Ripple Moss Stitch Crochet Blanket Pattern | The Riley

The ripple moss stitch crochet blanket pattern features a detailed and engaging texture, offering a visually stunning and cozy addition to any room.

This pattern combines the ripple effect’s elegance with the moss stitch’s modern look, resulting in a crochet blanket that is as beautiful as it is comfortable.

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I’ve wanted to create a blanket pattern with this stitch for quite a while and finally got around to it.

I experimented quite a bit with different yarn types, hook sizes, and color combinations until I came up with one that I liked, and I thought you would like it as well. (You can see all of my crochet pattern designs by clicking on my bio here.)

I love how it’s a little bit retro, but you can make it look modern with your yarn choices and colors. While it looks super modern whipped up in one color, I decided to give it a spring look with this gorgeous green color and vanilla color.

Materials Needed for The Riley Blanket

Here’s what you’ll need in order to make The Riley Blanket:

Lion Brand Pound of Love in Vanilla, 2 skeins

Pound of Love in Olive, 2 skeins

For some reason, when I made this, it didn’t use much of the second skein for the vanilla and more from the second skein of the olive color – even though I did the border in vanilla. I’m guessing it’s because of a discrepancy in the yardage.

You can purchase the Pound of Love yarn online at LionBrand.com or Amazon.com. You can also often find it in-store at Joann’s.

Needless to say, you will have yarn left over from both of the second skeins.

Hook: Size 5.5 mm – I/9

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The Stitch – Crochet Ripple Moss Stitch How-To

The crochet ripple moss stitch can be a little intimidating at first because of the counting required and the skipped stitches, but I promise you’ll get the hang of it quickly and won’t need to access the pattern.

After the foundation row, it’s a one-row repeat.

This is an intermediate-level stitch, and I would wait to try it until you have some other crochet stitches under your belt.

Video tutorial

This stitch has a chain multiple of 19 plus 18 extra. You might want to try a small swatch to get the hang of it before you move on to the larger blanket. The video tutorial calls for chaining 37.

You’ll chain 246 for the Riley blanket, so that’s 12 x 19 = 228 + 18 = 246 chains.

Ripple Moss Stitch Crochet Blanket Pattern

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Pattern Description:

Meet “The Riley,” a super cozy crochet blanket pattern that rocks the ripple moss stitch like no other. It’s all about playing with two colors, alternating every couple of rows to keep things interesting.

There’s no fuss about the color changes, either; you just bring them up the sides and hide them later with a neat little border. It’s a fun project that looks awesome and feels even better.

Perfect for anyone looking to add a splash of homemade charm to their space!

Notes:

• Finished size measures 41” x 57″ long
• This blanket is a one row repeat, changing colors every 2 rows
• You do not fasten off between color changes and instead pull up the yarn along the side. You’ll cover these up with the border.
• Video tutorial for the ripple moss stitch is HERE.
• This stitch is also called the linen stitch

Materials:

HOOK(S)

I-9 / 5.5 mm crochet hook

YARN A – Olive

Weight 4 • approx. 1,530 yds

Lion Brand Pound of Love (2 skeins)

Color: Olive

YARN B – Vanilla

Weight 4 • approx. 1,530 yds

Lion Brand Pound of Love (2 skeins)

Color: Vanilla

NOTIONS

Scissors

Tapestry needle

GAUGE (4 X 4)

25 sts (including ch-1 spaces) x 15 rows

Abbreviations & Stitches

ch chain

sk st skip stitch

sc single crochet

sc2tog decrease (single crochet two stitches together)

ch 1-sp chain one space

ch 2-sp chain two space

sp space

The Pattern

Blanket

Foundation row: With Yarn A, ch 246

Sc in 2nd ch from hook, [ch 1, skip next ch, sc in next ch] 3 times, ch 1, skip next ch,*(sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, [ch 1, skip next ch, sc in next ch] 4 times, skip next 2 chs, [sc in next ch, ch 1, skip next ch] 4 times *, rep from * to * across to last 9 chs, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch, [ch 1, skip next ch, sc in next ch] 4 times, ch 1, turn. (245 sts including sc and ch sts)

Row 1 sc2tog across first sc and next ch-1 sp by inserting hook in first sc, yo, pull
through st (2 loops on hook) insert hook in next ch-1 sp, yo, pull through ch-1 sp (3 lps on hook), yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook (sc2tog made), [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 3 times, ch 1, skip next sc, * (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch2 sp, [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 4 times, skip next 2 sc, [sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip next sc] 4 times *, repeat from * to * across to last ch-2 sp of last point, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp of last point, [ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next ch-1 sp] 3 times, ch 1, skip next sc, sc2tog across next ch-1 sp and last sc by inserting hook in next ch-1 sp, yo, pull through ch-1 sp (2 loops on hook), insert hook in last sc, yo, pull through last sc (3 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook (sc2tog made), turn. (245 sts) sts including sc and ch sts

Change to Yarn B for next two rows

Repeat Row 1, alternating between Olive and Vanilla every two rows until the blanket is your desired length or it measures about 56 inches long. For The Riley, your last two rows will be in the Olive color. For border, switch to Vanilla and fasten off Olive.

Border

Side 1: ch 1, 2sc in first stitch on side, sc evenly along side stitch making sure to cover yarn up color changes, 2sc in last side st

End 1: 2sc in first st, sc in each ch-1 sp and sc st across, 2sc in last st

Side 2: 2sc in first st, sc evenly along side, 2sc in last st

Edge 2: 2sc in first st, sc in each ch-1 sp and sc st across, 2sc in last st, sl st to first sc from side 1, ch 1

You can either stop here and fasten off and weave in the ends, or you can choose to do another single crochet border all the way around.

The pictures of the Riley blanket you see feature two single crochet borders.

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