Puffy Spike Stitch Christmas Crochet Blanket for Toddlers

This Christmas crochet blanket pattern is perfect for the Christmas holidays. Not only because of the Christmas colors, but it’s nice and cozy as well! It makes for the perfect gift idea for just about anyone to keep warm this holiday season.

On top of that, it’s a nice addition to your Christmas decor, whether in the living room or bedroom.

With that said, this afghan can easily be crocheted in other colors as well! The puffy spike stitch works well with fall colors, spring colors, cheerful summer colors, or any colors to match your home decor!

Basic Stitch Tutorial

This crochet afghan pattern is worked up with single crochets and the puffy spike stitch. It’s an intermediate crochet stitch, but it doesn’t have to be hard to learn once you know the basics of crocheting.

To get started, make your chains in any multiple of 11 +1. Then single crochet into the chains, and work another 5 rows for a total of 6 rows.

Change to the next color and single crochet into the first 5 stitches. Then skip a stitch and mark the next stitch. The puffy spike stitch falls above the skipped stitch. And the marked stitch, that is where the next single crochet will go after you’ve completed the puffy spike stitch.

To pick up a loop: *wrap the yarn over the hook. Insert your hook into the stitch as indicated. Wrap the yarn over the hook again and pull through, leaving all loops on the hook.* Repeat from * to * until all 7 stitches have been worked into. (15 loops on the hook.)

When picking up loops, count from the skipped stitch and insert your hook as follows:

1st Loop: 3 stitches to the right and 1 row down. 

2nd Loop: 2 stitches to the right and 2 rows down.

3rd Loop: 1 stitch to the right and 3 rows down.

4th Loop: Directly below and 4 rows down.

5th Loop: 1 stitch to the left and 3 rows down.

6th Loop: 2 stitches to the left and 2 rows down.

7th Loop: 3 stitches to the left and 1 row down.

Once you have picked up a loop in all 7 stitches, you should have 15 loops on your hook. Wrap the yarn over and pull through all 15 loops. Then chain 1 to close. (Note: If you are new to crocheting, and find that working this over 7 loops is too much for you, you can also work this over 5 stitches. Here is a Puffy Spike Stitch Crochet Tutorial that goes over on how to do that.

Then, because we marked off our next stitch, there is no guessing now as to where to throw your next stitch. Simply insert your hook into the next marked stitch and finish your single crochet as shown.

Counting the stitch made in the marked stitch, make 10 single crochets and begin again with the next puffy spike. I placed only one marker, but if this stitch is new to you, mark off a few more stitches until you’re comfortable with where the loops are pulled up.

After the puffy spike stitch row has been made, work another 5 rows of the same color. Change color and begin again at the top. All color changes are made on the same side of the blanket.

Below they look like little Christmas trees! How cool is that!

Crochet Christmas Blanket Pattern Information

Use this pretty Christmas blanket for your toddler, as a lapghan, or adjust to any size that you want.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials

• Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver (Worsted Weight (#4) 100% acrylic, 7 oz/198g – 364 yds/333m) – CA = Hot Red, 3 balls; CB = Paddy Green, 2 balls; CC = White, 2 balls.
• Crochet Hook: I 5.50mm
• Other: Measuring Tape, Scissors, Yarn Needle, Stitch Markers.

Measurements – Size Chart

• Gauge: 10 sts = 3″.
• Finished Size: 37″ wide by 49″ long.

Abbreviations

• CA = Color A – Hot Red
• CB = Color B – Paddy Green
• CC = Color C – White
• Ch/Chs = Chain/Chains
• Hk = Hook
• Lp/Lps = Loop/Loops
• PSS = Puffy Spike Stitch
• Rep = Repeat
• RS = Right Side
• Sc = Single Crochet
• St/Sts = Stitch/Stitches
• YO = Yarn Over

Special Stitch Instructions

Before making the puffy spike stitch, skip a stitch, and place a stitch marker into the next stitch. The skipped stitch is where the puffy spike stitch falls, but is not worked into. And the marked stitch is where the next single crochet goes after you make the puffy spike stitch. Without a marker, it is difficult to find the stitch.

A stitch tutorial is available as an additional download or click here to view it online.

Puffy Spike Stitch (PSS): Yo, insert hk 3 sts to the right and 1 row down, yo and pull through (3 lps on hk); yo, insert hk 2 sts to the right and 2 rows down, yo and pull through; yo, insert hk 1 st to the right and 3 rows down, yo and pull through; yo, insert hk in st below and 4 rows down, yo and pull through; yo, insert hk 1 st to the left and 3 rows down, yo and pull through, yo, insert hk 2 sts to the left and 2 rows down, yo and pull through, yo, insert hk 3 sts to the left and 1 row down; yo and pull through; (15 lps on hk) yo and pull through all 15 lps, ch 1 to close the st.

Note: The closing chain 1 does not count as a stitch. Skip the chain when working the next row.

Use Multiple Colors

Use at least two colors and change color after every 6 rows.

To Change Color: Work the stitch in the previous row as normal until the last step and you have two loops left on hook; drop the old color, pick up the new color and draw through both loops to complete the stitch. Carry unused yarn up at each row.

Color Sequence: I started with red, then green, and white. Then for the edging, I changed back to red.

Christmas Crochet Blanket Pattern

With the first color, Ch 122, or any multiple of 11 + 1.

Row 1 (RS): Sc in 2nd ch from hk and into each ch across. Turn. [121 sts]

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc and into each sc across. Turn.[121 sts]

Rows 3-6: Rep Row 2. [121 sts]

Row 7 (RS): With next color, ch 1, sc in first 5 sc, *work pss, sk sc behind pss, sc in next 10 sc; rep from * across to last 6 sc; work pss, sk sc behind pss, sc in last 5 sc. Turn. [121 sts]

Rows 8-12: Rep Row 2.

Rows 13-198: Rep Rows 7-12.

Row 199: Rep Row 7.

Row 200: Rep Row 2.

Edging

Rnds 1-2: With Red, ch 1, sc evenly around working 3 sc into each corner; join with a slip stitch in first sc. Fasten off after Rnd 2.

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