This blanket is taken from a magazine I bought in a charity shop
I used the stitches and pattern from the magazine for one 4 square colour block then put my own pattern into the other colour blocks I tend to knit the blocks in stripes of 4. For this blanket I knit three stripes of 4 then they are stitched together and finished off with a crochet border

I used DK wool size 4mm knitting needles as well has a 4mm crochet hook