Cow Crochet Lap Blanket Pattern – Written Row by Row + Chart

Cow crochet lap blanket pattern – a 40 x 50 in (100 x 125 cm) throw with a big friendly cow against green hills and blue sky, worked in double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) with colour changes.

What you get (PDF)

• every row written out as simple colour counts

• a separate set of written rows for left-handed crocheters

• the full colour chart, in six large parts with a layout guide

• UK crochet terms with US terms in brackets throughout

• the yarn, shade and amount for each colour

Materials: Cygnet DK (100% acrylic, 298 m / 100 g) in seven colours, 12 balls in total; any DK (light worsted) yarn can be used. 4.00 mm crochet hook.

Tension: 18 dc (UK) / sc (US) and 22 rows = 10 cm (4 in).

You need to know how to: work double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) and change colour (intarsia).

Updated October 2026: now with full written row-by-row instructions.