Crochet Weighted Blanket using Bernat Blanket Extra

How to Crochet a Weighted Blanket

This velvety striped color blocked blanket is the perfect blanket size to use to keep cozy warm during the cold winter months.

This yarn is thick and extremely squishy and when it is worked up in a blanket it feels like a crocheted weighted blanket which is known to help with relaxation. Sign me up!

You’ll really one need two things to make crochet weighted blankets!

1. Jumbo Yarn
2. A Large Crochet Hook

You’ll love how this easy blanket works up with just two stitches and can be made in just a few days. Plus, it crochets up extra fast because of the jumbo size yarn used.

Scroll on down to learn more of the yarn and stitches used to make this Bernat extra cozy crochet blanket!

The Yarn

To crochet this throw blanket, you will want to use Bernat Blanket Extra yarn. It is a jumbo #7 weight yarn that is 100% polyester. It has 97 yards in each skein and is washer and dryer friendly.

You will need less than 400 yards for the throw blanket shown in the images. This whole blanket used about 4 balls of yarn. I used two skeins of the color Vintage White and two skeins of the color Mushroom, alternating to give it a color blocked look with stripes.

You could easily do a solid color blanket instead of the stripes if you’d prefer to use one color of yarn. I found this yarn at my local craft store, but you can find it available on Yarnspirations as well as Amazon too.

Take a look at all the Bernat blanket yarn colors available and learn more about the yarn above when you click on the image.

Crochet Hook

This jumbo sized yarn is works up well with a 15 mm or bigger crochet hook. I used a Q 15.75 sized crochet hook, but occasionally, you will see Q labeled 16 mm as well. The sizes of the hooks will be slightly different depending on who manufactured the crochet hook.

Both hook sizes will work as long as the gauge is met for the blanket. You can learn more about crochet hook sizes and the types to see which one you’d prefer to use.

With trial and error, I quickly figured out that a plastic hook works much better than a wooden one. The plastic glides much better over this particular chunky yarn and makes for an easier crocheting experience.

You can experiment with different types of hooks to see which one you’d like to use with your blanket.

The Stitches For This Blanket

The entire blanket is worked with just two easy crochet stitches, the herringbone half double crochet (hhdc) and the half double crochet (hdc).

I have a full video tutorial for these stitches available, which can be found in the sidebar on desktop and down below the pattern on mobile as well as desktop.

Learn more about each stitch below used to make this blanket.

Half Double Crochet (hdc): – Video Tutorial

• YO (yarn over) Insert hook from front to back of the designated stitch, YO the hook and pick up a loop. 
• YO the hook and pull back through all three loops on the hook.

Herringbone Half Double Crochet (hhdc) – Video Tutorial

• YO, insert hook into the stitch indicated
• YO (3 loops on hook)
• Pull up a loop and pull that loop through the first loop on the hook (2 loops on hook)
• YO, pull through the remaining two loops on the hook

I started each row of the blanket with a hdc, followed by 34 hhdc and ending the row with one hdc. I did this to give the edges a cleaner look because I knew I wasn’t going to do a border on my blanket.

If you’d like to do a border, I’d suggest a couple of rounds of single crochet or half double crochet, but keep in mind you will need more yarn than I recommended below for your blanket.