When I started to crochet at age 15, many many years ago, I started with this afghan. It was the one my grandmother used to teach me to crochet. She passed away 20 years ago and i lost the pattern. I have looked for this pattern for years, even on youtube. I could never find it. I thank you so much for this.
My Gram taught me crochet when I was 8 or 9 and never actually told me the names of stitches, I just copied what she did and it worked out just fine. I love watching your tutorial because you explain things fully without it being overly complicated. The fact I can see the stitches has made a world of difference, it's like having Gram with me again (except now I know the names of stitches). Thank you so very much!!!
i saved this, made a blanket my first ever, sooo pleased with it, lovely compliments from family. So i am making another one with odd balls of wool, just having fun. Each stitch i say made with LOVE.
i am back again using this demo as my guide, this is my 3rd baby blanket, i was asked after a family member commented on a blue baby blanket i made using your guide. AWESOMENESS.
I just followed this video to get started on another throw also. I am fairly new at crocheting, so I find it works best if I use this and Bellas regular granny square tutorial to get started. I do not subscribe to any other crochet tutorials because I think she is the best and I am grateful that I found her videos. Happy crocheting!
Thank you! you have taught me something new today..... i am a beginner at crochet and, I'm now in the process of making an afgan for my son! thank you so much
Thank you for sharing. Very easy & well explained instructions. I’m making this one now. So glad I came across your video. I needed it for my dining spring table motif. Thanks again.
OMG, I think I have old timers, been looking for this, , I use to make this year's ago , and was thinking of making a blanket , but just couldn't remember how to start it , your a life saver, love your videos, so easy and clearly understanding, tyfs, thumbs up
Love this tutorial, thanks! I slip stitched to the next corner so I didn’t have to keep having that odd chain 4 every other row. It was bound to confuse me eventually
Thanks for the video! Very helpful in getting me started on a new project this week. I am using a white speckled yarn and a deep pink yarn in a throw for a gift.
Oh thank you. I'm addicted to your tutorials because I find it hard to visualise a pattern unless I see it being worked. I've been puzzling for ages how to make a rectangle blanket. Keep on posting because I love your videos and how easy it is to follow :)
Oh this was so helpful! other demos were switching colors with each round but this showed how to keep the same color and move up to the next row, thank you!
Very precise easy to follow instructions and a pleasant voice narrating the steps. I am going to use this pattern to create afghans for an organization called Blankets for Canada.
I was reading the comments and it would seem that gauge is the most common question. That would depend on your yarn and hook. But you should be able to calculate that your rectangle would get 2 clusters longer and two clusters wider with each round. So if you measure your cluster height from foundation ch to the top, that should give you the base measurement to determine how many rows you'd need for a given project. Divided by 2 for total rounds on the project. If that sounds wrong or an expert out there can help us out, I'd love the input. I love the math involved in crocheting.
Thank you so much. I'm a self-taught crocheter (not perfect) and I've been wanting to make rectangle afghans (instead of squares) and this was VERY helpful and clear.
Thank you!! This was beautiful and my blanket is coming along great. You're awesome. Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial, as it was the easiest one for me to follow :)
I love your tutorials. I found your site by chance a couple years ago and follow you. Subscribe to your channel. You are always so clear in your tutorials. Thank you. Always a pleasure.
love your tutorials Bella Coco! so easy to follow x could you please do a Call the Midwife blanket next as this is the only one I can't seem to grasp! thank you Xx
You’re welcome 😊, I do have a tutorial for a scalloped edge border - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ro0XmQeh8F8.htmlsi=IP-sjCmdqkrBovee :)
Could you give us some ideas on what we could use these granny rectangles in a project? Could you do lots of small ones and join them into a blanket? Or as a rectangular pillow ect? X
+Lucy Bunn You could keep adding rounds so that it gets bigger and bigger. Or your could do smaller rectangles and join together. Whatever you can imagine really! have a play around :) x
+Bella Coco just as a tutorial idea I was wondering if you could do an all in one video showing us how to do various stitches at all? I'm doing a blanket at the moment and it's in US terms with which I have to keep googling to remember which ones I'm meant to be doing lol, and I thought I'd love it if there was a Bella CoCo video to help us ;) thank you for all your great tutorials x
yes u can. i saw bella coco granny square i tried them i succeeded. now i lots of small ones in many colours and join them into a blanket. now i nearly finished.
Thank you for this tutorial :) I'm thinking of making a baby blanket using this - and joining the rectangles together using the method for granny squares. That idea is still in workshop...shall see how I go :)
Loved this tutorial and will use it for future projects. However, I started this because I needed a 9"x7" Granny "square" to add to a group project. The beginning of the tutorial said to chain to the desired length of your rectangle which I did - 9". But as the pattern progresses it kept getting longer. So, I'll use this in the future for blankets but need to find a tutorial that is specifically for a 9x7"
Michelle, I read your comment about the starting chain for this rectangle granny and that is my question. want my finished granny 30” and I have no idea how to figure out how many beginning chains to have.
Hi..i watched your lovely video and have a question though..if i want to make a rectangle table cloth for size 48 x 36 inches with a 5mm crochet needle and 4 worsted weight yarn.. then what would you recommend my foundation chain row to be.. pls just only give me an approximate number if you can thanl you
It's funny - I learned to crochet from you in 2014 and when I need a new tut on a new project I almost always find it on your channel and I love that :)
Hi Sarahjane love ur tutorials n helped me to learn crochet. Im realy keen to do a ripple blanket, iv watched some videos but realy cant grasp it. Could i request u do a ripple/wave tutorial ??? many thanks n keep the tutorials coming love them x x
I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Mine keeps twisting like my start chain is too tight but no matter how loose I do it it still twists. I even went up a hook size
I would make sure that you’re skipping the correct number of chains when working the first round. Going up a hook size for the starting chain and then sizing back down again will help too and you should find that once you’ve added a few rounds that it begins to behave 😊
You can use a stitch marker to help you with this; if you pop one through the top of the chain at the beginning of the round you’ll know where to join with a slipstitch and begin the next 😊 You can start each round with a new colour; just tie off the old one and join on the new. You can see how to do it on my tutorial here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7e7SIx9olqE.html (although the pattern is different the principle is the same)
Okay … I know this is an old video, but hoping you will see this comment, and be able to respond. If I’m looking to have a finished shawl approximately 25 x 60, how many multiples of 3 should I do for my foundation row? (I don’t want this to end up being a blanket, but also don’t want it to be too skinny). Thanks, and any help would be appreciated.
It's difficult to give an exact number as it will all depend on the yarn you're using, the hook size and your own personal tension 😊 However if you're hoping to create quite a long rectangular shawl/wrap you will want to create quite a long starting chain - you may be best off having a practise and creating some swatches to help you.
