Snowmen blanket- free Christmas crochet pattern
A cute crochet Christmas blanket to add to your list this year! Funny, adorable blanket for all snowmen lovers. The blanket is the second pattern from our Christmas crochet collection. The first one was- A festive Christmas crochet Reindeer blanket.
Every year we do a few Christmas projects but most of the time the perfectionist in us keeps telling us that they are not good. This year was a rollercoaster for us- we opened a little online yarn shop in my homeland(Bulgaria) and my sister got pregnant with her first baby. It made us think about our goals and what we would like to teach our children.
After the birth of my niece, we made a resolution and decided to put all of our patterns on show. And we can’t wait to post them. Yay! I love how crochet can help us grow as people and let us learn so many good things from just a hobby.
A few years back we made some crochet Christmas granny squares!
My sister decided to play around and created this stunning blanket! We kept the blanket itself pretty simple(only dc rows with some popcorn here and there), so a lot of people would be able to make it.
If you have just started with the Christmas rush you must definitely check out the most popular Christmas pattern on our blog for over two years- The crochet Alpine stocking! (I am amazed at what a blast it was and still is).
Or if you have a small kid around the family or neighborhood you will love this kid’s stocking- Paw patrol inspired kid stocking!
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Pattern:
Pattern notes:
Final measurements: Finished size of the blanket is 100cm x 100cm/ 40 inch x 40 inch
Crochet hook size: 5mm
Skill level: Beginner/Advanced
Crochet terms: The pattern is written using American crochet terms.
In this pattern, we have a section with bobble stitches. There we will crochet the bobbles in white and the stitches in between with red color. You must carry on the yarn as you crochet along. See below for a mini tutorial.
In this pattern, the initial CH 3 is counted as a stitch unless stated otherwise.
For this crochet Christmas blanket, we need to make a few Snowman appliques. I made a separate post for them so it will be less confusing. Check out Crochet snowman appliques.
If you don’t know how to sew appliques on a crochet project I recorded a video tutorial with 3 different methods
Materials:
– Yarn- worsted weight yarn- I used Paintbox yarns Simply Aran (100% acrylic,100gr/3 Oz, 184m/201 yards). But you can use whatever brand worsted/Aran weight yarn you have in your stash. Keep in mind that if you use thinner yarn such as sport or DK weight you need to add more stitches on your foundation chain to have the same size as ours!
– Colors- blue and white. I used 3 balls of each color. You also need a small amount of orange for the nose and a small amount of black for the crochet eyes.
– tapestry needle
– 5mm crochet hook size
Stitch Abbreviation:
SC- single crochet
DC- double crochet
HDC- half double crochet
SS- slip stitch
CH- chain
Rep- repeat
Picot- chain 3, slip stitch in 3rd chain from hook
** – repeat the stitches in the ** indicated times
FO- fasten off
DC5tog – Bobble stitch- *YO, insert hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2 loops. Repeat from * 4 more times, inserting hook into the same stitch each time. YO and pull through all loops on hook.
Mini flower-1 SS +1 Picot + 1 SS+ 1 Picot + 1 SS + 1 Picot + 1 SS all in 1 stitch
How to make the bobble section by changing colors.
Pull through with white before you finish your first stitch when you still have 2 loops on your hook. Take the red yarn and lay it across the top of your work, then crochet over it as you work a DC5TOG bobble with white. Stop when you have 6 loops of white on your hook and pull through with red to finish the stitch. Now take the white and lay it across the top of your work, and crochet over it as you work 3 SCs in red.
Pattern:
-Start with white color
Row 1: CH 112, DC in 3rd CH from your hook, DC in each till the end, CH 2, turn (111)
Row 2-14: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to blue color
Row 15-16: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to white color
Row 17: HDC in each st across, HDC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to blue color
Row 18-19: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to white color
Row 20-22: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
Make CH 1 instead of CH 2 in row 22, then turn and start row 23
-switch to blue color
Row 23: SC in each st across, CH 1, turn (111)
Row 24-25: SC in each st across, SC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
In this section, we will switch between colors as the bobbles will be in white and the stitches between them in red color. See section patterns notes.
Row 26: SC in first(blue), *1 bobble(white color), SC in next 3(blue)* rep from * to * till you have 1 stitch left, SC in last st(blue), CH 1, turn (111)
-cut the white color, and continue with the blue color
Row 27-29: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
Row 30: * SC in next 3(blue), 1 bobble in next(white)* rep from * to * till you have 3 stitches left, SC in last 3(blue), CH 1, turn (111)
-cut the white color, and continue with the blue color
Row 31-33: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
Row 34: SC in first(blue), *1 bobble(white), SC in next 3(blue)* rep from * to * till you have 1 stitch left, SC in last st(blue), CH 1, turn (111)
-cut the white color, and continue with the blue color
Row 35-37: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
You should have 3 rows of bobbles and 3 SC rows between them.
-switch to white color
Row 38-39: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to blue color
Row 40-56: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to white color
Row 57-58: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to blue color
Row 59-61: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
In this section, we will switch between colors as the bobbles will be in white and the stitches between them in red color. See section patterns notes.
Row 62: SC in first(blue), *1 bobble(white), SC in next 3(blue)* rep from * to * till you have 1 stitch left, SC in last st(blue), CH 1, turn (111)
-cut the white color, and continue with the blue color
Row 63-65: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
Row 66: * SC in next 3(blue), 1 bobble in next(white)* rep from * to * till you have 3 stitches left, SC in last 3(blue), CH 1, turn (111)
-cut the white color, and continue with the blue color
Row 67-69: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
Row 70: SC in first(blue), *1 bobble(white), SC in next 3(blue)* rep from * to * till you have 1 stitch left, SC in last st(blue), CH 1, turn (111)
-cut the white color, and continue with the blue color
Row 71-73: SC in each across, CH 1, turn (111)
You should have 3 rows of bobbles and 3 SC rows between them.
-switch to white color
Row 74-76: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to blue color
Row 77-78: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to white color
Row 79: HDC in each st across, HDC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to blue color
Row 80-81: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111)
-switch to white color
Row 82-95: DC in each st across, DC in turning chain, CH 2, turn (111) FO.
BORDER
For the border, I used a smaller hook – 4mm
-with white color
Rnd 1: { Insert your hook in the bottom right corner and make SC 1, 1 mini flower, 1 SC in it, SC in next 6, *1 mini flower in next, SC in next 6* rep from * to * till the next corner, SC 1, 1 mini flower, SC 1 in next corner, SC in next 7, *1 mini flower in next, SC in next 6* rep from * to * till you reach the second corner, } repeat from { to }1 more time for the remaining 2 sides.
Crochet snowflake:
Round 1: CH 4 (counts as 1st DC and CH 2), * DC into the circle, CH 2*. Repeat from * to * 10 more times. SS to 3rd st of starting ch-4. [12 DC]
Round 2: *CH 5, SS in 3rd st from hook (= picot), CH 3, SS in next DC of 1st round, CH 9, SS in 3rd st from hook (1st of 3 picots), CH 3, SS in 3rd st from hook (2nd picot), CH 3, SS in 3rd st from hook (3rd picot ), 1 SS in st where started 1st picot, CH 5, SS in next DC of 1st round*. Repeat from * to * 5 more times [6 points]
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Where is the snowflake pattern you used on your snowman blanket?
Crochet snowflake:
Round 1: CH 4 (counts as 1st DC and CH 2), * DC into the circle, CH 2*. Repeat from * to * 10 more times. SS to 3rd st of starting ch-4. [12 DC]
Round 2: *CH 5, SS in 3rd st from hook (= picot), CH 3, SS in next DC of 1st round, CH 9, SS in 3rd st from hook (1st of 3 picots), CH 3, SS in 3rd st from hook (2nd picot), CH 3, SS in 3rd st from hook (3rd picot ), 1 SS in st where started 1st picot, CH 5, SS in next DC of 1st round*. Repeat from * to * 5 more times [6 points]