The Blackberry Salad Striped Baby Blanket pattern was originally written up for a baby sized blanket, but of course, it can work for everything from a dishcloth to a king sized bedspread! This past week I worked up one in a size that’s great for a throw, wrap, or lap-ghan. Or maybe an accent/decorator blanket. Whatever you call it, it all worked out.
Blackberry Salad Striped Afghan
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- Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn, 8 skeins (2840 yards)
- I /9 – 5.50 mm Hook
- Finished size: 50″ x 46″ (scroll to the bottom of this pattern for additional sizing info)
- Blackberry Stitch Pattern Chart (hand drawn)
- Video Tutorial: How to make the Bobble Stitch, or dc5tog
- Need a visual rather than written instructions? This video shows how it comes together!
- You can plan a stripe pattern, or pick them randomly. Prefer a randomized plan? Try this free Random Stripe Generator at Biscuits and Jam!
- Dc5tog: Bobble stitches are worked from the “wrong side” – meaning they pop out away from you as you work. They are worked much like a dc dec, but all into the same stitch. To dc5tog, work 5 dc all into the same stitch, leaving the last loop unworked on the hook each time. When you’ve got 6 loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through all 6 sts. Work tightly here, and as soon as you make the next (sc) st, the bobble should pop right out on the other side of your work!
Starting chain: 167
Row 1: (RS) Dc in 4th ch from hook. (Starting chain of each row counts as first dc.) Dc in each st across to end. Ch1, turn. (165 dc)
Row 2: (WS) Sc into the first 4 sts, *dc5tog into the next st, sc in the next 3 sts.* Repeat from * to * until the end of the row, ending the row with 1sc in the top of the turning chain.
Row 3: (RS) Change to second stripe color. Ch 3, turn. Dc across row to the end, skipping the turning ch. Ch1, turn.
Row 4: (WS) Sc into the first 2 sts, *dc5tog into next st, sc in the next 3 sts.* Repeat from * to * until the last 3 sts. End the row with one more dc5tog and sc in the last 2 sts (final st in the top of the turning chain).
Row 5: (RS) Change color to 3rd stripe skein. Work as for Row 3.
Row 6 to end: Repeat Rows 2 through 5, changing colors on the odd numbered rows, until you feel the blanket is roughly square or you run out of yarn!
On an Ikea loveseat, to give you an idea of scale – don’t mind the mess please!
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I wish I could’ve gotten better pics, but I finished it up late at night and wanted to get it mailed out the next morning. But it should give you an idea of how to make this blanket your own! The 50″ width is very generous, and just by adding on to the length you’d get a great twin size blanket. Have fun and happy hooking!
FOR ADDITIONAL SIZES:
- In order to change the size, add or subtract in the chain row by multiples of 4 stitches.
- For a baby blanket, go to the Blackberry Salad Striped Baby Blanket
- For a Queen Size blanket, start with a chain of 331.
- For a King Size blanket, start with a chain of 399.
Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2011. Do not republish or distribute this pattern, but please do link to the web page to share it with others! You are welcome to sell items made from this pattern, but please link back to Moogly on the listing or tag with credit for the pattern.
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Hi! Thank’s for publishing this, I love it!!! I’m doing it but I’m stuck in Row 3!! in this part: Dc across row to the end (ok) – skipping the turning ch. Ch1, turn.???? and then R4???
When I turn the bubble stitch is on my side “looking at me”and I can’t continue crocheting, because I have the chain on my right side! Not from left to right.
Please HELP ME!!! How can I go from R3 to R4???? and so on? It would be great if you post a video about it!
Thank’s a lot!!! I love your blog!!!!!
Hi Penny! Thanks for reading!
I’m a little confused about where you are stuck. When you are dc-ing across the blanket for row 3, the bobbles should be pointing towards you. At the end of the row, you ch1, then flip the blanket over (aka turn) to work row 4, turning the bobbles away from you. You should then be ready to work from right to left again.
Can you read crochet charts? There’s a link up there to a chart I made that demonstrates how the blanket comes together. I’ve also made a video that demonstrates how to make the bobble, but I’m afraid I haven’t made one demonstrating the entire blanket. I hope this helps!
Hi! Thanks a lot! I was totally wrong!!!! jajaja My mistake!
I don’t know how I ended with the bubbles in the first row!?. That’s why it was son wrong.
I corrected it, and is fine now. It’s good to know you can help me anytime. Thanks! When I finish my project I’ll send you a pic.
Bye!!!!
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I absolutely love the look of this afghan! I just have a few questions because I am confused. When I begin R2, it says to sc in the first 4 stitches and then dc5tog. However, in the pattern you have hand drawn, it shows just 2 sc and then a dc5tog. Which one is correct? Another question I have is do I sc in the stitch directly under the chain 3? Can you also let me know how many dc5tog should be in each row? I see that for the baby afghan it is 27 in R2 and 28 in R4. How many are in R2 and R4 for the full size afghan? Thank you!
Thanks Remi!
Good catch on the chart/pattern discrepancy! Oops! Fortunately, Rows 2 and 4 are interchangeable, so it doesn’t really matter which one you do first, just as long as you switch back and forth between the two. So you can pick whichever you like lol.
When working the last sc of Rows 2 and/or 4, work the sc into the top chain as if it were the top of a dc. (I think this is what you’re asking?)
For a full size afghan you should have 40 and 41 dc5tog, alternating, in the even numbered rows.
Hope that helps! Good luck with your afghan!
Thank you so much! I am on the right track, but it didn’t seem correct. After knowing the amount of dc5tog sure helps. Thanks again!
You are very welcome – happy to help!
Hi! My sister wants me to make this for her, she says the colors make her happy!! can you tell me what colors you used?? Thanks!!!
It’s been awhile, and I failed to write them down at the time, but if I’m not mistaken they were White, Jellybean (green), Old Rose (pink), Buttercup (Yellow), Sea Blue (light blue), Royal (dark blue), and either Red or Terra Cotta. Either one should work!
Good luck with your blanket!
Thank You!! I am off to hobby lobby to get yarn!
Oh and thanks for the video, I can do this now!!!
Thanks again!!!
Hi…I am brand new to this, sorry if this is a stupid question! I have practiced this pattern and love it, would like to make kitchen towel, washcloths etc. before starting a blanket. Is there a “formula” for chain number in the beginning…always an odd number? Multiples of 4? just wanted to know how to start smaller projects…thank you!!
Not a stupid question at all! The formula for this stitch pattern is 4 sts + 1, plus 2 more for the chain. So for example, if you wanted to make a washcloth, you could ch 27: 4sts x 6 repeats + 1 + 2 for the chain. To simplify, to figure out how many to ch for a project, start with a multiple of 4 and add 3. I hope this help! Good luck and thanks for reading!
I understand, I think the last part where its a multiple of 4, then add 3…to the total?
so 44 I would chain 47?
Sorry, had this problem with knitting as well…MAtH IS INVOLVED….LOL
Thank you both of you …this was my doubt about the multiples … Always is a Big problem for me ,I love crochet and the multiples of the patterns is very difficult to me to figure it out ….
Very beautiful work… Thank for sharing …
Absolutely fell in love with your pattern, thought it would be hard as I am a beginner, but found it was easy. So when I finished my ripple blanket started this pattern and now I am one the last rows using colours. I was wondering if you had a border on yours if not want would you use. I thought that the crab stitch (reverse dc) would be simple and not take away from the pattern.
Hi Anne, thanks so much for the comments! I don’t typically put a border on this blanket, but I know lots of people do. I think crab stitch would look great! One person wrote to me to say they did a border that was basically the crab stitch, but with a ch 1 before each sc. I’ve also seen it done with a row of dc followed be a row of sc in the blo, or just a couple of rows of dc. There are lots of options for sure! I’m so glad you like the pattern!
i loved that video its real good….
and the afghan too i just learn something..
I’m so glad carolyn! Thanks for saying so!
I love this pattern. I just found out my best friend is expecting her first child, so I’m going to start one for her! So excited, thanks for posting all of the information and video
You are very welcome! If you like, come on over to the fb page and post a pic when you’re finished (as long as it won’t spoil the surprise, of course)!
LOVE this blanket! I fell in love with the baby blanket and that linked to this larger one. I’m making a larger baby blanket (more twin sized) for a friends baby. I think this would be perfect. I’m using a light teal, golden yellow, dark gray, light gray, and white. All striped like that, I think it would look great. These are the colors she has in the baby room… so exciting, can’t wait to start!
Those colors sound fantastic! I’m so glad you like the pattern!
Yes, I plan to incorporate 4 times more the teal than any other color. I have 4 strands of teal, 1 yellow, 1 white, 1 lt. gray and 1 dk. gray. all in a cup. and I’m drawing like straws… it’s going to be awesome. Just on row 1 now.
it will be my “work project”… i have a 1 hour lunch break and two 15 minute breaks I can use to make this blanket. 
Say, how many rows did you do to make 50″? I know there are two rows to make a “berry”, and I lost track after 80 “berries” in your flat picture above…
Just wanting to know for reference!
I want to say it was between 50 and 60 – I just keep going til I run out of one of the colors!
You have no idea (…ok, maybe you do…) how helpful your video on the dc5tog helped me… I would have been wayyyy off!
So glad it helped!
I’m on the 4th bobble row and I’m realizing from 168 stitches I’m now at 159 stitches.
I’m not quite sure where I have been dropping stitches, but I am. It must be on the turning rows.
I could be, I’m sorry! Really counting is the only way. When someone invents a better technique I know I’ll rejoice as much as anyone!
Once you start the bobble stitch they should all line up, makes it easier to follow the pattern, cause if they are off you will see it..
LOVE THIS!!!! I can not believe I am doing it. Looks so hard and complex, but your video made it so simple. Thank u very much. Only on row 2 so not very far, we will see how it goes. But looking great so far. Thanks!
Yay! Thanks Jenni!
I’m really loving this…thank you so much. I am a total beginner crotcheter (just taught a couple stitches when I was about 10 (now 57). I can’t read crotchet patterns but was able to read this one. I stuffed up somewhere on row 4 but am able to fudge it so that it still looks right (I’m a couple stitches short).
Your vidio was invaluable as USA terminology is different to Australia. Here, sc is dc & dc is a treble.
One question….what do you do with all the bits hanging off when you change colours. I have knots & threads going everywhere.
Hi Chris, I’m so glad the videos helped!
Oh those ends… it’s the only part I don’t love about the blanket. Nothing for it but to weave them in! I’ve got a video on weaving in ends here: http://www.mooglyblog.com/2012/04/25/weaving-in-ends-crochet-video-tutorial/
Thanks for the reply Moogly. I could shoot myself. USA uses 10ply yarn with a bigger hook. 8 ply is more the norm in Oz with a smaller hook, Conseqently I upped the chains to 200 + 3….big misake!!!!! I have a five foot wide blanket happening. Oh well…it’s a BIG project…BUT…,:”oh so beautiful”. Thanks millions for the idea. I just love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oof! That’s going to be heavy! But so warm I bet!! Glad you like it anyway!
yeah…heavy as!!!! Figure I will make it as a single bedcover:) Daughter ‘freezes’ when she comes home…not any more…….
i what to know if i can use red heart super saver yarn and how many chains for a queen size bedspread thanks
Red Heart would be just fine! I’d go with 331 chains for a queen sized blanket.
ok thank you
Hi Moogly,
My ‘massive’ project is nearing completion….perhaps another couple weeks. It covers the top of a double bed. I’m making it as a pull up for super cold nights (will just fold it at the bottom of the bed). I’m so pleased with it. It is so colourful.
My question is….if I take a photo of the finished project, where do I send it to?
Chris
Chris, sounds amazing! You can just post it right on the moogly facebook page, or you can email it to me at mooglystore@gmail.com
I saw you said 331 for a queen size, have you ever figured deminsions and stiches for a king size? Thought I would save myself some math if you already have the numbers worked, if not I can figure out myself (especially with the help of my math teacher husband). Also wondering how much yarn I would need for a king size.
Thanks for your info, it is a beautiful blanket.
I haven’t figured it out before, but I’d recommend 399 for King Size. How much yarn is a bit trickier… I come up with 13,200 yds, but I’d have your resident math expert double check that figure!
this is my 1st visit to your site and just wanted to say how impressed I am with you quick responses to questions and helpful answers. Will definitely be back and will let others know of your site.
Wow, thanks so much for saying so, sue! I do try to respond as quickly as I can – I’ve been on the other end, waiting for a response that often never comes, and I know how frustrating that can be. Thanks so much for your comments, and for spreading the word!
I made a striped Afghan a few years ago, just single crochet, but so colorful because every row was a different color. Loved how it looked. Then I wove in the ends (I’m not fond of fringe) but it ruined it for me. All that extra yarn worked into the stitches on the two opposite sides made those edges … sort of fan out. I don’t really know how to describe it … those two opposite edges ended up longer than the other edges. I don’t knows how to make that not happen other than making fringe.
That sounds so heartbreaking Heather – all that work! It is indeed tricky with single crochet. With taller stitches you can put some of the bulk in the height of the stitches. Did you try crocheting a firm border to pull it back together?
For the Blackberry Salad patterns, I actually end up weaving a lot of the ends into the back of the same color bobble closest to the edge. It makes that bobble a little “firmer” to the touch than the other, but it’s not visually noticeable and seems to work really well.
I wish you better luck with your next project!
Hi,
I learned basic crochet recently and i am attempting to make my first big project.
As it is my first project i am facing a problem ,as i am going up the rows it is curling.All you guys are expert and my question sounds silly .But please help i am using a a hook larger than the recommend as i crochet bit tight.Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Hi Tanu! A little bit of curling is normal, but if it’s curling more than you like, you can always add a border to the edges when you are done. It may be a tension issue that will get better in time. Just make sure your end stitches aren’t tighter than your middle of the row stitches. And congrats on learning to crochet!
I don’t know why your project is curling except for inconsistent tension. One little thing that helped me is when I crochet the foundation chain I use a hook one size larger than the hook I’ll be using in the project. Otherwise my chain ends up too tight.
Please could you tell me the weight of the yarn because I am wanting to make this but I do not work in skeins, I use balls of wool , thank you ! X
Hi Martha! For the Afghan that would be 56 oz or 1584 grams.
Hope that helps!
Hi! I love the blackberry salad pattern. I am making a baby blanket but I notice that when I lay it flat, bobbles facing up, I am having problems with the edge on the right. The bobbles seem to be right on the edge – I do not see a picture of the blanket showing both edges and think that I am doing something wrong. Help!
Gail, there should be 2 or 4 stitches on the end of each row (alternating). If the stitches are there, then maybe your bobbles just lean? Hm. Well, it’s only a problem anyway if you don’t like it. If you want more blanket on that edge but you’re far enough along that frogging isn’t appealing, you could always add a border/edging.
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My almost 7 y/o picked out this gorgeous pattern for my first BIG crochet project. We picked out 8 colors for the stripes and I started working. I’m using a chain of 157 (I felt 167 was going to be too big). Now on row 4 (2nd row of bobbles) I think I have a problem. The first 4 bobbles on row 4 are offset like they should, but the 5th one all of a sudden lined up with the bobble in row two. I counted.. counted again and checked the stitches and they all work out right. Where did I go wrong?
Bebe I wish I knew, but without seeing it it’s so hard to say! It sounds like maybe you’ve got an extra stitch in row 3?
Sounds to me like it’s a problem with the original stitch count. The instructions say “In order to change the size, add or subtract in the chain row by multiples of 4 stitches.” (4,8,12, etc) You took off 10. The pattern calls for a chain count of 167. To decrease, take off either 8 (start with 159) or 12 (start with 155).
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Just ordered the yarn to make this for my brand new niece. Can’t wait to start making this – the wait for my yarn to get here is going to drive me bonkers!
I’ve been crocheting avidly for about 6 months now and really enjoy it. I’m undertaking this project for my queen sized bed (I will be working on it for a while!) My problem is the skipping the dc in the chain stitch but turning anyway. It seems that that is causing me to decrease rows. Am I doing something wrong? I’ve got three rows that are off from my original row. My OCD is kicking in and it’s driving me crazy.
Hi Shauna! I’m a little confused about what’s happening here, but it sounds like you’re not treating the ch 3 as a stitch. The ch 3 at the start of each dc row *does* count as a stitch in this pattern, so you should be working a sc stitch into the top of the ch 3 at the end of each bobble row. There’s a video tutorial for this blanket that might make things a little clearer: http://www.mooglyblog.com/basics-of-the-blackberry-salad-striped-blanket/
If that’s not the issue, then stitches are getting skipped elsewhere. The stitch count should be the same for every row.
It’s the row 3 instructions that I’m referring to. At the end you say to “Dc across row to the end, skipping the turning ch. Ch1, turn.”
When I skip the turning chain it moves the next row’s stitches in by one and on & on. I’m sure I’m just not understanding something but that’s howim reading it?
Ah, ok. I’m wondering if you are skipping the first st when you’re working the bobble row? You should ch1 and sc right into the first st (the last st from the dc row). So there should be the same number of sc + bobbles as there were dc sts. The ch 1 doesn’t count as a st, so you don’t work into that ch1, but you do work into that first sc you made. I know some patterns count the ch1 at the start of a sc row as a stitch, but this pattern does not.
Oh my goodness! That’s it! What a ninny I am! I’m skipping the chain but forgetting to turn and chain. Gah! Thank you! I’m off to pull some rows! Haha.
This is such a fun pattern! I haven’t crochet in years, but I am feeling very inspired by the colors, texture, and simplicity of this. Thank you for the wonderful videos as well!
You said you used: Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn, 8 skeins (2840 yards) . I /9 – 5.50 mm Hook. Finished size: 50″ x 46″ (scroll to the bottom of this pattern for additional sizing info).
Was this 8 skeins per color or 8 skeins total.
Hi L! 8 skeins total.
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I just did a practice swatch for this popcorn/bobble stitch and I love it! Since I’m still learning how to read crochet instructions, I was glad to have the video for clarification. I bought 8 colors and have run them through the Random Stripe generator. I can’t wait to get started on blankets for my granddaughters! This will be fun to make!
I’m glad the video helped Donna! Come by the Facebook page and post a picture when you’re done if you like!
What a fun project! My blanket is turning out beautiful. it was so easy to follow. you did a great job
I read instructions and do not do so well with videos.. Can you just describe in words the dc5tog? I think I know what it is (like a bobble or bubble), but your assistance is appreciated. I love how this stitch presents itself. Thanks! Vicki
Hi Vicki! I’ve added the bobble description to the pattern!
Thanks for asking!
I didn’t have time to read all the comments, but if I run into a problem, I might ! ! ! LOL . . . I would imagine everything has been ironed out.
What I really want to say is THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing how many to chain to make larger sizes. I don’t know how to calculate that and sometimes I just want to make something bigger. I know your 50″ size is generous, but the larger sizes are really luxurious . . .
Can’t wait to start…
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