Crochet Vineyard Throw Blanket

Finished Size: 48″ wide x 62″ long

Yarn: #6 super bulky weight (80 oz./1830 yds total)

Sample used: Bernat Mix Home in Twilight Purple – 10 skeins

Hook: Size U/25 mm Tunisian cable hook (Note: I started with a straight hook but found it was so heavy on my hands that I switched to the cable hook halfway through my blanket.)

Notions: Yarn Needle

Gauge: 8 sts and 7 rows = 6.5 inches in pattern

Abbreviations

bo – bind off
ch – chain
tks – tunisian knit stitch
yo – yarn over

Special Stitches:

• Tunisian knit stitch (tks) – insert hook from front to back between next 2 vertical bars, yo, pull up a loop. For tutorial, please see my Tunisian Knit Stitch post.
• Return Pass (RetP) – yo, pull through 1^st loop on hook, * yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat from * across until 1 loop remains.
• Sc Bind Off (sc bo) – skip 1^st vertical bar, * insert hook between next 2 vertical bars, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through both loops on hook, repeat from * across, insert hook through both loops of last stitch. For tutorial, please see my Single Crochet Bind Off post.

Notes:

• The throw is made holding 2 strands of #6 super bulky weight yarn together.
• By choosing a yarn that already had pattern/texture changes I avoided having to change out to new skeins even more often – which equals less ends to tie in when you’re finished.

Pattern

Holding 2 strands together, ch 47.
Row 1: Insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, yo pull up loop, *insert hook in next ch, yo, pull up loop, rep from * across. (47 loops on hook) RetP: (see Special Stitches).

Row 2: Skip 1^st vertical bar, you will be working between front and back of vertical posts, *tks in next st (see Special Stitches), repeat from * across to last bar, insert hook through both loops of last bar, yo, pull up loop. RetP.

Rows 3 – 70: Rep Row 2.

Row 71: Sc bo (see Special Stitches) in each stitch across.
Fasten off. Weave in ends.