Striped Corner to Corner Crochet Blanket Pattern – The Penny

Get your crochet hooks ready and dive into this fun and easy striped corner-to-corner crochet blanket pattern. It’s a really fun project, perfect for anyone who wants to use up some of that leftover Mandala yarn we love so much!

You can purchase a printable PDF of this pattern at our shop here or Etsy here.

You may have noticed if you’ve made many of our patterns that we’re kind of in love with self-striping yarn. It all started with the “Let’s Go Camping” Blanket, and the rest is history.

I went on to create many more patterns using this type of yarn. Here are a few of them:

• The Ethan
• The Estes
• The Bryn
• The Griffin
• Corner to Corner Baby Blanket
• The Rainbow Blanket

We also have a round-up of 25 self striping yarn patterns you can check out. Needless to say, we’re obsessed.

In making all of these blankets + all of the experimenting I do with patterns that never see the light of day, I’ve accumulated quite a collection of half used self striping yarn.

I hated seeing it just sitting there unused, so I came up with a pattern for it!

Introducing the Penny blanket…

Crochet Corner to Corner Blanket Pattern – The Penny

You can purchase a printable PDF of this pattern at our shop here or Etsy here.

Pattern Description:

The Penny Blanket is the perfect way to use up all those bits of leftover Mandala yarn. It’s made with a corner-to-corner moss stitch that starts small and gets bigger as you go. The mix of different yarn colors makes each blanket totally unique and full of personality.

Notes:

• Finished size measures 46” x 48 1/2″ long
• This blanket is worked corner to corner
• This blanket is a square, but I’ve included instructions if you want to make it a rectangle
• This blanket has increase rows and decrease tows
• Video tutorial for the corner to corner moss stitch is HERE
• This stitch is also called the linen stitch
• (sc, ch1, sc) is the increase on both sides
• skipping multiple sc stitches are the decrease rows
• This pattern is two rows of a solid color and two rows of Mandala; 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.
• This pattern uses leftover Lion Brand Mandala yarn, about 3 skeins of it + Lion Brand pound of Love — you can use other scrap yarn for this blanket if you’d like. This mixes a weight 4 and a weight 3 yarn and works really well together

Special Instructions

Instructions for a Rectangle Blanket:

Here are the instructions if you want to make this a rectangle and not a square. Just remember that a larger blanket will require more yarn:

Section 1: Increase on both sides until the blanket is the width you’d like

Section 2: Increase on one side until the blanket is the length you’d like, while decreasing on the other side

Section 3: Once the blanket is the length you’d like, decrease on both sides

Materials:

HOOK(S)

J/ 6.0 mm crochet hook

YARN A

Weight 4 • approx. 1020 yds

Lion Brand Pound of Love (1 skeins)

Color:

Vanilla

YARN B

Weight 3 • approx. 1500

Lion Brand Mandala, (About 3 skeins)

Colors:

Sphinx

Warlock

NOTIONS

Scissors

Tapestry needle

GAUGE (4 X 4)

19 sts x 18 rows (I’ve included a picture of how I measured gauge)

Abbreviations & Stitches

ch chain

rep repeat

yo yarn over

sc single crochet

sk skip

sp space

st(s) stitch(es)

sc (single crochet)

• Insert the crochet hook into the stitch (st) where you want to make the single crochet.
• Yarn over, pull up a loop (2 loops on hook)
• Yarn over, pull through both loops on hook

Corner to Corner Moss Stitch Video Tutorial

The Pattern

Foundation row With Yarn A, Ch 3

Row 1 sc in 3rd chain from hook, ch 3, turn

Rows 2 (sc, ch1, sc) in ch from previous row, ch 3, turn (this chain was made from the 2 sts you skipped in row 1)

Switch to Yarn B

Row 3: * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch1; repeat from * to last sc. (sc, ch1, sc) in ch-3 of previous row, ch 3, turn

Row 4: * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch1; repeat from * to last sc. (sc, ch1, sc) in ch-3 of previous row, ch 3, turn

Switch to Yarn A

Row 5: * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch1; repeat from * to last sc. (sc, ch1, sc) in ch-3 of previous row, ch 3, turn

Row 6: * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch1; repeat from * to last sc. (sc, ch1, sc) in ch-3 of previous row, ch 3, turn

Rows 7 – 151: rep rows 3 – 6 (all increase rows)

Begin decrease for square blanket. If you want to make a rectangle blanket, follow instructions under “Special Instructions.”

Switch to Yarn B

Row 152: * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch1; repeat from * to last sc. sc twice in ch-3 of previous row, ch 2, turn

Row 153: skip 2 sc, sc in next ch-1, ch 1 * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch 1; repeat from * to last ch 1 sp, sc in ch 1 sp (don’t ch1 before sc), sc in ch-3 of previous row , ch 2, turn

Switch to Yarn A

Row 154: skip 2 sc, sc in next ch-1, ch 1 * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch 1; repeat from * to last ch 1 sp, sc in ch 1 sp (don’t ch1 before sc), sc in ch-2 of previous row , ch 2, turn

Row 155: skip 2 sc, sc in next ch-1, ch 1 * skip sc, sc in next ch-1, ch 1; repeat from * to last ch 1 sp, sc in ch 1 sp (don’t ch1 before sc), sc in ch-2 of previous row , ch 2, turn

Rows 156 and on: Repeat rows 152 – 155 until you 2 sc left, do not chain 2 on row before last row, ch 1 instead

Last row: sc in ch-2 of previous row.

Fasten off Yarn B

Do not fasten off Yarn A

Continue with Yarn A for border

For border

ch 1, sc all around the blanket, 3 sc in each corner (make sure to crochet over the yarn ups where you made the color changes to hide it)

End with 3 sc in corner, sl st to first sc

Fasten off; weave in all ends

Video tutorial for border HERE

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