Old School NES afghan (Updated chart and tutorial!!!)

[marimbachick]

So, silly ol' me decides my boyfriend needs a blanket for Christmas.  I thought for a long while about what kind of design to make, then I remembered he loved the Space Invaders blanket I saw on here.  So I went for my own take on the video game idea and came up with this (having JUST finished it last week):



It's pretty much to scale with the controller, as I used it for a template for my chart.  It's done in a doublestrand of worsted weight acrylic on size 17 needles,with a crocheted border.

He LOVES it and it has taken a place of honor at the foot of our bed.  All his friends want one, but he gets the only one!

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TUTORIAL!!!

The beauty of this pattern is in its simplicity.  Essentially, cast on, follow the chart, then bind off and crochet a border.

Yarn used was Red Heart Super Saver, held double throughout.  I used a Pound and a regular skein of black, two skeins of grey, and one skein of red.  I used a US 17 size 29 inch circular needle, which was plenty long.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/1501839094_0c35cd82fc_b.jpg

The above link is to the chart, which is a RATHER large jpeg image, but necessary so everybody can read it without having a special program.  I read the chart from bottom up, to save the number of stitches on the needle, but I suppose you could do it from top to bottom or even from side to side if you wanted.

Once you've finished the chart, bind off, and use the grey (again, a doublestrand) to do two rows of double crochet around the border.  I bet you could do a knitted border if you don't want to crochet, or maybe just a blanket stitch.

Questions?  Comments?  Please don't hesitate to ask since this is my first distributed pattern!

[bronxie]

That's freakin awesome. Good job.

[hilaryknits]

Coolest afghan ever!

[Danyell]

Chart? I'm in! That is an AWESOME blanket!

[craftykate]

This is the best! Amazing!

[Aelita]

That is really cool I like it alot.

[monoped]

So choice!

Me want one.

[rachillsk8]

That's the coolest thing ever.

[Iellwen]

This is SO cool .  I don't even play video games and I want one of these.  Very creative.

[ImACamel]

That's awesome, my boyfriend would kill for that!