A Simple Lap Blanket Or Scarf/Shawl/Poncho - Free Pattern And Video Tutorial

Crochet this beautiful blanket by using only one-row repeat. I made this lap blanket for a Cancer Center in my town, but you can make it for a child too. The pattern is a very simple, no stress pattern. If you are fairly new to crocheting art, and if you can do a chain, single crochet, and double crochet stitches, then you can make this blanket - an easy fun project. All you have to do a couple of rows for the edge, then one row of the setup row, and after that, you repeat just one row over-and-over until the desired length. Use your leftovers or buy one or two/three big skeins of yarn, and turn this pattern into your own personalized blanket or a scarf. Or a shawl, or a poncho. You can buy several different colors of skeins and make a temperature blanket. (A while back I knitted "SKY SCARF".)

This pattern requires multiples of 5 stitches plus 2 extra edge stitches - one stitch on each side. But you could add 2 extra stitches to your multiples and have 2 stitches on each side. For the blanket, I did 29 repeats (145+edge stitches). For the scarf, I personally would do 9 repeats (45+edge stitches), but if you would like the scarf to be 12" wide and 60" long then you may do 11 repeats and crochet to your desired length. If you would like to do a shawl (28" wide and 80" long) then you may need approximately 24 repeats and again crochet until your desired length.

Keep in mind that the tension is important too - if your tension is different from mine, then you may add or decrease your stitches. Also if you use thinner yarn and smaller hook then you need to add more stitches.

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Two different edges - tan-colored example with single crochet edge & blue-colored example with double crochet edge

Size:
Width - 35"
Length - 54"
145 sts will give you 29 repeats

Material:
Yarn - leftover yarns (such as Lion Brand "Pound Of Love", and Loops & Threads "Snuggly Wuggly"); 100% acrylic; weight worsted #4; yardage - unknown
Hook - H, 5 mm
Yarn needle
Scissors

Abbreviations:
ch - chain stitch
st/sts - stitch/stitches
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
ch sp - chain stitch space
prev - previous

• Blanket With Single Crochet Edge

Foundation for the blanket:
If you are working with single crochet stitches for your edge you need to chain 145+2 (total 147 sts).

Row 1          1 sc into second st from hook, then 1 sc into each consecutive st to end, turn

Row 2          1 sc through the front loop into each st to end, turn

Row 3          ch3 (edge st), skip 2 sts, make 2 dc + ch1 + 2 dc into 3rd st, *[skip 4 sts, make 2 dc + ch1 + 2 dc into 5th st]* - repeat until 2 sts are left, skip 1 st, 1 dc into last st (edge st), turn

Row 4          ch3, *[make 2 dc + ch1 + 2 dc into ch sp from prev. row]* - repeat to end, finish with 1 dc in the last st, turn

Repeat Row 4 as many times as needed. 

Finish the blanket with 2 last rows as such:

Row 1          1 sc into each consecutive st to end, turn

Row 2          1 sc through the front loop into each st to end

Weave in all the tails (ends).

• Blanket With Double Crochet Edge

Foundation for the blanket:

If you are working with double crochet stitches for your edge, then you will need 145+4 stitches (total 149 sts).

Row 1          1 dc into fourth st from hook, then 1 dc into each consecutive st to end, turn

Row 2          ch3, then1 dc through the front loop into each st to end, turn

Row 3          ch3 (edge st), skip 2 sts, make 2 dc + ch1 + 2 dc into 3rd st, *[skip 4 sts, make 2 dc + ch1 + 2 dc into 5th st]* - repeat until 2 sts are left, skip 1 st, 1 dc into last st (edge st), turn
Row 4          ch3, *[make 2 dc + ch1 + 2 dc into ch sp from prev. row]* - repeat to end, finish with 1 dc in the last st, turn

Repeat Row 4 as many times as needed. 

Finish the blanket with 2 last rows as such:

Row 1          ch3, then 1 dc into each consecutive st to end, turn

Row 2          ch3, then 1 dc through the front loop into each st to end

Weave in all the tails (ends).

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