Crochet Throw Blanket Patterns: 7 Free Designs
A throw blanket can be a long-term project or a chunky yarn project designed to move quickly. These three designer patterns differ in size range, yarn weight, stitch texture, and finishing details.
Chunky-yarn versions move fast with a bigger hook than you would use for a garment; the long-term projects just need patience.
Throw blanket patterns to explore
1. Easy Crochet Throw Pattern
Hannah Cross at HanJan Crochet offers the Oolong Blanket in 15 total sizes. It uses DK acrylic yarn, cabbage patch stitch, and a half-double-crochet border. Fifteen sizes is more range than any other throw on this list, useful if you want an exact lap-blanket or bed-sized fit.
2. Presto! 4.5 Hour Afghan
Jess Coppom at Make & Do Crew uses chunky yarn with basic chain and double-crochet stitches. Her estimate is roughly three to three-and-a-half hours of crocheting, plus about an hour for tassels. At under four hours of stitching, it’s by far the fastest project here if you want a finished throw in a single afternoon.
3. Sedona Fringed Crochet Throw
Jess Coppom at Make & Do Crew combines super-bulky and worsted Wool-Ease yarns in matching colors. The listed finished throw measures 40 inches wide by 65 inches tall. Mixing two yarn weights in the same piece gives the fringe and body different textures rather than a uniform single-weight fabric.
4. The 2-Day Throw Blanket
Michelle Moore at MJ’s Off the Hook Designs uses the Suzette stitch in super-bulky gradient yarn, in three sizes from 40×50 to 58×69 inches, with the smallest finishable in one evening. The gradient yarn does the color-blending work for you, so there’s no color-changing or ends to weave in partway through.
5. Free Chunky Crochet Throw Pattern
Alnaar Harnish at Leelee Knits uses 18 skeins of super-bulky yarn in two colors for a 46 by 52-inch throw that experienced crocheters can finish in about a week. Eighteen skeins is a substantial yarn investment, so it suits a crocheter who already knows they like working with super-bulky fiber.
6. Mossy Blanket
Grace at Stitchberry finishes at 39 by 53 inches in worsted weight yarn (about 2,706 yards) on an H/5mm hook, using a one-row repeat that alternates half double crochet between the front and third loops for dense texture. Alternating between the front and third loop rather than a single loop is what gives this one more depth than a plain half-double-crochet fabric.
7. Old Fashioned Throw Blanket
Ashleigh at Sewrella offers 12 sizes, with the throw finishing at 52 by 60 inches, in worsted weight yarn on a size 7, 4.5mm hook, using a “mini bean stitch” for a drapey texture. The mini bean stitch keeps the fabric soft and drapey rather than stiff, which suits a throw meant to be used rather than displayed.
Compare size and yarn first
Choose Oolong for a range of stated sizes, Presto for chunky yarn and tassels, or Sedona for a fringed 40-by-65-inch throw. Check the designer’s gauge and yarn requirements before buying materials.
