This Simple Beginner blanket is super easy and mindless to crochet. If you are a beginner crocheter it can be hard to find a crochet pattern for an blanket that is pretty textured and simple. This blanket uses a stitch I designed myself called the Butterfly Stitch. It uses 2 stitches to create it. With the video tutorial you are sure to master this stitch in no time.
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Simple Beginner Blanket – Free crochet pattern
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For this project you’ll need:
- HOOK: 5 mm hook or size H hook for the US
- YARN: I used worsted weight yarn. 4 ply for the US and 10 ply for AU.
Each skein is 207 yards or 190 meters long and 100 grams and I used a total of 8 skeins to complete my lapghan. So total yards used was 1,656 or 1514 meters
Finished Size
- Width: 48 inches / 123 centimeters
- Height: 46 inches / 117 centimeters
Gauge
3 sts = 1 inc (1 and a 1/2 butterfly stitches)
ABBREVIATIONS
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ch = Chain
sl st = Slip Stitch
st = Stitch
sk = Skip
beg = beginning
YO = Yarn Over
SC = Single Crochet
DC = Double Crochet
Repeat what’s in between * for rest of round.
Special stitch:
The Butterfly Stitch (BFS)
In second chain from hook pull up a loop,
ch 1 using the loop you just pulled up, now you should have 2 loops on your hook,
go into next stitch and pull up another loop,
now double crochet by pulling through 2 loops at a time,
ch 1 and repeat for rest of row or round.
THE TUTORIALS for the BFS
*the only difference between the tutorial and this pattern is that you will ch 2 for THIS pattern, unlike the ch 1 in the tutorial.
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Multiples of the stitch
Multiples of this pattern is 2 + 1
To Start:
Chain 161
Row 1
SC in 2nd ch from the hook. SC in all sts. ch 2 and turn
Row 2
BFS down the row. Remember the BFS uses 2 sts to complete. ch 2 and turn
Row 3 (This is your repeat row) I will break it up into steps to make it easier to follow.
Go through first wing and pull up a loop
Now chain 1 using that first loop you pulled up
Now go into the next stitch (the following butterfly wing) and pull up a loop
Now double crochet and ch 1.
Repeat for all the sets of butterfly wings.
For row 3 only, you will end the row by using the last single big space to start your BFS then finish the stitch by using the last stitch on the row. The stitch I am referring to looks like a SC.
From row 4 and on you should have an even number of BFS’s so it will be easy to end each row. Just don’t forget to always ch 2 and turn.
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