Every blanket starts with three questions: how wide, how many chains, how much yarn. Pick a size or set your own, add your gauge, and all three answers land in one card.
Your Blanket
Your Blanket Plan
153chains to start
150 dc stitches wide · 50 × 65 in
Chain 153, dc into the 4th chain from the hook (150 stitches), and work 114 rows.Working another stitch or a repeat, the stitch calculator snaps the count.
- Stitches per row150
- Rows114
- Yarn, about3,640 yd (3,047–4,232)
- Skeins17 · buy 18
The Formulas
stitches = width × stitches per inch · chains = stitches + turning chain · rows = length × rows per inchyarn = the afghan range for your weight, × 1.25 for crochet, scaled by your blanket’s areaWorked Example
A worsted dc throw, 50 × 65, at 12 stitches and 7 rows per 4 in:
- Stitches: 50 × 3 = 150 → chain 153 for dc.
- Rows: 65 × 1.75 ≈ 114.
- Yarn: the worsted afghan range crocheted comes to about 3,360 yd: 16 skeins of 220, buy 17.
Blanket Sizes Crocheters Actually Use
Common targets: nothing about blankets is standardized, and nobody has ever returned one for being an inch generous.
| Blanket | Size | Worsted yarn, about |
|---|---|---|
| Lovey | 12 × 12 in | 150 yd |
| Baby | 30 × 36 in | 1,200 yd |
| Crib | 36 × 52 in | 2,100 yd |
| Throw | 50 × 65 in | 3,400 yd |
| Twin | 66 × 90 in | 6,600 yd |
| Queen bed | 90 × 100 in | 10,000 yd |
How to Measure Your Inputs
- Gauge from a real swatch in the blanket’s stitch: a 6 in square, blocked, counted across the middle 4.
- Row gauge matters here: it converts your length into evenings. 114 dc rows at ten minutes a row is nineteen hours: worth knowing on day one.
- Border plans: subtract the border’s width from the size before calculating, and give the border its own skein.
Assumptions and Defaults
- Chains add a dc turning chain (+3); switch stitch in the stitch calculator for other counts and repeats.
- Yarn scales the crocheted afghan range by area: midpoint shown, range beneath.
- Skeins round up, plus the spare.
Blanket Questions, Answered
How many chains do I need for a crochet blanket?
A crochet blanket starts with its width times your stitches per inch, plus the turning chain, which comes to 153 chains for the 50 in worsted double crochet throw above. Measure your gauge before you chain, because a guessed starting chain is how a 50 in blanket turns into a 58 in one.
What size should a crochet blanket be?
Common crochet blanket sizes are about 50 × 65 in for a throw, 30 × 36 in for a baby blanket, and 36 × 52 in for a crib, while bed blankets match the mattress plus the drop. The chart holds these common targets, and the custom fields take your own measurements if none of them fit.
How long will a crochet blanket take?
A crochet blanket takes its row count times your minutes per row, so the 114-row throw at 10 minutes a row comes to about 19 hours of crochet. Time three rows and average them, and you will have a realistic estimate for your own pace.
How much yarn do I need if I change the stitch?
Changing the stitch changes the yarn: solid stitches such as sc, hdc, and dc stay close to the estimate, while open lace and granny fabrics run 5 to 15% under it. Heavily textured stitches such as bobbles, alpine stitch, and C2C can run up to 20% over, and a weighed swatch gives you the exact figure for any stitch.
Yarn ranges: Lion Brand, with the 25% crochet allowance.