The Crochet Christmas Lights Blanket Free Pattern

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The Crochet Christmas Lights Blanket pattern is a fun and festive blanket pattern. This easy crochet stitch creates beautiful texture. The crochet Christmas Lights add a whimsical Christmas themed blanket.

Keep the whole family comfy and cozy this Christmas season with a holiday favorite – Christmas lights! Bring the beauty and light of Christmastime in to your home with a custom crochet Christmas Lights Blanket.

This free crochet blanket pattern includes 10 sizes, so you can make one for anyone in your family.

You can purchase the ad-free, well formatted PDF Pattern in one of my shops. Scroll down for the free pattern!

Since the crochet lights are sewn on after the blanket is complete, it’s totally customizable. You can vary the colors and arrangement to suit your liking.

For those who prefer it, I include the colors I use here and the placement, as well as step by step instructions for crocheting and assembling your blanket.

The lemon peel stitch gives the white yarn a snowy look, and a nice texture. I love the visual interest of this stitch, especially in a single color.

This stitch is perfect for a more solid blanket too, without too many “holes.” It works up surprisingly fast too!

The blanket and Christmas lights are worked separately, then the lights are sewn on to the blanket.

This pattern is for the blanket and how to add the Christmas light appliqués. You can find the free pattern for the Christmas Light Appliqués here.

I did have one little snafu, so you may decide to omit the coffee when sewing your lights down! Notice how I even had a lid on my cup, a lot of good it did me!

As you can see, I was in the middle of adding the lights so it wasn’t really washable at the moment! I rinsed the spot by hand in cold water and sprayed some Spray ‘n Wash on it until I could wash it. And thankfully, it all came out! Phew!

Before adding a border to your blanket, it’s always a good idea to single crochet around it in the same color.

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Materials

5 mm (H) hook*, or hook compatible with yarn. Be sure to check out Furls Peppermint Swirl*! I mean it was made for Christmas crocheting!

• #4 medium worsted weight yarn pictured in Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn (100% acrylic, 7oz/199g, 355yd/325m); color: white, green, and red for the blanket (p. 3); plus yellow, orange, light green, blue & purple for the Christmas Lights:
• Lovey – 10 yd ea color
• Baby – 15 yd ea color
• Receiving – 20 yd ea color
• Toddler – 25 yd ea color
• Sm Throw – 25 yd ea color
• Lg Throw – 30 yd ea color
• Twin – 30 yd ea color
• Full – 30 yd ea color
• Queen –35 yd ea color
• King – 40 yd ea color

Main Blanket Yarn by Size

For the main blanket you’ll need 3 colors of yarn: white (Color A) for the blanket, red (Color B) for the border/bulbs and green (Color C) for the border/chain/bulb bases.

• Lovey – 12″ / 30.5  cm x 12″ / 30.5 cm you’ll need approximately 177 yd / 162 m of yarn; divided in Color A 103 yd / 94 m, Color B 18 yd /17 m and Color C 56 yd / 51 m.
• Baby – 32” / 82 cm x 33.5” / 85 cm you’ll need approximately 1012 yd / 926 m of yarn; divided in Color A 835 yd / 764 m, Color B 60 yd / 55 m and Color C 117 yd / 107 m.
• Receiving – 36″ / 92 cm x 35.5″/ 90 cm you’ll need approximately 1100 yd / 1005 m of yarn; divided in Color A 988 yd / 903 m, Color B 76 yd / 70 m and Color C 152 yd / 139 m.
• Toddler – 40″ / 102 cm x 51.5″ / 131 cm you’ll need approximately 1917 yd / 1753 m of yarn; divided in Color A 1594 yd / 1458 m Color B 114 yd / 104 m and Color C 209 yd / 211 m.
• Sm Throw – 45″ / 114.25 cm x 59.5″ / 151 cm you’ll need approximately 2448 yd / 2239 m of yarn; divided in Color A 1947 yd / 1780 m, Color B  203 yd / 186 m and Color C 298 yd / 163 m.
• Lg Throw – 54″ / 137 cm x 59.5″ / 151 cm you’ll need approximately 2938 yd / 2687 m of yarn; divided in Color A 2318 yd / 2120 m, Color B 253 yd / 232 m and Color C 367 yd / 336 m.
• Twin – 66″ / 168 cm x 89.5″ / 228 cm you’ll need approximately 5370 yd / 4911 m of yarn; divided in Color A 4572 yd / 4181 m, Color B 400 yd / 366 m and Color C 398 yd / 364 m.
• Full – 80″ / 203 cm x 107.5″ / 273 cm you’ll need approximately 7570 yd / 6922 m of yarn; divided in Color A 6656 yd / 6086 m, Color B 400 yd /366 m and Color C 514 yd / 470m.
• Queen – 90″ / 229cm x 107.5″ / 273 cm you’ll need approximately 8524 yd / 7795 m of yarn; divided in Color A 7489 yd / 6848 m, Color B 451 yd / 413 m and Color C 584 yd / 534 m.
• King – 108″ / 275 cm x 107.5″ / 273 cm you’ll need approximately 10281 yd / 9491 m of yarn; divided in Color A 8985 yd / 8216 m, Color B 540 yd / 494 m and Color C 756 yd / 691 m.

Notes

1. Finished size of each lightbulb is 3.25” /1.5cm long.
2. Pattern begins with the lightbulb pattern, followed by the blanket pattern and finally the assembly instructions.
3. The blanket stitch pattern is alternating sc and dc stitches. You’ll start each row with a sc and end each row with a dc. Sc into dc and dc into sc.
4. Stitch multiple is 2 plus 1 for the starting chain.

Stitch Tutorial

Check out the Lemon Peel Stitch Tutorial for step by step photos on how to crochet this stitch.

Gauge

1”/2.5cm x 1”/2.5cm = 4 sc x 4 rows (lightbulbs)

4”/10cm x 4”/10cm = 6 sc/dc pairs (12 stitches) x 12 rows (blanket)

Get the free Christmas Light Applique Pattern here.

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