5 Free Crochet Chevron Blanket Patterns (Linked to Each Designer)

These free crochet chevron blanket patterns are all real published patterns with written row-by-row instructions, each linked to the designer who wrote it. They run from a 32-inch baby blanket to a king-sized throw, and between them they cover the solid chevron, the open granny ripple and a textured wheat stitch version.

Chevron and ripple describe the same idea: you increase at the peaks and decrease at the valleys, and the fabric zigzags. Everything else — how sharp the points are, how open the fabric is — comes from which stitch carries the repeat.

Before you start

Chevrons are unforgiving about stitch count in a way that plain blankets are not: miss one increase and the edge drifts, and you will not notice until three rows later. Count the first few rows every time, and mark the peaks with stitch markers until the rhythm is automatic.

Yarn	Hook here	What you get
DK	4.0–5.0 mm	Sharper points, more rows, baby-blanket scale
Aran / worsted	5.0–6.0 mm	Faster, softer peaks, throw scale

1. Easy Double Crochet Chevron Baby Blanket

Kim Guzman solves the problem that ruins most first chevron blankets — edges that creep wider or narrower row by row — by keeping the count at five throughout: five up, five at the top, five down, five at the bottom. There is nothing to recount and nothing to lose track of. Worked in DK weight, a single cake of Lion Brand Mandala Bonus Bundle, on a 5 mm hook to 32 by 36 inches. Rated easy, and the right place to start if chevrons have defeated you before. Free pattern: Easy Double Crochet Chevron Baby Blanket.

2. Sunny Ripple

Carmen Heffernan alternates narrow cream single crochet stripes with wider multicoloured double crochet stripes, so the wave is carried by texture as well as colour. Aran weight — Hobbii Zafira, a cotton-wool-acrylic blend — on a 6 mm hook, finishing at 40 by 46 inches. Once the increase and decrease positions click, the whole blanket is one repeated row, which makes it good television crochet. Rated easy. Free pattern: Easy Ripple Crochet Blanket — Sunny Ripple.

3. Crochet Granny Ripple Blanket

Robin combines two classics: granny clusters — three double crochet into the same space — worked in a ripple formation, with peaks made by chaining two into one stitch and valleys by skipping five. The result is much more open and drapey than a solid chevron. Hayfield Bonus DK in six shades on a 4 mm hook, about 39 by 48 inches, needing roughly 2,300–2,500 metres in total. The half double crochet border is worked separately in rows. Free pattern: Crochet Granny Ripple Blanket.

4. Ripple Chevron Lapghan

Heather’s lapghan is a one-row repeat that mixes single and double crochet, with the colour changing every two rows — which means you can carry the resting yarn up the side rather than cutting and rejoining at every stripe. Caron Simply Soft worsted on a 5 mm hook, about 49 by 40 inches, finished with tassels at the corners worked in both colours together. Rated easy. Free pattern: Ripple Chevron Crochet Lapghan.

5. Wheat Stitch Ripple Blanket

Briana Kepner’s is the one to make if you want a chevron that does not look like every other chevron. Her wheat stitch runs on a four-row repeat, worked flat from the bottom up, and the edging is added along the long sides only. Worsted weight on a 5.5 mm hook; the featured small throw is roughly 52 by 60 inches and the pattern is written in ten sizes from stroller up to king. Rated advanced beginner — the ripple shaping is straightforward, the wheat stitch is the new part. Free pattern: Wheat Stitch Ripple Blanket.

The five patterns compared

Pattern	Designer	Hook	Finished size	Yarn	Level
Easy Double Crochet Chevron Baby Blanket	Kim Guzman	5.0 mm	32″ × 36″	DK	Easy
Sunny Ripple	Carmen Heffernan	6.0 mm	40″ × 46″	Aran	Easy
Crochet Granny Ripple Blanket	Robin, Hooked by Robin	4.0 mm	39″ × 48″	DK	Not stated
Ripple Chevron Lapghan	Heather, Affinity For Yarn	5.0 mm	49″ × 40″	Worsted	Easy
Wheat Stitch Ripple Blanket	Briana Kepner	5.5 mm	52″ × 60″ (10 sizes)	Worsted	Adv. beginner

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do my chevron edges keep going crooked?

Almost always a missed increase at a peak or a missed decrease at a valley. The fix is to count: the stitch count should be identical at the end of every row. Kim Guzman’s pattern above is built around this problem — keeping every section at five stitches means there is only one number to remember.

What is the difference between chevron and ripple?

In practice, none — both names describe increasing at peaks and decreasing at valleys. Designers tend to say chevron when the points are sharp and angular and ripple when the waves are soft and rounded, and that difference comes from how many stitches sit between the increase and the decrease, not from a different technique.

How do I keep the stripes from leaving a mess of ends?

Change colour every two rows and carry the resting yarn up the side of the work, catching it with the turning chain — the Ripple Chevron Lapghan is written this way. For wider stripes, cut and rejoin, and weave the ends in as you go rather than saving a hundred of them for the end.

How much yarn does a chevron blanket need?

More than a straight blanket of the same dimensions, because the zigzag consumes extra length. As a real figure from the patterns here, Robin’s 39-by-48-inch granny ripple takes roughly 2,300–2,500 metres of DK. Buy generously and in one dye lot.

Start with the size you actually want, then choose the fabric: solid double crochet for a warm blanket, granny clusters for something lighter and more open, wheat stitch if you want a chevron that does not look like the others. Each link goes to the designer’s own page with the full stitch counts.