| Size | 50 × 40 blocks |
|---|---|
| Colours | 6 · Generic yarn |
| Total blocks | 2,000 |
| Difficulty | Easy (2/5) |
| Finished size | 49.2 × 39.4 in (125 × 100 cm) |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
| Colour | Code | Name | Blocks | Share | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y31 | Baby Blue | 1,145 | 57% | 1,145 blocks · ~1,030.5 m (1,127 yd) | |
| Y32 | Sky | 350 | 18% | 350 blocks · ~315 m (344 yd) | |
| Y33 | Cornflower | 304 | 15% | 304 blocks · ~273.6 m (299 yd) | |
| Y40 | Mint | 107 | 5% | 107 blocks · ~96.3 m (105 yd) | |
| Y01 | Snow | 85 | 4% | 85 blocks · ~76.5 m (84 yd) | |
| Y35 | Navy | 9 | 0% | 9 blocks · ~8.1 m (9 yd) |
About this design
The whale is one rounded body shape in Cornflower, with a mint belly, a curved tail that rises to the right and a small Navy eye and smile. A fountain of Snow white spray shoots up from its back. Below, rows of scalloped waves with white crests roll across the bottom of the blanket in Sky blue, and the background is Baby Blue. The large, simple shapes mean few colour changes in most diagonals, which makes it a good first picture graph.
Size and yarn
The graph is 50 × 40 blocks and is worked in 89 diagonal rows from the bottom-right corner. With 2.5 cm blocks (worsted yarn and a 5 mm hook) it measures about 125 × 100 cm; with 2 cm blocks in DK yarn it is about 100 × 80 cm. The largest colour is Baby Blue, with 1,145 of the 2,000 blocks. The colours are our own named shades, so choose the closest yarn you can buy, and weigh a ten-block swatch to turn the block counts into an accurate yarn amount. For a pram blanket, add a border of a few rounds of double crochet in Sky.
Colour plan
Baby Blue does the most work, 57% of the 2,000 blocks, followed by Sky at 18%. Navy (9) is used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. Every square of the grid is filled.
Working notes
It is worked as 89 diagonal rows; the busiest changes colour 7 times. 10 squares stand alone in their colour, with no same-coloured neighbour along a side: cut a short length of yarn for those instead of carrying it.
Row by row
All 89 rows written out, diagonally from the bottom-right corner
- Row 1 (↙): 1 Sky
- Row 2 (↗): 2 Sky
- Row 3 (↙): 3 Sky
- Row 4 (↗): 4 Sky
- Row 5 (↙): 5 Sky
- Row 6 (↗): 6 Sky
- Row 7 (↙): 1 Snow, 6 Sky
- Row 8 (↗): 7 Sky, 1 Baby Blue
- Row 9 (↙): 1 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 7 Sky
- Row 10 (↗): 7 Sky, 1 Snow, 2 Baby Blue
- Row 11 (↙): 2 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 8 Sky
- Row 12 (↗): 8 Sky, 1 Snow, 3 Baby Blue
- Row 13 (↙): 3 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 9 Sky
- Row 14 (↗): 7 Sky, 3 Snow, 4 Baby Blue
- Row 15 (↙): 5 Baby Blue, 5 Snow, 5 Sky
- Row 16 (↗): 6 Sky, 1 Snow, 9 Baby Blue
- Row 17 (↙): 10 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 6 Sky
- Row 18 (↗): 7 Sky, 11 Baby Blue
- Row 19 (↙): 11 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 7 Sky
- Row 20 (↗): 7 Sky, 1 Snow, 12 Baby Blue
- Row 21 (↙): 12 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 8 Sky
- Row 22 (↗): 8 Sky, 1 Snow, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 23 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 9 Sky
- Row 24 (↗): 7 Sky, 3 Snow, 14 Baby Blue
- Row 25 (↙): 15 Baby Blue, 5 Snow, 5 Sky
- Row 26 (↗): 6 Sky, 1 Snow, 19 Baby Blue
- Row 27 (↙): 20 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 6 Sky
- Row 28 (↗): 7 Sky, 21 Baby Blue
- Row 29 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 3 Cornflower, 5 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 7 Sky
- Row 30 (↗): 7 Sky, 1 Snow, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Mint, 4 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 31 (↙): 12 Baby Blue, 5 Cornflower, 3 Mint, 2 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 8 Sky
- Row 32 (↗): 8 Sky, 1 Snow, 2 Baby Blue, 4 Mint, 4 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 33 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 4 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 1 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 9 Sky
- Row 34 (↗): 7 Sky, 3 Snow, 1 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 10 Cornflower, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 35 (↙): 7 Baby Blue, 12 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 1 Baby Blue, 5 Snow, 5 Sky
- Row 36 (↗): 6 Sky, 1 Snow, 4 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 12 Cornflower, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 37 (↙): 10 Baby Blue, 11 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 6 Sky
- Row 38 (↗): 7 Sky, 4 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 7 Cornflower, 5 Baby Blue, 2 Cornflower, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 39 (↙): 15 Baby Blue, 8 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 3 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 7 Sky
- Row 40 (↗): 7 Sky, 1 Snow, 3 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 8 Cornflower, 5 Baby Blue, 1 Cornflower, 10 Baby Blue
- Row 41 (↙): 16 Baby Blue, 8 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 2 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 8 Sky
- Row 42 (↗): 8 Sky, 1 Snow, 2 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 9 Cornflower, 15 Baby Blue
- Row 43 (↙): 15 Baby Blue, 9 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 1 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 9 Sky
- Row 44 (↗): 7 Sky, 3 Snow, 1 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 9 Cornflower, 15 Baby Blue
- Row 45 (↙): 14 Baby Blue, 10 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 1 Baby Blue, 5 Snow, 5 Sky
- Row 46 (↗): 6 Sky, 1 Snow, 4 Baby Blue, 5 Mint, 10 Cornflower, 14 Baby Blue
- Row 47 (↙): 14 Baby Blue, 10 Cornflower, 5 Mint, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 6 Sky
- Row 48 (↗): 7 Sky, 5 Baby Blue, 4 Mint, 10 Cornflower, 14 Baby Blue
- Row 49 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 11 Cornflower, 4 Mint, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 7 Sky
- Row 50 (↗): 7 Sky, 1 Snow, 4 Baby Blue, 4 Mint, 11 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 51 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 11 Cornflower, 3 Mint, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 7 Sky
- Row 52 (↗): 6 Sky, 1 Snow, 4 Baby Blue, 2 Mint, 2 Navy, 10 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 53 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 11 Cornflower, 1 Navy, 2 Mint, 3 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 6 Sky
- Row 54 (↗): 3 Sky, 3 Snow, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Mint, 1 Navy, 11 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 55 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 11 Cornflower, 2 Mint, 4 Baby Blue, 5 Snow
- Row 56 (↗): 1 Snow, 8 Baby Blue, 1 Mint, 1 Navy, 10 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 57 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 11 Cornflower, 1 Mint, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 58 (↗): 8 Baby Blue, 5 Cornflower, 1 Navy, 5 Cornflower, 13 Baby Blue
- Row 59 (↙): 13 Baby Blue, 4 Cornflower, 2 Navy, 4 Cornflower, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 60 (↗): 8 Baby Blue, 4 Cornflower, 1 Navy, 3 Cornflower, 14 Baby Blue
- Row 61 (↙): 11 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 2 Baby Blue, 8 Cornflower, 7 Baby Blue
- Row 62 (↗): 8 Baby Blue, 5 Cornflower, 4 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 10 Baby Blue
- Row 63 (↙): 9 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 6 Baby Blue, 3 Cornflower, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 64 (↗): 17 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 8 Baby Blue
- Row 65 (↙): 7 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 17 Baby Blue
- Row 66 (↗): 17 Baby Blue, 3 Snow, 4 Baby Blue
- Row 67 (↙): 23 Baby Blue
- Row 68 (↗): 16 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 5 Baby Blue
- Row 69 (↙): 21 Baby Blue
- Row 70 (↗): 15 Baby Blue, 1 Snow, 4 Baby Blue
- Row 71 (↙): 19 Baby Blue
- Row 72 (↗): 18 Baby Blue
- Row 73 (↙): 17 Baby Blue
- Row 74 (↗): 16 Baby Blue
- Row 75 (↙): 15 Baby Blue
- Row 76 (↗): 14 Baby Blue
- Row 77 (↙): 13 Baby Blue
- Row 78 (↗): 12 Baby Blue
- Row 79 (↙): 11 Baby Blue
- Row 80 (↗): 10 Baby Blue
- Row 81 (↙): 9 Baby Blue
- Row 82 (↗): 8 Baby Blue
- Row 83 (↙): 7 Baby Blue
- Row 84 (↗): 6 Baby Blue
- Row 85 (↙): 5 Baby Blue
- Row 86 (↗): 4 Baby Blue
- Row 87 (↙): 3 Baby Blue
- Row 88 (↗): 2 Baby Blue
- Row 89 (↙): 1 Baby Blue
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