crochetguideKnow these stitches: cluster stitch, single crochet, double crochet
Materials and yarn planning
Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn, Lion Brand Heartland yarn, Lion Brand Wool-Ease worsted yarn. For the hook, choose by size and handle.
For an exact figure in your own yarn, weigh a washed swatch in the pattern stitch: the weighed-swatch yarn calculator scales it to each flat panel or strip. Allow a little more for seams, edging and tails.
Finished size and gauge
With S stitches and R rows per 10 cm in your washed swatch of the four-row repeat (count the single crochets of a plain row), the blanket is 100 × 10 ÷ S cm wide and 97 × 10 ÷ R cm long. Example: at 14 stitches and 11 rows in 10 cm, it is about 71 × 88 cm, a baby blanket. Change the width by 2 stitches at a time. These are calculations from the counts, not a measured sample.
The shape of the cluster stitch blanket.
Sizes from your swatch
Example: 14 stitches and 11 rows in 10 cm, the gauge the steps are written for. Type your own swatch over it to see your counts.
| Size | Width | Length | Stitches | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crib | 114.3 cm (45 in) | 152.4 cm (60 in) | 160 (chain 161) | 169 |
| Lap | 91.4 cm (36 in) | 121.9 cm (48 in) | 128 (chain 129) | 133 |
| Throw | 127 cm (50 in) | 152.4 cm (60 in) | 178 (chain 179) | 169 |
| Twin bed | 167.6 cm (66 in) | 228.6 cm (90 in) | 234 (chain 235) | 253 |
Counts are rounded to whole stitches and rows and to the pattern’s repeat. Check the first rows against your swatch.
The gauge calculator compares your swatch with the pattern. A stitch name you do not know is in the abbreviation chart; a UK pattern’s names are in the US/UK term reference.
The pattern
Count rows for this patternFoundation
- Chain 101. Row 1: single crochet in the second chain from the hook and in each chain across: 100 stitches.
The four-row repeat
- Row 2: chain 2 and turn; it does not count as a stitch. [Cluster in the next stitch, chain 1, skip the next stitch] 49 times, cluster in the next stitch and double crochet in the last stitch: 50 clusters, 49 chain-1 spaces and an edge double crochet.
- Row 3: chain 1 and turn. Single crochet in the edge double crochet, then one in each cluster top and each chain-1 space across: 100 stitches.
- Row 4: chain 3 and turn; it counts as the edge double crochet. [Cluster in the next stitch, chain 1, skip the next stitch] 49 times, then cluster in the last stitch: 50 clusters, each one stitch along from the clusters of Row 2.
- Row 5: chain 1 and turn. Single crochet in the first cluster top, then in each chain-1 space and cluster top across, and in the top of the turning chain: 100 stitches.
- Repeat Rows 2–5 24 times in all, to Row 97, or to your planned length, ending with a Row 5. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Check the work
Rows 1, 3 and 5: 100 single crochets. Rows 2 and 4: 50 clusters and 49 chain spaces each.
- If a plain row is short, look for a missed chain-1 space or the top of the turning chain at the end of Row 5.
- If a cluster looks like a shell, its double crochets were finished one by one: keep the last loop of each on the hook.
- If the clusters stack instead of shifting, check that Row 4 starts with chain 3 counted as a stitch.
Updated . Stitch counts checked row by row; we haven’t crocheted a sample of this one yet. How the patterns are checked. Keep your yarn label, hook and swatch on the printable project worksheet.