Grey Skies Blanket (I Wanna Make A Blankie)

When I saw Lion Brand’s new “I Wanna Make A Blankie” yarn I knew I had to get some. I wasn’t sure exactly what kind of blanket I was going to make until I started to clean out my desk drawers lol! I found one of my Tunisian crochet hooks that I had purchased from Amazon last year and knew that I had to use it. 

I used just under 1 ball of “I wanna make a blankie” yarn. You get a HUGE amount of yarn from it and can make an entire blanket with just 1 skein! Keep in mind that this blanket is pretty small, like a baby blanket. If you want something bigger, like a throw for your living room, I would definitely get 2 skeins. If you want to make a giant blanket then you might as well grab 3!

I have a bunch of other free blanket patterns available! Have you seen my “Super Chunky Cozy Crochet Blanket?”

I also have a ton of corner 2 corner blankets! My most popular being “Covered In Cats.”

This is the hook set that I used. You will be using the 19/15mm hook size for this blanket. I LOVE this set! It’s interchangeable and comes with different cords to adjust the length. 

Materials: 

• 1 ball of Lion Brand “I Wanna Make A Blankie” yarn. Color “Pearl Grey” OR approximately 437 yards of Super Bulky (6) weight yarn.

• 19/15mm Tunisian Crochet Hook

• Yarn Needle

Notes: 

• Pattern is worked from the bottom up in Tunisian Knit Stitch. You will add the picot border in regular crochet at the end. 

• To make your blanket wider, add more stitches to your starting row.

• To make your blanket longer add more rows before completing the bind off row.

Stitches and Abbreviations: 

TKS- Tunisian Knit Stitch

CH- Chain

Rtn- Return 

Sc- Single Crochet

Helpful Links:

• How to do the Tunisian Knit Stitch Video

• Tunisian Knit Stitch Tutorial with photos

• How to bind off video.

Gauge:  4X4″= 5.5 rows by 6 Tks.

Gauge is not critical for this pattern, just try to keep your tension even throughout. 

Finished Size: 32X40″

Pattern:

Row 1 (Foundation Row): Ch 40, Pull up a loop in 2nd Ch from hook and in each Ch across. Rtn pass= YO, pull through one loop, *YO and pull through 2 loops. Repeat from * across. 

Row 2: Insert your hook into the second loop from the previous forward pass, between the front and the back strand of the loop and all the way to the back of your work. (view video if you aren’t familiar with this stitch) *YO and pull up a loop, repeat from * across the row. Rtn pass= YO, pull through one loop, *YO and pull through 2 loops. Repeat from * across. 

Repeat Row 2 for a total of 50 rows. 

Bind off row, do not cut yarn. 

Trim-

Round 1: Single crochet evenly around the border of the blanket. You will be working 1 Sc into the side of each row, 2 Sc into the same St when you reach the first corner, 1 Sc along the bottom, 2 Sc into second corner, 1 Sc in the side of each row, 2 Sc into 3rd corner, 1 Sc in each St across the top, 1 Sc into the same St as first Sc. Sl St to join. 

Round 2: Ch 1 (does not count as stitch), *Work 1 Sc into next 4 stitches, Ch 4, Sl St into first Ch made (1 picot made). Repeat around. Sl St to first Sc made. Tie off. 

Weave in all ends. 

Have you guys used the “I Wanna Make A Blankie” yet? The super soft chenille is perfect to make alllll the cozy blankets with!

And In case you were curious about what the back of this stitch looks like…

I think both sides are actually really pretty! I hope you enjoyed this pattern. Please be sure to tag me on social media so I can share your work!