RAF Roundel Blanket

Inspiration for this is the RAF roundels from the WW2 era. I used 2 versions. 

Roundel #1. Red, white, blue, Yellow:

Type A.1 as seen below on Vera, the Lancaster in Hamilton Ontario's Warplane Heritage Museum (she still fly's.. sometimes over my house :) ) Used on camouflaged surfaces  of fighters, Spitfires, Hurricanes etc. Bombers -Lancaster's, wellingtons etc. 

The other is type A as seen on the spitfire below. Used by fighters during WW2, usually under the wings. 

Its not easy getting a shot from under the wings!

The Pattern:

Please note I am not the best pattern writer and I hope you already know how to crochet, otherwise please look up tutorials on youtube. 

5mm Hook

Materials: 100 gram balls of Acrylic. I used:

Super Soft Aran (Sirdar)

4x Dark Denim Blue

2x Denim Blue

1x Poppy Red

Uptown Worsted (Universal Yarns)

2x White

2x Sage Green

2x Dijon Yellow

Colour Sequences:

Roundel #1 Make 24

Row 1: Poppy Red

Row 2: White

Row 3: Denim Blue

Row 4: Dijon Yellow

Row 5: Sage Green (the colour of a spitfire to incorporate a fighter plane in the design and to add the last round, not actually a colour of the roundel its self )

Roundel #2 Make 37

Row 1 and 2: Poppy Red

Row 3: White

Row 4 and 5: Dark Denim Blue

With Row 1 yarn:

Chain 4, join a ring

Ch 3 (counts as first DC). DC 11 into circle and join.

With Row 2 Yarn:

Ch 3. (counts as first dc). DC 2 more in the space.

*ch 2, 3 dc in next st* repeat 11 times

ch 2 and join to first cluster. 12 clusters

With Row 3 Yarn:

Attach yarn in a chain space, chain 4 (counts as first tr). 2 tr in the same chain space.

*ch 3, tr 3* in each chain space from row 2. Join to first cluster. 12 Clusters

Row 4 Yarn:

Attach yarn to a chain space. Ch 3 (counts as first dc). 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in same chain space. 

*3 dc in next space than dc 3, ch 2, dc 3 in next space* 5 times, 3 dc in last space and slip stitch to first cluster. You now have 5 distinct sides 

Row 5:

Attach yarn in a corner space. Ch 3. *1 dc in next 9 sts, in corner : 1 dc ch 1 1 dc* around. When you get back to the first corner, 1 dc and ch 1. Slip Stitch to first dc. 

Sew together in a circular pattern as pictured. I did a boarder in dark denim just doing DC in each sts all the way around (in the corners I did 3 dc to make it smooth)

Enjoy!