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C2C Race Car Blanket – Free Crochet Pattern

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March 4, 2017 By amanda 21 Comments

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Free C2C Crochet Pattern - Race Car BlanketI’m so honored to be a part of Crochetville’s National Crochet Month Blog Tour for the third year in a row!! ย I love Crochetville and every March in honor of National Crochet Month they have a blog tour where they feature fabulous designers, products, and more! ย If you’ve missed the first three days of posts,ย check them out here. ย Be sure not to miss the rest of this month’s features, either – there are lots of other free patterns and giveaways!

Crochetville National Crochet Month Blog Tour

For my stop on the tour, I wanted to create a blanket pattern for my boys. ย I have designed a few baby blankets over the years, but I really wanted to make a larger blanket that my older two boys (ages 7 and 4) could use. ย I decided on a blanket that would be as wide as a twin but not quite as long. ย This blanket measures 60″ x 72″ so it’s pretty BIG! ย The Bernat Blanket yarn gives it such a wonderful texture and, let me tell you, this thing is super warm. ย I’ve been working on it while lying in bed and several times I have been hot with this in my lap – and I’m not the kind of person who gets hot easily! ย If you want a smaller version use a worsted weight yarn.

Here is a picture of my 4-year-old on our queen bed:

Free Crochet Pattern - Race Car Blanket

I’ve been wanting to create a c2c (corner to corner) blanket with a pixel graph ever since I first tried the c2c method for the Quick and Easy Baby Blanket. ย  This method is great for using a pixel graph and works up quickly, especially with the large yarn. ย By far the best tutorial I have found for working the c2c method and a pixel graph is from The Crochet Crowd. ย View it here.

What You’ll Need:

Yarn:ย Bernat Blanket Big Ball Yarn (300g) in Dark Gray – 4 skeins + 1 150g skein (1350g total)
Bernat Blanket Big Ball Yarn (300g) in Coal – 2 skeins + 1 150g skein (750g total)
Bernat Blanket Yarn (150g) in Vintage White – 1 skein (150g total)
Bernat Blanket Brights Yarn (150g) in Race Car Red – 3 skeins (450g total – can use 1 300g skein + 1 150g skein)
*Note: Bernat makes their Blanket yarn in 2 sizes: 150g and 300g. ย It’s up to you which you buy and they are the same yarn.

Hook: Size M (9.0mm)

Notions: Large yarn needle

Using the C2C method, follow the chart below:

Free C2C Crochet Pattern - Race Car Blanket

Border:

With Coal, sc one row evenly around outer edge of blanket, working sc, ch-1, sc in each corner. ย Fasten off.

Finishing:

Weave in ends – and there will be a lot of them! ย But it’s worth it. ๐Ÿ™‚

Free Crochet Pattern - C2C Race Car Blanket

I hope you’ve enjoyed this free blanket pattern! ย Here’s a closer picture of my little guy, look at that smile! ย He already loves this blanket!

Happy Crocheting!

Amanda

Free C2C Crochet Pattern!

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  1. Amy Shelton

    March 5, 2017 at 9:25 pm

    Amanda, thank you for being part of our blog tour again!

    Reply
    • amanda

      March 5, 2017 at 9:52 pm

      Thank you for so much for having me on the tour! ?

      Reply
  2. Missy

    April 4, 2017 at 1:17 am

    Thank you so much for sharing this. My 5year old is totally obsessed with race cars, and will be so excited when I show this to him! The fact that it’s red…his favorite color…will make it that much better!!

    Reply
    • amanda

      April 4, 2017 at 2:11 am

      You are so welcome! My oldest son loves red, too, which is one of the reasons I chose it. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  3. Angela Reid

    April 26, 2017 at 3:48 am

    For the Racing Car rug is this 8 or 12 ply yarn please? I noticed it is size 9 hook is that Aust or U.K size?
    Angela

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    • amanda

      April 27, 2017 at 3:01 pm

      The hook is 9.0mm in diameter. I’m not sure what size that translates to in Aust or UK as in US terms it is an “M”. The yarn is extremely thick, and according to a chart I found that would be 14 ply in Australian. Hope that helps! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • Angela Reid

        April 27, 2017 at 10:50 pm

        Thank you for your reply.

        Reply
  4. Michelle

    April 27, 2017 at 2:23 pm

    So I have been trying to find the instructions for the c2c car racing blanket and all I could get to pull up was the graphic so is their anyway to get a detailed instruction on this i would really like to continue for my grandson could you please either email me it or tell me where to go

    Reply
    • amanda

      April 27, 2017 at 3:02 pm

      Hi Michelle,

      Check out this video showing how to crochet from a c2c chart – it’s very helpful!

      Reply
  5. Diana

    April 28, 2017 at 9:36 am

    Wow… so adorable blankets! I will definitely make this for my kids. Thanks for the pattern.

    Reply
    • amanda

      April 29, 2017 at 7:55 pm

      You are so welcome – I’m glad you like it. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  6. VVAD

    May 9, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    What if I don’t crochet, but really want to make this blanket? How hard would it be for a beginner to try this?

    Reply
    • amanda

      May 9, 2017 at 7:59 pm

      Hi! I would work up to this project if you are new to crochet. It takes a little bit of prior knowledge to work with the graph. I’m so glad you like it ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Ckthomas

    August 3, 2017 at 3:26 pm

    Looks like fun thanks for the pattern

    Reply
  8. Jean

    October 20, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    Is the checkered rows around it a separate border or part of the c2c. I am excited to try this. I have made graphghans but never a c2c nor used bernat blanket yarn for a graph. In graphghans I use bobbins, did u use them here? thank you for sharing the graph. I have everything but the black, so ordering it this eve. This is awesome, after looking at it I may do it sc as my earlier graphghans have been. Kind of afraid of the c2c.

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    • amanda

      October 21, 2017 at 1:56 am

      Hi Jean,

      I included the checkered border as part of the C2C but I think if I were to do it over I would make it a border. It was a lot of changing colors when doing the C2C technique! I did not use bobbins but they would probably be pretty helpful (sometimes my yarn tangled). The Bernat Blanket yarn was amazing and turned out super thick and warm. I think it would look good in sc as well, just wouldn’t turn out as large because the squares on this one are about an inch in size for each one, but it would still be super cute! I’d love to see pictures when you are done. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  9. SHERRI

    April 6, 2018 at 12:24 am

    I get the border n finish but not the pattern. How do I get it

    Reply
    • amanda

      April 6, 2018 at 1:43 am

      Hi Sherri,

      Since this is a C2C blanket the chart is the pattern. You just start with the corner to corner method in the bottom right hand corner and work across the rows.

      Reply
  10. Rebecca

    April 18, 2019 at 9:05 pm

    how can I print out the graph?

    Reply
  11. Michelle

    June 13, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    Hi Amy!

    Just wanted to say thank you for sharing this pattern! I made this blanket for my nephew in McLaren colors. I wanted to share a picture but doesnโ€™t look like I can. Anyway, it came out great and I really appreciate the inspiration.

    Reply
    • amanda

      June 14, 2021 at 2:05 am

      That’s awesome!! I’m so glad it turned out well. I had a blast making this one ๐Ÿ˜€

      Reply

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