Have you ever made a sampler crochet blanket? A blanket full of so many different stitch combinations? This was my first one! I love the end result.
I finally finished this gorgeous sampler blanket early this year after starting it in January 2018. I decided when I started this blanket to commit to just one row per day. One row per day seems like an easy enough task, right? Well, even with that personal commitment, I sometimes skipped a few days and then found myself having to do many days at once to catch back up again.
After getting all the rows finally complete, it did take me a while to start to think about weaving in all of these ends. I know most of us really hate that part – so, if you tackle a project like this I encourage you to weave in as you go if possible. I was doing a border around my blanket, so I decided to weave the ends in as I worked the border and that worked out okay.
When it was finished and I spread it on the bed it was so rewarding!! Look how fresh and fabulous this large blanket turned out. This is a large project and one that will require some time and patience. My blanket is a king size, but you could easily modify and make it a much smaller size for a couch or smaller bed.
The pattern I *mostly* used is HERE
Look how fabulous this huge blanket turned out! I mostly used the pattern mentioned above, but I did substitute some rows here and there. I love a great crocheted blanket with tons of texture and different stitches. There were two of these stitch combinations that I had never done before. I mixed up my yarns and used some from my stash and some new skeins. The wide ranging colors on this one is what really makes this pop!
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Materials:
This blanket uses an assortment of yarns from my stash. I have used all 4-ply worsted weight yarns for this blanket. I have used a lot of Big Twist yarn in this blanket as well. Some of those links are here:
Hook : I used my I crochet hook for this blanket.
-These are the hooks I use exclusively now. They have helped end any hand pain I had started to develop a few years ago and are worth every penny!
Now, I know that I blanket like this is a daunting task. It’s one of those types of projects that you really WANT to do, but just don’t think you have the time. But, you do – if you can just do One Row Per Day. That is what I did. I started this blanket January 1 in 2018 and did one row per day until I was done – around July. But, admittedly I didn’t border it and weave in my ends until February 2019 because Etsy and local orders just got crazy for me.
But, a piece like this is a treasure. It’s a treasure that you find less and less these days.
I hope this post can inspire you. And if it does I would love to see your finished blankets.
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This is absolutely beautiful! I would love to start something like this in the new year (currently trying to finish too many projects I started haha). For the width of the blanket, I would love to make a king sized one as well, how many stitches did you do to start, like chain link length or what?
Thank you!!
Thank you. The new year is a perfect time! I am going to screen grab this to remember to go look that up. I may have to get it out and count. I’ll get back to you on this though once I find the answer.
I just checked the pattern and I did follow the pattern for my starting count. I went with the 240 as the writer recommended since I wasn’t sure how adjusting it would effect the rest of the stitches. She gave that count so that all the stitch combinations would work. I also used the J hook recommended. ❤️
Perfect! I’ll print out the pattern thank you!
So lovely
Thank you very much.
Links don’t work anymore would love to know what pattern you used or interested in buying a pattern for the one.
Hi there. I will check my post, but here is the links to make the blanket.
https://haakmaarraak.nl/free-crochet-blanket-pattern-colourful-rainbow-sampler-blanket