Catherine Wheel Stitch Crochet Blanket

I used bernat blanket super bulky yarn for the blanket and i modified the standard catherine wheel stitch a little to fit that specific yarn type.

Catherine wheel stitch crochet blanket. I love how the stitches are tighter together and the circles it leaves behind leaves me with a sense of pride at the end of the project. My favourite stitch of all is the catherine wheel stitch and this crochet spinning wheels blanket has it. I completed this stitch when i was 15 years old as my second afghan that i completed in my life. Catherine s wheel crochet stitch square pink and blue in sample.

Today 30 years later it s still my favourite and the bernat blanket yarn makes this stitch incredible. For the catherine s wheel foundation chain is a multiple of 10 2. The catherine s wheel stitch is a crochet classic. In fact in just a few days i will have a hat pattern using this stitch available.

Any project you can create with a granny square can be created with catherine wheel stitch in the round squares. Ch 22 continue to row 1. Stitch multiple is is 8 1. I m using caron simply soft in light country peach and off white for this sample with an h 5 00mm hook.

The catherine wheel stitch can be crocheted in the round too. Written pattern of catherine wheel blanket. Speaking of crochet again the catherine s wheel stitch is ideal for so many different projects. Use this variation of the stitch pattern to create a blanket with one continuous square or a bunch of smaller squares sewn together.

Also once you get started on the blanket one thing that helped me was to have the catherine s wheel stitch page or the daisy farm stitches instagram open on my phone while i worked so i could quickly scroll through the picture of each row and just have a little cheat sheet to remind me which row i was on i included the pictures in this pattern as well so you can quickly reference them. I rate it intermediate but don t be shy of a challenge just be patient with yourself and practice before using it in a project. If you want to use this pattern stitch for another pattern you need to know how many chains are used for the foundation. A crochet blanket made with this stitch looks very beautiful but in addition to making a catherine wheel blanket you could also do other things through this example such as shawl rug small sofa blankets table runners and whatever else.

The catherine wheel stitch is one of my ultimate favourite crochet stitches. So i would recommend using the same yarn 2 balls of each color total 4 balls and crochet hook size 8 mm or 9 mm.