New Project Spotlight: Millstone Stitch Crochet Blanket
In today’s New Project Spotlight we are shining the light on the Millstone stitch crochet blanket. I used the tutorial by Emma over at Potter and Bloom. She has both a video and written instructions. I used the written instructions which were plenty sufficient, so I don’t have any experience with her video instruction. If her video is anything like her written instructions, I’m sure it’s pretty awesome! This is a stitch that works up wonderfully with self-striping yarn or gradient yarn — you know me, fewer ends to tuck and a beauty of a finished project.
When using self-striping yarn, this blanket creates a sense of curiosity in the crocheter, persuading her (or him) to do “just one more row”. After that “just one more row” turns into 10 more rows, it’s hard to walk away from it.
What You’ll Need (or what I used) for the Millstone Stitch Crochet Blanket
- 2 skeins Lion Brand Mandala yarn (590 yards/skein, 100% acrylic, 3-weight) in the colorway Gnome
- 2-3 skeins Caron Simply Soft yarn (315 yards/skein, 100% acrylic, 4-weight) in the colorway White; I had 2 skeins that were already started, and this included a single border of single crochets
- US-G Hook
- Scissors
- Yarn Needle
- Millstone Stitch pattern from Emma at Potter & Bloom
Yarn Notes
The Mandala yarn is a 3-weight yarn, but the Simply Soft yarn is a light 4-weight yarn so they work together pretty well. Both are 100% acrylic. I went back and counted up my starting chain row and then tried to make sure the succeeding rows matched up with it, and it looks like I started with 132 chains and ended up with a finished dimension of: 62.5″L x 33.5″W.
The Gnome was used for the ‘waves’ of color (Color B in the pattern) while the white was used to offset those ‘waves’ (Color A in the pattern).
Pattern Notes
The pattern is essentially a series of 3 separate 2-row repeats:
- 2 rows of color wave starting the row with a full ‘wave’
- 2 rows of white
- 2 rows of color wave starting the row with a half ‘wave’
Once you do a few of these, you’re rockin’ and rollin’ right along and this stitch makes it easy to work in front of the TV or while in the car.
For a little variety, you could replace the white with another self-striping colorway, creating another transition of color that would work it’s way in between the waves.
Lastly, I did a round of single crochets in white for the border.
Final Thoughts on the Millstone Stitch Crochet Blanket
As mentioned above, once you do the repeats enough times, the pattern itself is fairly easy. It includes single crochets, half doubles, doubles, and chains. That’s it. One of the double crochets “drops down” over a couple of rows to create the ‘vertical fence’ between the waves.
Now, the only dilemma is which yarns are you going to use??
Thank you to Emma at Potter & Bloom for sharing the Millstone Stitch Crochet Blanket pattern.
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