Hello friends! Thanks for stopping by for the Crochet Three Color Granny Stripe Blanket pattern. I made this to celebrate baby Jack’s three-year-old birthday. We took him to Disneyland! I thought we might need a stroller blanket to keep the babies warm as we stayed out late into the night. 

Or, as it happened, to snuggle Jack as he took his naps. 

I think we literally wore him out with all the fun. The colorful black, red, and white blanket also helped us find the stroller easily. If you’ve been to Disney, you’ll know it’s a sea of stroller parking in the kid’s areas. We’d lay our blanket across the top so we could easily locate the stroller. It came in so handy. 

Our baby Kate looked adorable too with the blanket and her mouse ears. She had just as much fun.  

I used three colors so I wouldn’t have to carry across the rows. I never cut yarn either, just kept switching colors each row and carrying the colors up the sides of the blanket. At the end I used a simple single crochet border to cover the ends that I carried. 

It was super fun to make and I’d like to experiment with even more colors. You really can’t go wrong with a classic granny stripe blanket. 

I did have time to make a tutorial, however I used Red Heart Super Saver for the demonstration. The pattern will be written for Caron Simply Soft. Basically, any 4 weight yarn will work, or any yarn you choose. I’m including the pattern repeat so you can make the base chain the width you need. 

I used the entire 3 skeins for the blanket and then another skein of white for the border. That was for a 30×30 stroller blanket size, so don’t forget to buy more yarn if you’d like to make this larger. 

Here’s the video if you’d prefer, or scroll to the end of the post for the free printable pdf. (And I’ll add more photos of our little trip! xo.

Materials

Size approximately 30 x 30 inches 

Caron Simply Soft (170 g / 6 oz, 288 meters / 315 yards, 100% acrylic)

1 skein each Black, Harvest Red, 2 skiens White

Size H 5.0mm hook, scissors, tapestry needle, measuring tape

Gauge: 4 inches= 5 rows of grannies and 5 sets of grannies

Stitches

Single Crochet (SC): Insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops on hook.

Double Crochet (DC): YO, insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops, YO and pull through remaining two loops.

Pattern

Chain 101 (or any multiple of 3 plus 2 to the width you’d like)

Pattern note: To change color at the end of the row, pull through on the last step of the stitch with the new color. Do not cut the old color. Pick up the next color from the previous row and carry the yarn up the side of the blanket. 

ROW 1: Begin in the second chain from the hook with SC. SC into each chain across the row. CH 3 and turn. 

ROW 2: CH 3 counts as first DC. DC into the first stitch (st) of the previous row. *Skip (SK) 2 sts, 3 DC into next st. Repeat from * across the row. Work 2 DC into last st. of the row. Change color. CH 3 and turn. 

ROW 3: Skip over the last 2 DC of previous row and work *3 DC in the space between the next group of DC. Repeat from * across the row. Work 1 DC into the top of the turning chain. Change color. CH 3 and turn. 

ROW 4: DC into the first st of the previous row. *SK over group of 3 DC. 3 DC in the space between the next group of DC. Repeat from * across the row. Work 2 DC into the top of the turning ch. Change color. CH 3 and turn. 

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until you have the height needed for size.

Border: 

Finish the last row with the same color as ROW 1. CH 1 and turn. 

Cut the other two colors and weave in the ends.

Round 1: Work SC into each stitch across the row. Work [SC, CH 1, SC] into each corner, work 2 SC at the end of each row on the sides. Join with a slip stitch to the first SC after working the last corner st. CH 1 and turn. 

Round 2: Work SC into each stitch around, work [SC, CH 1, SC] around the chain 1 space of the previous round corner. Join with a SL ST to the starting SC, CH 1 and turn. 

Repeat Round  2 until you have the width of the border you desire. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

XOXO, Tiffany

Click here or image below for a printable pdf of the pattern!