Verona Picnic Blanket & Play Mat

My husband and I love spending summer evenings outdoors, watching the sky changing colour, but it can often be quite uncomfortable on the hard and bumpy ground with just a thin sheet underneath. So I really wanted to find a way to make those special moments more relaxing, and super chunky tube yarn seemed like the perfect thing!

The result is just wonderful: it’s so thick and squishy you feel like you’re walking and sitting on a big pile of marshmallows. It also makes for a great play mat for your little ones because of how padded and soft it is.

The blanket is made using even moss stitch – a combination of two basic stitches – so it’s a very beginner-friendly pattern.

You’ll use equal amounts of each of your 6 colour blocks, and will need 3 x 200g / 60m (65yds) balls of each colour.

I used Hobbii Bungee Mini for my project, a filled tube yarn that’s ideal for showing off stitch texture and really making things pop!