So so popular online is the beautiful, wave or chevron blanket pattern! I’ve made so many of them over the years, and I just love how they work up, like this pretty baby girl blanket I made a long time ago.
Now, this one was simpler than the pattern we’re following today, but generally, its all the same. For example, if you want to do a smooth wave, you’ll want to do 4 stitches of 2dc for the top, and 4 st of dc2tog at the bottom, vs a more severe chevron, with 2 st of 3dc at the top, and twice dc3tog at the bottom. Check out my blanket board on Pinterest for examples, charts and other free patterns for this style of blanket.
Now, if you’ve read some of our other posts or watched our previous videos, you may have already realized that when I teach how to do a specific stitch or pattern I like to show you why we’re doing certain things, what it means for the ultimate pattern. And how to customize for yourself, to utilize different techniques in ways that I haven’t specifically given you, but through those skills, you can figure out how to make it work. As I wrote above, this style of blanket is customizable, but it may take some time for you to figure out how to get the size you want based on the specific style you choose.
Alright, so let’s get into how the pattern works. First, I’m going to explain how to use this free pattern from Yarnspirations. Now, keep in mind, I created the pink blanket above, on my own, but I also love to share patterns, that others have written as well.
So, this chevron is basically 3 different sections, the peaks, the valleys and the sides. So, the peaks are 2 stitches, with 3dc in each.
The valleys are dc3tog, twice. Between them we have 10dc for the sides.
I’ve posted the below video if you need assistance with the dc3tog.
Now, that we’ve talked about the specifics used in the pattern. Let’s, for a moment, chat about how to make this blanket without our chain row. So, on the pattern, they recommend chaining 199 stitches, and then turning to create that first row over the chains. Today, I’m going to go over how to make row 1, without starting with the chain row. If you’ve not used foundation stitches before, check out this post first.
How to start Chevron Pattern without the chain row.
Row 1:
To begin, we start with 3 chains. Then insert your hook, back into the first chain, and put 2 dc into that chain stitch.
*Then, you want to make 10 foundation double crochet stitches, starting from that same chain, starting the first side.
When you have 10FDC, you’re going to now make a new stitch we’re calling foundation double crochet 3 together. For this, we’re going start with yarn over, insert your hook into the foundation chain from the stitch before, yarn over and draw through to add a loop.
Now yarn over and draw through only the first stitch, to make the foundation chain(left pic below), then yarn over again and draw through two loops, to create the first half of our double crochet(center pic below).
Do that first half of the fdc two more times, to have a total of 4 loops on your hook(right pic below). Yarn over once more and draw through all 4 loops to complete the dc3tog. Do this twice for the valley.
Continue with the fdc for 10 stitches. To create the hill, make 1 fdc, then dc twice more into the foundation chain for that stitch, repeat the fdc and add 2dc to the foundation chain for that stitch as well. Repeat from the * until you have 7 valleys. The end of the row happens when you have half of a peak(the fdc with 2 additional dc worked into it).
Row 2: Begin following the pattern as written for row 2. As we have not written the pattern, I don’t want to copy it here for you. Please click the link above and download it.
Watch the video tutorial here:
I would love to see the colour combinations you come up with to do this blanket. It would be gorgeous as a rainbow, or blue & white stripes, or pink & white stripes. Tag us on Instagram, with your creations! @purple.rose.crafts
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