Easy Double Crochet Blanket for Beginners

Skill Level: Basic

Materials

• Lion Brand Pound of Love Yarn or any medium weight #4 yarn. Can be made with any number of colors. I chose two. See chart below for yardage needed for each blanket size
• I used the colors below
  • Color A – Pastel Green
  • Color B – White

• Crochet hooks
  • Size J 6 mm for main blanket
  • Size H 5 mm for border

• Scissors
• Yarn needle
• Measuring tape

Crochet Abbreviations

• dc = double crochet
• ch = chain
• sk = skip
• st = stitch
• rep = repeat
• sc = single crochet
• sl st = slip stitch

Gauge

• 14 dc x 6 rows = 4″ x 4″
• ch 17, dc into the 4th ch from the hook and into each st across, follow pattern as written below for 6 rows.

Finished Sizes

• Our blanket resizing calculator will help to calculate any size blanket you’d like or use the chart below

Notes

• Written in standard US terms
• Ch 3’s do NOT count as a st
• Learn how to change yarn colors with our free tutorial on how to change colors in crochet.
• For cleaner edges block your blanket after finishing it. Learn more about how to block blankets in crochet with our free guide.
• Find the color chart & border tutorial at the end of the pattern
• Sizes are shown in ()
• I did not figure out color yardage for each color just total yardage of yarn needed for each blanket size. You can do math to figure this out if you want to make this in different yarn colors since this can be made in one color, two colors or more.
• Use the blanket stripe generator to create your own striped blanket pattern.

The Pattern

With Color A Ch (45, 108, 143, 150, 185, 234, 318, 381)

Row 1: in the 4th ch from the hook dc, dc into each ch across, turn. (42,105, 140, 147, 182, 231, 315, 379)

Row 2: Ch 3, sk the first st (the last dc from the row before), dc into the next st, dc into each st across ending with 1 dc into the top of the turning ch from the row before, turn.

Row 3 – 5: Repeat Row 2 until you reach the last row for the size you are making as shown in the size chart above.

Follow the rough draft of the color chart below to change colors if you’d like to make the example as shown. Otherwise, make up a random stripe blanket in any number of colors.

Border Pattern

Border is optional. Weave in all ends before starting the border

Skill Level: Intermediate

Round 1: Join in Color B, working one sc into each st, then 3 scs into each corner, and 2 sc’s for each row of the blanket along the long sides, join to first sc of the round.

Round 2: Ch 1, hdc in every sc st around the blanket working 3 hdc’s into the last stitch of each side to create a corner, sl st to the top of the first hdc.

Round 3: Ch 1, sl st into every hdc st around, working 3 sc’s into the last each corner, after the fourth corner, sl sl to the top of the first sl st from the start of the round. Fasten off and weave in the loose ends.

If you are a beginner then I have included a video tutorial for the border below. If you have an ad-blocker installed the video may not show up.