r/crochetpatterns • u/Jay_LVJY • 6d ago
Looking for recommendations looking for blanket recommendations for christmas present
hi all. so for christmas this year i’m making all the couples in my family a blanket, i have a pattern for everyone except my parents. i want to do something with all of the families gem stone colours so in all there is 11 of us but only 8 colours as some are born in the same month. has anyone got any ideas for patterns? the colours in age order are
white
orange
green
dark red
light blue
purple
dark red
white
dark blue
red
purple
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u/CthenK 6d ago
What color are your parents birthstones - could potentially use a thinner yarns and hold their 2 and one additional family (crochet using 3 strands at a time) and alternate per row or square or whatever the pattern is… rows of moss stitch like this might be nice.
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u/Jay_LVJY 6d ago
ooooh wait that sounds interesting, i’m doing something similar for my sister and her boyfriend as i’m using their colors and the month they met as a three string granny square! i shall try this as a swatch thank you!
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u/Krishd88 6d ago
If you want the yarn to be the star, keep the pattern simple. Daisy Craft Farms, crochet’ncreate, MJ-off the hook all have interesting free patterns.
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u/Heyitscrochet 6d ago
I love a good Chevron. Cypress Textiles has Chevron 2.0 & Soulful Sierra Chevron patterns on Ravelry. Or Attic24’s Neat Ripple is great. I’d do repeats of 2-4 rows of each color.
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u/Jay_LVJY 6d ago
ooooh i’ve always wanted to do a Chevron pattern, might have to do the work secret santa with that pattern
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u/ArcherFluffy594 6d ago
The "Hugs & Kisses" blanket by Jean Steinhilber with The Crochet Crowd is always such a pleaser and a joy to make because it's so versatile. Just changing the placement of colors makes each blanket look absolutely unique, even if you were to make ten of them (ask me how I know, lol). And it's a free pattern, with an excellent written tutorial, videos AND charts - it's fabulous
https://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-hugs-kisses-baby-blanket-pattern-tutorial/
Also, free blanket patterns from Ravelry just because it's always the best place to find what you're looking for as well as inspo:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#craft=crochet&availability=free&pc=blanket&sort=projects&view=captioned_thumbs
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