Striped Wattle Stitch Large Blanket Free Crochet Pattern

It’s not very often that I crochet a large, throw sized blanket, but I’m so happy how this one turned out! I used a super soft worsted weight yarn and only 2 colors to make this simple, yet pretty blanket. Scroll on down for the full large crochet blanket pattern.

What Yarn Did I use?

For this free crochet pattern, I chose to use I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby. It’s a super soft, 100% acrylic yarn that works up beautifully. It holds up and washes very well.

Depending on what color scheme you are wanting to use, I Love This Yarn comes in a wide variety of different colors.

To me personally, I Love This Yarn is so much softer than many other acrylic yarns that I have tried. It will produce a cozy blanket that you will want to cuddle up with time and time again.

I used approx. 8 skeins of yarn total, so it’s a pretty big project.

You could even adapt this free pattern and use a bulky weight yarn to make a chunky blanket if you’d like. But, with making a large crochet blanket pattern, it is more affordable to use a worsted weight yarn. Chunkier yarns are usually more expensive and have less yardage.

Really, any yarn weight would work for this stitch though.

About the Striped Wattle Stitch Throw Blanket Design

I wanted a blanket that used simple stitches but didn’t look too simple and beginner. I actually decided on using the Wattle Stitch. It’s quickly becoming one of my favorite stitches!

That along with doing different widths of the stripes really make this blanket pop! All while still being a very easy blanket pattern!

I just wanted to be able to sit on the couch and crochet on it without having to pay too much attention to stitch counts or anything. All I basically had to do was just pay attention to which rows needed a color change.

I think that this color combination went together very well. The contrast between the lighter and darker colors really adds to the blanket.

Even though this is a larger project, it’s easy enough that even beginner crocheters could manage to make it!

The Wattle Stitch

All the wattle stitch consist of is just a few basic crochet stitches. All you need to know is how to chain, single crochet and make double crochet stitches for this blanket. That is really how easy the Wattle Stitch is!

You may be wondering how to make different sizes of this blanket. You can start this blanket with any numbers of chains as long as the starting chain is a multiple of 3.

I do have a video tutorial for the wattle stitch for those of you that are visual learners.

The size of my blanket came out to approx. 50” x 65”. The perfect throw blanket size to have in your living room!

A crocheted afghan is the perfect project to work on while watching tv. I mostly worked on mine later in the evenings and it’s so relaxing. This is one of those crochet projects that is easy and simple to do, yet the end result is so rewarding!

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Striped Wattle Stitch Throw Blanket

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Things you will need:

• I Love This Yarn in Antique Teal and Linen. 4 skeins each color OR 1,420 yds of each color in similar worsted weight yarn
• J / 6.0mm
• Yarn Needle / Tapestry Needle
• Scissors

Skill Level: Beginner

Size:

• Blanket size is approx. 50” x 65”

Abbreviation:

• mc = magic ring / magic circle
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• blo = work in the back loop of the stitch only
• T = turn
• Sk = skip
• Sl st = slip stitch
• Ch = chain
• St = stitch (es)

Notes:

• This blanket is made using the Wattle Stitch
• Video Tutorial for the Wattle Stitch can be found HERE
• Notes will be included throughout the pattern as needed.

Free Crochet Throw Blanket Pattern –

with antique teal,

chain 183

Row 1: in the 3rd chain from your hook, work (sc, ch 1, dc) in same st, * sk 2 ch st, (sc, ch 1, dc) in next st* repeat * to * across until you reach last 3 stitches, sk 2 st, sc in very last st

Row 2: ch 1, t, *sk next sc, dc, (sc, ch 1, dc) in ch 1 sp* repeat across, sc in very last stitch

Row 3 -144: repeat row 2 following the stripe pattern below

12 rows Antique Teal

6 rows Linen

4 rows Antique Teal

12 rows Linen

6 rows Antique Teal

4 rows Linen

12 rows Antique Teal

6 rows Linen

4 rows Antique Teal

12 rows Linen

6 rows Antique Teal

4 rows Linen

12 rows Antique Teal

6 rows Linen

4 rows Antique Teal

12 rows Linen

6 rows Antique Teal

4 rows Linen

12 rows Antique Teal

Border –

With Linen,

Row 1: starting anywhere around the edge, attach yarn and evenly single crochet around the entire blanket placing 2 single crochet in each corner, sl st into the 1st st

Row 2: ch 1, single crochet in each st around in the BLO, placing 2 single crochet in each of the 2 stitches of the previous corners, work all the way around the blanket, sl st

Cut yarn and weave in all ends

I hope that you have found this tutorial helpful! I love to see what everyone makes using inspiration from my blog! So, whether you make this large crochet blanket pattern or another one of my other easy crochet patterns, Be sure to tag me @okiegirlblingnthings on Instagram so I can see!

Happy crocheting!