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Shell stitch blanket: rows of fans with straight edges

Chain 122: Row 1 makes 20 shells. Then alternate the half-shell row and the full-shell row from the shell stitch lesson until the blanket is long enough.

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Flat rowsUS termsHook: 5 mm (US H-8), or the size that gives you gaugeSize from your washed swatchworsted yarn

Know these stitches: shell stitch, double crochet, single crochet

The finished shell stitch blanket.

Materials and yarn planning

Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Knit Picks Dishie Cone yarn, Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton worsted yarn, Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran. 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

Each shell repeat is 6 stitches wide. With S stitches per 10 cm, the blanket is about 121 × 10 ÷ S cm wide. Add or remove 6 chains to change the width by one shell.

The shape of the shell stitch blanket

The shape of the shell stitch blanket.

Sizes from your swatch

Example: 14 stitches and 8 rows in 10 cm. Type your own swatch over it to see your counts.

Common blanket sizes; stitches rounded to whole shells (6 plus 1).
SizeWidthLengthStitchesRows
Crib114.3 cm (45 in)152.4 cm (60 in)163 (chain 164)121
Lap91.4 cm (36 in)121.9 cm (48 in)127 (chain 128)97
Throw127 cm (50 in)152.4 cm (60 in)175 (chain 176)121
Twin bed167.6 cm (66 in)228.6 cm (90 in)235 (chain 236)183

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 pattern

Row 1

  1. Chain 122. Single crochet in the second chain from the hook. [Skip 2 chains, 5 double crochets in the next chain, skip 2 chains, single crochet in the next chain] 20 times: 20 shells and 21 anchors.

Rows 2 and 3, repeated

  1. Row 2: chain 3 and turn (counts as a double crochet), 2 double crochets in the first single crochet. [Single crochet in the middle double crochet of the next shell, 5 double crochets in the next single crochet] 19 times, single crochet in the middle double crochet of the last shell, 3 double crochets in the last single crochet: 19 full shells and 2 half shells.
  2. Row 3: chain 1 and turn. Single crochet in the first double crochet. [5 double crochets in the next single crochet, single crochet in the middle double crochet of the next shell] 20 times, ending with a single crochet in the top of the turning chain: 20 shells.
  3. Repeat Rows 2 and 3 to your planned length, ending with a Row 3. Fasten off.

Check the work

Row 1 and every Row 3: 20 full shells. Every Row 2: 19 full shells and 2 half shells.

Full shells in Rows 1, 2 and 320 · 19 · 20
  • If the edges scallop, check the half shells at both ends of Row 2.
  • If a shell shifts, find the middle (third) double crochet of the shell below.

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.

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