Get Your Chevron On with This Easy Fleece Blanket Knitting Pattern

Any time is a great time for a new knit blanket, but I feel like this place we’re in in the northern hemisphere, where it feels like winter might never actually end, is the perfect time to knit a new blanket.

You’ve probably been spending a lot of time in your house, so your current couch accessories might be feeling a little bland. And of course if it’s cold outside you can always use a little extra warmth. And knitting a blanket while it’s cold out gives you the bonus of getting to use it as a blanket while you are still knitting it.

Of course this Forever Fleece chevron knit blanket from Yarnspirations won’t take you that long to knit, given that it’s throw sizes (about 50 by 55 inches as written) and worked with super bulky yarn.

The pattern calls for Bernat Forever Fleece, which it looks like they are running low on at Yarnspirations, though you can still find it on some craft store websites and Amazon.

If you’re looking for a substitution you could try Bernat Blanket (or Bernat Blanket O’Go if you want to let the yarn take care of the stripes) or Bernat Softee Chunky. Either way you’ll get a super cozy blanket on the double.

The tassels on the ends add a boho look if that suits your decor (and you don’t have cats; I can just imagine my kitties destroying those in no time!).

And if you happen to live in the part of the world where it’s warm right now, it’s never too early to get a jump on your winter weather essentials.

You can grab this free pattern from the Yarnspirations website.

And while you’re in the mood for chevrons, why not add a super cute chevron hat? This one is worked in bulky yarn so you can stitch it up in no time, too.

[Photo: Yarnspirations.]

One of the fun things about knitters is that we will use a holiday theme on any kind of project. From Easter bunny socks to Christmas sweaters, there’s no combination of holiday motif and knitwear genre we won’t combine.

Case in point: Halloween cowls.

This fun cowl from Sweet Vireo Designs features large carved pumpkins and little cats and skulls. It uses two colors of DK weight yarn and I love the multicolored yarn for the background color on this one. And the braids! So cute.

Spooky Season by Jocelyn Tunney (also on Ravelry) uses fingering weight yarn in two colors to make a design with crescent moons and eyes. There are two circumferences and two heights available so you can make it a neck hugger or a slightly bigger project if you like.

Make more moons with the Broom Riding Cowl from Vanessa Ewing Knits. This two color pattern looks extra fun with a multicolored yarn for the colorwork, but you can use a solid as well. It calls for DK weight yarn but there is also a fingering weight version if you have some yarn in your stash you want to use.

Jinx Made has another fun Halloween cowl, this time covered in skulls. South Philly Skulls uses DK weight yarn and comes in two lengths, and there’s also a matching hat pattern, both of which can be found on Ravelry.

The Ghost Stories cowl from Melissa Knit Wear is a two-color cowl with ghosts of different sizes on the body. It uses DK weight yarn, and average sized skeins will allow you to get two cowls out of two skeins. It also calls for stitch markers to help you keep your place in the chart.

Or stitch up a cowl with a giant bat on it. The Nightling Cowl from Jen Immer uses DK weight yarn in two colors and has moons and a large bat on it. This pattern can be found on Ravelry.

How about spooky trees? The Weirwood Cowl from Andrea Krüß-Anders is inspired by the weirwood trees in the Game of Thrones books, and is worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn. You can find this free pattern on Ravelry.

If a bandana cowl is more your thing, try Cowloween from Tellybean Knits (on Ravelry). This colorful design is worked from the top down and features pumpkins, ghosts and candy colored stripes, and is worked in a light fingering weight yarn. There are kid and adult sizes available.

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