Cozy textured crochet blanket stitch: Part 12 – Cobblestone Path

A beautiful crochet blanket stitch that evokes images of a cobblestone path. Create beautiful texture with the front post half double crochet!

I am so honored to be a part of this beautiful crochet blanket. I hope you’ve enjoyed making your very own Serenity Throw Blanket so far.

With part 12, you’re almost done! You’ve been treated to a different crochet blanket stitch in each section to create a one-of-a-kind statement piece for your home.

About this crochet blanket stitch pattern

For Part 12, I’ve chosen a crochet blanket stitch that evokes images of an old cobblestone path through the garden.

Using just 2 stitches (the half double crochet and the front post half double crochet) alternating across the row, the subtle texture of this crochet blanket stitch blends beautifully with the larger blanket.

The front post stitches add just the right amount of pop to provide a gentle surface texture.

What is the Serenity Throw Blanket CAL?

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This pattern is a part of the Serenity Throw Blanket CAL, which is a collaborative crochet-a-long designed by 12 different designers.

The 12 parts of the blanket showcase each designer’s crochet design style and all parts of the blanket come together to create one gorgeous blanket just for you!

Hosted by Shannon of The Loophole Fox and Agat of Made by Gootie, they’ve created a blanket that is worked in strips with one part on top of the other. The seamless construction means you don’t have to make pieces, then sew them together.

The Cobblestone Path crochet blanket stitch pattern is a free-to-view pattern here on my blog (see below).

The free PDF download has now expired. You can still get a copy of the PDF in the full pattern eBook.

The full pattern eBook provides all 12 sections plus everything you’ll need to complete your very own Serenity Throw Blanket.

Be sure to visit the main CAL blog post to see ALL the gorgeous sections of the Serenity Throw Blanket, including this section. There you’ll find links to ALL of the sections.

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The Cobblestone Path pattern starts here.

Yarn (for the sample)

Lion Brand “Heartland” 100% premium acrylic worsted (5oz/251yd; 142g/230m)

2 skeins of color #105N Glacier Bay (approx. 7.1oz/350yd)

Hook

US H-8 (5mm)

Tools

• Removable stitch markers for counting rows
• Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge

[(FPhdc, hdc) 5 times + FPhdc] x 14 rows = 4”

Skill level – Confident Beginner

Abbreviations – US crochet terminology

• ch – chain
• FPhdc – front post half double crochet (see below for a photo tutorial)
• hdc – half double crochet
• pm – place marker
• rep – repeat
• st – stitch
• RS – right side
• WS – wrong side
• YO – yarn over

Pattern Notes

• Stitch multiple: This pattern is a stitch multiple of 2. (If the pattern is worked independently of the blanket, add 1 st to the starting ch.
• A ch 1 at the beginning of a row does not count as a st.
• Once the pattern begins to emerge, it can be difficult to count the number of rows. Place a marker at the end of each even numbered row as indicated in the instructions.
• Pull up the first loop of each front post stitch to the height of a normal stitch to avoid shortening the front post stitches and causing this section to pull inward.

Pattern Instructions

Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, hdc in the same st and in each st across, turn. (192 hdc)

Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, hdc in the same st, (FPhdc in the next st, hdc in the next st) across to last st, hdc in last st, pm, turn.  (95 FPhdc, 97 hdc)

Row 3: Ch 1, hdc in the same st, hdc in the next st, (FPhdc in the next st, hdc in the next st) across, turn. 

Note: From this point forward, all hdc are worked in a hdc and all FPhdc are worked around a FPhdc. The FPhdc from the previous row will be recessed so be sure to work around the entire post of the stitch.

Rows 4-15: Rep Rows 2-3 6 times.

Row 16: Rep Row 1.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

How to crochet the FPhdc (front post half double crochet)

Step 1: YO.

Step 2: Insert hook around post of indicated stitch from front to back to front.

Step 3: YO and pull up loop.

Step 4: YO, pull through all 3 loops on hook.