Crochet XL with Santa Pazienzia: Make a beautiful crochet blanket in fan stitch

Easy, fun to do, quick to make… this is what Crochet XL by Estefanía González and her Santa Pazienzia project is about. If you´re looking for crochet projects that allow you to continue learning and to relax you during your spare time, there´s no doubt that you should follow Santa Pazienzia. Estefanía is a crocheter who enjoys every stitch, but “I´m also thankful when a project has advanced considerably in an afternoon”. With this philosophy in mind she´s sharing her Crochet XL pattern, showing how to make a gorgeous blanket in fan stitch, with us on Craft Lovers. The fan stitch creates a beautiful design and is so easy to do because it´s made up of “a combination of double crochet stitches which you´ll be able to do even if you´re a beginner “.

Crochet XL with Santa Pazienzia

For this crochet blanket, Estefanía has chosen Katia Big Merino because “it´s perfect… It´s soft, very warm, but above all it has a good thickness for a large project”. She made her blanket in this beautiful dark grey colour; “because it goes together well with the tones of my home, but it would be gorgeous with any of the available colours“. Although this is a Crochet XL pattern, “you can make the blanket any size you want”. The aim of Santa Pazienzia is that you´ll finally enjoy the sensation of “snuggling up on the sofa on a winter´s afternoon with a good blanket”.

Crochet Blanket Pattern

Ready? Let´s go then… the blanket is made from side to side which means that every time you finish a row you turn the work. If you look at the diagram you´ll see that the same sequence of the group of stitches is always repeated. When you have worked the first 3 rows you don´t need any more instructions.

Measurements: 39 3/8” x 39 3/8” (1 x 1 metre)

Materials: 12 balls of Katia Big Merino and a size L11 (U.S.)/(8 mm) crochet hook

Stitches

Chain st (ch)

Double crochet (dc)

Fan stitch (5 dc together)

Instructions

72 chain sts + 3 to raise up the work (= the first double crochet).

• Row 1: One dc in the 4^th ch from the start of the hook. * Skip two ch and work 5 dc together (= fan stitch). Skip 2 ch and work 2 dc in the 2 following stitches. Repeat from * until the end of the row.

• Row 2 and all even rows: 3 ch, 2 dc together in the same place as the ch that raise up the work. * Work 2 successive dc between the central stitches of the 5 stitch fan on the row below. Work 5 dc together between the 2 successive stitches on the row below. Repeat from * until the end and work 3 dc together in the upper part of the chain stitches that raise up the work on the row below.

• Row 3 and all odd rows: 3 ch to raise up the work and 1 dc in the following stitch. Work 5 dc together between the 2 successive stitches on the row below. Work 2 successive dc between the central stitches of the 5 stitch fan on the row below. Repeat from * until the end.

Continue in the same manner until a total of 47 rows have been worked. With the remaining yarn make 4 tassels and attach one to each corner of the blanket.

Ready! And now comes the best bit! Get cosy in your favourite corner and enjoy the winter.