How to Crochet a Star Stitch Blanket Afghan Tutorial for Beginners

How to Crochet a Star Stitch Blanket Afghan!

Cro­chet blan­kets and afghans are cozy, com­fort­ing, and a cre­ative out­let for craft enthu­si­asts. This tuto­r­i­al will guide begin­ner cro­cheters through cre­at­ing a beau­ti­ful blan­ket using the star stitch. We’ll explore free cro­chet blan­ket pat­terns, basic cro­chet stitch­es, col­or changes, and much more to help you embark on your first cro­chet afghan project. So, grab your bulky yarn cro­chet hook, and let’s start this easy yet reward­ing jour­ney.

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- To begin your cro­chet afghan, choose your yarn wise­ly. Bulky weight and worsted-weight yarns work great for blan­kets. You can even mix dif­fer­ent yarn col­ors to cre­ate a unique look.
- Don’t for­get to select the cor­rect hook size based on your yarn’s thick­ness.

- Con­tin­ue cro­chet­ing rows of star stitch­es to cre­ate the body of your blan­ket.
- You can adjust the size of your afghan by chang­ing the num­ber of stitch­es in your start­ing chain.

- Uti­lize video tuto­ri­als if you pre­fer visu­al guid­ance.
- A large cro­chet hook will progress your work faster, espe­cial­ly for large blan­kets.
- Keep a con­sis­tent ten­sion for a neat fin­ish.
- Con­sid­er cre­at­ing unique granny squares and join­ing them to form a square blan­ket.

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I’m going to show you how to make the star stitch. This stitch can be used to cre­ate afghans, wash­cloths, and more. It’s done in mul­ti­ples of two plus one. This is the back of the stitch.

Now, I’m using an H hook and pur­ple yarn. Your hook size should match the type of yarn you’re using. In this tuto­r­i­al, I’m using impec­ca­ble pur­ple yarn. So, you will work in mul­ti­ples of two and then add one more. For exam­ple, I’m going to chain 14, which is 14 in groups of two plus one, total­ing 15 chains in all.

To start the star stitch, insert your hook in the sec­ond chain from the hook, pull up the yarn, and repeat this process, insert­ing your hook into the next chain until you have six loops on your hook. Then, yarn over and pull through all six loops, fol­lowed by chain­ing one to cre­ate your first star. In the cen­ter of the eye of the star, insert your hook, go behind the last post of your star stitch, and insert your hook in the pre­vi­ous stitch. In the next two chains, insert your hook and pull up until you have six loops on your hook. Yarn over, pull through all six loops, and chain one. Con­tin­ue this pat­tern by repeat­ing the steps in each stitch until you reach the end. Fin­ish the row with a half-dou­ble cro­chet in the last stitch.

Chain one, turn your work, and start the next row with a sin­gle cro­chet in the first stitch. Con­tin­ue by sin­gle cro­chet­ing in the eye of the pre­vi­ous star, then work two sin­gle cro­chets across each eye. Fin­ish the row with one sin­gle cro­chet in the last stitch.

For a col­or change, slip-stitch your new col­or on and chain two with the new col­or. Then, pick up the loop from the front of the sec­ond chain from the hook and the back of that same chain. Con­tin­ue by going into the fol­low­ing three sin­gle cro­chets, then yarn over and pull through all six loops, fol­lowed by chain­ing one. Repeat the star stitch pat­tern as pre­vi­ous­ly described.

For the rest of the pat­tern, alter­nate between the rows of star stitch­es and the rows of sin­gle cro­chets with increas­es in the cen­ters of the star stitch­es. You can con­tin­ue this pat­tern to cre­ate your desired length.

I hope this tuto­r­i­al helps you mas­ter the star stitch. Please sub­scribe for more cro­chet tuto­ri­als and pat­terns.