Connor Blanket - May CAL Part 1

Good morning all and welcome to this years blanket CAL. Unlike last year, this year's is a mystery CAL, so you won't see the full blanket until the very end of the month, How exciting!

Instructions will be released weekly, on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of May with a roundup and full pattern/images being posted on May 31st.

If you would like to share your progress feel free to tag MammaThatMakes on Facebook, share it to the Mamma That Makes Facebook Page or if you use Instagram, use the hashtag #mammathatmakesconnorCAL2019

The May CAL blanket is named in honor of my friends beautiful boy Connor, who was born sleeping recently 💙

For supplies you will need 

• 3 colours of Worsted Weight/Aran/10ply yarn. 
• Stitch Markers
• 5mm (H) hook

I've made this pattern using Prato Collection Stefania, Value Ball Spot Saver USA Style, both available from Spotlight stores, and also Red Heart Super Saver I ordered internationally. The sizes are VERY similar with only a cm difference between all 3 yarns with the finished blanket.
Allow 150g of your main colour (A) and 100g of both colours B and C. Of course you don't have to stick to 3 colours, and this blankets various stitch patterns lends itself well to using up scraps.

The finished blanket will be approx 65cm in diameter, perfect for a full term 40 week baby.

If you want to make it larger, I'll add instructions at the end of the CAL for doing so.

If you want somewhere to donate your finished blanket, I highly recommend Chance's Clothes Project, and you can find them on Facebook.

Ok, enough talk, let's get to this weeks piece of the pattern!!

Pattern Notes:

tr - triple crochet
Starting chain is counted in the final stitch count, and counts as the first stitch of each round.
Instructions within * * are to be repeated.
slst - slip stitch

With colour A

1: Chain 5. Join to the first chain to make a circle.

2: Ch3, dc into the circle 11 times, join to the ch3. -12

With colour B

3: Ch1, sc in the same stitch, 2sc in each remaining stitch around, join to the ch1. - 24

With colour A

4: Ch4, tr in the same stitch, *ch1, skip the next stitch, 2tr in the next stitch*, repeat around, join to the ch4. - 36 (including chains)

5: Slst into the ch1 space, ch1, 3sc in the same space, make 4sc in each remaining ch1 space around, join to the ch1. - 48

With colour C

6: Ch4 (counts as dc and ch1), dc in the same stitch, skip the next stitch, *(Dc, ch1, dc) in the next stitch, skip the next stitch*, repeat around, there will be no space between the last set of  v stitches and the first, join to the 3rd chain of the ch4. - 25 sets of V stitches

With colour B

7: Slst into the first ch1 space, ch5 (counts as dc and ch2), dc in the same space, (dc, ch2, dc) in each remaining ch1 space around, join to the 3rd chain of the ch5. - 25 sets of V stitches

With colour A

8: Ch1, 2sc into the ch2 space, sc into the next stitch, *sc into the next stitch, 2sc into the ch2 space, sc in the next stitch*, repeat around, join to the ch1. - 100sc

That's it for this week, keep an eye out on the 8th for the next set of instructions.