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Crochet 3 Color Blanket Afghan Pattern, Cuddle Clouds Blanket

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 Try my new 3 color blanket Afghan pattern.  You will love the texture. It is a 2-row repeat that will give you a gorgeous Afghan. 

 

 crochet 3 color blanket Afghan pattern finished in peach, taupe an cream colors

 

 

 This crocheted blanket is a crochet blanket design perfect for making an easy crochet baby blanket. It is a gift-worthy piece you will enjoy making again and again. 

 

Closeup of crochet blanket design

 

The texture might look complicated but anyone who knows how to make a fpdc can easily make this afghan. Pictures have been added to make it easy to follow. 

 

Crochet baby blanket folded neatly

 

 

Full view of 3 color afghan blanket

 

 

 

Crochet 3 Color Blanket Afghan Pattern

 

You can work from the free pattern below or purchase an ad-free PDF for $3.99 here. You will receive a download link once you make payment and click “Return to Merchant”.

 

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Materials

1. Premier Basix DK weight yarn in Cream, Peach, and Taupe colors

2. Hooks 7 (4.5 mm) and hook F (3.75 mm) for the border

3. Tapestry needle to weave in the ends

 

 

Finished Size

36″ wide and 42″ long

 

 

Yardage

2 skeins (around 500 yards) of the Peach and Taupe colors and 3 skeins (around 750 yards) of Cream as that color is also used for the border. 

 

 

Stitch Abbreviations

The pattern is written in US terms.

ch: chain

sl st: slip stitch

sc: single crochet

dc: double crochet

YO: yarn over

sk: skip

fpdc: front post double crochet (explanation is given below)

RS: right side of your crochet fabric

 

 

Stitch Explanations

fpdc (front post double crochet): See a tutorial for front post double crochet on my blog here: Front Post and Back Post Double Crochet Tutorial.

sc2tog: Pull up a loop in the next 2 sts, YO and pull through all the 3 loops on your hook to complete your sc2tog.

 

 

More free blanket patterns

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Twinkling Stars Blanket

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Gauge

Pattern for gauge swatch

With 4.5 mm hook, ch 35, and follow the pattern for the blanket below. Once your piece is a square, measure for gauge.

6 repeats and 12 Rows= 4.25″

 

 

3 Color Crochet Afghan Pattern

Pattern Note

The blanket will look wider when you have worked only a few rows but will get narrower as you add more rows.

 

 

Stripe 1 – Taupe

 

With Taupe color yarn, ch 146.  You can chain any multiple of 3+2 if you want to adjust the width of your blanket.

 

Row 1: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, *(ch 3, sk 2 chs, 1 sc in next ch), repeat from * to end, turn.——–48 ch-3 loops

 

 

Lines pointing to sc around which you will work your fpdc sts

1. Shows the sc sts around which you will work your fpdc sts

 

 

Row 2 (see pic 1 above): Ch 3, 2 dc in first ch-3 space, fpdc in the first sc before the ch-3 space. This will give you a slanting stitch in front of your work as shown in pic 2 below. *(sk next sc, 2dc in next ch-3 space, fpdc in the skipped sc before the ch-3 space), repeat from * to end, 1 dc in last sc at the corner, turn.—–48 repeats

 

 

Shows slanting fpdc worked into the sc sts

2. Shows slanting fpdc worked into sc sts

 

 

Row 3: Ch 3, sk the next st, 1 sc next st (middle st of the repeat), *(ch 3, sk 2 sts, 1 sc in the next st, the middle st of the repeat), repeat from * until you work a sc in the last repeat, ch 2, 1 sc on top of beginning ch-3, turn. ——48 ch-3 loops+ 1 ch-2 loop

 

 

Row 4: Ch 3, sk the adjacent ch-2 loop and the sc after it,  2dc in next ch-3 space, fpdc in the skipped sc before the ch-3 space, *(sk next sc, 2dc in next ch-3 space, fpdc in the skipped sc before the ch-3 space), repeat from * to end, 1 dc in beginning ch-1, turn.—–48 repeats

 

 

Row 5: Ch 3, sk the next st, 1 sc next st (middle st of the repeat), *(ch 3, sk 2 sts, 1 sc in the next st, the middle st of the repeat), repeat from * until you work a sc in the last repeat, ch 2, 1 sc on top of beginning ch-2, turn. ——48 ch-3 loops+ 1 ch-2 loop

 

Repeat Rows 4 and 5 until you have completed 9 fpdc rows and your first stripe is complete. Fasten off.  Your last Row should be a repeat of Row 4. 

 

 

Closeup of stitch pattern

3. Closeup of stitch pattern

 

 

How to Change Colors at the End of the Row

The last stitch of your color change row will be a dc st and you will join your new color as you complete the dc st as follows.

 

 

YO, insert your hook into the st/ch specified, pull up a loop, YO, pull through 2 loops on your hook, keeping the remaining 2 loops on your hook, YO the new color and pull through the 2 loops to complete your dc. You can knot the 2 ends to hold it in place. 

 

 

Stripe 2- Cream

Unravel the last dc of the Taupe row and join the cream color yarn while completing the dc as explained above. 

Repeat Rows 5 and 4 until you have completed 9 fpdc rows with Cream color yarn and join Peach color yarn at the end of the last row. Fasten off the Cream color.

 

 

Stripe 3- Peach

Repeat Rows 5 and 4 until you have completed 9 fpdc rows with Peach color yarn and join Taupe color yarn at the end of the last row. Fasten off the Peach color.

 

 

Stripe 4- Taupe

Repeat Rows 5 and 4 until you have completed 9 fpdc rows with Taupe color yarn and join Cream color yarn at the end of the last row. Fasten off the Taupe color.

 

 

Stripe 5- Cream

Repeat Rows 5 and 4 until you have completed 9 fpdc rows with Cream color yarn and join Peach color yarn at the end of the last row. Fasten off the Cream color.

 

 

Stripe 6- Peach

Repeat Rows 5 and 4 until you have completed 9 fpdc rows with Peach color yarn and join Cream color yarn at the end of the last row. Fasten off the Peach color.

 

 

Border

Pattern Notes

1. The border is worked with cream color yarn.

2. All the rounds of the border are worked on the RS of the blanket.

3. You will continue using the 4.5mm hook for the first 2 rounds of the border and switch to the smaller one for the last 2 rounds. 

 

 

Round 1: Ch 1 with the cream color yarn joined at the corner and start working along the left edge of your blanket, distribute sc sts evenly to the next corner. I worked 1 sc across the fpdc row and 1 sc across the ch-3 row. At the corner, 2 or 3 sc in the corner based on how many you need to turn the corner, *(1 sc in next 2 chs, 1 sc inserting your hook deep into the post of the next repeat), repeat from * to the next corner,  2/3 sc in the corner, distribute sc sts along the right edge of your blanket until you reach the next corner, 3 sc in the corner, *[1 sc in first 10 sts of the last row (top edge), sc2tog across next 2 sts], repeat from * to last st, 3 sc in last st, sl st to  1st sc on the left side of the blanket. Do not turn. 

 

 

Round 2: Ch 1, *(1 sc in each st to next corner, 3 sc in the corner), repeat until you work all around, sl st to 1st sc on the side, fasten off.

 

 

Round 3: Switch to the smaller F hook. Sl st to the corner right before the point of fastening off, 1 sc in the corner, *(ch 4, sk 2 sts, 1 sc in next st), repeat until you reach near the next corner. If you have only 1 st left before the corner, unravel the previous sc, sk 3 sts after the ch-4 loop and sc2tog across the next 2 sts.   If you have 2 sts left before the corner, ch 4, sk 2 sts, 1 sc in the corner. If you have 3 sts left before the corner, sk 3 sts, 1 sc in the corner. 

Repeat from * all around your blanket, sl st to 1st sc, do not turn.

 

 

Round 4: Sl st into the next ch-4 space, ch 3, 3 dc in the same ch-4 space, *(sc, ch 3, 3 dc)in each ch-4 space across, sl st to first sc. Fasten off.

 

Finishing

Weave in all the tails on your 3 color crochet blanket afghan and gift it to someone you love!

 

 

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