How to crochet the scallop stitch blanket

The scallop stitch or for some people, the shell stitch crochet , is a beautiful crochet design for making different crochet projects, it is pretty to the eye and unbelievably  easy to make, using different colors will make it even more stunning however even with one color still looks attractive.

I have used green and purple tones here as I loved how they looked merged together.

The blanket is thick and warm without being heavy, perfect for movie nights :) at home

within maximum two weeks you can finish a big one.

I have done two main projects using the scallop stitch and they are this blanket and the beautiful oversized cardigan below.

I thought at first that i'll never be able to finish it the way I want it however it worked out very well.

Here are some useful information about the stitch:

Shell Stitch Blanket:

Yarn used: Red heart soft, 

Crochet hook 5.5 MM

Oversized Coat/ cardigan

Yarn used: Lion brand pound of love, 

crochet Hook: 5.5 MM

Left handed tutorial

Right handed Tutorial

PDF Pattern

Written Pattern:

Ch 165

Row 1: 1sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, sk 2, 5 dc in the next st, sk2, 1 sc in the next st, repeat(sk2, 5dc, sk2, 1sc) till the end of the row, the last st should be a sc.

Row 2: ch3, 2 dc in the same st as ch 3, sk 2, sc in the next st, sk 2, 5 dc in the next st, repeat (sk2, 1sc in the next st, sk 2, 5dc in the next st) till the end of the row, 3 dc in the last st.

Row 3: ch1, 1sc in the same st, sk2, 5 dc in the next st, sk 2, 1sc in the next st, repeat.

alternate row 2 and 3 till the end of your work.

for an adult blanket you will need to make at least 50 rows.