Even if you’re just starting out with crochet, you may be surprised how many different textures you can create with just basic crochet stitches! These crochet blankets for beginners use simple stitch patterns that crocheters of any skill level can easily master. They also make great relaxing, meditative projects for more experienced crocheters.
Free Beginner Crochet Blanket Patterns
Easy doesn’t have to mean boring! These crochet blanket patterns for beginners include a wide range of gorgeous textures, all created by mixing and remixing basic stitches. If you can make a chain and double crochet, you can crochet a beautiful blanket that you can proudly display in your home or give as a gift. These patterns start with the very simplest ones, and include:
- Colorful Crochet Striped Blanket
- Sunny Ripple Baby Blanket
- Autumn Blanket
- DC All Day Blanket
- 12 Point Star Blanket
- Zig Zag Granny Stitch Blanket
- Pierrot C2C Blanket
- Cross Fade Blanket
- Scallop Parade Baby Blanket
- Ocean Hues Blanket
- Mystical Blanket
- Lace Fan Stitch Baby Blanket
- Simple Sedge Stitch Baby Blanket
- Boston Blanket
- Jackson Blanket
- Cottage Blanket
- Butter Ripple Afghan
- Favourite Ripple Baby Blanket
- Chunky V Stitch Blanket
- Raspberry Lattice Blanket
Is Crocheting a Blanket Easy?
It certainly can be! You can crochet an entire blanket using just one or two different stitches. When choosing crochet blankets for beginners, it can help to check out the “stitches” or “abbreviations” section of the pattern, where you will find a list of stitches used in the pattern. Are you familiar with them? If not, look for patterns that include a photo or video tutorial—many in this collection do!
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19 Free Crochet Blankets for Beginners
Colorful Crochet Striped Blanket
The first few blankets in this collection show you what you can do with just double crochet stitches (UK treble crochet)! It doesn’t get any easier than this double crochet blanket for beginners! You’ll simply work rows of double crochet, back and forth. Add visual interest by changing colors randomly. This would be an ideal first crochet blanket!
Sunny Ripple Baby Blanket
Add a few simple increases and decreases to your double crochet rows and you get a ripple, like in the Sunny Ripple Blanket! This pattern is easy to memorize and offers the opportunity to play with colors! Shop your stash and see what fun color combinations you can invent using small balls of leftover yarn!
Autumn Blanket
This beginner-friendly crochet blanket uses another easy variation of the standard double crochet, worked in the back loop only. This simple modification creates a ribbed look. The designer recommends you use two strands of worsted weight yarn, held together, to give the blanket a good drape. However, you could also use a single strand of bulky weight yarn. Either way, this blanket will work up quickly, giving you a sense of accomplishment!
DC All Day Blanket
You can also work double crochet in the round to create a rectangular crochet blanket, like this one. One great thing about crocheting a blanket in the round is that you can make it as big or small as you want—just stop when you reach the desired size. In fact, the pattern page includes a video tutorial that explains an easy formula for making any size crochet rectangle. Tassels are a fun and easy way to a touch of whimsy to the blanket.
12 Point Star Blanket
This stunning crochet star blanket uses similar increases and decreases to a ripple, but it’s worked in the round instead of rows. This afghan is made almost entirely in double crochet, with a few chain spaces (those create the openings that look like eyelets) and a single crochet border. Even a beginning crocheter can make a gorgeous baby gift with this pattern!
Zig Zag Granny Stitch Blanket
When you work double crochets in groups of three (3 dc clusters), you get the timeless yet trendy granny stitch. Then, with a few increases and decreases, you can make this zig zag granny stitch blanket! The pattern page has lots of detailed photos that teach you the anatomy of the stitches and there is also a video tutorial.
Pierrot C2C Blanket
Another popular stitch pattern using double crochet is the diagonal box stitch (often called C2C crochet). This C2C crochet blanket is a fabulous way to learn this stitch! The crochet blanket pattern includes a step-by-step photo tutorial that walks you through the technique. Once you get the hang of this stitch, you can also use it for graphgans, where you crochet pictures into your projects—essentially, pixel art with yarn!
Cross Fade Blanket
You can open up even more creative options when you combine basic crochet stitches together! The luxurious texture in this asymmetrically-striped blanket comes from working a double crochet and a single crochet in one stitch. This blanket uses an easy one-row repeat, with simple color changes to create a cross fade effect.
Scallop Parade Baby Blanket
This gorgeous baby blanket uses just two simple stitches—the double crochet stitch and chain. Some of the double crochets will drop down over the chain spaces, creating an overlapping look, but you’ll only work with one color at a time! It’s an easy stitch pattern with impressive results. Plus there’s a detailed photo tutorial!
Ocean Hues Blanket
If you’re not quite ready to deal with color changes, you can still create beautiful color effects by using a gradient yarn, as in this simple mesh stitch crochet blanket for beginners . The simple one-row repeat only requires single crochet and chain stitches, while the yarn makes gradual color changes for you!
Mystical Blanket
The rich texture of this chunky crochet blanket is deceptively simple to create, and uses just half double crochet (UK half treble) worked in various loops of the stitch. It works up quickly—some sizes can be finished within just a few hours!—boosting your confidence as a crocheter.
Lace Fan Stitch Baby Blanket
This lacy shell baby blanket pattern is a great choice for crocheters of all skill levels. The easy stitch repeat uses basic stitches, such as double crochet and chain stitch, to create a feminine, vintage-inspired blanket that’s a joy to crochet! This pattern also includes a full video tutorial.
Simple Sedge Stitch Baby Blanket
The sedge stitch is a great way to practice basic crochet stitches, since it uses three of them together—the single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet. When you work them all into the same stitch, the result is the amazing fluffy texture of this simple baby blanket! A wide single crochet border adds textural contrast and gives the blanket a perfect finish.
Boston Blanket
This beautifully textured crochet blanket uses a simple one-row repeat of half double crochet and single crochet stitches. This pattern makes a perfect mindless crochet project for a road trip or relaxing in front of the TV.
Jackson Blanket
This lovely blanket doesn’t look like a beginner crochet project but the pattern uses just basic stitches and is accessible to crocheters of any skill level! The key to this texture is crossed half double crochet, where you’ll skip some stitches, then work half double crochets back into those skipped stitches. It’s the same basic stitch, just worked in a slightly different place to create little crosses. It’s an easy way to add lots of texture!
Cottage Blanket
This pretty crochet blanket also uses the same concept of crossed stitches, this time crossed double crochets. It’s a simple two-row repeat that alternates the crossed stitches with rows of single crochet. The pattern includes stitch counts for 11 sizes, from lovey all the way through king size! You could make a smaller one as practice and then tackle a larger blanket.
Butter Ripple Afghan
This mesmerizing ripple blanket uses single and double crochet stitches, with some of the double crochets worked between the posts of the stitches below, rather than into the top, which makes deep Vs. It’s another simple variation of a basic stitch that’s very easy to do and gives you yet another stunning stitch pattern!
Favourite Ripple Baby Blanket
This lacy ripple baby blanket is easier to crochet than it looks! The pattern uses a combination of V-Stitches and Dc2tog (more fun and simple variations on the double crochet) to create a lacy wavy pattern. The v-stitch ripple is an easy pattern consisting of one repeat row. You will quickly catch onto this pattern and find fast to make!
Chunky V Stitch Blanket
This chunky V-stitch blanket is a quick and satisfying make with a rhythmic stitch pattern that you may find hard to put down. Worked in bulky weight (#5) yarn, the blanket grows quickly, yet the open v-stitch pattern (just double crochets and chains) gives it a nice drape.
Raspberry Lattice Blanket
This multi-textured crochet blanket combines three different stitch patterns—simple double crochet, v-stitch, and granny stitches. But all of them are beginner-friendly and are simple variations of the double crochet (with some chain stitches). It’s the perfect balance of variety and simplicity and the changing stitches will hold your interest throughout!
I hope you have enjoyed these free crochet blankets for beginners and have found the perfect pattern for your first blanket or a relaxing project!
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