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She mentioned how fantastic crochet blankets are for dogs because they are hard wearing and quick to dry but how difficult it is to find small blankets. I decided to add a whole new section to my Etsy store where my customers can buy or custom order cat mats, dog mats and blankets. I find that having a slightly wider handle means that my hands don’t ache when I’m on a crochet mission. As with my twiddle muffs crochet cat mats are perfect for trying out new stitches and textures without taking up loads of your time.

How To Frtr and Brtr... Frtr - Wrap your yarn around your hook as you would with a normal UK treble crochet stitch. Ch 2 (counts as tr throughout) miss the stitch at the base of the chain. then 2 dc’s into the first stitch on along the foundation chain of your blanket. 2dc into the last stitch and 2 dc around the chain that starts the next side.

Ch 4, 2 dtr into the stitch at the base of the chain, dtr into each stitch until you reach the ch3 space, 2dtr ch3 2dtr into the ch 3 space, dtr into each stitch until you reach the end of the row, 3dtr into the top of the turning ch from the previous row. Ch 4, 2 dtr into the stitch at the base of the chain, dtr in each stitch until you reach the ch3 (11 dtrs including ch), 2dtr ch3 2dtr into the ch 3 space, dtr to the end of the row, 3 dtr in the top of the turning chain from the previous row. Ch2 2dc into the stitch at the base of the chain, dc into each stitch until you reach the ch3 sp, 2dc ch3 2dc into the ch 3 sp from the previous round, dc in each stitch to the end or the row, 3dc into the top of the turning ch from the previous row. Ch4, 2dtr into the stitch at the base of the ch4, dtr into each stitch until you reach the ch3 sp, 2dtr ch3 2dtr into the ch3 sp, dtr to the end of the row, 3dtr into the top of the turning ch from the previous row.

Ss into the space between the ch3 and tr of the last round, ch3 tr2 into the same space, tr3 ch3 tr3 in the next ch3 space, skip the next 3 tc’s, tr3 into the space between the two sets of tr’s. continue with 3trs into the spaces and tr3 ch3 tr3 in the ch3 spaces until you reach the final space, 2tr into the space and ss into the top of the starting ch3 to join. *dc in to every stitch until you reach the corner, dc2, dc, dc2, dc, dc2 around the corner then continue with a dc into every stitch until you reach the next corner*. Repeat from * to * until the round is complete. If you don’t have any rippling, dc into each stitch until the corner,  2dc, dc, dc, dc, dc, 3 times then continue in the same manner until the end of your round.