During the winter I was looking for a project that would keep me busy for a few months. This cozy cabled crochet blanket was the perfect thing! (How was that for some alliteration?) It really is cozy! I’ve taken a few naps with it already.
While combing Pinterest I found THIS free pattern by Red Heart that looked, with a little tweaking, that it would be the perfect throw for the end of out bed.
The changes I made to the pattern were pretty simple. The original pattern makes a more open weave, which my husband and I agreed was open enough that it seemed to defeat the purpose of having a blanket at all. So, for ours, where the pattern says in the rounds to “dc then skip next dc”, I did a double crochet in each stitch, and didn’t skip. The only downside to that was I used A LOT of yarn….about 2500 meters (3 of these big skeins, equivalent to 4 regular skeins, and then one regular white skein) with a 5.5 hook.
I used blocking techniques to give my squares a more finished, professional look. This makes the squares all a uniform size and much easier to piece together (See my tutorial for blocking HERE)
Added bonus with blocking my squares, I only needed 42 squares, where the pattern is for 48. The blanket was made to be a little something extra to fit the foot of our queen size bed.
For the border, instead of the one on the pattern, I just did a row of single crochet to attach the white yarn and then 3 rows of double crochet. I thought the pattern itself was so pretty that I just wanted to do something that matched the main stitch a little more.
It appears I’m not the only one who thinks this blanket is cozy. This crochet blanket is kitty cat approved!
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