The Stash Busting Granny Stripe Throw is a must-try project!  Not only will the end result give you a beautiful blanket but it will help empty your yarn stash to make room for new yarn!  To learn more about how to make this blanket, keep reading below!

Yarn

For this blanket I highly encourage you to use this pattern as an opportunity to clear out some of your personal yarn stash.  Not only will using yarn already in your stash save you money but you can use the excuse that you’re cleaning while you crochet!

My finished blanket is approximately 48 inches wide by 51 inches long and used up approximately 2,580 yards of yarn.  For my main color I used Big Twist Soft in the color Cream, while my contrasting colors actually came from deconstructed Premiere Sweet Roll yarn cakes.

I aimed for about 7 granny stripe rows in each color, with the main color starting and ending sections of having each 14 rows of granny stripe.  There were a couple of instances where I ran out of a color before reaching 7 rows of granny stripe, but I’m ok with it.  Different sized stripes just adds character to the blanket!

Be sure to let me know if you try out this blanket for yourself in the comments below!  I can’t wait to see your creations!

Stitch

As the name implies this throw blanket is crocheted up in the granny stitch.  The granny stitch is similar to the granny square in that it is comprised of three double crochet clusters but are arranged in a straight line rather than in a square.

I recently shared a photo and video tutorial of the granny stitch, so if you’d like to see a visual and learn more about the stitch, be sure to check out that post here!  Also if you like the granny stitch, you’ll love the granny ripple stitch!  (You can check that out here.)

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Stash Busting Granny Stripe Throw – Written Pattern

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Materials

• Your yarn stash! (approximately 2,580 yds total of 100% acrylic 4-medium (worsted) weight yarn
• I used about 1,600 yds for the main color and about 327 yds for each of the three contrasting colors (but feel free to get creative depending on the colors/amounts you have available!)
• My materials
  • Main color: 5 balls of Big Twist Soft in color Cream
  • Contrasting colors: 4 balls of Premiere Sweet Roll in color Jellopop;  These yarns came in cakes that I took apart by separating each color and winding into separate yarn balls.
• 5.5 mm crochet hook (I use this set!)
• yarn needle
• scissors
• gauge checker
• tape measure

Finished Measurements

• Approximately 48 inches wide by 51 inches long

Gauge

• 5 clusters plus 1 cluster space by 11 rows = 5 inches in granny stripe stitch

Pattern

With main color, ch 152

Row 1: Starting in 2nd ch from hook, sc across the row; turn.

Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), make 1 dc in 1st stitch, sk 2 st, *make 3 dc in next st, sk 2 st; repeat from * to end making 2 dc’s in the last st; turn.

Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), *make 3 dc’s in next cluster sp; repeat from * through last cluster sp, make 1 dc in the top of the turning ch from prev row; turn.

Row 4: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), make 1 dc in sp between your last dc and cluster from prev row, *make 3 dc in next cluster sp; repeat from * to end of row; make 2 dc in space between cluster and ch 3 from prev row; turn.

Rows 5 – 109: Repeat Rows 3 and 4 or until you reach your desired length.

Row 110: Ch 1, starting in same st as ch 1 sc across row placing last sc into the top of the turning ch 3 from prev row.

Cut yarn and secure.

Weave in ends!

Below are the row color counts for my blanket, but feel free to get creative here and change colors as you run out of yarn.

• Main color – Cream (14 rows*)
• Contrasting color 1 – Blue (7 rows*)
• Main color – Cream (7 rows*)
• Contrasting color 2 – Pink (7 rows*)
• Contrasting color 3 – Gold (7 rows*)
• Main color – Cream (7 rows*)
• Contrasting color 1 – Blue (6 rows*)
• Main color – Cream (7 rows*)
• Contrasting color 3 – Gold (7 rows*)
• Main color – Cream (7 rows*)
• Contrasting color 2 – Pink (7 rows*)
• Main color – Cream (7 rows*)
• Contrasting color 3 – Gold (5 rows*)
• Main color – Cream (14 rows*)

rows* – Granny Stripe Rows