Looking for a stitch sampler Fall themed crochet blanket pattern? I am so excited to announce the Autumn Rhapsody Blanket a free crochet pattern at Nana’s Crafty Home!
The Autumn Rhapsody Blanket design was born out of my love for stitch samplers and all things Fall! If you have been following Nana’s Crafty Home you may have read about my design journey which started with another stitch sampler blanket designed by SpitSpot Crochet. If not, you can read all about it HERE.
The pattern for the Autumn Rhapsody Blanket will be released in 4 parts as a Crochet a Long. What is a Crochet a Long? A Crochet a Long is basically a group of people working on the same project at the same time and at the same pace with parts of the pattern being released over a specific time frame. However, if you come across this project later you can absolutely work on this blanket any time as the pattern will remain free on the blog!
Check out the video at the bottom of the post to see the complete blanket!
This is the third pattern I have hosted as a Crochet a Long at Nana’s Crafty Home! If you would like to check out the previous two you can find them here —
Easter C2C Blanket – 9 stand alone Easter themed C2C squares from cute chicks to a beautiful Cross.
Gnome for Christmas C2C Blanket – 6 C2C panels with a cute Christmas Gnome scene!
The Autumn Rhapsody Blanket is going to be a bit more challenging with more complicated stitches throughout. However, I will have complete photo and video tutorials for the stitches for extra help.
I must admit that I am completely in love with this blanket! The Fall colors provided by Paintbox Yarn Cotton Aran are just perfect for this theme. If you would like to make your blanket in the same yarn and colors as mine you can find it on LoveCrafts HERE. You will need 3 packs of the 10 ball Color Pack called Fallen Leaves in Cotton Aran. The Cotton yarn comes in small balls of just 1.7 oz so if you decide to go with the Acrylic Simply Aran yarn the balls have 3.5 oz so you will need a lot less in the Simply Aran. The individual colors are listed below in the supply list.
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I chose cotton for mine for the fantastic stitch definition since my blanket will be more for show. However, I have been pleasantly surprised with the softness of the Cotton Aran yarn. This blanket would also make a fantastic scrap and stash buster as well!
I wanted to create a blanket design that would be cohesive and balanced even though it would still be classified as a stitch sampler. Most stitch samplers are truly that — every few rows a new color and a new stitch throughout.
Even though the Autumn Rhapsody Blanket has many different stitches throughout I wanted to make sure the stitches would balance throughout the blanket even repeating a couple of the stitches to provide the balance I was looking for.
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The Sunflower Stitch and the Mum Stitch are the flower stitches on either end of the blanket. I designed these stitches specifically for this blanket. In fact, I designed this blanket around the idea of the Sunflower Stitch! When this design started to come to life in my head the only stitch I knew that had to be in it was this one! The trick was making the design work and I am really happy with how they turned out!
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Autumn Rhapsody Stitch Sampler Blanket Supply List
Pattern written in US crochet terminology
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Supplies:
3 PaintboxCotton Aran Stormy Grey 4.1 oz / 225 yds (Color A)
2 Paintbox Cotton Aran Melon Sorbet 3.2 oz / 176 yds (Color B)
2 Paintbox Cotton Aran Red Wine 3.1 oz / 170 yds (Color C)
2 Paintbox Cotton Aran Pistachio Green 3 oz / 165 yds (Color D)
2 Paintbox Cotton Aran Coffee Bean 3.3 oz / 181 yds (Color E)
3 Paintbox Cotton Aran Mustard Yellow 4.2 oz / 230 yds (Color F)
2 Paintbox Cotton Aran Peach Orange 3.2 oz / 176 yds (Color G)
2 Paintbox Cotton Aran Soft Fudge 3 oz / 165 yds (Color H)
3 Paintbox Cotton Aran Seville Orange 3.5 oz / 192 yds (Color I)
3 Paintbox Cotton Aran Blood Orange 2.8 oz / 154 yds (Color J)
Total yarn needs: 33.4 oz / 1834 yds
Approximate finished size: 49” tall x 38” wide
Gauge: 8 rows dc st = 4” / 14 dc st = 4”
Size H (5.0 mm) crochet hook
Stitch Markers
Tapestry Needle
Crochet a Long Details
Edit: All 4 parts of the Autumn Rhapsody have now been released! Just click on the links below to take you to the patterns:
Part 1: Release 09/09/2019. LINK TO PART 1 HERE!
Part 2: Release 09/18/2019 LINK TO PART 2 HERE!
Part 3: Release 09/27/2019 LINK TO PART 3 HERE!
Part 4: Border: Release 10/07/2019 LINK to PART 4 HERE!
This will give approximately a week and a half between releases in order to give you enough time to complete each before the next part releases.
The Crochet a Long will be hosted in the following Facebook groups. Be sure to join both as I will be giving away different prizes in each!
Nana’s Crafty Home Crochet a Long Group
Crochet a Long With Us CAL group
I will also be releasing the matching pillow pattern after Part 4 Border is released!
I am so excited about this Crochet a Long and I hope you are, too! Can’t wait to see your projects and the colors you choose for your masterpieces! If you make this blanket add #autumnrhapsodycal and #nanascraftyhome
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Hi! Thank you so much for being here! I am Tonya the designer behind Nana's Crafty Home. As a wife, mother, Nana of 9 & with 2 fur babies, my days are filled with love, laughter, hugs and yarn! Here you will find colorful and creative crochet designs for yourself or loved ones. My hope is that you will be inspired to learn and create along with me!
The new CAL is beautiful & I would love the challenge of following along to make it.
Thank you so much Ruth! So glad you like it – looking forward to seeing you there ! ?
I’ve decided to use Herrschner’s 2-ply afghan yarn, because I have A LOT of it. Will be include the multiples in your instructions to that I may make my afghan larger….using the 2-ply afghan yarn will not yield the 38″ wide as indicated in your description. TIA
I will be providing starting chain multiples for several sizes with the pattern so that should help you get to the size you want with the smaller weight yarn. So glad you like the blanket!
So excited to learn and make this beautiful blanket! Thank you so much for taking the time to do all this work. I am unable financially to join lifetime. I would love to, but my disability check is all consumed monthly. Again, thank you for your hard work and sharing so freely!
Janie, that is no problem at all – I completely understand! That is one of the reasons why I offer the majority of my patterns free of charge to the blog. I am so glad you like the blanket!
I already purchased my yarn and took advantage of the Lifetime Membership, I’m so excited and cannot wait till the release date.
Thank you so much for your support and I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s creations! So excited to share!
So looking forward to this cal they are my fav colours
So glad you like it! Fall colors are my favorite, too!
Hi,I’m practicing stitches,just did Lemon Peel,can’t locate Sunflower and Mum stitches
The Sunflower Stitch tutorial will be released tomorrow Wednesday 09/04 and the Mum Stitch Tutorial will be released closer to the Part 3 release. I hope that helps!