A new crochet blanket stripe pattern, the Flowers Blanket Section, part of the Blossoming Blanket Crochet Along Pattern, is now a free crochet pattern here on the blog. Read all about the stripe design and crochet along it is a part of or scroll down for the free crochet blanket stripe pattern.
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The Flowers Stripe plays with puff stitches, skipped stitches and slip stitches to form cute textured flowers with an eyelet center.
Blossoming Blanket Crochet Along
The Flowers crochet blanket stripe pattern is the first section in the Blossoming Blanket Crochet Along.
This gorgeous blanket is a collaboration between 11 of your favorite online crochet designers. Each designer has designed a unique crochet blanket stripe pattern inspired by blossoming flowers and spring.
Every Tuesday and Friday from May 7th 2024 to June 18th 2024, a new blanket stripe crochet pattern is released for free on the designer’s blogs.
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Blossoming Blanket eBook
If you prefer a convenient ad-free PDF of the entire Blossoming Blanket, including the Budding Leaves section, you can grab the Blossoming Blanket eBook here.
It includes 75+ pages of detailed instructions for all 12 stripe patterns and border in one beautifully formatted PDF. Each section includes step-by-Step photo tutorials for any special stitches as well as charts and videos for some of the sections.
Before you Start the Flowers Crochet Blanket Stripe
Materials
- 4.5 mm / US H – 8 hook.
- Worsted weight yarn: WeCrochet Comfy Worsted (75% pima cotton, 25% acrylic, 50g/1.75oz, 100m/109yd):
You will need about 120g/240m/262yd.*
*Blossoming Blanket Sample Yarn Usage: WeCrochet Comfy Worsted (75% pima cotton, 25% acrylic, 50g/1.75oz, 100m/109yd):
- Colorway Used: Ivory
- Yarn Usage: 120g/240m/262yd
Assume highest usage to be sure you have enough yarn.
Size
The Blanket section is approximately 12.5 cm / 5” tall and 127 cm / 50” wide.
The flower stitch requires a multiple of 18 st.
Gauge
The gauge for this pattern, in dc, is 14.5 st by 10 rows for a 10 cm by 10 cm / 4” by 4” square.
Abbreviations
This pattern uses US notations.
- sl st = slip stitch
- st = stitch
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
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.
Special Stitches and Repeated Patterns
- Puff stitch (5 half double crochet puff worked all in one st) = yarn over (yo), insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, insert hook in same st, yo, pull up a loop] 4 times, yo, pull through all 11 loops on the hook. There is no ch 1 to close the puff stitch.
Note: For this pattern your puff stitches will be worked on wrong side rows so it will show on the right side when you turn your work.
The Actual Blanket Section Crochet Pattern
Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc across, turn. <180 st>
Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, [sc 2, puff, sc, puff, sc 13] repeat across, turn.
Row 3 (RS): Ch 1, [sc 13, sl st 2, sc 3] across, turn.
Row 4 (WS): Ch 1, [sc, puff, sc, ch 2, skip 1 sl st, sc in 2nd sl st, puff, sc 12] repeat across, turn.
Row 5 (RS): Ch 1, sc across working only 1 sc in each ch-2 sp, turn.
Row 6 (WS): Ch 1, [sc 2, puff, sc , puff, sc 13] repeat across, turn.
Row 7-9: Ch 1, sc across, turn
Row 10 (WS): Ch 1, [sc 11, puff, sc, puff, sc 4] across, turn.
Row 11 (RS): Ch 1, [sc 4, sl st 2, sc 12] across turn
Row 12 (WS): Ch 1, [sc 10, puff, sc, ch 2, skip 1, sc, puff, sc 3] across, turn.
Row 13 (RS): Ch 1, sc across, turn.
Row 14 (WS): Ch 1, [sc 11, puff, sc, puff, sc 4] across, turn.
Row 15 – 17: Ch 1, sc across, turn.
Repeat Row 2 to 8
