Sailboats Crochet Blanket Section

A new crochet blanket stripe pattern, the Sailboats Section, part of the Tidal Textures Throw Pattern, is now a free crochet pattern here on the blog. Read all about the stripe design or scroll down for the blanket stripe free crochet pattern.

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The Tidal Textures Throw

Found this section on its own? There’s a whole blanket waiting for you. This is one piece of the Tidal Textures Throw, a free, beginner-friendly project you can join any time.

Here’s how it works. The Tidal Textures Throw is made of 6 stripes (each approx. 23 cm / 9.5″ high and 127 cm / 50″ wide) worked directly on top of each other, so there’s no joining or sewing at the end. Between each stripe sits a divider section like this one (approximately 1 cm / 0.5″ tall and 127 cm / 50″ wide), and every stripe except the last is separated this way.

Before you Start the Tidal Textures Throw Sailboats Blanket Stripe Free Crochet Pattern

Materials

• 5.5 mm / US I – 9 hook
• Rosarios Amor-Perfeito (50% wool, 50% acrylic, 100g/3.5oz, 120m/131yd) in blue (07) or Wool-Ease LionBrand Wool Ease (80% acrylic, 20% wool, 197yd / 180m, 3oz/80g) in  Icicle. You will need about 230g/276m/301yd
• Tapestry needle
• Measuring tape

Size

The Blanket section is approximately 23 cm / 9.5” tall and 127 cm / 50 inches wide.

The sailboats stitch requires a stitch multiple of 30 st.

Gauge

The gauge for this pattern, in dc, is 12 st by 8 rows for a 10 cm by 10 cm / 4” by 4” square.

Abbreviations

This pattern uses US notations.

• st = stitch
• ch = chain
• dc = double crochet
• RS = right side
• WS = wrong side

Notes

Work instructions between [] the indicated number of times or until the end of the row / round.

The final number of stitches is indicated at the end of the row / round between < >.

The turning ch 1, ch 2 don’t count as stitches throughout the pattern except if mentioned otherwise.

The pattern is written in crochet shorthand.  For example:

• “dc 1” means to double crochet in the next stitch, 
• “dc 2” means to double crochet in each of the next 2 stitches,
• and “2 dc” means to double crochet twice in the next st.

Because the sails of the sailboats aren’t symmetrical, the instructions for right-handed and left-handed crocheters vary in this section.

Video Tutorial

Find the left-handed video tutorial for this section of Tidal Textures Throw here on my YouTube channel:

The Actual Sailboats Blanket Stripe Free Crochet Pattern

For the visual learners refer to the chart below the written instructions.

Left – Handed Crafters

→ Row 1 (WS): Ch 2, dc across, turn.

← Row 2 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 7, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 7 times, dc 9, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 3 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 8, ch 1, skip 1, dc 13, ch 1, skip 1, dc 7, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 4 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 6, ch 1, skip 1, dc 15, ch 1, skip 1, dc 7, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 5 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 5, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 10 times, dc 5, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 6 (RS): Ch 2, dc across, turn.

→ Row 7 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 5, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 10 times, dc 5, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 8 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 6, ch 1, skip 1, dc 4, ch 1, skip 1, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1, dc 7] 2 times, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 9 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 1, [dc 7, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1, dc 2] 2 times, dc 5, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 10 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 6, [dc 2, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1, dc 5] 2 times, dc 4, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 11 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 5, [dc 5, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 9, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 12 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 10, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 4, ch 1, skip 1, dc 11, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 13 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 9, [dc 3, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 13, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 14 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 11, [dc 2, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 13, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 15 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 13, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 13, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 16 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 13, ch 1, skip 1, dc 16, repeat from * across, turn.

Row 17 – 19: Ch 2, dc across, turn.

Right-Handed Crafters

← Row 1 (WS): Ch 2, dc across, turn.

→ Row 2 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 8, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 7 times, dc 8, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 3 (WS): Ch 2, * [dc 7, ch 1, skip 1, dc 6] 2 times, dc 2, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 4 (RS): Ch 2, * dc 7, ch 1, skip 1, dc 15, ch 1, skip 1, dc 6, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 5 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 4, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 10 times, dc 6, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 6 (RS): Ch 2, *Ch 2, dc across, turn.

← Row 7 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 4, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 10 times, dc 6, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 8 (RS): Ch 2, * [dc 7, ch 1, skip 1, dc 1] 2 times, [ch 1, skip 1, dc 4] 2 times, dc 2, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 9 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 4, [dc 3, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1, dc 6] 2 times, dc 2, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 10 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 3, [dc 6, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1, dc 1] 2 times, dc 7, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 11 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 8, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 3 times, dc 5, ch 1, skip 1, dc 10, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 12 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 7, [dc 4, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 1, ch 1, skip 1, dc 11, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 13 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 10, [dc 3, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 12, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 14 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 11, [dc 2, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 13, repeat from * across, turn.

← Row 15 (WS): Ch 2, *dc 12, [dc 1, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, dc 14, repeat from * across, turn.

→ Row 16 (RS): Ch 2, *dc 16, ch 1, skip 1, dc 13, repeat from * across, turn.

Row 17 – 19: Ch 2, dc across, turn.

Chart

The chart below shows 1 repeat of the sailboats pattern. Repeat across the entire blanket width (6 repeats).

Legend:

• Black square = double crochet stitch
• White square = Ch 1, skip 1
• Right-handed crafters, start in the bottom left corner
• Left-handed crafters, start in the bottom right corner

Remember to crochet a divider when you have finished this section.