How to Crochet a Chevron Blanket

Crocheting basic stitches can be fun, but if you need a little challenge, make your own chevron blanket. By alternating simple stitches with skipped stitches, you'll create a blanket with the classic peaks and valleys or ripple shapes. It's a great classic blanket that's easy to customize. Use soft yarn for a baby blanket or crochet with different colored yarn to make the chevrons stand out.

[Edit]Steps

[Edit]Casting On

1. Get out 3 skeins of super bulky yarn in any color. If you'd like to make a blanket with just 1 color, you'll need 3 skeins that are each 10.5 ounces (300 g) or in size. To make a blanket with alternating colors, choose a main color and buy 2 skeins of it. Then, pick a contrasting color and buy 1 skein of it.^[1]
   
   • Super bulky yarn is also sold as just "bulky" or "roving" yarn.
2. Make a slip knot and slide it onto a US size L/11 (8 mm) crochet hook. If you're using 2 colors, take the main color for your blanket and pull about of yarn from the skein. Wrap the yarn around your fingers to make a loop and pinch it so the working yarn hangs behind. Slide your crochet hook through the loop and grab the working yarn. Then, pull so the slip knot is firmly on your hook.^[2]
   
   • If you're only using 1 color for the entire blanket, don't worry about the instructions for working with a contrasting color.
3. Chain 86 stitches to start the chevron blanket. For your first chain, wrap the yarn around your hook and pull it through the loop. Keep doing this until you've chained up a total of 86 stitches. This is the foundation you'll use for crocheting the blanket.^[3]
   
   • 86 might seem like a lot of chain stitches to count, but it goes quickly!

[Edit]Making the First Chevron Row

1. Skip 1 stitch and make 2 single crochet stitches into the second chain. Don't work the chain that's closest to your hook. Instead, skip it and put your hook in the following stitch. Grab the working yarn and pull it onto the hook. Then, wrap the yarn over and pull the hook through both loops to make a single crochet (SC) stitch. Make another single crochet stitch into the same space.^[4]
   
2. Single crochet into each of the next 6 stitches. You're working from the edge of the blanket that will be a peak down into a low point. Keep track of your stitches so you don't accidentally make the strip of single crochet stitches too long.^[5]
   
3. Skip 1 stitch and single crochet into the following 6 stitches. To make your chevron point back up in a diagonal direction, skip the next stitch. Then, continue to make a single crochet stitch into the next 6 stitches of your first row.^[6]
   
   • As you work, you'll see the crocheted strip begin to angle up and down diagonally.
4. Make 3 single crochet stitches into the next stitch. To direct the crocheted strip back down, work 3 single crochet stitches into 1 stitch. This forces the work to go down diagonally, which gives it the chevron shape.^[7]
   
5. Repeat the chevron pattern until you have 1 stitch left on row 1. Continue to single crochet across the row, but skip a stitch when you reach a valley and make 3 single crochet stitches to make a peak. Keep following this pattern until you reach the last stitch:^[8]
   
   • SC into 6, skip 1, SC into 6, 3 SC into next stitch
6. Make 2 single crochet stitches into the last stitch of row 1. Once you've almost finished the first row, work 2 single crochet stitches into the last chain stitch on your hook. Then, turn your work so you can start row 2.^[9]
   

[Edit]Crocheting the Second Row

1. Chain 1 stitch and make 2 single crochet stitches into the first stitch. Don't count the chain stitch that you just made as the first stitch. Instead, insert your hook into the first stitch of the row and work 2 single crochet stitches into the space.^[10]
   
2. Single crochet into the next 6 stitches and skip 2 stitches. Make a single crochet stitch into each of the following 6 stitches. This makes a diagonal stretch of your chevron pattern. Then, skip 2 stitches to make the valley or lowest point of the chevron.^[11]
   
3. Make a single crochet stitch into the next 6 stitches. Work single crochet stitches for the next 6 stitches to make another diagonal stretch. Keep in mind that this row runs parallel to your first row.^[12]
   
4. Work 3 single crochet stitches into the next stitch. Now that you're at the top of a diagonal stretch, make 3 single crochet stitches into the top stitch. This makes the work curve around so you can begin crocheting down at an angle.^[13]
   
5. Repeat the chevron pattern until you reach the last stitch for row 2. Keep making the chevron pattern across the rest of the row and stop when you reach the last stitch. Then, make 2 single crochet stitches into the last stitch of the row. To follow the chevron pattern, work:^[14]
   
   • SC into 6, skip 2, SC into 6, 3 SC into next stitch

[Edit]Working the Chevron Blanket

1. Alternate the yarn colors after 4 rows if you're using more than 1 color. To make a chevron blanket with different colors, work 4 rows in the pattern using your main color. Then, switch to a contrasting color before you work another 4 rows.^[15]
   
   • Remember to switch colors every 4 rows so your blanket has even chevron rows.
   • If you're only using 1 color for the whole blanket, don't worry about switching colors.
2. Repeat the row 2 pattern until your blanket is long. Turn your work once you reach the end of the row and just keep crocheting the pattern that you made for row 2. When you think you're blanket is almost done, lay it flat and use a measuring tape to see if it's long.^[16]
   
   • If you're alternating colors, try to end the blanket so it completes 1 of the colors.
3. Cut the yarn tail and weave in the ends. Use scissors to cut the working yarn so there's at least a tail. Then, thread it onto a tapestry needle and weave it into the blanket.^[17]
   
   • Don't forget to weave in the tail from the opposite end of the blanket.

[Edit]Tips

• If you'd like to check your gauge, crochet 8 rows of 7 single crochet stitches. It should equal .
• This pattern makes a blanket that's in size.

[Edit]Things You'll Need

• 3 skeins of super bulky yarn
• US size L/11 (8 mm) crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

[Edit]References

1. ↑ https://media.rainpos.com/5968/standard_yarn_weight_system.pdf
2. ↑ https://www.sizes.com/tools/crochet_hooks.htm
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/3_UfghQQ2L4?t=66
4. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/3_UfghQQ2L4?t=237
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/3_UfghQQ2L4?t=369
7. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
8. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
9. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/3_UfghQQ2L4?t=494
11. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
12. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
13. ↑ https://youtu.be/3_UfghQQ2L4?t=643
14. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
15. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
16. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf
17. ↑ https://www.yarnspirations.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-catalog-spinrite/default/dwa8d3f63e/PDF/BRC0202-009696M.pdf

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