Sock yarn blanket crochet

A little update on my blanket. It’s now 23 inches wide and I’m still addicted to knitting this. I have so much yarn yet to use, it has the potential to be gargantuan. Happy wednesday!

Hello everyone! I'm starting this year's blogging off with the FREE instructions to crochet your very own happy scrappy blanket! Does that sound good? This is a blanket I began making last summer, working just a few rows at a time as the mood took me and allowing it to gradually grow as scraps of sock yarn became available from knitted or crocheted sock and shawl projects. I'm using the term "instructions" rather than "pattern" because I'm simply going to give basic information for you to…

...ause I didn’t want that row to be so tall that the shell sat on top. Everything else it pretty much the same except for maybe putting 8 total double crochet’s in the shell instead of 7. The sock yarn I was using was a light fingering weight. This edging is very forgiving…give it a try!

Sock yarn blankets are my new addiction! They are lightweight, portable for crocheting on the go, and the repetitive pattern makes your worries disappear.

Zig and Zag Blanket using sock yarn scraps. #knitting #afghan #sockyarn

I'm still not back up 100% health yet, this thing is taking such a long time to shift! Although I have managed to cough and sniff through a week back at work. While I was confined to the sofa I managed to add to my sock yarn leftovers blanket. I've now added another 20 squares to it. It uses all the wee leftover balls of yarn leftover from knitting a pair of socks. Each square uses 6g of yarn so doesn't need much yarn at all. It's a simple basket weave stitch of K4, P4 over 28 stitches. This…

EDIT: If you love this blanket, be sure to check out my Felix Remixed Blanket! It is the same type of crochet fun, but with a totally different result. You can find the pattern on my blog and it is…

Learn how to crochet the Texture World Blanket, with the beautiful colors of Caron Tea Cakes! Make your own stitch sampler afghan with this freebie!

As a change from coffee and knitting, may I present tea and crochet. This #GiantGrannySquare has been on go for ages (actually I checked back and I started it in 2020) and I was originally doing one colour for each round using scrap sock yarn leftover from other projects. Then I stalled as each