The Finley Throw - A Textured Crochet Blanket Pattern

The Finley textured crochet blanket pattern is all about beautiful stitches and a bright pop of color. It works up quickly and will make a beautiful addition to your living room, bedroom, or patio area.

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As I was browsing through Joann's a few weeks ago, they were having a sale on Lion Brand's Pound of Love yarn. This has become one of my all-time favorite yarns to make blankets with, so I knew I had to scoop up a few.

Here are just a few patterns I've used this yarn for:

The Ethan Throw - Tunisian crochet blanket pattern
The Bryn Blanket - Tunisian crochet blanket pattern
The Sara Blanket - A large crochet blanket pattern (it uses the same stitch as the pattern I'm sharing today)
The Ava Throw - Tunisian crochet blanket pattern
Tunisian Crochet Nordic Blanket

Yep, I'm a fan.

With spring and summer just around the corner, I wanted to choose a yarn color that was a bright pop of something. When my eyes landed on the color Maize, I knew there was a blanket pattern in its future.

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The Finley Throw - A Textured Crochet Blanket Pattern

I wanted to design a blanket that was perfect for using out on the patio during those spring and summer months when there's just a bit of breeze. So it needed to have a little bit of weight to it.

After waaaaay too much experimenting (I put this yarn through the wringer trying to come up with a design), I landed up two different stitches:

The Bean Stitch
Half double crochet stitch

The Crochet Stitches

The Bean Stitch

This is one of those stitches that I come back to over and over again. It has a modern look to it, plus there are several different variations you can play around with.

For the Sara Throw, I used the regular bean stitch.

For the Finley Throw, I played around with the mini bean stitch, then a variation of the mini bean stitch and finally settled on the regular bean stitch, but with a slight change.

Normally with the bean stitch, you'll work it into the bean stitch on the row below. But for this pattern, I worked the bean stitch in the chain 1 space of the row below instead.

Just that one small change gives it a slightly different look and I love it.

For this pattern, follow the video tutorial below, but as I mentioned, work the bean stitch in the chain-1 space below instead.

Bean Stitch:

Insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook)
Yarn over, insert hook into same stitch and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook)
Yarn over, insert hook into same stitch and pull up a loop (6 loops on hook)
Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops on hook
Chain 1 to secure stitch
Skip the next stitch and work steps 1 - 5 into the following stitch. Work bean stitch in every other stitch to end of row.

Half Double Crochet

This is always a favorite stitch of mine and I really like how it looks between the sections of bean stitches.

hdc: Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all three loops on hook

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The Finley Crochet Blanket Pattern

Description:

The Finley Throw is worked length-wise to create vertical stripes instead of horizontal. It uses two stitches that work well together, giving this blanket a modern look with fantastic texture. The blanket works up quickly and has just the right amount of weight to it to keep you nice and warm on those cool summer nights.

Notes:

Finished size measures 45” wide x 53″ long
This blanket is worked lengthwise
To change the length, chain any odd number
To change the width, simply add more rows
ch 2 does not count as stitch
2hdc means 2 hdcs in same stitch
Video tutorial for the bean stitch HERE
This pattern uses 2 ½ skeins of Lion Brand's Pound of Love yarn, so you will have some yarn leftover (save it for a scrapghan or granny squares!)

Materials:

HOOK(S)

6 mm crochet hook

YARN

Weight 4 • 3 skeins, 3060 yards (But it only uses half of the third skein)

Lion Brand Pound of Love in Maize

NOTIONS

Scissors

Tapestry needle

Abbreviations:

ch chain

rep repeat

yo yarn over

hdc half double crochet

sk skip

st(s) stitch(es)

Pattern:

Foundation row: Ch 171, hdc in 3rd back bump from hook, hdc across to end, ch 2, turn (169 sts)

Row 1: work bean st into 1st hdc, *sk next hdc, bean st into next hdc*, rep from * to * across row to last st, ch 1, turn (remember you ch 1 to secure the bean st, so technically you are chaining 2 at the end of the row) (169 sts - bean and ch 1 spaces count as stitch)

Row 2: sk first bean st, work bean st into ch-1 sp *sk bean st, work bean st into ch-1 sp*, rep from * to * across row working last bean st in last ch-1 sp on the end, ch 1, turn (169 sts - bean and ch 1-space count as stitches)

Rows 3 - 8: rep row 2

Row 9: hdc in 1st bean st, hdc in ch-1 sp *hdc in bean st, hdc in ch-1 sp*, rep from * to * across to last bean st, do not hdc in last bean st, hdc in last ch-1 sp, ch 2, turn (169 sts)