Crochet Monster Blanket with Bernat Pipsqueak Stripes

This Crochet Monster Blanket is an early Halloween project! I always prefer cute over creepy and this blanket is not short of cuteness! I used the new Bernat Pipsqueak Stripes yarn which is being sold in Walmart Stores. It comes in eight different color combos (shop all colors HERE) but I was drawn to this one called “playdate” with its perfect mix of blues and pinks! Pipsqueak yarn is a super soft and fluffy “fur” type yarn.

I know that some of you may feel intimidated by this yarn because its hard to see your stitches when crocheting. If you keep stitches simple and loose then it’s easy peasy! It’s hard to see the stitches in the video but trust me, you can easily feel for them. Plus crochet is really forgiving so if you do miss a stitch, you can easily make up for it in the next row.

Materials:
– Bernat Pipsqueak Stripes Yarn (2 skeins) in color Playdate or any of the 8 colors found HERE.
– Size H crochet hook
– Caron Simply Soft in White, Black and Robins Egg (or whatever color you want for the border)
– Tapestry Needle

Finished Size: approximately 30 inches tall x 27 inches wide

Monster Blanket Pattern:
(remember to keep your stitches loose!)
with pipsqueak stripes yarn
Chain 64, HDC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn
Row 2-62: HDC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn
Feel free to continue rows for larger blanket! I did have a bit left over from my second skein.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

Large Monster Eye:
with white yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 8 SC in ring, chain 1, turn
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (16 SC)
Round 3: 2 SC in first, SC in next, repeat around, join, chain 1 (24 SC)
Round 4: 2 SC in first, SC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 1 (32 SC)
Round 5: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (32 SC)
Round 6: 2 SC in first, SC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 1 (40 sC)
Round 7: 2 SC in first, SC in next 4, repeat around, join, chain 1 (48 SC)
Round 8: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (48 SC)
Round 9: 2 SC in first, SC in next 5, repeat around, join, chain 1 (56 SC)
Round 10: SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off leaving long tail (56 SC)

Small Monster Eye:
with white yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 8 SC in ring, chain 1, turn
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (16 SC)
Round 3: 2 SC in first, SC in next, repeat around, join, chain 1 (24 SC)
Round 4: 2 SC in first, SC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 1 (32 SC)
Round 5: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (32 SC)
Round 6: 2 SC in first, SC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 1 (40 sC)
Round 7: SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off leaving long tail (40 SC)

Pupils (make 2):
with black yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 8 SC in ring, join, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off leaving long tail. (16 SC)
Sew black pupil onto each eye.

Mouth/Smile
with black yarn
Chain 40, SC in second chain from hook and rest of the way down chain, make 4 SC in last chain
now working on other side of chain, SC all the way down making 4 SC in last chain, join, fasten off leaving extra long tail.

Stitch mouth in the shape of a smile onto blanket

Teeth (make 2):
Chain 2, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (4 SC)
Row 2: SC Decrease two times, chain 1, turn
Row 3: SC two times, chain 1, turn
Row 4: SC decrease, continue to SC around triangle tooth. make a SC + Chain 1 + SC in all three corners.
Fasten off leaving long tail to sew just below mouth on blanket.

Border:
Starting at any place on the edge of the blanket, join in blue Caron Simply Soft Yarn,
Chain 6, SC in second chain from hook, HDC in next, DC in next, TC in last two (you now have a triangle), join to edge of blanket with a slip stitch (leaving same width space on the edge of your blanket as the bottom of your triangle), chain 6 and repeat pattern.

Let me know if you make this cute and fuzzy crochet monster blanket by tagging me on social media using the hashtags #RepeatCrafterMe and #BernatPipsqueakStripes