Learn to crochet the feather stitch! This one-row repeat is about to become a new favorite stitch for your next baby blanket project.
I cannot get enough of this texture!!
Similar to the puff stitch, the feather stitch is created by inserting your hook and yarning over several times to get seven loops on your hook. Then you yarn over and pull through all seven loops. The feather stitch’s unique appearance is achieved through inserting your hook in three different places as you create the stitch. Once you get the hang of it, this is a super mindless pattern!
I made this blanket for a dear coworker expecting her first baby. She happened to love the colors I used in my Pretty in Panels Stitch Sampler Crochet Baby Blanket, and I was excited to use a similar colorway for her gift.
The blanket is completed with a camel stitch border for a cozy finish. I love the camel stitch border and have used it often, like in these patterns (and more to come!):
I hope you enjoy this pattern!
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Abbreviations (US)
- ch(s): chain(s)
- hdc(s): half double crochet(s)
- pm: place marker
- rep: repeat
- rnd(s): round(s)
- sc(s): single crochet(s)
- sl st: slip stitch
- sk: skip
- sp: space
- st(s): stitch(es)
- yo: yarn over
Special Stitch
feather st*: Yo, insert your hook into the ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. You will have three loops on your hook. Yo, insert your hook in the ch-1 sp beneath the ch-1 sp (from two rows back), pull up a loop. You will have five loops on your hook. Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp from the previous row, pull up a loop. You will have seven loops on your hook. Yo and pull through all seven loops.
*I have included many step-by-step photos demonstrating this stitch in the pattern below.
Materials
- Brava Worsted Weight 4 Medium (100% Premium Acrylic, 218yd/200m, 3.5oz/100gm):
- Color A: 1 skein Persimmon
- Color B: 1 skein Candy Jar Stripe
- Color C: 1 skein Cotton Candy
- Color D: 1 skein Blush
- Color E: 1 skein Rosebud Speckle
- I Love This Yarn! Weight 4 Medium (100% Acrylic, 355yds/325m, 7oz/198g) Ivory 1 skein
- NOTE: Brava Worsted does not come in Ivory, which was my vision for the border color. If you’d prefer to make the whole blanket in Brava Worsted, I’d suggest picking a favorite color from the body of the blanket and ordering two extra skeins for that color. For example, I think Blush would make a lovely border color, too.
- =1,445 yds total
- J/10 6mm crochet hook
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry needle
Finished Size
31″ x 35″ with border | 26″ x 30″ before border
Gauge
11 sts x 11 rows = 4″ x 4″
Notes
You can get an ads-free, easy-to-print PDF of this pattern over at Etsy or Ravelry!
You can watch a video tutorial for this pattern on my YouTube channel here or below:
I’ve included many visuals of this stitch below, but if you’d like an even more detailed step-by-step photo tutorial demonstrating this stitch, I highly recommend the Feather Stitch tutorial over at Nordic Hook.
I also love Winding Road Crochet’s Camel Stitch Blanket Border Tutorial. It includes step-by-step photos and a great video tutorial!
Turning ch never counts as a st.
To adjust the width of the blanket, ch any even number.
Feather Stitch Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern
With color A, ch 76.
Row 1: Hdc in the second ch from hook and in each st across. <75 sts here and throughout.> Ch 1 and turn.
Row 2: Hdc in the first st. *Ch 1, sk 1 st, hdc in the next st; rep from * to the end of the row. Ch 1 and turn.
Row 3: Hdc in the first st. Ch 1.
Yo, insert your hook into the ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. You will have three loops on your hook.
Yo, insert your hook in the hdc beneath the ch-1 sp (from two rows back), pull up a loop. You will have five loops on your hook.
Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. You will have seven loops on your hook.
Yo and pull through all seven loops (feather stitch).
Ch 1.
Yo, insert your hook in the same ch-1 sp where you’d worked part of the last feather stitch, pull up a loop.
Yo, insert your hook in the hdc beneath the ch-1 sp (from two rows back), pull up a loop.
Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp, pull up a loop.
Yo and pull through all seven loops.
Ch 1.
*Yo, insert your hook in the same ch-1 sp where you’d worked part of the last feather stitch, pull up a loop. Yo, insert your hook in the hdc beneath the ch-1 sp (from two rows back), pull up a loop. Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. Yo and pull through all seven loops. Ch 1; rep from * until there is one st left in the row. Hdc in the last st. Ch 1 and turn.
Row 4: Hdc in the first st. Ch 1.
Yo, insert your hook into the ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. You will have three loops on your hook.
Yo, insert your hook in the ch-1 sp beneath the ch-1 sp you’d just worked into, pull up a loop. You will have five loops on your hook.
Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. You will have seven loops on your hook.
Yo and pull through all seven loops.
Ch 1.
*Yo, insert your hook in the same ch-1 sp where you’d worked part of the last feather stitch, pull up a loop. Yo, insert your hook in the ch-1 sp beneath the ch-1 sp you’d just worked into, pull up a loop. Yo, insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp, pull up a loop. Yo and pull through all seven loops. Ch 1; rep from * until there is one st left in the row. Hdc in the last st. Ch 1 and turn.
Rows 5-84: Rep Row 4, changing colors to B, C, D, then E whenever you run out of the current skein.
Row 85: Hdc in each st and ch-1 sp across.
Cut yarn, fasten off, and weave in ends.
Camel Stitch Border
Decide which side of your blanket will be the right side. Border is worked right-side facing.
Rnd 1: With your border color, pull up a loop of yarn in the upper right-hand corner. In the same corner, work (ch 1, sc, pm, sc). [Sc across. In the corner, work (3 scs, pm in the middle sc). As you work along the side, aim to place 1 sc along each row-end, but every 20 sts or so work 2 scs into the same row-end. In the corner, work (3 scs, pm in the middle sc)] twice. When you reach your starting corner, instead of 3 scs, work 1 sc, then sl st join to your marked first st of the rnd. <Not including marked corners, the top and bottom of your blanket should have 75 sts, and the sides should have 89 sts.>
Rnd 2: Ch 1, hdc in the same st. Hdc across. [In the corner, work (hdc, ch 2, pm, hdc). Hdc across] three times. When you reach your starting corner, work (hdc, ch 2, pm, sl st join to your first st of the rnd). <Not including marked corners, the top and bottom of your blanket should have 77 sts, and the sides should have 91 sts.>
Rnd 3: Ch 1, hdc back into the ch-2 corner. Hdc in the back third loop of each st across. [In the ch-2 corner sp, work (hdc, ch 2, pm, hdc) Hdc in the back third loop of each st across] three times. When you reach your starting corner, work (hdc, ch 2, pm, sl st join to the first hdc in the rnd). <Not including marked corners, the top and bottom of your blanket should have 79 sts, and the sides should have 93 sts.>
TIP: It can be easy to accidentally work extra stitches around your ch-2 corners because it may look like there are more back loops to work into then there actually are! Rather than marking your ch-2 corner sps, you could instead mark the blo of each hdc worked in the corners. Then you will be able to undoubtedly see which stitches flank those corner spaces. I hope this tip helps!
See where the black arrow is pointing? Do not work an hdc into that stitch!
Rnds 4-7: Rep Rnd 3. You should increase by 2 sts along each edge of the blanket with each rnd. <At the end of Rnd 7, not including marked corners, the top and bottom of your blanket should have 87 sts, and the sides should have 101 sts.>
Rnd 8: Ch 1. Sl st in the back third loop of every hdc around the blanket and in the back bumps of the 2 chs in each corner. When you reach the start of the rnd, invisibly join to your first sl st of the rnd. If you don’t know how to invisibly join, I like this video tutorial from Bella Coco.
Cut yarn, fasten off, and weave in ends.
