Introduction

Task

You will need a pencil and paper

The ‘peony’ style of tapestry blanket looks like lots of flowers. Can you find the rules for the pattern of this blanket? There are 6 motifs:

1. plain grey oblongs
2. blue flowers
3. black flowers
4. black crosses
5. vertical blue brackets
6. horizontal blue brackets

Draw a grid to see how the motifs repeat. Which motifs repeat most? How many different column patterns are there? How many different row patterns are there?