Coral and Teal Chevron Throw Crochet Free Pattern

Introduction

This Coral and Teal Chevron Throw is a cozy, fast-working blanket designed for anyone who has mastered single crochet and is ready to add a ripple to their repertoire. Bold coral zigzags ripple across a deep teal ground, giving the throw a Victorian-romantic look that feels equally at home on a sofa or at the foot of a bed. Worked in bulky wool, the fabric is dense, warm, and wonderfully squishy, with crisp diagonal lines that open up beautifully after a light blocking. At 48 x 60 inches it is a generous lap-to-throw size, and the simple single-crochet border keeps the finish tidy without distracting from the chevron.

Materials Needed

• Yarn: Bulky (weight 5) wool, approximately 1,100 yd total — Teal (A) 750 yd, Coral (B) 350 yd.
• Hook: 6.5 mm (US K-10.5).
• Notions: Tapestry needle for weaving in ends, scissors, stitch markers (optional, for marking peaks and valleys), blocking mats and pins.
• Finished size: 48 in wide x 60 in long (122 x 152 cm), including the border.

Abbreviations

• ch — chain: make a loop of yarn and pull it through the loop on your hook.
• sc — single crochet: insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops.
• sc3tog — single crochet 3 together: a decrease worked over 3 stitches, used here to form each valley.
• st(s) — stitch(es).
• rep — repeat.
• R / Rnd — row / round.

Gauge

12 sts x 7 rows = 4 in / 10 cm in the chevron pattern, and one 24-st repeat measures 8 in / 20 cm wide. Work a small swatch in pattern and measure across the middle of the fabric; if your repeat is wider than 8 in, go down a hook size, and if narrower, go up.

Tips Before You Start

• Count your peaks and valleys at the end of every row: you should always have 6 peaks (3 sc in one stitch) and 5 valleys (sc3tog). If the count drifts, the ripple will slant.
• Change colors at the end of the last stitch of a row, completing that stitch with the new color so the stripe edge stays clean.
• The ch 1 at the start of each row does not count as a stitch — work your first sc into the first stitch of the row below.
• Keep your tension relaxed on the sc3tog valleys; pulling them tight is the most common cause of a wavy, narrowed blanket.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Main Blanket

Notes: The chevron repeat is 24 sts (peak: 3 sc in one st; valley: sc3tog). Each row begins with ch 1 and a turn; the ch 1 does not count as a st. Change color at the end of the row.

Foundation (A): Ch 146.

Row 1 (A): Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 10 ch, [3 sc in next ch, sc in next 10 ch, sc3tog, sc in next 10 ch] rep to last 12 ch, 3 sc in next ch, sc in last 11 ch (145 sts; 6 peaks, 5 valleys).

Row 2 (A): Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st to first peak, 3 sc in peak st, sc in each st to next valley, sc3tog, rep across, ending sc in last st (145 sts).

Rows 3-4 (A): Repeat Row 2 (145 sts).

Rows 5-6 (B): Repeat Row 2 (145 sts).

Rows 7-10 (A): Repeat Row 2 (145 sts).

Rows 11-106: Continue the stripe rhythm — 2 rows in B, then 4 rows in A — repeating Row 2 throughout. The sequence runs: R11-12 B, R13-16 A, R17-18 B, R19-22 A, R23-24 B, R25-28 A, R29-30 B, R31-34 A, R35-36 B, R37-40 A, R41-42 B, R43-46 A, R47-48 B, R49-52 A, R53-54 B, R55-58 A, R59-60 B, R61-64 A, R65-66 B, R67-70 A, R71-72 B, R73-76 A, R77-78 B, R79-82 A, R83-84 B, R85-88 A, R89-90 B, R91-94 A, R95-96 B, R97-100 A, R101-102 B, R103-106 A (145 sts; 106 rows total, approx. 60 in).

Border

Notes: Work in A. Do not turn after the last row.

Rnd 1 (A): Sc evenly around the entire edge, working 3 sc in each corner (approx. 145 sc along top and bottom, 106 sc along each side).

Rnd 2 (A): Sc in each sc, 3 sc in each corner. Fasten off.

Assembly and Finishing

This throw is worked in one piece, so there is no seaming. Weave in all ends along the wrong side, working each tail into stitches of the same color so it disappears into the fabric. Block lightly: mist the blanket, pin the chevron points so they sit evenly, and let it dry flat to open the ripple and even out the border.

Pro Tips and Variations

• Swap the coral for mustard or dusty rose to shift the mood while keeping the same stripe rhythm.
• For a wider throw, add one or more 24-st repeats to the foundation chain (each adds 8 in) and add one peak and one valley to every row.
• Work the border in B instead of A for a contrasting frame, or add a third round of sc for a slightly deeper edge.