This easy peasy blanket features stretched, W-shaped ripples. Made without complicated decreases, it uses a simple, one-row repeat. Customize it using your favorite colors or by adjusting the stripe sequence.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog here.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet
Crocheting flat in rows
Changing colors, increasing, decreasing by skipping stitches, crocheting in the back loop only

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Child’s Blanket or Throw: 43.5” (110.5 cm) wide x 43” (109 cm) long.

Materials
Red Heart Super Saver Stripes yarn (100% acrylic, 5 oz/141 g/236 yd/216 m) – 3 skein(s) in 4967 Cool Stripe (CA), or approximately 708 yd (647.5 m) in any (CYC weight name) weight yarn.

Red Heart Super Saver yarn (100% acrylic, 7 oz/198 g/364 yd/333 m) – 2 skein(s) in 368 Paddy Green (CB), or approximately 728 yd (666 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
17 sts = 4” (10 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.