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Todd’s Blanket – Free Crochet Pattern

March 21, 2019

Todd’s Blanket is a free crochet pattern using a simple single crochet, paired with the very trendy, and popular jumbo weight yarn and US50/25mm hook!

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I made this blanket for Todd for Valentine’s Day this year. He has been wanting one of those arm knit blankets for about two years now, and I haven’t made him one because of the crazy cost in yarn, and inconvenience in having to order online, but just before Valentine’s Day, I found myself browsing around Michael’s, and I came across jumbo weight yarn – woo!

The wool jumbo weight yarn looked really icky, so I actually purchased one of these Wild Child by Loops & Threads first. Here’s a blooper photo – Shiloh supervising.

When I got the Wild Child home, I started arm knitting with it to see how much one worked up – 1.) I hate arm knitting; 2.) BOY would I need A LOT! But for my love, it was worth it. I went back to Michaels to get the rest that I needed, and they didn’t have enough in stock. It really worked out better though because this particular yarn says “dry clean only”, and I am not about that!

I found some Bernat Big Blanket yarn, which was still jumbo weight, and really soft, PLUS I have read sooo many wonderful things about Bernat Blanket Yarn, so I bought it! They didn’t have much in stock (an ongoing issue), so I really had to play with my colors. Normally, I would make my rows even, colorwise, but I didn’t really have enough yarn to leave some out, so the color changes were a little odd.

I hid this yarn and WIP in a large box we had at home, so Todd wouldn’t notice (hehe), and when it was finished, I wrapped it up in the same box, and made him a sweet little Valentine’s card!

He LOVED the blanket! And used it when we had some really cold Winter weather, but the only thing is that he is around 6 foot tall (which is 72″), and the blanket came out a little shorter than I would have liked to properly cover him (measuring only 53″). If I had had more time (since I was short, and the yarn was hard to come by), I would have added two more balls of yarn. As is, it’s a good couch blanket.

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Materials:

  • 320 Yards of Jumbo (#7) Weight Yarn – I used 10 Skeins of Bernat Blanket Big Yarn, 6 in the Pale Gray colorway, 2 in the Vintage colorway, and 2 in the Gray colorway
  • US50/25mm Crochet Hook

Material Notes:

I think as a yarn alternative, you could use two strands of the regular Bernat Blanket Yarn held together.

Usually, I use a smaller crochet hook to weave in my ends on bulky yarns, but with this one, I found it the easiest to just use my fingers.

Time Spent:

I worked this blanket up in a few seatings for a total of just over 3 hours.

Measurements:

47″ Wide by 53″ Tall

Abbreviations:

  • SC – Single Crochet

Pattern:

Chain 36. SC into the 2nd chain, and each across. (35 SC)

Rows 2 – 37: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st SC, and each across.

Fasten Off. Weave in all ends.

Please feel free to make and sell your own Todd’s Blanket using this pattern, but please DO NOT claim this pattern as your own nor should you sell my pattern, and DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my pattern anywhere, link to it instead.

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Filed Under: Free Crochet Patterns Tagged With: 50/25mm Crochet Hook, Bernat Blanket Yarn, Blanket, Cream, Free Crochet Pattern, Gift for Him, Gray, Jumbo Weight Yarn, LoveCrochet, Valentine's Day

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Comments

  1. Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says

    March 22, 2019 at 9:30 am

    I love the type of yarn you used! Looks so cozy and comfy! Beautiful Alexandra!! XOXO

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2019 at 6:25 pm

      Very cozy! Thanks, Kelly 🙂

      Reply
  2. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    March 23, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    I love the neutral colors in that blanket and it looks oh, so soft!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2019 at 6:26 pm

      Was trying to go for something that kind of matched our [mismatched] home. Have been trying to be more consistent though.

      Reply
  3. creativejewishmom/sara says

    March 25, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    Looks so cozy! So funny about the blanket ending up short for him, the same thing happened with my husband, and even though that was years ago he still jokes about it…..I have since crocheted him a much larger blanket and made him a quilt fleece blanket, so I more than made up for that first one! Thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 26, 2019 at 6:53 pm

      Hehe. Happens to the best of us!
      Todd asked if I could just add onto the blanket, and I told him yes (even though the colors will be way out of order, #crochetersstruggles), so when my local Michael’s restocks, I will purchase a couple more balls, though now that I see “quilt fleece blanket”, I really like the sound of that! Hmm…

      Reply
  4. Teresa says

    March 28, 2019 at 12:09 pm

    It looks so comfortable, I want to try out that yarn too. Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.

    Reply
    • Alexandra says

      March 28, 2019 at 6:40 pm

      It is a really fun yarn to try 🙂 It’s sold exclusively at Michaels.

      Reply

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