Pumpkins, hayrides, apple picking, fall leaves and crisp morning air; these are the things that bring the fall season into my mind and get me ready for all of the cozy times. If you love fall, then you are going to love my latest free crochet pattern and crochet along: the Pumpkin Patch C2C crochet blanket! I’ve been wanting to create a blanket that captures everything I love about fall, and now you can too. Join me from September 13 to October 18 for this fun C2C crochet blanket crochet along!
The Blanket
For awhile now, I’ve been wanting to design a blanket pattern that had all of my favorite fall things: pumpkins, apples, and fall leaves. What else brings fall to mind? Vintage red pickup trucks! Especially when they are used for hay rides. This corner to corner crochet blanket pattern captures all of those fall things! It’s the perfect fall crochet blanket pattern.
Want to save this pattern for later? Save it to your favorite Pinterest board (Save it from mine here!)
What is a crochet along?
If you’ve never done a crochet along before and are wondering what it is, it is an event where each week part of a pattern is released and then you work through it over the course of the event. For this crochet along, we’ll be working through this blanket pattern and then having a fun community for the event in my Facebook group!
How does this crochet along work?
Each week I will be releasing a different square that is used in making the Pumpkin Patch Blanket. It will go from September 13 to October 25. There will be two squares the first week (both leaves), then the pumpkin, apple basket, and then the pickup truck square split over two weeks. Finally, we’ll have a week devoted to working on assembly for the blanket: blocking, edging, and joining the squares together. The free graphs for the patterns will be released here on my blog, and there will be video tutorials available for each as well! If you’d like to get a jumpstart on the blanket, or have written line by line instructions, you can find those all in the premium pdf in my Etsy and Ravelry shops.
The crochet along (CAL) will be hosted within my Facebook group, where we’ll have posts to share about your progress, and a chance to win prizes! There are prizes from WeCrochet and Furls Crochet that I’m giving away to participants of the crochet along. You won’t want to miss out on these!
Yarn Info
If you want to make sure you have enough yarn to make the pattern, you’ll need the approximate amounts of yarn listed below. I used WeCrochet Brava Worsted to make mine!
Yarn: We Crochet Brava Worsted (218yds, 100g, 100% acrylic) or other worsted weight yarn in 10 colors:
- Color A: White
- Color B (Dark Brown): Brindle
- Color C (Orange): Paprika
- Color D (Dark Yellow): Canary
- Color E (Red): Wine
- Color F (Light Brown): Almond
- Color G (Light Yellow): Custard
- Color H (Green): Dublin
- Color I: Black
- Color J: Silver
Approximate Yarn Yardage:
Color A: 512 (3 skeins of Brava Worsted)
Color B: 48 (1 skein of Brava Worsted)
Color C: 216 (1 skein of Brava Worsted)
Color D: 83 (1 skein of Brava Worsted)
Color E: 383 (2 skeins of Brava Worsted)
Color F: 22 ( 1 skein of Brava Worsted)
Color G: 729 (4 skeins of Brava Worsted)
Color H: 34 (1 skein of Brava Worsted)
Color I: 38 (1 skein of Brava Worsted)
Color J: 27 (1 skein of Brava Worsted)
21 Days of Blankets is here!
It’s time to deck the halls with lots of blankets, because the 21 Days of Blankets is here! I’ve designed a lot of blankets over the years, and this year I’m showcasing 21 of my favorite blankets I’ve designed. From December 1 to December 21, I’ll be sharing one free blanket pattern a day! It’ll include the free graph or written pattern, and then a 50% off coupon for the PDF version.
The 50% off coupon code for Etsy and Ravelry is: BLANKET
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The Pattern
Each week a new pattern graph will be made available here on my blog. If you want a jumpstart on the pattern though, then you can get the entire pattern (one piece and individual squares) in my Etsy and Ravelry shops!
Check back here to get the free patterns each week!
Free patterns:
Assembly Instructions
Once the squares are all finished, it’s time to assemble them. Today I will show you step by step how to connect all your squares to create your finished blanket!
Before you start assembling them, you’ll want to arrange them in the proper order. You can always position your squares in the order that you’d like, but if you would like it in the order like the original blanket, you’ll do it as pictured below.
Here is each square in order:
Top row (starting from right to left): right leaf, pumpkin, apple basket, pumpkin, left leaf
Pickup Truck
Bottom row (starting from right to left): right leaf, pumpkin, apple basket, pumpkin, left leaf
Assembly
Step 1: Start by placing two of the squares that are next to each other wrong sides together. Then insert your hook through the bottom corner.
Step 2: Taking your yarn, drape it around your hook and then pull it through the corner.
Step 3: ch 1
Step 4: insert hook back into the corner
Step 5: sc 1 in that corner
Step 6: continue sc along the edges of the squares, making sure to go through both squares to join them together.
Optional Edging
Step 1: Start by inserting your hook through the bottom left or top right corner of the blanket.
Step 2: Taking your yarn, drape it around your hook and then pull it through the corner.
Step 3: ch 2
Step 4: insert hook back into the corner
Step 5: sc 1 in that corner
Step 6: continue dc along the top and bottom edges of the blanket. Fasten off when done..
That is it friends! I hope this was helpful and you were able to finish up your awesome Pumpkin Patch Blanket!
