CROCHETED CHEVRON BEDSPREAD (FREE PATTERN)
Zigzags are perennial favorites with crocheters. This bed-sized blanket stitched in a soothing woodland palette features chevron stripes of varying widths to keep things interesting. Feel free to design a different color palette to match your boudoir!
One way to plan harmonious color placement is to use symmetry. In this blanket, the stripes are arranged in a mirror-image sequence from the center out, a great technique for helping many-hued projects to look less busy.
This pattern was designed by Kathie Eng and excerpted with permission from Interweave Presents Classic Crochet Blankets: 18 Timeless Patterns to Keep You Warm (Interweave Favorites)
Step 1
FINISHED SIZE
54× 80
(137 x 203 cm).
YARN Worsted weight (#4 Medium).
SHOWN HERE: Berroco Comfort (50% superfine nylon/50% superfine acrylic, 210 yd [193 m]/3½ oz [100 g]), in #9767 marum (A), #9701 ivory (B), #9716 chambray (C), 3 skeins each; #9766 sable (D), #9761 lovage (E), #9744 teal (F), #9769 petunia (G), 2 skeins each; #9780 dried plum (H), #9747 cadet (I), #9763 navy blue (J), #9720 hummus (K), #9757 lillet (L), 1 skein each.
HOOK Size J/10 (6 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge.
NOTIONS Tapestry needle.
GAUGE 7-1/4 sts and 7 rows = 2" (5 cm) in chevron patt. Take time to check your gauge.
NOTES When changing color, always join new color begin first ch-1 sp of right side row by drawing up a loop in ch-1 sp and ch 1.
STITCH GUIDE Stripe Color Sequence:
12 rows Marum (A) 5 rows Sable (D) 7 rows Ivory (B) 3 rows Lovage (E) 4 rows Lillet (L) 3 rows Cadet (I) 7 rows Teal (F) 2 rows Navy Blue (J) 12 rows Chambray (C) 5 rows Petunia (G) 2 rows Hummus (K) 7 rows Sable (D) 2 rows Hummus (K) 5 rows Marum (A) 6 rows Dried Plum (H) 2 rows Cadet (I) 4 rows Lovage (E) 3 rows Navy Blue (J) 6 rows Ivory (B) 2 rows Teal (F) 12 rows Chambray (C)
Reverse colors beginning with Teal and working back to Marum.
Step 2
Bedspread
Beg in stripe color sequence (see Stitch Guide) with color A, ch 282.
Row 1 (RS): Working in back loops of foundation ch, sc in 2nd ch from hook, [ch 1, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch] 7 times, ch 1, skip 1 ch, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, *[ch 1, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch] 7 times, skip next 2 chs, sc in next ch, [ch 1, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch] 6 times, ch 1, skip 1 ch, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch; rep from * across ending with [ch 1, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch ] 8 times, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Skip first sc, sc in next ch-1 sp, [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, ch 1, skip next sc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp, * [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, skip next 2 sc, sc in next ch-1 sp, [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, ch 1, skip next sc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * across ending with [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, ch 1, turn.
Rows 3–12: Rep Row 2, fasten off color A.
Row 13 (RS): Join color B as noted above and rep Row 2.
Continue to work rem rows in established chevron pattern, completing stripe sequence indicated above, fasten off in last row.
Step 3
Finishing
BORDER With RS facing, join color G, at bottom corner of fnd ch at right-hand edge, draw up a loop through 2 loops. Beg edging from bottom, up along side as foll:
Rnd 1 (RS)—Right Side Edge: Ch 3, sl st in same ch, *ch 3, skip 1 row, sl st in end of next row; rep from * across to top ending at nextto- last row, ch 3, skip next-to-last row, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in corner sc at end of last row, rotate work 90 degrees right, to work along top edge.
Rnd 1 (RS)—Top Edge: Ch 2, sl st in next ch-1 sp, [ch 2, skip next sc, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, ch 2, skip next sc, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next ch-2 sp, *[ch 2, skip next sc, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, ch 1, skip 2 sc, sl st in next ch-1 sp, [ch 2, skip next sc, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, ch 2, skip next sc, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * along top edge, ending last rep with [ch 2, skip next sc, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, rotate work 90 degrees to work along side edge.
Rnd 1 (RS)—Left Side Edge: Ch 2, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in last sc, *ch 3, skip 1 row, sl st in end of next row; rep from * along side edge to nextto- last row, ch 3, skip next row, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) through 2 loops of bottom corner ch, rotate work 90 degrees to work along bottom edge.
Rnd 1 (RS)—Bottom Edge: [Ch 2, skip next ch, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, *ch 2, skip next ch, sl st in next ch-1 sp, [ch 2, skip next ch, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, ch 2, skip next ch, (sl st, ch 3, sl st) in next ch-2 sp, [ch 2, skip next ch, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 7 times; rep from * along bottom edge, ending last with [ch 2, skip next ch, sl st in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, ch 2, skip next ch, sl st in beg sl st. Fasten off. Weave in ends to WS.
Step 4
This pattern was designed by Kathie Eng and excerpted with permission from Interweave Presents Classic Crochet Blankets: 18 Timeless Patterns to Keep You Warm (Interweave Favorites)
