Granny goes Ripple Blanket in Caron Simply Soft - Downloadable PDF

Granny Goes Ripple Blanket in Caron Simply Soft – Crochet Pattern Summary

The Granny Goes Ripple Blanket is a free, downloadable crochet PDF pattern designed by Delma Myers. It masterfully combines two of crochet's most beloved traditions — the classic granny-square cluster aesthetic and the timeless ripple (chevron) blanket silhouette — into a single, cohesive throw. The finished blanket measures approximately 55 inches by 63 inches (139.5 cm × 160 cm), making it a generous lap blanket or a cozy full throw suitable for a sofa, bed, or gift.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a large crocheted blanket worked entirely in rows from a foundation chain. The design creates a ripple or chevron wave structure across the width of the blanket, but the stitch groupings are built from clusters of three double crochet stitches — the same building block used in traditional granny squares. The result is a textured, graphic fabric that has the rhythmic peaks and valleys of a ripple afghan with the chunky, clustered look of granny-style crochet. The blanket is rated as beginner difficulty, making it an excellent project for newer crocheters who want to practice reading multi-row color patterns and working ripple shaping without complex stitch manipulation.

Techniques Used

• Ripple/chevron shaping: The wave structure is created by strategically skipping multiple chain or stitch spaces to form the valleys (decrease points) and working multiple stitch groups into a single chain-3 space to form the peaks (increase points). This is the defining technique of any ripple afghan.
• Granny-style cluster construction: Rather than single stitches, the fabric is built from groups of three double crochets worked between stitch groups or into specific spaces, echoing the construction of traditional granny squares worked flat.
• Stripe color changes by row: Each row is worked in a single color, with yarn fastened off at the end of each row and a new color attached at the beginning of the next. This produces clean, defined horizontal color stripes that follow the ripple contour.
• Foundation chain setup: The blanket begins with a chain of 218, establishing the full width of the piece from the very first row. Correct tension and counting at this stage are essential to achieving the gauge and ripple alignment.
• Working into chain spaces and between groups: Stitches are placed between double crochet groups and into chain-3 spaces rather than into individual stitches, which is a hallmark of granny-style construction and gives the fabric its open, airy character.

Stitches Used

• Chain stitch (ch): Used for the foundation chain and for the turning chain at the start of each row, as well as for the chain-3 spaces at each ripple peak.
• Double crochet (dc): The primary stitch of the entire blanket. All texture and structure is built from double crochets worked in groups of three.
• Slip stitch (implied for color joins): Used when attaching new yarn colors at the beginning of each new row.

The combination of double crochet clusters with deliberate skipped stitches and chain-3 peak spaces means the stitch pattern works up relatively quickly for an aran weight yarn, giving satisfying row-by-row progress — a quality that makes ripple blankets so popular among crocheters of all skill levels.

Materials Required

The pattern is written specifically for Caron Simply Soft, an aran weight (worsted/aran) yarn available in a wide range of colors. Four colorways are used in this design:

• Color A – Country Blue (9710): 4 skeins (170 g / 6 oz; 288 m / 315 yds per skein)
• Color B – Light Country Blue (9709): 3 skeins
• Color C – Bone (9703): 3 skeins
• Color D – Off White (9702): 3 skeins

The palette moves through a serene, coordinated range of cool blues and warm neutrals, creating a