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Looking for a spooky yet cozy addition to your Halloween décor? Look no further than this free corner-to-corner Crochet Skull Blanket pattern!
Made with soft yarn and featuring a bold skull design, this blanket is perfect for snuggling up with on a chilly October night or draping over your couch as a festive decoration.
With easy-to-follow instructions and using the popular corner-to-corner (C2C) crochet technique, this pattern is suitable for all skill levels. So why settle for a plain old throw when you can add some edgy style to your home with this crochet skull blanket?
So gather your yarn and hook, and get ready to bring a touch of Halloween to your living room with my free pattern. As always, crochet creatively!
Don’t know how to do corner to corner (C2C) crochet? No worries! I have created a C2C course. GO TO C2C COURSE!
Skill Level
Advanced beginner. Project uses basic stitches, repetitive stitches, minimal color changes, and simple shaping & finishing.
Finished Size
Width: 40 inches
Length: 50 inches
Project Materials
- Lion Brand Yarn’s Nap Time worsted weight yarn: 5 skeins in #149 Pale Grey and 4 skeins in #100 White
- H/5 mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
Gauge
Gauge is not overly important for this pattern.
11 squares (ch 2 + 3 dc) = 6 inches
Abbreviations
- dc = double crochet
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- ch = chain
- chs = chains
- st = stitch
- sts = stitches
- sl st = slip stitch
Pattern Notes
- You can choose to follow the pixel graph or the written instructions.
- Written instructions are for working from the bottom right corner to the top left.
- Crochet the pixel graph using the corner-to-corner (c2c) technique. Use the traditional method of making three double crochets for each square.
- Chain 5 to start each new row and chain 2 at the beginning of each square.
- If you prefer to purchase a printable PDF of this pattern, visit my Etsy shop.
Crochet Stitches & Techniques
Chain (ch)
- Start by making a slip knot on your crochet hook.
- Hold the hook in your right hand (or left hand, if you’re left-handed) and the yarn in your left hand. With the hook, catch the yarn and pull it through the loop on the hook. This creates one chain stitch.
- Continue making chain stitches by repeating step 2.
Slip Stitch (sl st)
- Insert hook into next stitch.
- Yarn over and pull through the stitch and through the loop on your hook.
Double Crochet (dc)
- Yarn over & insert hook in next stitch.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop. You will have 3 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over and pull through 2 loops. You will have 2 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over and pull through remaining 2 loops on your hook.
Half Double Crochet (hdc)
- Yarn over & insert hook in next stitch.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop. You will have 3 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops on your hook.
Single Crochet (sc)
- Insert hook in next stitch.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop. You will have 2 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over and pull through both loops.
Corner-to-Corner (C2C) Crochet Method
Corner to corner (c2c) crochet is a technique where you crochet “squares” in diagonal rows, starting in one corner (usually the bottom right) and ending in the opposite corner (usually the top left).
Each row is increased by one square. Each square in the graph = chain 2 + 3 double crochet.
How to Corner to Corner Increase
Increases are made at the end of each row. To make an increase you will chain 6, dc in the 4th chain from your hook and dc in each of the 2 remaining chains.
You will have a chain 3 + 3 dc square. This is your first square for the beginning of the next row. Turn your work and join with a slip stitch to the chain 3 space from the last square made.
How to Corner to Corner Decrease
The first decreases for both the width and length will create corners. To make a decrease, when you reach the end of the row, you will turn your work and slip stitch across the 3 DC’s in the last square made. Join with a slip stitch to the chain 3 space and chain 2 + 3 DC.
The first square that you make for row 70 will end up being the corner for the width. The last square from row 71 will be the first decrease for the width end and will end up stacked on top of the first square (width corner) from row 70.
The first square that you make for row 85 will end up being the corner for the length. The last square from row 86 will be the first decrease for the length end and will end up next to the first square from row 85.
Crochet Skull Blanket Pattern
Download the Crochet Skull Blanket Pixel Graph
Crochet Skull Blanket Written Instructions
↙ Row 1: gray
↗ Row 2: gray x 2
↙ Row 3: gray x 3
↗ Row 4: gray x 4
↙ Row 5: gray x 5
↗ Row 6: gray x 6
↙ Row 7: gray x 7
↗ Row 8: gray x 8
↙ Row 9: gray x 9
↗ Row 10: gray x 10
↙ Row 11: gray x 11
↗ Row 12: gray x 12
↙ Row 13: gray x 13
↗ Row 14: gray x 14
↙ Row 15: gray x 15
↗ Row 16: gray x 16
↙ Row 17: gray x 17
↗ Row 18: gray x 18
↙ Row 19: gray x 19
↗ Row 20: gray x 20
↙ Row 21: gray x 21
↗ Row 22: gray x 22
↙ Row 23: gray x 23
↗ Row 24: gray x 24
↙ Row 25: gray x 25
↗ Row 26: gray x 26
↙ Row 27: gray x 27
↗ Row 28: gray x 28
↙ Row 29: gray x 29
↗ Row 30: gray x 30
↙ Row 31: gray x 31
↗ Row 32: gray x 32
↙ Row 33: gray x 19, white x 3, gray x 11
↗ Row 34: gray x 11, white x 4, gray x 19
↙ Row 35: gray x 19, white x 6, gray x 10
↗ Row 36: gray x 10, white x 7, gray x 19
↙ Row 37: gray x 19, white x 10, gray x 8
↗ Row 38: gray x 7, white x 13, gray x 18
↙ Row 39: gray x 10, white x 2, gray x 6, white x 14, gray x 7
↗ Row 40: gray x 7, white x 15, gray x 5, white x 3, gray x 10
↙ Row 41: gray x 10, white x 4, gray x 4, white x 16, gray x 7
↗ Row 42: gray x 7, white x 17, gray x 4, white x 4, gray x 10
↙ Row 43: gray x 10, white x 5, gray x 3, white x 3, gray x 2, white x 13, gray x 7
↗ Row 44: gray x 7, white x 13, gray x 4, white x 2, gray x 2, white x 6, gray x 10
↙ Row 45: gray x 10, white x 7, gray, white x 2, gray x 2, white, gray x 2, white x 13, gray x 7
↗ Row 46: gray x 7, white x 13, gray x 2, white x 2, gray x 4, white x 8, gray x 10
↙ Row 47: gray x 11, white x 8, gray x 3, white x 2, gray x 3, white x 13, gray x 7
↗ Row 48: gray x 8, white x 10, gray x 2, white, gray, white, gray, white x 2, gray x 2, white x 9, gray x 11
↙ Row 49: gray x 11, white x 13, gray, white x 2, gray x 3, white x 11, gray x 8
↗ Row 50: gray x 8, white x 11, gray x 4, white x 16, gray x 11
↙ Row 51: gray x 11, white x 16, gray x 2, white, gray x 2, white x 10, gray x 9
↗ Row 52: gray x 9, white x 9, gray x 3, white x 2, gray x 2, white x 16, gray x 11
↙ Row 53: gray x 11, white x 17, gray, white x 2, gray x 3, white x 9, gray x 10
↗ Row 54: gray x 10, white x 9, gray x 2, white x 23, gray x 10
↙ Row 55: gray x 8, white x 27, gray, white x 9, gray x 10
↗ Row 56: gray x 10, white x 9, gray x 2, white x 28, gray x 7
↙ Row 57: gray x 7, white x 8, gray, white x 19, gray x 3, white x 8, gray x 11
↗ Row 58: gray x 11, white x 9, gray x 2, white x 18, gray x 4, white x 7, gray x 7
↙ Row 59: gray x 7, white x 7, gray x 6, white x 16, gray, white, gray x 2, white x 8, gray x 11
↗ Row 60: gray x 11, white x 8, gray x 2, white x 2, gray, white x 15, gray x 7, white x 8, gray x 6
↙ Row 61: gray x 6, white x 8, gray x 8, white x 18, gray x 2, white x 7, gray x 12
↗ Row 62: gray x 12, white x 6, gray x 4, white x 17, gray x 8, white x 9, gray x 6
↙ Row 63: gray x 6, white x 9, gray x 9, white x 16, gray x 4, white x 6, gray x 13
↗ Row 64: gray x 13, white x 7, gray, white x 2, gray, white x 9, gray, white x 5, gray x 10, white x 9, gray x 6
↙ Row 65: gray x 6, white x 10, gray x 9, white x 5, gray x 2, white x 12, gray, white x 6, gray x 14
↗ Row 66: gray x 15, white x 5, gray x 2, white x 12, gray, white x 5, gray x 10, white x 10, gray x 6
↙ Row 67: gray x 6, white x 11, gray x 10, white x 4, gray x 2, white x 12, gray x 2, white x 4, gray x 16
↗ Row 68: gray x 17, white x 3, gray x 3, white x 12, gray x 2, white x 4, gray x 9, white x 12, gray x 6
↙ Row 69: gray x 7, white x 12, gray x 9, white x 4, gray x 2, white x 11, gray x 3, white x 3, gray x 18
↗ Row 70: gray x 19, white x 2, gray x 2, white, gray, white x 10, gray x 3, white x 3, gray x 10, white x 12, gray x 7
Corner: Begin decreasing for width
↙ Row 71: gray x 7, white x 13, gray x 9, white x 3, gray x 4, white x 9, gray, white x 2, gray, white x 3, gray x 18
↗ Row 72: gray x 18, white x 3, gray, white x 9, gray x 6, white x 3, gray x 9, white x 14, gray x 7
↙ Row 73: gray x 8, white x 15, gray x 7, white x 3, gray x 7, white x 8, gray x 2, white x 2, gray x 18
↗ Row 74: gray x 18, white x 2, gray x 2, white x 8, gray x 6, white x 4, gray x 6, white x 16, gray x 8
↙ Row 75: gray x 8, white x 17, gray x 6, white x 3, gray x 5, white x 9, gray x 2, white x 2, gray x 18
↗ Row 76: gray x 18, white x 2, gray, white x 11, gray x 3, white x 4, gray x 4, white x 18, gray x 9
↙ Row 77: gray x 9, white x 40, gray x 2, white, gray x 18
↗ Row 78: gray x 18, white, gray, white x 40, gray x 10
↙ Row 79: gray x 10, white x 41, gray x 19
↗ Row 80: gray x 18, white x 41, gray x 11
↙ Row 81: gray x 11, white x 42, gray x 17
↗ Row 82: gray x 16, white x 43, gray x 11
↙ Row 83: gray x 12, white x 28, gray x 2, white x 13, gray x 15
↗ Row 84: gray x 13, white x 13, gray x 5, white x 27, gray x 12
↙ Row 85: gray x 13, white x 26, gray x 7, white x 12, gray x 12
Corner: Begin decreasing for length
↗ Row 86: gray x 11, white x 12, gray x 7, white x 26, gray x 13
↙ Row 87: gray x 12, white x 26, gray x 8, white x 11, gray x 11
↗ Row 88: gray x 10, white x 11, gray x 8, white x 26, gray x 12
↙ Row 89: gray x 11, white x 26, gray x 9, white x 10, gray x 10
↗ Row 90: gray x 10, white x 9, gray x 9, white x 26, gray x 11
↙ Row 91: gray x 11, white x 25, gray x 9, white x 9, gray x 10
↗ Row 92: gray x 10, white x 8, gray x 9, white x 26, gray x 10
↙ Row 93: gray x 10, white x 26, gray x 9, white x 7, gray x 10
↗ Row 94: gray x 10, white x 7, gray x 9, white x 26, gray x 9
↙ Row 95: gray x 9, white x 26, gray x 9, white x 6, gray x 10
↗ Row 96: gray x 11, white x 4, gray x 9, white x 26, gray x 9
↙ Row 97: gray x 9, white x 26, gray x 8, white x 4, gray x 11
↗ Row 98: gray x 11, white x 4, gray x 7, white x 27, gray x 8
↙ Row 99: gray x 8, white x 26, gray x 8, white x 3, gray x 11
↗ Row 100: gray x 11, white x 3, gray x 7, white x 26, gray x 8
↙ Row 101: gray x 8, white x 26, gray x 6, white x 3, gray x 11
↗ Row 102: gray x 11, white x 3, gray x 4, white x 28, gray x 7
↙ Row 103: gray x 7, white x 28, gray x 2, white x 5, gray x 10
↗ Row 104: gray x 10, white x 34, gray x 7
↙ Row 105: gray x 7, white x 33, gray x 10
↗ Row 106: gray x 9, white x 33, gray x 7
↙ Row 107: gray x 7, white x 32, gray x 9
↗ Row 108: gray x 8, white x 33, gray x 6
↙ Row 109: gray x 6, white x 32, gray x 8
↗ Row 110: gray x 8, white x 31, gray x 6
↙ Row 111: gray x 6, white x 31, gray x 7
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↙ Row 115: gray x 6, white x 27, gray x 7
↗ Row 116: gray x 7, white x 26, gray x 6
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↗ Row 124: gray x 6, white x 17, gray x 8
↙ Row 125: gray x 8, white x 16, gray x 6
↗ Row 126: gray x 7, white x 13, gray x 9
↙ Row 127: gray x 9, white x 12, gray x 7
↗ Row 128: gray x 8, white x 8, gray x 11
↙ Row 129: gray x 13, white x 2, gray x 11
↗ Row 130: gray x 25
↙ Row 131: gray x 24
↗ Row 132: gray x 23
↙ Row 133: gray x 22
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↗ Row 150: gray x 5
↙ Row 151: gray x 4
↗ Row 152: gray x 3
↙ Row 153: gray x 2
↗ Row 154: gray
Border
Rnd 1: Join your white yarn. Ch 1, work 2 sc in the side of each square, in each corner work (sc, ch 2, sc), join with a slip stitch to the first sc of the round.
Rnd 2: Ch 2, hdc once in each stitch, in each corner work (hdc, ch 2, hdc), join and fasten off.
Weave in your ends.
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