I’m sharing a colorful and simple crochet striped blanket pattern today that is light and airy. You can mix and match colorful yarns at the store, or go shopping in your stash to pick random odd balls of left over yarn and make this blanket.
March is International Crochet Month, and I’m so excited to be sharing this simple and truly versatile pattern to make a striped crochet blanket. There is something so relaxing and satisfying in making a blanket, I hope you enjoy this post.
What You Will Need:
For this colorful crochet striped blanket pattern, I actually chose to use a bunch of random scrap yarns. At our local library they have a crochet club and they had this box of yarn from which I selected a few different colors- keeping in mind to choose mostly worsted 4 medium weight yarns.
Crochet Striped Blanket Tutorial
The star of this blanket is the double crochet stitch.
For a Medium 4 yarn, you would use a H8 5mm or I 9 5.5mm size hook, but I moved up to a size K 6.5mm hook instead. The bigger K hook creates larger stitches that are airy and hence we make a light blanket instead of a dense one.
My finished crochet striped blanket pattern measured about 40 by 48 inches, and I had a bit of yarn left over actually. You can easily choose to make this a square blanket measuring 40 by 40 inches instead.
Here is how my gauge measured, with the size K hook. Measure your work and adjust accordingly.
16 dcs = 5 inch
10 dcs = 3 inches
Begin your blanket with a starting chain of 99 + 2 = 101 chains. If you are beginner, this post shows how to start your chain for crochet.
Dc into third chain from hook and every chain till end (99 dcs). Turn
Pattern Row: Chain 2 (turning chain, count as a dc), skip first dc, dc into next and every dc till end of row (99 dcs)
Work in a random stripe pattern, changing colors as often as you want.
Work for a total of 72 rows (48 inches long) or 60 rows (40 inches)
TIP:
- If this is your first blanket, I have simple helpful tips on How To Crochet a Blanket for Beginners
- Create your starting chain loosely, if not the bottom of your blanket will bunch up and not lay flat.
- Since you will be using a larger hook for a worsted weight 4 yarn, try a few different hook styles- I tried a bamboo, metal and lighted hook of the same size and felt the bamboo one caught the yarn less and easy to use.
- If you are unsure of when to change colors, use a stripe pattern generator www.randomstripes.com to create a unique stripe design.
BLOG HOP:
Today’s crochet striped blanket pattern is part of the third annual International Crochet Month Blog Hop hosted by Underground Crafter. There are so many wonderful FREE patterns in this hop, make sure to check them all out. There are prizes to be won too!
Crochet Striped Blanket Pattern PDF:
Download here: Crochet Striped Blanket Pattern Pdf
Crochet Striped Blanket Video:
Watch this blanket come together in my new video, check out the video box below or this link https://youtu.be/n_KV7CSwTBw
Thank you for stopping by today friends, and I hope you give this crochet striped blanket pattern a try. It is a very simple pattern, but by sizing up in the hook size the fabric created has a nice drape and is not thick and stiff. You can make this as colorful as you can or keep it simple and just use 2 or 3 colors of your choice.
Want more blanket inspiration? Take a peek at my collection of free crochet blanket patterns to find your next project. Happy Crocheting!
