the corners,
u k 3 sc n h s sch s s hv
central, corner stitch.
Work as many rounds as necessary to have 0.
border (i.e. 4 rounds in PurPle Alpaca.) Onc uv
completed the border, cut the yarn and slip the
thread in the last loop. Pull on the yarn to tighten
the stitch. With your tapestry needle, invisibly
weave in the remaining tail in the fabric.

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J hope youll find this free pattern helpful and that making this blanket will make you want to vioit
Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence (France).Thank you so much to Isabelle Kessedjian for her
drawings and her involvement into this projct.
Marie-Line.

http://www.purple-laines.com and http://www.leblogpurple.com
http://isabellekessedjian.blogspot.fr/
http://www.fondationvasarely.fr/

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