Crochet Thanksgiving Turkey Blanket a Fall C2C Throw!

A crochet Thanksgiving Turkey C2C Blanket is a free corner to corner crochet pattern by Nana’s Crafty Home.

As autumn approaches and the leaves begin to change, there’s no better way to cozy up than with a beautiful crochet blanket. I have been buried in fall colors over the last month designing and releasing the Fall Squares Blanket and I had some yarn left over from that project so figured a crochet Thanksgiving turkey would be the perfect way to showcase those beautiful fall colors!

This easy c2c blanket perfectly captures the essence of the fall and Thanksgiving season. The turkey, with its warm brown body and expressive features, stands proudly at the center, a symbol of festive celebrations and heartwarming family gatherings.

The crochet Thanksgiving turkey’s tail feathers fan out gracefully, presenting a palette of autumnal colors from vivid oranges to yellows and a deep maroon. The use of off-white as a primary background color helps make the turkey and its vibrant tail feathers pop out and become the focal point of the design. 

With all of your crochet pumpkin patterns and thanksgiving decorations your house will be screaming Happy Thanksgiving to all who enter!

Crochet Thanksgiving Turkey Pattern Details

This crochet Thanksgiving Turkey blanket is made with the mini half double crochet c2c (corner to corner) crochet stitch technique.  One of my very favorite color work techniques!

If you are new to corner to corner I have all the tutorials you need to get started on this project!

Basic C2C for Beginners

How to Change Colors in C2C

Tips & Tricks for Carrying Yarn in C2C

Mini (hdc) C2C crochet technique

How to add a border to C2C projects

The finished dimensions of this square crochet Thanksgiving turkey blanket after the addition of the border is 38″ x 38″. The easiest way to make this throw larger is simply by using the double crochet c2c stitch instead of the hdc stitch.

This c2c blanket would be a great project for a c2c newbie, too! Without a ton of color changes and a smaller graph it would be a fantastic start on your corner to corner color work journey! Want to turn this c2c graph into a smaller sc tapestry project? You can easily adapt this graph to a beautiful Tapestry project as well!

For the border I decided to go with the hdc block stitch. When I designed the Easter Squares Blanket I used the dc granny block stitch.  Since I am using the hdc c2c stitch for this throw I needed to adjust the dc granny block border to use the hdc stitch instead.  However, you can follow the tutorial for the dc border to get the basic idea of this stitch.  Simply swap out the 3 dc clusters to 2 hdc clusters.  So easy!

I used all the feather colors for the border but you could add a round with the tan color as well. Easily adjust the border size by working more or less rounds of the block stitch.

The final round for the final border edging is a hdc shell stitch with a picot in the center.  I love how it added a bit of visual interest at the end!

I am using Red Heart Super Saver* for my crochet Thanksgiving Turkey blanket which is a medium worsted weight acrylic yarn.  Very economical and with plentiful color options! You can certainly substitute your favorite worsted weight yarn – Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn!, Red Heart With Love, Paintbox Simply Aran, Vanna’s Choice, Big Twist Value, Caron Simply Soft, Caron One Pound and so many more!  Raid your yarn stash – even mix and match to get your favorite fall colors!

This is a fantastic stash busting project! The only color that I used more than one skein for is the background off-white color. That means you can mix and match your favorite fall colors for the turkey’s feathers from your yarn stash very easily!

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You may also like the following free Thanksgiving crochet patterns by Nana’s Crafty Home:

• 1. Grateful C2C Thanksgiving Table Runner free crochet pattern
• 2. Wacky Waddles Turkey Hat
• 3. Crochet Pilgrim Gnome Towel Topper Set free crochet patterns

Thanksgiving Turkey C2C Throw free crochet pattern

Pattern written in US crochet terminology

Red Heart Super Saver Weight 4 / Medium (100% acrylic)

•     Soft White 9.6 oz / 500 yards (White)
•     Burgundy 1.6 oz / 85 yards (Burgundy)
•     Cafe Latte 3.5 oz / 185 yards (Tan)
•     Cornmeal 3.5 oz / 185 yards (Yellow)
•     Carrot 2.0 oz / 104 yards (Dark Orange)
•     Saffron 3.2 oz / 170 yards (Gold) 
•     Black 0.05 oz / 3 yards (Black)
•     Pumpkin 4.0 oz / 210 yards (Orange)

Total yardage: 28 oz / 1442 yards

Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
Scissors
Stitch marker (optional)
Tapestry needle

Approximate finished size: 38” x 38”

Abbreviations:

• ch = chain
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• sp = space
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• sk = skip
• WS = wrong side
• RS = right side

Special stitches:

Picot: Ch 2, sl st in second ch from hook.

Pattern Notes:  Pattern is worked in Mini Half Double Crochet (hdc) Corner to Corner (C2C) Crochet technique.  Written row by row instructions follow with color pixel graph at bottom of post.

Recommended Tutorials:

Basic C2C for Beginners

How to Change Colors in C2C

Tips & Tricks for Carrying Yarn in C2C

Mini (hdc) C2C crochet technique

How to add a border to C2C projects

Pattern Instructions

Starting & Increase Block: Ch 4, hdc in third ch from hook and last ch (skipped chs counts as ch-2 sp).

Continuing block: sl st to ch-2 sp of next block, ch 2, work 2 hdc in same ch-2 sp as sl st.

Decrease: Sl st in top 2 sts of last block worked on previous row, sl st in ch-2 sp of next block and finish continuing blocks, stop working continuing blocks once you have reached the sl st edge.

Row 1: Work Starting Block.

Row 2: Work 1 Increasing Block, work 1 Continuing Block.

Row 3: Work 1 Increasing Block, work Continuing Blocks across all blocks.

Repeat Row 3 to desired width.

To Stop Increasing: Work Decrease, work Continuing Blocks across all blocks.

To create a square: Work Decrease at beginning of each row, work Continuing Blocks across all blocks to last block, sl st to top of last block to decrease.

Color Changes row by row written instructions

← Row 1 [RS]: (White) x 1 (1 square)  

→ Row 2 [WS]: (White) x 2 (2 squares)  

← Row 3 [RS]: (White) x 3 (3 squares)  

→ Row 4 [WS]: (White) x 4 (4 squares)  

← Row 5 [RS]: (White) x 5 (5 squares)  

→ Row 6 [WS]: (White) x 6 (6 squares)  

← Row 7 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 2, (White) x 5 (7 squares)  

→ Row 8 [WS]: (Tan) x 3, (White) x 1, (Burgundy) x 4 (8 squares)  

← Row 9 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 5, (Tan) x 4 (9 squares)  

→ Row 10 [WS]: (Tan) x 5, (Burgundy) x 5 (10 squares)  

← Row 11 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 5, (Tan) x 6 (11 squares)  

→ Row 12 [WS]: (Tan) x 7, (Burgundy) x 5 (12 squares)  

← Row 13 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 5, (Tan) x 8 (13 squares)  

→ Row 14 [WS]: (Tan) x 9, (Burgundy) x 5 (14 squares)  

← Row 15 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 5, (Tan) x 10 (15 squares)  

→ Row 16 [WS]: (Tan) x 11, (Burgundy) x 5 (16 squares)  

← Row 17 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 5, (Tan) x 12 (17 squares)  

→ Row 18 [WS]: (Tan) x 13, (Burgundy) x 5 (18 squares)  

← Row 19 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 5, (Tan) x 14 (19 squares)  

→ Row 20 [WS]: (Tan) x 14, (Burgundy) x 6 (20 squares)  

← Row 21 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 6, (Tan) x 15 (21 squares)  

→ Row 22 [WS]: (Tan) x 16, (Burgundy) x 6 (22 squares)  

← Row 23 [RS]: (Burgundy) x 7, (Tan) x 16 (23 squares)  

→ Row 24 [WS]: (Tan) x 17, (White) x 7 (24 squares)  

← Row 25 [RS]: (White) x 6, (Yellow) x 2, (Tan) x 17 (25 squares)  

→ Row 26 [WS]: (Tan) x 18, (Yellow) x 8 (26 squares)  

← Row 27 [RS]: (Yellow) x 9, (Tan) x 17, (White) x 1 (27 squares)  

→ Row 28 [WS]: (White) x 1, (Tan) x 17, (Yellow) x 10 (28 squares)  

← Row 29 [RS]: (Yellow) x 10, (Tan) x 17, (White) x 2 (29 squares)  

→ Row 30 [WS]: (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 2, (Tan) x 16, (Yellow) x 11 (30 squares)  

← Row 31 [RS]: (Yellow) x 12, (Tan) x 16, (Dark Orange) x 3 (31 squares)  

→ Row 32 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 4, (Tan) x 15, (Yellow) x 13 (32 squares)  

← Row 33 [RS]: (Yellow) x 13, (Tan) x 15, (Dark Orange) x 5 (33 squares)  

→ Row 34 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 6, (Tan) x 15, (Yellow) x 13 (34 squares)  

← Row 35 [RS]: (Yellow) x 13, (Tan) x 16, (Dark Orange) x 6 (35 squares)  

→ Row 36 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 7, (Tan) x 16, (Yellow) x 13 (36 squares)  

← Row 37 [RS]: (Yellow) x 11, (Tan) x 4, (Burgundy) x 1, (Tan) x 13, (Dark Orange) x 8 (37 squares)  

→ Row 38 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 9, (Tan) x 12, (Burgundy) x 2, (Tan) x 4, (Yellow) x 11 (38 squares)  

← Row 39 [RS]: (Yellow) x 11, (Tan) x 5, (Burgundy) x 1, (Tan) x 12, (Dark Orange) x 10 (39 squares)  

→ Row 40 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 11, (Tan) x 11, (Orange) x 1, (Burgundy) x 1, (Tan) x 5, (Yellow) x 11 (40 squares)  

← Row 41 [RS]: (Yellow) x 11, (Tan) x 5, (Burgundy) x 1, (Orange) x 2, (Tan) x 10, (Dark Orange) x 12 (41 squares)  

→ Row 42 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 13, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 9, (Orange) x 2, (Burgundy) x 1, (Tan) x 5, (Yellow) x 11 (42 squares)  

← Row 43 [RS]: (Yellow) x 11, (Tan) x 5, (Burgundy) x 1, (Orange) x 3, (Tan) x 7, (Gold) x 2, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 13 (43 squares)  

→ Row 44 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 13, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 6, (Tan) x 4, (Orange) x 2, (Burgundy) x 1, (Tan) x 1, (White) x 1, (Black) x 1, (Tan) x 2, (Yellow) x 12 (44 squares)  

← Row 45 [RS]: (Yellow) x 12, (Tan) x 2, (Black) x 2, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 1, (Orange) x 2, (Tan) x 4, (Gold) x 7, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 13 (45 squares)  

→ Row 46 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 13, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 7, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 7, (White) x 1, (Black) x 1, (Tan) x 2, (Yellow) x 13 (46 squares)  

← Row 47 [RS]: (Yellow) x 13, (Tan) x 2, (White) x 3, (Tan) x 6, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 8, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 13 (47 squares)  

→ Row 48 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 13, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 8, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 7, (White) x 2, (Tan) x 2, (White) x 1, (Yellow) x 12, (White) x 1 (48 squares)  

← Row 49 [RS]: (White) x 1, (Yellow) x 12, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 7, (Black) x 1, (Tan) x 3, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 9, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 13 (49 squares)  

→ Row 50 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 14, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 8, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 3, (Black) x 2, (Tan) x 6, (Orange) x 1, (White) x 1, (Yellow) x 11, (White) x 2 (50 squares)  

← Row 51 [RS]: (White) x 3, (Yellow) x 10, (White) x 1, (Orange) x 2, (Tan) x 5, (White) x 1, (Black) x 1, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 2, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 9, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 14 (51 squares)  

→ Row 52 [WS]: (Dark Orange) x 14, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 10, (Tan) x 3, (White) x 2, (Tan) x 5, (Orange) x 3, (White) x 1, (Yellow) x 9, (White) x 4 (52 squares)  

← Row 53 [RS]: (White) x 6, (Yellow) x 6, (White) x 2, (Orange) x 4, (Tan) x 4, (White) x 3, (Tan) x 2, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 10, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 13, (White) x 1 (53 squares)  

→ Row 54 [WS]: (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 13, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 11, (White) x 1, (Tan) x 2, (White) x 2, (Tan) x 4, (Orange) x 5, (White) x 2, (Yellow) x 5, (White) x 7 (54 squares)  

← Row 55 [RS]: (White) x 14, (Orange) x 6, (Tan) x 7, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 12, (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 12, (White) x 2 (55 squares)  

Corner: Start decreasing on both ends  

→ Row 56 [WS]: (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 12, (White) x 2, (Gold) x 11, (White) x 1, (Orange) x 1, (Tan) x 6, (Orange) x 7, (White) x 13 (54 squares)  

← Row 57 [RS]: (White) x 12, (Orange) x 8, (Tan) x 5, (Orange) x 1, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 12, (White) x 2, (Dark Orange) x 11, (White) x 1 (53 squares)  

→ Row 58 [WS]: (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 10, (White) x 2, (Gold) x 12, (White) x 1, (Orange) x 2, (Tan) x 4, (Orange) x 8, (White) x 12 (52 squares)  

← Row 59 [RS]: (White) x 11, (Orange) x 14, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 13, (White) x 2, (Dark Orange) x 9, (White) x 1 (51 squares)  

→ Row 60 [WS]: (White) x 1, (Dark Orange) x 8, (White) x 2, (Gold) x 14, (Orange) x 15, (White) x 10 (50 squares)  

← Row 61 [RS]: (White) x 10, (Orange) x 14, (White) x 1, (Gold) x 13, (White) x 3, (Dark Orange) x 6, (White) x 2 (49 squares)  

→ Row 62 [WS]: (White) x 2, (Dark Orange) x 5, (White) x 3, (Gold) x 14, (White) x 1, (Orange) x 14, (White) x 9 (48 squares)  

← Row 63 [RS]: (White) x 9, (Orange) x 14, (Gold) x 15, (White) x 9 (47 squares)  

→ Row 64 [WS]: (White) x 9, (Gold) x 14, (White) x 1, (Orange) x 14, (White) x 8 (46 squares)  

← Row 65 [RS]: (White) x 8, (Orange) x 13, (White) x 2, (Gold) x 14, (White) x 8 (45 squares)  

→ Row 66 [WS]: (White) x 8, (Gold) x 14, (White) x 1, (Orange) x 14, (White) x 7 (44 squares)  

← Row 67 [RS]: (White) x 7, (Orange) x 13, (White) x 2, (Gold) x 14, (White) x 7 (43 squares)  

→ Row 68 [WS]: (White) x 7, (Gold) x 13, (White) x 2, (Orange) x 14, (White) x 6 (42 squares)  

← Row 69 [RS]: (White) x 6, (Orange) x 13, (White) x 2, (Gold) x 14, (White) x 6 (41 squares)  

→ Row 70 [WS]: (White) x 6, (Gold) x 13, (White) x 3, (Orange) x 12, (White) x 6 (40 squares)  

← Row 71 [RS]: (White) x 6, (Orange) x 12, (White) x 3, (Gold) x 13, (White) x 5 (39 squares)  

→ Row 72 [WS]: (White) x 5, (Gold) x 13, (White) x 3, (Orange) x 11, (White) x 6 (38 squares)  

← Row 73 [RS]: (White) x 6, (Orange) x 10, (White) x 4, (Gold) x 12, (White) x 5 (37 squares)  

→ Row 74 [WS]: (White) x 5, (Gold) x 11, (White) x 5, (Orange) x 9, (White) x 6 (36 squares)  

← Row 75 [RS]: (White) x 6, (Orange) x 8, (White) x 6, (Gold) x 10, (White) x 5 (35 squares)  

→ Row 76 [WS]: (White) x 5, (Gold) x 9, (White) x 7, (Orange) x 6, (White) x 7 (34 squares)  

← Row 77 [RS]: (White) x 8, (Orange) x 4, (White) x 8, (Gold) x 8, (White) x 5 (33 squares)  

→ Row 78 [WS]: (White) x 5, (Gold) x 7, (White) x 20 (32 squares)  

← Row 79 [RS]: (White) x 20, (Gold) x 5, (White) x 6 (31 squares)  

→ Row 80 [WS]: (White) x 30 (30 squares)  

← Row 81 [RS]: (White) x 29 (29 squares)  

→ Row 82 [WS]: (White) x 28 (28 squares)  

← Row 83 [RS]: (White) x 27 (27 squares)  

→ Row 84 [WS]: (White) x 26 (26 squares)  

← Row 85 [RS]: (White) x 25 (25 squares)  

→ Row 86 [WS]: (White) x 24 (24 squares)  

← Row 87 [RS]: (White) x 23 (23 squares)  

→ Row 88 [WS]: (White) x 22 (22 squares)  

← Row 89 [RS]: (White) x 21 (21 squares)  

→ Row 90 [WS]: (White) x 20 (20 squares)  

← Row 91 [RS]: (White) x 19 (19 squares)  

→ Row 92 [WS]: (White) x 18 (18 squares)  

← Row 93 [RS]: (White) x 17 (17 squares)  

→ Row 94 [WS]: (White) x 16 (16 squares)  

← Row 95 [RS]: (White) x 15 (15 squares)  

→ Row 96 [WS]: (White) x 14 (14 squares)  

← Row 97 [RS]: (White) x 13 (13 squares)  

→ Row 98 [WS]: (White) x 12 (12 squares)  

← Row 99 [RS]: (White) x 11 (11 squares)  

→ Row 100 [WS]: (White) x 10 (10 squares)  

← Row 101 [RS]: (White) x 9 (9 squares)  

→ Row 102 [WS]: (White) x 8 (8 squares)  

← Row 103 [RS]: (White) x 7 (7 squares)  

→ Row 104 [WS]: (White) x 6 (6 squares)  

← Row 105 [RS]: (White) x 5 (5 squares)  

→ Row 106 [WS]: (White) x 4 (4 squares)  

← Row 107 [RS]: (White) x 3 (3 squares)  

→ Row 108 [WS]: (White) x 2 (2 squares)  

← Row 109 [RS]: (White) x 1 (1 square)  

Do not fasten off white once graph is complete. Weave in remaining ends.

Border

Round 1: Ch 1, sc evenly around outside edge of panel.  Note:  Work approx 4-5 sc sts per every two pixel blocks.  Sl st to first st.

Fasten off.

Attach white to any ch-2 corner space.

Round 2: Ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same st, [*ch 2, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st,* repeat from * to * to last st before 3-sc corner, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner st] 4 times omitting final corner, sl st in top of first st.

Fasten off white.

Round 3:  Join burgundy with sl st to ch-2 sp after any corner, ch 2 (counts as first st), hdc in same sp, *2 hdc in each ch-2 sp to next corner ch-2 sp, (2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in corner sp,* repeat from * to * around to end, sl st in top of ch-2.

Fasten off burgundy.

Round 4:  Join white with sl st in between set of hdc clusters after any ch-2 corner sp, sc, [*ch 2, sk next 2 hdc cluster, sc after next cluster,* repeat from * to * to ch-2 corner sp, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner sp] 4 times, sl st in top of first st.

Fasten off White.

Round 5: With yellow repeat round 3.

Fasten off yellow.

Round 6: With white repeat round 4.

Fasten off white.

Round 7: With orange repeat round 3.

Fasten off orange.

Round 8: With white repeat round 4.

Fasten off white.

Round 9: With gold repeat round 3.

Fasten off gold.

Round 10: With white repeat round 4.

Fasten off white.

Round 11: Join dark orange to any corner ch-2 sp, ch 2 (hdc, picot, 2 hdc) in the same corner sp as join, *sc in next ch-2 sp, (2 hdc, picot, 2 hdc) in next ch-2 sp,* repeat from * to * around to end, sl st top of ch-2 at beginning.

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