Orchid Blanket Crochet Pattern

The Orchid Blanket crochet pattern is a beautiful, cozy blanket with a classic look and design, perfect for any setting.

Not too long ago I came across the Caron Cloud Cakes Perfect Phasing yarn at my local Michael’s store. They are wonderfully soft and I love the slow progression of colour from dark to light. It looks stunning when worked in a larger project such as a blanket.

The Orchid Blanket crochet pattern is worked all as one piece. I have used only four of the Caron Cloud cakes and worked a smaller throw sized blanket measuring about 48 x 50 inches.

For the blanket you will work along the short edge and crochet one of my favourite stitch patterns: The Elizabeth or Mini Bean Stitch. Once the blanket is worked to the desired length you will add a simple edging to each end.

What Materials do you need to make this crochet blanket?

For the project, which measures approximately 48 inches by 50 inches, I used four of the Perfect Phasing Caron Cloud Cakes by Yarnspirations available at Michaels. The colour changes in the yarn is such that is flows smoothly from the dark shade to the light. The cakes are conveniently all structured the same way with the dark at the centre.

When attaching a new cake of yarn you will simply begin unravelling the cake at the colour where you left off on your blanket.

To start my blanket, I started first with the darker gold colour and moved to the light. When it came to joining the next cake, instead of pulling from the centre, I started at the outside edge so that the colours flowed smoothly from dark to light and then to dark again. I finished off the blanket with the darker gold colour.

Along with the four cakes of yarn, I opted for a 5 mm crochet hook.

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Sarah

Orchid Blanket Crochet Pattern:

Skill Level: Easy

Gauge:  24 sts x 12 rows of pattern = 4 inches

Finished Size: 48 x 50 inches

Yarn: Caron Cloud Cakes Perfect Phasing ® by Yarnspirations ® (100% Polyester; 227 g/8 oz; Approx. 720 yds/658 meters). Medium (4). Colour Shown: Orchid.  You will need 4 cakes, plus a little extra of the darkest colour from a 5th cake for the edging. 

Hook: Size H/8 (5.0 mm) Hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Notions: Yarn Needle

Stitches and Abbreviations:

Ch – Chain

CL – Cluster Stitch (Insert your hook into the indicated sp, yo and draw up a loop, yo and insert your hook into the same sp, yo and draw up a loop.  Yo and draw through all the loops on your hook.  Cluster stitch made.)

Hdc – Half Double Crochet

Rpt – Repeat

Sk – Skip

Sl St – Slip Stitch

Yo – Yarn Over

Pattern Notes:

• Pattern is written in American English terms.
• Pattern is worked in rows.
• Ch 1 at beginning of row does not count as stitch.
• Weave in ends as needed.
• To change the size of your blanket you will need an even multiple stitches for your foundation chain.
• NOTE ABOUT ADDING NEW BALL OF YARN: To achieve the colour phasing so that it moves from dark to light, to dark again, when adding the new ball of yarn you will continue from the end (either middle or outside) that has the same colour you left off on.  For example, if you finished off on the white colour, you will join your new cake of yarn starting from the outside white colour and continue into the dark.  And vice versa if you end off on the darker centre colour.

Free Crochet Pattern:

Ch 220

Row 1: CL in the 4th ch from your hook, *ch 1, sk the next st, CL in the next st; Rpt from * across.  Ch 2, turn.  (59 CL sts)

Row 2: Sk the 1st CL st, CL in the next ch-1 sp, *ch 1, sk the next CL st, CL in the next ch-1 sp; Rpt from * across ending by working your final CL st in the starting ch-sp.  Ch 2, turn.

Rows 3 onward: Repeat row 2 until your work from the beginning measures approximately 48 inches.  See note above about adding a new cake/ball of yarn.

Fasten off, weave in your ends.

Edging (Worked along each short end in rows):

At short end of blanket, join yarn with a sl st in the corner st.  Ch 1.

Row 1: Hdc in each st and in each ch-1 sp across.  Ch 1, turn.

Rows 2-3: Hdc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

Fasten off, weave in your ends.  Repeat for 2nd side.

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