How to crochet a blanket: choose the construction

Crochet baby blanket pattern

Moss-stitch rows

Plan a small moss-stitch blanket from your own swatch, follow the repeated space row and finish without a separate border.

2,400 stitchesSizes: Stroller to toddler

Crochet throw blanket

Post-stitch grid

Use a front-post waffle variation, keep edge stitches separate from the repeat and size the throw from a washed swatch.

11,040 stitchesSizes: Lap to twin bed

Granny square blanket pattern

Joined solid squares

Make solid squares, calculate the arrangement from their washed size and join a rectangular blanket with matching seams.

2,880 stitchesSizes: Crib to twin bed

Striped crochet blanket

Planned color stripes

Make half-double-crochet stripes with a repeatable color sequence, controlled edges and a yarn estimate for each color.

8,000 stitchesSizes: Lap to full bed

Bobble stitch blanket

Flat rows

A textured blanket of single crochet with rows of bobbles offset by two stitches, worked on wrong-side rows so they pop to the front.

10,126 stitchesSizes: Crib to twin bed

Chevron blanket

Flat rows

Peaks and valleys in three-color stripes. Every row repeats the same chevron instructions over a multiple of 10 plus 1 stitches.

14,520 stitchesSizes: Lap to full bed

Corner to corner blanket

Diagonal blocks

A rectangle of C2C blocks worked diagonally from one corner: 71 diagonal rows, increasing, shifting and decreasing. Plain, striped or with a picture from the chart maker.

Shell stitch blanket

Flat rows

Five-double-crochet shells offset row by row, with half shells at the edges so the sides stay straight. A multiple of 6 plus 2 chains.

10,890 stitchesSizes: Crib to twin bed

Puff stitch blanket

Flat rows

Rows of soft puffs between rows of single crochet, offset by one stitch so they sit in a brick pattern. Uses the 7-loop puff from the lesson.

11,413 stitchesSizes: Crib to twin bed

V stitch blanket

Flat rows

One easy row repeated: a (dc, ch 1, dc) V in the space of every V below. Quick to grow, light and drapey, with straight double-crochet edges.

8,262 stitchesSizes: Receiving to throw

Cluster stitch blanket

Flat rows

Rows of 3-double-crochet clusters with chain spaces, then a row of single crochet. The clusters shift by one stitch every other cluster row.

9,700 stitchesSizes: Crib to twin bed