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    Home » Free moogly Patterns » Afghans and Blankets

    Spring Rain Lapghan

    Published: Mar 2, 2018 · Modified: May 5, 2022 by Tamara Kelly · 26 Comments

    Spring weather has its ups and downs, but there's something about a warm Spring Rain, and the way the bright spots of color seem to shine. And that's what inspired the Spring Rain Lapghan!

    Spring Rain Lapghan - free crochet pattern on Moogly featuring Red Heart Collage!Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links; materials provided by Red Heart Yarns and Furls.

    Purchase the downloadable PDF of this pattern on Ravelry

    Big, Fast Yarn!

    The Spring Rain Lapghan was designed with Red Heart Collage yarn - it was my first time using it, and I loved it! It's one of the new Jumbo weight yarns, and that means this free crochet blanket pattern worked up super fast!

    Spring Rain Lapghan - free crochet pattern on Moogly featuring Red Heart Collage!

    Springy Inspo

    I called it the Spring Rain Lapghan because the grey yarn reminded me of a stormy day - and then there are the bright Easter-y pops of color here and there, a little drenched but shining through. Of course, you can use any colors you like!

    Spring Rain Lapghan - free crochet pattern on Moogly featuring Red Heart Collage!

    The Spring Rain Lapghan is a great size for cozying up in your favorite chair, or for babies and toddlers, or for use with a wheelchair. But I've also included the stitch multiple below so you can create your own custom size!

    Spring Rain Lapghan - free crochet pattern on Moogly featuring Red Heart Collage!


    Spring Rain Lapghan

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    US -P/Q, 15 mm hook - Furls Crochet Hook

    475 yds Red Heart Collage (80% Acrylic, 20% Wool; 7-Jumbo/UK: 16+ ply; 55 yds/50 m; 5 oz/141 g)
    Color A: Ragg (7 balls)
    Color B: Circus (2 balls)

    Red Heart Collage

    Gauge:  6 sts x 3 rows = 4"/10cm in dc

    Size: 34" wide x 42" long

    Stitch Multiple: Multiple of 6, +1, plus turning chain

    Helpful Links and Tutorials: 

    Spring Rain Lapghan Tutorial

    Crochet Abbreviations

    Foundation Double Crochet (FDC)

    Join with Dc

    Join with Sc

    Enclosing Chains & Stitches

    Working into the ch sp

    Back Loop Only (BLO)

    NOTES:

    This blanket is sized for a lapgahn/wheelchair/toddler blanket. To make it in other sizes, see the stitch multiple listed above.

    If preferred, substitute a Chainless Starting Double Crochet for the "Ch 3 (counts as first dc)" when it appears in the pattern.

    If you are not changing colors, do not break yarn, and do turn after every row.

    INSTRUCTIONS:

    Row 1 (RS): With Color A, FDC 43; turn. (43 sts)

    Row 2 (WS): Ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in each rem st across; turn. (43 sts)

    Row 3: Repeat Row 2.

    Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first st, *ch 2, skip 2 sts, dc in next st, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next st; rep from * across; turn and break Color A. (8 sc, 7 dc)

    Row 5: With Color B, join with dc in first st, 2 dc in same st, ch 1, skip next dc, *(2 dc, hdc, 2 dc) in next sc, ch 1, skip next dc; rep from * across, 3 dc in last sc; do NOT turn, break Color B. (30 dc)

    Row 6: With Color A, join with sc in top of first dc, *ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in next dc 2 rows below enclosing ch-1 of previous row, ch 2, skip 2 dc, hdc in next hdc; rep from * across finishing last rep with sc instead of hdc; turn. (7 dc, 6 hdc, 2sc)

    Spring Rain Lapghan - free crochet pattern on Moogly featuring Red Heart Collage!

    Row 7: Ch 3, *2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next st; rep from * across; turn. (43 sts)

    Row 8 - 31: Repeat Rows 2 -7.

    Row 32 and 33: Repeat Row 2.

    Adding the Border

    Border Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each st across Row 33, ch 2, *sc evenly along side of blanket working 2 sc in the side of each dc row and 1 sc in the side of each sc row, ch 2,** sc across base of foundation chain, ch 2, rep * to **, join to first sc of round and break Color A.

    Border Round 2: With Color B, join with sc in last corner ch-2 sp, ch 2, sc in same ch-2 sp, skip next st, [*working in BLO, (sc, ch 1, sc) in next st, skip next st; rep from * to next corner ch-2 sp,** (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch-2 sp, skip next st] 4 times, finishing last rep at **, join to first sc of round and break yarn. Weave in ends.


    The Spring Rain Lapghan is the perfect weekend project - cuddly and soft and warm and fast! I hope you love it as much as I do.

    If you do make your own Spring Rain Lapghan, I'd love to see a photo! So if you share it on social media, be sure to tag me @mooglyblog or #mooglyblog - and happy crocheting!

    The Fine Print

    Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2018, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. To print or download, use the Print Friendly button below, or go to PrintFriendly.com, or right-click to copy and paste it into a word processing document if those options do not work for you (please note that Print Friendly is a free outside website that the button links to, and you can click here for a tutorial on how to use it, but I cannot provide additional technical support for this service). If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. Thank you to Red Heart Yarns and Furls for providing the materials for this pattern. 

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    Comments

    1. 1

      Kris

      March 02, 2018 at 10:18 pm

      Beautiful blanket! I love this yarn. Expensive though.

      Reply
    2. 2

      Tracy King

      March 04, 2018 at 1:05 pm

      Great use of the yarn! Love how you have pops of color throughout and how the yarn makes them all different. Great job as usual!!

      Reply
      • 3

        Tamara Kelly

        March 05, 2018 at 9:28 am

        Thank you so much! 😀

        Reply
    3. 4

      Erica

      March 07, 2018 at 6:24 pm

      Great work, Tamara! Your patterns rock!

      Reply
      • 5

        Tamara Kelly

        March 08, 2018 at 9:39 am

        Thank you so much! 😀

        Reply
    4. 6

      Meridee

      March 08, 2018 at 5:11 pm

      I'm allergic to wool. Can you recommend an alternative yarn to make this great lapghan?

      Reply
      • 7

        Tamara Kelly

        March 09, 2018 at 10:44 am

        Thank you Meridee, I'm so glad you like it! This is a pretty unique yarn, so the closest recommendation I have is Mixology Solids and Prints: http://www.redheart.com/yarn/mixology-solids?utm_source=moogly&utm_medium=blog&utm_content=post

        Reply
    5. 8

      Sherry L Zook

      March 10, 2018 at 10:22 am

      I'd love to change this pattern to make a shawl/wrap for rainy days. Beautiful.

      Reply
    6. 9

      Diane

      March 10, 2018 at 11:52 am

      I don't like to use the FDC, so to do it the 'old fashioned' way of chaining and then doing a row of dc, would I use the multiple of 6+1? Or do I need to add another chain ? Thank you!

      Reply
      • 10

        Tamara Kelly

        March 19, 2018 at 12:08 pm

        Hi Diane! You'd want to add one more chain for the turning chains. 🙂

        Reply
    7. 11

      Jennifer Smith

      April 07, 2018 at 9:08 pm

      LOVE your patterns!! What would happen if instead of breaking the yarn each time you just carried it along one side? Could that work and still look nice? Thank you!

      Reply
      • 12

        Tamara Kelly

        April 09, 2018 at 9:18 am

        Hi Jennifer! Thank you! 😀 You would need to reverse the direction of one of the CA rows and work a hefty border, but it should work! 🙂

        Reply
    8. 13

      Jenny

      May 13, 2018 at 6:45 pm

      Great pattern, are you able to provide a graph for this pattern? Some of us prefer them, I find it easier to follow pattern.

      Reply
      • 14

        Tamara Kelly

        May 14, 2018 at 10:14 am

        Yes, the chart is at the tutorial: https://www.mooglyblog.com/spring-rain-lapghan-tutorial/ 🙂

        Reply
    9. 15

      AmyT

      September 25, 2018 at 9:56 am

      Hi, this is beautiful! I am confused about the part at the end of row 5 where it says do not turn...where are you starting row 6 in that case?

      Reply
      • 16

        Tamara Kelly

        September 25, 2018 at 10:12 am

        Thank you so much Amy! Have you watched the video tutorial? https://www.mooglyblog.com/spring-rain-lapghan-tutorial/ 🙂

        Reply
        • 17

          AmyT

          September 25, 2018 at 10:29 am

          No I was just going by the written pattern, but ok when I have a chance, thank you!

          Reply
          • 18

            Tamara Kelly

            September 26, 2018 at 9:32 am

            I think it'll be easier to explain with the visuals. 🙂

            Reply
    10. 19

      Stephanie

      April 25, 2020 at 5:33 pm

      Tamara, I'm late to the party, but Herrschners has a crazy sale on 3 packs of Collage. Unfortunately, this means that I'd end up with the wrong quantities per your above list/sizing. Would it work out to swap rows 1 & 2 to color B to start & in the ending bit to make up the difference, or 3 rows would be needed to balance to not get caught short with 6 of A and 3 of B? Thanks 😀

      Reply
      • 20

        Tamara Kelly

        April 27, 2020 at 10:40 am

        Hi Stephanie! It's hard to say for sure, but you could try!

        Reply
    11. 21

      Lisa Chin

      June 18, 2020 at 7:49 pm

      Hello, I’m not sure how to figure the stitch multiple to make it longer. Pls let me know. Thank you. Lisa

      Reply
      • 22

        Tamara Kelly

        June 19, 2020 at 12:03 pm

        Hi Lisa! The stitch multiple is 6, +1, (plus turning chain if not using foundation sts).
        So to make things easy, just add however many multiples of 6 (so 6, 12, 18, 24, etc) to the listed starting row of 43.

        Reply
    12. 23

      Francie

      January 03, 2021 at 3:06 am

      Love this and you are great at explaining everything, you don’t make it more complicated than it needs to be!
      I will make a shawl version!

      Reply
      • 24

        Tamara Kelly

        January 04, 2021 at 9:49 am

        ♥ Thank you so much!

        Reply
    13. 25

      Heidi Carbon

      August 07, 2022 at 2:28 pm

      I’m confused. If I were to not do the FDC and decided to do a chain instead and I do the 6+1+1, so I would do 144+1+1 equaling 146, to do an afghan, what would my first row be? Do I make a double crochet 2 stitches from the hook or one space from the hook. How many double crochets would make my first row

      Reply
      • 26

        Tamara Kelly

        August 08, 2022 at 10:46 am

        Hi Heidi! Your first row would be 145 double crochets. So you could chain 146 and skip one chain, or chain 147 and skip 2 chains, or you can chain 147 and skip 3 chains and count that as your first dc. The main thing is to have 145 dc sts.

        Reply

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