Mock Cable Crochet Blanket

Crochet a wonderful mock cable crochet blanket with this easy pattern! Very beginner-friendly using only chains, slip stitches and single crochet.

Design Story and Inspiration for This Easy Crochet Blanket Pattern

I have always loved cables, both in knitting and in crochet, and have wanted to make a cabled blanket out of blanket yarn for a long time, but I know that cables can be difficult for a lot of people, so I set out to find a way to create cables that were beginner-friendly.

I saw this method of creating cables in a stitch dictionary and just knew it would be perfect with blanket yarn, so I set out to design EIGHT sizes of this pattern so you can make it anywhere from lovey to king size!! It’s SO easy!

Yarn Options for This Beginner-Friendly Blanket Pattern

I used Bernat Blanket yarn for this project. I had some Vintage White laying around that I bought quite a long time ago thinking I would eventually make a blanket out of it but none of the stitch patterns I tried seemed to work.

So it sat in the stash for a long time. One of my goals this year is to use up my stash as much as possible, so when I saw those skeins of blanket yarn I just knew I had to use them – and this pattern was born!

Feel free to use any super bulky (category #6) yarn that gets gauge (but I bet you have some skeins of this in your stash – its super popular!).

Buy the ad-free PDF of this pattern with all 8 sizes and a stitch chart here!

Pattern Details for the Mock Cable Crochet Blanket

This blanket is really worked in two parts (well, three if you count the border separately!). First, you make the body of the blanket with nothing more than single crochet and chains. You create chain spaces for the cables that you will come back and work surface slip stitch into.

Once the body of the blanket is complete to the size you desire (see all 8 sizes below), then you will work the mock cables using surface slip stitch. Finally, a simple single crochet border is added. Don’t worry, there is a video tutorial showing you how to do all of this!

Video Tutorial for this Faux Cable Blanket Pattern

Mock Cable Crochet Blanket

What You’ll Need

Yarn: Bernat Blanket (Polyester, 220yds/300g) in Vintage White (See chart below for number of skeins) 

Hook: US Size L (8.00mm)

Notions: Yarn needle, scissors

Gauge: 8 sts and 9 rows = 4″ in single crochet

Finished Sizes:

Stitch Descriptions and Abbreviations
Chain (ch)
Single Crochet (sc)

Pattern Notes

The body of the blanket is created using single crochets and chains to make chain-spaces.  After the blanket body is worked, we will come back and use surface slip-stitch through the chain spaces to create the cables.

Buy the ad-free PDF of this pattern with all 8 sizes and a stitch chart here!

Mock Cable Blanket Pattern

(For a custom size, any multiple of 8 + 1 will work for this pattern)

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and next ch, *ch 1, skip next ch, sc 2, ch 1, skip next ch, sc in next 4 ch; repeat from * to last 6 ch, ch 1, skip next ch, sc 2, ch 1, skip next ch, sc 2; turn.

Rows 2-3: Ch 1, sc 2, *ch 1, skip ch-1 sp, sc 2, ch 1, skip ch-1 sp, sc 4; repeat from * to last 6 sts, ch 1, skip ch-1 sp, sc 2, ch 1, skip ch-1 sp, sc 2; turn.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc 3, *ch 2, skip next 2 sts, sc 6; repeat from * to last 5 sts, ch 2, skip next 2 sts, sc 3; turn.

Row 5: Ch 1, sc 3, *ch 2, skip ch-2 space, sc 6; repeat from * to last 5 sts, ch 2, skip ch-2 space, sc 3; turn.

Row 6: Ch 1, sc 2, *ch 1, skip next sc, 2 sc in ch-2 space, ch 1, skip next sc, sc 4; repeat from * to last 6 sts, ch 1, skip next sc, 2 sc in ch-2 space, ch 1, skip next sc, sc 2; turn.

Rows 7-9: Repeat row 2.

Repeat rows 2-9 following table or to desired length (see following chart).

Work until the following number of rows are complete (including the first 9 rows already worked):

Buy the ad-free PDF of this pattern with all 8 sizes and a stitch chart here!

MOCK CABLES

Join yarn at foundation row in ch-1 space and work surface slip stitch by inserting the hook from the front of the fabric and pulling up a loop from the back and through loop on hook.  Follow ch-1 sps up and cross over at each ch-2 space.  Each ch-2 space will be used twice, as shown in photos. See video tutorial for more help.

Weave in all ends.

BORDER

Join yarn at any corner, ch 1, *(sc, ch 1, sc) in corner, sc to next corner; repeat from * to beginning sc, slip st in first sc of border.  

Fasten off.

Weave in border ends.                          

Final Thoughts on the Mock Cable Crochet Blanket

I really hope you enjoy this free pattern – I can’t wait to see what you make with it!! Please tag me on Instagram @love.life.yarn or shoot me an email at amanda@lovelifeyarn.com (I read every one!) if you make this so I can share!

Happy Crocheting!
Amanda

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