Tunisian Crochet Blanket – Free Pattern

This modern Tunisian crochet blanket features bold color blocks, striking two-tone sections, and classic chevron shaping. The modular, panel-by-panel construction and clever join-as-you-go method make it a perfect first Tunisian crochet blanket. And the best bit? No seaming required!

The written pattern below is accompanied by two video tutorials to take you through each blanket section step-by-step.

Where to Get This Pattern

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Not sure which version of the pattern is right for you? Here’s a detailed comparison of what’s included in both the free and paid versions. While the free pattern includes everything you need to successfully make this Tunisian Chevron Blanket in the lapghan size the paid PDF version offers additional helpful features for an even smoother crocheting experience:

Feature	Free Pattern	Paid PDF Pattern	VIP Experience
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9 blanket sizes	✗ (Lapghan size only)	✓	✓
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Extra schematic, stitch charts and step-by-step photos	✗	✓	✓
Beautifully formatted ad-free, print-friendly eBook (18 pages)	✗	✓	✓
Sample color schemes to spark your inspiration	✗	✗	✓
Color scheme planners (printable and digital Canva versions)	✗	✓	✓

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Why I Love This Tunisian Crochet Blanket Pattern

Gorgeous color blocks

One of my favorite things about this blanket is the way the colors shift across each panel – from bold blocks to soft two-tone fades. It looks polished and modern, but it’s all created using simple stitches and easy color changes at the end of a row. So you get all the visual impact without any tricky techniques.

No long hooks or cables, and no seaming!

Thanks to the join-as-you-go method, you won’t need a super long Tunisian hook or cable to make this large blanket. 

And even better – there’s no massive pile of panels to seam at the end. Each one is joined to the last as you go, which means you’re assembling the blanket as you work (and getting those satisfying “finished” moments along the way!).

A beautiful, practical finish

With a finished size of 35″ x 49.5″, this lapghan is the perfect project for both comfort and practicality. It’s a great gift option, too – and the color and size can be adapted however you like.

Skill level: Easy

This project is a great next step if you’ve tried small Tunisian projects and want to level up without taking on anything too tricky. Once you get the hang of the Tunisian simple stitch (Tss) and the shaping, it’s easy to get into the flow-and the color changes keep things interesting from start to finish.

OK, Let’s Make This Blanket!

1. Gather Your Materials

Yarn

This blanket is made using WeCrochet Heatherly Worsted – a soft and smooth #4/Medium/Worsted weight yarn with a lovely blend of acrylic and merino wool.

Any soft, worsted weight yarn will work well for this project. Look for something with a smooth texture and good stitch definition to show off the chevron pattern. Wool-acrylic blends, cotton-acrylic blends, or 100% acrylic are all great alternatives.

I used 5 colors to create the bold color blocks and subtle two-tone fades. Feel free to mix and match your own colors — as long as you match the overall yardage, the layout will still work beautifully!

Hook

You’ll need an 8 mm (L-11) Tunisian crochet hook for this blanket.

Tunisian crochet usually calls for a hook 1–2 mm larger than what’s recommended on your yarn label to help create a softer drape. I used an interchangeable hook without a cable, which worked perfectly because the join-as-you-go method means you never have to hold too many stitches at once.

Tip: A regular straight-handled crochet hook can work too, as long as it’s long enough and doesn’t have an ergonomic handle that gets in the way.

Other supplies

You’ll also need the usual project essentials – yarn needle, scissors, stitch markers – as well as blocking mats to give your blanket a professional finish.

2. Grab Your Pattern

You can find the written Tunisian Chevron Blanket pattern for free right here on my blog. There are also two video tutorials to take you through everything step-by-step.

3. Tunisian chevron blanket construction

This blanket is made up of 7 vertical panels, each worked from the bottom up using Tunisian simple stitch (Tss) and simple shaping. You’ll start with the left-most panel and work your way across, joining each new panel to the previous one as you go – no long cables required!

Each panel features 11 color blocks, some in solid colors and others with an alternating two-tone effect. This creates a beautiful, subtle fade across the blanket.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the construction:

• Foundation Chain or Setup: You’ll begin with Panel 1, working a single strip in Tss with simple increases and decreases to create the chevron shape.
  
• Main Pattern: Continue working each panel, joining them as you go. The join-as-you-go technique is fully explained in the pattern (and demonstrated in the video tutorials).
  
• Color Changes: For the solid blocks, you’ll switch colors at the end of a Return Pass. For the two-tone sections, the color changes happen between the Forward and Return Passes to create that beautiful woven look.
  
• Finishing: Once all 7 panels are joined, you’ll block the blanket, weave in your ends and you’re good to go!

4. Tips & Tricks for Success!

Gauge

The good news is that gauge isn’t critical for this blanket. But keep in mind:

• If your stitches are looser or tighter than mine, your blanket might turn out a little bigger or smaller.
• You may also use more or less yarn depending on your tension.

If you’re new to Tunisian crochet, you might need to experiment a little with your hook size to get the drape just right. 

If your fabric feels stiff or is curling a lot, try going up a hook size (or even two). Both stiffness and curling are super common in Tunisian crochet – so don’t worry, you’re not doing anything wrong!

A quick swatch (about 6” x 6”) is a great way to test out your yarn, hook, and drape before getting started on the full blanket.

Customizations

You can easily adjust this blanket to suit your style or needs. A few ideas:

• Size it up or down by adjusting the number of panels or rows in each panel – the PDF pattern ebook includes detailed instructions and yarn requirements for 9 different blanket sizes.
• Go bold or neutral – the color block sections look amazing in high-contrast shades or soft, tonal fades.
• Play with the color layout –  mix up the order of the two-tone and solid panels, or keep things bold with a full color-block look from edge to edge.

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Tunisian Chevron Blanket Video Tutorials

Part 1: Foundation Row, Chevron Shaping and Color Changes → Watch Part 1

Part 2: Join-As-You-Go, Finishing and Blocking → Watch Part 2

Tunisian Chevron Blanket – Written Pattern

Finished Measurements

Lapghan Size
Width: 35″ / 89 cm
Length: 49.5″ / 125.5 cm

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Materials

Yarn

Any #4/Medium/Worsted weight yarn. The amounts given here are for WeCrochet Heatherly Worsted (218yds/230m per 100g hank; #4/Medium/Worsted; 80% Acrylic, 20% Merino Wool).

Note: feel free to choose your own color combinations based on the total amount given.

	Colorway	Yarn required	Hanks
Color 1 (C1)	Snowflake	535yds / 489m	3
Color 2 (C2)	Atmosphere	210yds / 192m	1
Color 3 (C3)	Sweet Bing	270yds / 247m	2
Color 4 (C4)	Peach Fuzz	270yds / 247m	2
Color 5 (C5)	Sweetheart	210yds / 192m	1
TOTAL		1485yds / 1358m	9

Alternative Yarn Options:

• WeCrochet Brava Worsted (100% Premium Acrylic)
• WeCrochet Swish Worsted (100% Superwash Merino Wool)
• Lion Brand Color Theory (100% Acrylic)
• WeCrochet High Desert Worsted (100% American Wool)
• Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran (100% Acrylic)
• Stylecraft Special Aran (100% Acrylic)
• Yarn & Colors Baby Fabulous (55% Acrylic 45% Cotton)

Hook

8 mm (L-11) Tunisian crochet hook

Note: You can also use a regular crochet hook, as long as it has a straight handle and can hold all the loops needed for each panel.

Other supplies

• Yarn needle
• Stitch marker
• Measuring tape
• Stitch markers
• 12–14 (12″ x 12″) blocking mats (total area of 36 x 50″ / 92 x 127cm required for finished blanket)
• Blocking pins

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Abbreviations (US Terms)

• C1 = Color 1
• C2 = Color 2
• C3 = Color 3
• C4 = Color 4
• C5 = Color 5
• ch = chain
• FwP = Forward Pass
• RetP = Return Pass (see Special Stitches and Techniques)
• sk = skip
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• Tss = Tunisian simple stitch (see Special Stitches and Techniques)
• Tss3tog = Tunisian simple stitch 3 together (see Special Stitches and Techniques)
• yo = yarn over

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Pattern Notes

Please read through the entire pattern before beginning.

Construction

• This blanket is made up of 7 panels.
• You will work the first panel in a single strip, then join each new panel to the previous one using the join-as-you-go method.
• Each panel consists of 11 “color blocks”, some in a solid color and others using two colors with alternating colors for the FwP and RetP.

General Pattern Notes

• Row instructions are given for the Forward Pass (FwP).
• Complete the Foundation Row and each FwP with a Return Pass (RetP).
• The last stitch of the FwP and the first step of the RetP are worked differently for Panel 1 and subsequent panels (see Special Stitches and Techniques).
• Stitch count is given as “loops on hook” in brackets [ ] at the end of Row 1 (Foundation Row). In this pattern the stitch count is the same for all rows.

Color Changes

To change to a new solid color block, change color at the end of the RetP as follows:

• With working yarn, work RetP until 2 loops remain i.e. stop at the last step of the RetP.
• Yarn over new color and pull through 2 loops i.e. complete the RetP.
• Work FwP of next row with new color.

To work a “two-tone panel”, change color at the end of the FwP as follows:

• With working yarn, work FwP including end st.
• Yarn over new color and pull through 2 loops i.e. work the “ch 1” step of the RetP.                                                                   
• Work RetP with new color.
• Alternate between both colors for FwP and RetP as per pattern.

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Gauge

22 sts x 9 rows (one chevron block) = 5″ x 4.5″ / 13 cm x 11 cm measured over Tss chevron pattern.

Note: gauge is not critical for this project. However, if your gauge does not match the one listed in the pattern then your blanket may turn out a little larger/smaller depending on how loosely/tightly you crochet, and you may use a different amount of yarn than listed.

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Special Stitches

Tunisian simple stitch (Tss)

Insert hook under next vertical bar, yo and pull up a loop.

Tunisian simple stitch 3 together (Tss3tog)

Insert hook under next 3 vertical bars, yo and pull up a loop.

Bind off

The bind off method for this pattern is the slip stitch bind off, and is worked as follows: starting in the second vertical bar, *insert hook under vertical bar, yo and pull through both loops on hook; repeat from * across until 1 loop remains. Cut yarn, pull through final loop to fasten off.

Panel 1 only

Return Pass (RetP)

Work standard RetP as follows: 

• Step 1: Yo and pull through first loop on hook i.e. ch 1. 
• Step 2: [yo and pull through two loops] across until one loop remains.

End stitch

This is the last stitch on a Forward Pass (FwP). You will always work this stitch through the front and back loops of the RetP “ch 1” (above). In this pattern, the end stitch is written separately as “work end st.”

Subsequent panels

Return Pass (RetP)

Step 1: Omit “ch 1” at the start of the RetP. Instead, after working “joining stitch” (below), continue to pull through second loop on hook.

Step 2: [yo and pull through two loops] across until one loop remains.

Joining stitch (see Appendix C: Join-as-you-go) 

This is the last stitch on a FwP for all panels after Panel 1. It replaces the “end stitch” (above).

• Step 1: Find the edge stitch of the corresponding row of the previous panel.
• Step 2: Insert hook through the middle of this edge st and the loop directly behind it. 
• Step 3: Yarn over and pull up a loop. Joining stitch made.

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Written Pattern

Panel 1

Blocks 1 & 2 (18 rows)

Row 1 (Foundation Row): With C1, ch 23. Pull up a loop in back bump of second ch from hook and in each ch across. RetP. Pm in skipped ch. [23 loops on hook]

Row 2: Yo, Tss 9, Tss3tog, Tss 9, yo, work end st. RetP. [23 loops on hook]

FwP of Row 2 establishes chevron pattern.

Rows 3-18: Repeat Row 2. At end of Row 18, change to C2 on last 2 loops of RetP. Cut C1.

Block 3 (9 rows)

With C2, work FwP in chevron pattern. RetP.

Block 4 (9 rows)

Row 1: With C2, work in chevron pattern for FwP. RetP with C3.

Row 2: With C3, work in chevron pattern for FwP. RetP with C2.

Rows 3-9: Continue to work chevron pattern, alternating between C2 and C3 for FwP and RetP. At end of block, cut C2.

Continue to work in chevron pattern using the following color sequence:

Block 5 (9 rows)

C3 only.

Block 6 (9 rows)

Beginning with C3, alternate between C3 and C4 for FwP and RetP. Cut C3 at end of block.

Block 7 (9 rows)

C4 only.

Block 8 (9 rows)

Beginning with C4, alternate between C4 and C5 for FwP and RetP. Cut C4 at end of block.

Block 9 (9 rows)

C5 only. Change to C1 on last 2 loops of RetP. Cut C5.

Blocks 10 & 11 (18 rows)

C1 only. Bind off (using slip stitch bind off) and fasten off.

Panel 2

Blocks 1, 2 & 3 (27 rows)

With C1, join yarn to marked ch at the bottom-right corner of previous panel. 

Row 1 (Foundation Row): Ch 22. Pull up a loop in back bump of second ch from hook and in each ch across, join to first row of previous panel (see Appendix C: Join-as-you-go). RetP. [22 loops on hook]

Row 2: Work FwP in chevron pattern, join yarn to corresponding row of previous panel. RetP. [22 loops on hook]

Row 3-27: Repeat Row 2.

At end of Row 27, change to C2 on last 2 loops of RetP. Cut C1.

Continue to work in chevron pattern using the following color sequence:

Block 4 (9 rows)

C2 only.

Block 5 (9 rows)

Beginning with C2, alternate between C2 and C3 for FwP and RetP. Cut C2 at end of block.

Block 6 (9 rows)

C3 only.

Block 7 (9 rows)

Beginning with C3, alternate between C3 and C4 for FwP and RetP. Cut C3 at end of block.

Block 8 (9 rows)

C4 only.

Block 9 (9 rows)

Beginning with C4, alternate between C4 and C5 for FwP and RetP. Cut C4 at end of block.

Block 10 (9 rows)

C5 only. Change to C1 on last 2 loops of RetP. Cut C5.

Block 11 (9 rows)

C1 only.

Bind off. Join to top-right corner of previous panel with a sl st or invisible join. Fasten off.

Panel 3

Work stitch pattern as for Panel 2, using the same color sequence as for Panel 1.

Panel 4

Work stitch pattern as for Panel 2, using the following color sequence:

Block 1 (9 rows)

C1 only. Change to C2 on last 2 loops of RetP. Cut C1.

Block 2 (9 rows)

C2 only.

Block 3 (9 rows)

Beginning with C2, alternate between C2 and C3 for FwP and RetP. Cut C2 at end of block.

Block 4 (9 rows)

C3 only.

Block 5 (9 rows)

Beginning with C3, alternate between C3 and C4 for FwP and RetP. Cut C3 at end of block.

Block 6 (9 rows)

C4 only.

Block 7 (9 rows)

Beginning with C4, alternate between C4 and C5 for FwP and RetP. Cut C4 at end of block.

Block 8 (9 rows)

C5 only. Change to C1 on last 2 loops of RetP. Cut C5.

Blocks 9, 10 & 11 (27 rows)

C1 only.

Panel 5

Repeat Panel 3.

Panel 6

Repeat Panel 2.

Panel 7

Repeat Panel 3.

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Finishing

Block blanket to measurements. Weave in ends. All done!

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I hope you have enjoyed this pattern, if you have questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact me. And be sure to tag your finished project on Instagram or Facebook using @nedandmimi or #nedandmimi!

Happy crocheting!

Sarah