Pearls and Oysters Crochet Blanket Section

A new crochet blanket stripe pattern, the Pearls and Oysters Section, part of the Tidal Textures Throw Crochet-Along Pattern, is now a free crochet pattern here on the blog. Read all about the stripe design and crochet along or scroll down for the free crochet blanket stripe pattern.

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The Tidal Textures Throw Crochet-Along (CAL)

Found this section on its own? There’s a whole blanket (and a whole community) waiting for you. This is one piece of the Tidal Textures Throw Crochet-Along, 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.

The best part is you don’t have to do it alone. Join the crochet-along and work through the blanket alongside makers who are stitching the very same stripes, sharing progress, cheering each other on, and helping out when a stitch gets tricky.

Each section comes with written instructions, photo tutorials, and a video tutorial, plus a stitch chart for the stripes that need one.

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Before you Start the Tidal Textures Throw Pearls and Oysters Blanket Stripe Free Crochet Pattern

Materials

• 6 mm / US J – 10 hook
• Rosarios Amor-Perfeito (50% wool, 50% acrylic, 100g/3.5oz, 120m/131yd) in rust (30) or Wool-Ease LionBrand Wool Ease (80% acrylic, 20% wool, 197yd / 180m, 3oz/80g) in  Canyon Sunset. You will need about 290g/348m/380yd.
• Tapestry needle
• Measuring tape

Size

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

The pearls and oysters stitch requires a stitch multiple of 15 st.

Gauge

The gauge for this pattern, in alternating rows of sc and dc, is 12 st by 11 rows for a 10 cm by 10 cm / 4” by 4” square.

Abbreviations

This pattern uses US notations.

• st = stitch
• sl st = slip stitch
• ch = chain
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• fpdtr = front post double treble crochet
• flo = front loop only
• dc2tog = double crochet 2 stitches together
• WS = wrong side
• RS = right 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.

Special Stitches and Repeated Patterns

• Front post double treble crochet =
  • Yarn over three times, insert hook from front to back to front behind the indicated double crochet post below, yarn over, and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook).
  • Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (3 loops on hook)
  • Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (2 loops on hook)
  • Yarn over, and pull through all remaining loops.
• Bobble Stitch =
  • Yarn over, insert your hook, 
  • *Yarn over and pull up a loop, 
  • Yarn over and pull through two loops, * repeat from * to * four more times (6 loops on your hook), 
  • Yarn over and pull through all the loops.

• Double crochet 2 stitches together (dc2tog) =
  • Yarn over, insert your hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, 
  • Yarn over, pull through 2 loops,
  • Yarn over, insert your hook in the next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop,
  • Yarn over, pull through 2 loops,
  • Yarn over, pull through all 3 loops.

Video Tutorial

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

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

The Actual Pearls and Oysters Blanket Stripe Free Crochet Pattern

Row 1 (WS): Ch 2, dc across, turn.

Row 2 (RS): Ch 1, sc across, turn.

Row 3 – 6: Repeat Row 1 – 2 twice.

Row 7: Repeat Row 1.

Row 8 (RS): Ch 1, [sc 5, skip 1, (3 fpdtr around post of dc 5 row below – counts as 1st) twice, skip 1, sc 5, bobble] across, omitting the last bobble and sc instead, turn.

Row 9 (WS): Ch 2, dc 4, [dc2tog, sc flo 2, sl st flo 2, sc flo 2, dc2tog, dc 7] until last 11 st, dc2tog, sc flo 2, sl st flo 2, sc flo 2, dc2tog, dc 3, turn.

Row 10 – 19: Repeat Row 2 – 3 five times.

Row 20 (RS): Ch 1, sc, [sc 5, bobble, sc 5, skip 1, (3 fpdtr around post of dc 5 row below) twice, skip 1] until last 14 st, sc 5, bobble, sc 8, turn.

Row 21 (WS): Ch 2, dc 13, [dc2tog, sc flo 2, sl st flo 2, sc flo 2, dc2tog, dc 7] until last 2 st, dc 2, turn.

Row 22 – 25: Repeat Row 2 – 3 twice.

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