crochet heart blanket

Pattern Notes

• This pattern is worked from the bottom up and turned for each new row and it can be worked with any weight yarn and hook.
• The finished size for the blanket on the cover is approximately 68 by 51 inches (about 173 by 129.5 cm) using the yarn weight and hook noted in the supplies below. The yarn brand used for the sample on the cover is Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn.
• Increase/decrease the blanket width in multiples of 44 sts + 2 more and the height by 9 rows.
• One Repeat is 12 inches wide by 5 inches tall (about 30.5 cm wide by 13 cm tall) using the yarn weight and hook listed in the supplies below.
• PLEASE READ the defined stitches below and the Numerical Filet for Ripple Blankets on page 3 before attempting to begin.

Yarn Amount & Supplies for the blanket on the cover

• • • ONE Heart Panel (repeat of rows 2-9): 196 yards (179 m) worsted yarn (aran/10 ply/#4)
    • Border: 300 yards (275 m)
• 5.5mm Hook
• Stitch Markers

Stitches & Abbreviations - given in US Terms

ch - chain

slst - slip stitch

st(s) - stitch(es)

sk - skip

dc - double crochet

inc - 2dc into same st

dec - dc2tog

(Yo and pull up a loop in the next st, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook) repeat ( ) then yo and pull through remaining 3 loops on hook.

Please Note: In the pattern, you will always do the dec st two times in a row. You will see “2dec” which means you work two dec sts (using a total of 4 sts from the row below).

sc - single crochet

sc-inc = 2sc in same st

sc-dec = sc2tog

Yo and then pull up a loop in each of the next 2sts (2 loops on hook); yo and pull through all loops on hook.