Yarn: Red Heart Soft Essentials Solids (Bulky Weight #5)įor more free crochet pattern goodness make sure to explore my website! Here’s one of my own afghan designs: the Velvet Plaid Blanket. Bonus…the bulky yarn will make this project fly by! Shell stitches and v-stitches ensure that your one color blanket is anything but boring. Charming Crochet ThrowĮasily coordinate your home decor with this monochrome throw. Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick (Super Bulky Weight #6) Simple single crochet and chain stitches never looked so good before. This simple and quick blanket is made using the moss stitch (a.k.a. When you need to make a blanket fast, grab some super bulky yarn and big ol’ crochet hook. Yarn: Stylecraft Special Double Knit (DKWeight #3)
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It looks great and it works up fast! If you know how to double crochet, then you can easily learn the granny stitch. The granny stitch is a classic for a reason. No afghan round-up would be complete without a granny stitch blanket. Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Ombre (Worsted Weight #4) The pattern keeps things interesting with shell stitches and long single crochet stitches.
The yarn does all the heavy lifting in this lacey ombre blanket. Yarn: Bernat Softee Baby Solids (DK Weight #3) The bobbles are created by crocheting 5 double crochet stitches together in the same stitch. Herringbone half double crochet stitches are accented by brightly colored lines in this bobble stitch blanket. Yarn: Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran (Medium Weight #4) Never heard of it? Don’t worry, I bet you already know how to do it! You just alternate single crochet and double crochet. Worked diagonally, this bold and bright blanket uses the silt stitch. Yarn: Lion Brand Touch of Merino (DK Weight #3) This modern striped blanket is a celebration of textures that uses three different stitch techniques: herringbone half double crochet, a combination of single crochet and half double crochet, and ribbed stitching. Yarn: Scheepjes Whirl (Fingering Weight #1) The mosaic technique only uses one single color for each row, so you don’t have to switch back and forth between colors quite so many times! You can make this beautiful geometric afghan with just single crochet, double crochet and chain stitches. There’s no starting chain (yay!) and the pattern uses just 3 basic stitches: single crochet, double crochet and treble crochet. Cloudberry Blanketīlankets with unusual shapes like this lacey hexagon blanket are so fun to make. Yarn: Lion Brand Pound of Love (Medium Weight #4) Made using the C2C technique, the blanket is stitched up square by square in diagonal rows from one corner to the opposite corner. Get through quarantine in style with a funny cozy graphgan.
If you haven’t tried it before, you totally should! The filet crochet technique uses double crochets and chain stitches to create the design. The Midwife Blanketįans of the BBC show “Call the Midwife” will recognize this super popular and easy filet crochet afghan.
What’s better than a blanket that you don’t have to chain a million to start? A beautiful striped moss stitch blanket worked in continuous rounds. If you want to find out more about how to work a chainless double crochet, check out my double crochet post and watch the video tutorial.Īnd now, without further ado… 12 Free Crochet Afghan Patterns for all your Fall Snuggling 1. I chain 2 and then work into each stitch, leaving out the turning ch.įor double crochet, I like to use a chainless double crochet technique that gives a nicer result than a ch-3 (which always leaves gaps for me). I have found that when I do this, it tends to leave holes on the side since you don’t work into the first stitch. Don’t work into the turning chain at the end, either.įor half double crochet, I never count the ch-2 as a stitch. When crocheting afghans, the most common problem I hear is uneven edges.įor uneven edges, you need to ensure you are keeping a consistent number of stitches as well as paying attention to how you are working the first and last stitch.įor single crochet, be sure you are chaining 1 and working into the first stitch, as the ch-1 does not count as a stitch. Join my Facebook group (lots of awesome crochet talk there)Īlso, you can find me on Ravelry or join more than 12K subscribers on YouTube. Instagram (get sneak peeks of what’s coming up!)įollow me on Pinterest (I pin tons of free patterns to my boards!) I would love for you to come follow me on
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