Cozy up with your new favorite crochet blanket, the Bobbles and Blocks Blanket! This super easy crochet blanket pattern is made from bobble stitches and block stitches, which create an amazing crochet texture. It can be customized to any size, and is the perfect relaxing meditative crochet project.

Scroll down for the free lapghan size pattern, or keep reading for more details about the pattern. If you’d like all three sizes (baby blanket, lapghan, and throw) of the blanket, get the PDF version in my Etsy and Ravelry shops.

Skills needed for this pattern

My goal with this pattern was to make something approachable for crocheters who know the basics of crochet, and want to grow their skills. If you know how to double crochet, then you can make this pattern! The bobble stitch and block stitch both build off of that basic stitch to make some amazing texture.

If you’d like to practice the block stitch before beginning this blanket pattern, you can find a step by step tutorial here on my blog here or watching the video below.

I’ve also created a step by step video tutorial to teach you how to crochet the Bobbles and Blocks Blanket! It walks you through how to crochet the bobble stitch, block stitch, and more. You can check it out on my Youtube channel here or by watching the video below.

Customization and Sizes

One of my favorite parts of this blanket is that it can be made in any size! The written pattern below is configured for a lapghan size, and then the PDF pattern also includes a baby blanket and throw size. You can easily make it to any dimensions you would like though. Work in multiples of 3+1, and then add an extra chain to that when doing the starting chains.

The size dimensions that are included are:

Baby Blanket: 23” x 23” (available in PDF version)
Lapghan: 36” x 40” (sample size pictured)
Throw Blanket: 48” x 52” (available in PDF version)

The Yarn

To make this blanket pattern, I used Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice. It’s a classic acrylic yarn that has such beautiful colorways, and is also nice and afforable. Here are the yarn details:

100% acrylic
Worsted Weight 4 yarn
170 yds per skein
Comes in 35 colors!

Want all the Yarn and Pattern in one? Grab the Kit!

I’m excited to say that the Bobbles and Blocks Blanket pattern is available as a kit from Lion Brand! It includes Vanna’s Choice yarn in the amounts needed for the three different sizes, and the digital PDF pattern. The kit can also be customized with the colors that you’d like!

Lion Brand Kit

Etsy

Ravelry

Gauge: 14 dc x 7 rows

Hook: 6mm

Dimensions:

Baby Blanket: 23” x 23” (available in PDF version)
Lapghan: 36” x 40” (sample size pictured)
Throw Blanket: 48” x 52” (available in PDF version)
You can make the blanket in any size. Work in multiples of 3+1, which also equals an inch.

Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice (170yds/156m, 3.5oz/100g, 100% acrylic) or other weight 4 worsted yarn. I used Vanna’s Choice in 4 colors:

Pink (Color A)
Rust (Color B)
Fisherman (Color C)
Mustard (Color D)

Approximate Yarn Yardage:

Pink (Color A): 2 (2, 4) skeins
Rust (Color B): 2 (3, 3) skeins
Fisherman (Color C): 1 (2, 2) skeins
Mustard (Color D): 1 (2, 3) skeins

Abbreviations:

Ch = chain

st(s) = stitch(es)
Yo = yarn over
Sc = single crochet
Dc = double crochet
Bobble = bobble stitch (*yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through two loops,* repeat till you have 5 loops on your hook, then yarn over and pull yarn through all 5)

Pattern Notes:

This pattern uses US crochet terminology.
This pattern can be made in any size that you would like. Just make it in multiples of 3+1.
If you are adapting the pattern to your own custom size. Here are the measurements for each section:
The rows with bobbles may bunch up depending on your tension. If you would like them to lay flatter, use a wet blocking technique.
If you’d like to practice the block stitch before beginning this blanket pattern, you can find a step by step tutorial here on my blog here or watching the video below.

Bobbles and Blocks Blanket Video Tutorial

Bobbles and Blocks Blanket Pattern

Row 1: Ch 133, starting in 3rd ch from hook, dc across (88, 131, 169 dc)

Rows 2-3: Ch 2, turn, dc across, on row 3 switch to color B on last yo of the last dc

Row 4: Ch 2, turn, *bobble, dc 2, repeat from * to last dc, bobble in last dc, switch to color A on last yo

Rows 5-7: Ch 2, turn, dc across, on row 7 switch to color B on last yo of the last dc

Row 8: Ch 2, turn, *bobble, dc 2, repeat from * to last dc, bobble in last dc, switch to color A on last yo

Rows 9-11: Ch 2, turn, dc across, on row 11 switch to color C on last yo of the last dc

Row 12: Ch 1, turn, sc across

Row 13: ch 1, turn, sc 1, *ch 2, sk 2, sc 1 in next st, repeat from * across, on last yo of the last sc switch to color C

Row 14: ch 2 (counts as a st), sk to ch 2 space, dc 3 in ch 2 space, repeat from * across, dc 1 in the sc st after the last ch 2 space

Row 15: ch 1, turn, sc 1, ch 2, sk the dc cluster, sc 1 in between the 1st and next dc cluster, ch 2, sk the next dc cluster, sc 1 in between the two dc clusters, repeat from * across, sc 1 in the top of the beginning ch 2 from the previous row

Repeat rows 14-15 2 more times

Row 20: ch 1, turn, sc across, switch to color B on last yo of the last sc

Row 21: Ch 2, turn, dc across, switch to color A on last yo of the last dc

Row 22: Ch 2, turn, *bobble, dc 2, repeat from * to last dc, bobble in last dc, switch to color B on last yo

Repeat Rows 21-22 once.

Row 25-27: Ch 2, turn, dc across, switch to color A on last yo of the last dc of row 27

Row 28: Ch 2, turn, *bobble, dc 2, repeat from * to last dc, bobble in last dc, switch to color B on last yo

Row 29: Ch 2, turn, dc across, switch to color A on last yo of the last dc

Repeat Rows 28-29 once. On last yo of the last dc, switch to color C.

Repeat Rows 12-20.

Next row: using color A, ch 2, turn, dc across

Repeat Rows 2-20.