Milky Way Blankie, a Free Space Themed Crochet Blanket Pattern

A space themed crochet blanket pattern

Milky Way Blankie is an adorable space themed crochet blanket pattern in 5 sizes. It spirals from the center in white and variegated blues, making it resemble a spiral galaxy with sparkly stars in included.

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Let’s talk about the spiral center of this blanket

This space themed crochet blanket pattern is special because the center of it is a spiral of two colors.

In order to make the spiral, you will have to work a little differently than the way you usually work in the round. I originally published this pattern several years ago with a magazine, and I’ve seen some makers nail it, and I’ve seen others not nail it.

I will explain it here the best I can in words. If you need additional help, watch the tutorial video found below.

The pattern instructions also explain it, but with more abbreviated language. So this explanation is in plain English.

First, you begin the blanket with a Magic Ring in white. In the Magic Ring you will work 6 stitches in white. Place a locking stitch marker in the first one to keep track of the start of the round. When you start each successive round, move the stitch marker up into the first stitch of that round.

After working the 6 stitches in white, you will take your hook out of the loop of white yarn and put a locking stitch marker through the loop to keep those stitches from unraveling.

Then you will put a slip knot of blue on your hook. You will not join to the white stitches, you will just work the first blue single crochet directly into the Magic Ring, and then follow it with five more blue stitches.

That completes Round 1. You do not join at the end of the round, and you do not turn.

Round 2 begins by continuing with the blue yarn. You place the first stitch of Round 2 directly into the first stitch of Round 1. You will work in blue, stitching into white stitches, increasing as you go, according to the pattern instructions below.

Halfway through Round 2, you will come to the end of the white stitches from Round 1. At this point, you will remove the loop of blue from your crochet hook, take the stitch marker out of the white loop, put it through the blue loop, and put your hook into the white loop.

Then you will work the second half of Round 2 in white, stitching into the blue stitches, increasing as you go, according to the pattern instructions below. When you’ve worked an increase into the last stitch before the beginning of round (BOR) stitch marker, you’ve finished Round 2.

Each remaining round of this space themed crochet blanket pattern continues with the color that you were using at the end of the round before. You work half the stitches in this first color until you get to the last stitch of the other color, where you left the loop with the stitch marker in it.

Then you switch your hook to the other color, leaving a stitch marker in the live loop, and work the second half of the round in the second color.

Stay tuned for the tutorial video, or watch the hat video linked above to see how the technique works.

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Spiral Crochet Collection

This crochet cowl pattern is part of a collection of crochet patterns that all use this clever spiral technique to create clever, fun crochet projects. Each of the five included crochet patterns includes a link to a complete video tutorial!

You can find each of the crochet patterns in the collection here on my website, or you can purchase each as an individual PDF. But you also have the option to purchase all five spiral crochet patterns as a collection and get a discount over the cost of the five patterns separately!

Lollipop Earrings, coming soon!

Calera Cowl

Candy Cane Ear Warmer

Lucien Hat

Milky Way Blankie, found below

Collection on Ravelry

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Milky Way Blankie, a Space Themed Crochet Blanket Pattern

By April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio

(C)2025 April Garwood. As with all my patterns, please do not make paper or digital copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own. Thank you!

Difficulty Level: Easy

Available Sizes: Lovey [Baby, Lap, Throw, Bedspread]

Finished Measurements: Diameter 19 [38, 48 ¾, 59 ¾, 81 ½] inches

Yarn:

Red Heart With Love Solids (100% Acrylic; 370 yds; 198 g; yarn weight category 4/Medium/Worsted): 1 [1, 2, 3, 5] skein #1001 White (color A)

Red Heart With Love Variegates (100% Acrylic; 230 yds; 141 g; yarn weight category 4/Medium/Worsted): 1 [2, 3, 5, 8] skeins #1937 Deep Blues (color B)

Bernat Premium Sparkle (97% Acrylic, 3% Metallic; 258 yds; 142 g; yarn weight category 4/Medium/Worsted): 1 skein #60002 White Sparkle (color C)

Yardage: You will need 105 [365, 590, 870, 1600]] yds of color A and 115 [405, 655, 970, 1780] yds of color B. You will need 6 yds of color C for each Star you make.

Crochet Hooks: K (6.5 mm) for Blanket and I (5.5 mm) for Stars. Adjust hook sizes if needed to match gauge.

Notions: 2 Stitch markers of different colors, tapestry needle

Gauge: 3 rnds of Blanket = 4 inches in diameter

Notes

The colors in this blanket spiral around one another.

The blanket begins with half the stitches in color A. When you finish the color A stitches, you will take the color A loop off your hook, put a locking stitch marker in the loop to keep it from unraveling, put a slip knot of color B on your hook, and then make the color B stitches. You will not join the last stitch to the first one at the end of the round.

The next round begins by continuing with color B and placing the first stitch directly into the first color A stitch of round 1. Put a locking stitch marker into the first stitch to mark the beginning of the round. You will continue working in color B for half the round, working all of these stitches into color A stitches from round 1.

Next you will take the color B loop off your hook, move the stitch marker from the color A loop to the color B loop, put your hook in the color A loop, and begin stitching into the color B stitches for the second half of round 2.

If you aren’t familiar with this method of working, I highly suggest you watch my video tutorial until you get the hang of it. It is different from the normal method of working in the round.

This pattern is written in US standard terms. For help with abbreviations, get my free, printable crochet abbreviations list here.

See this tutorial for help with basic crochet stitches.

Special Stitches

Increase (inc): 2 dc in designated st.

Blanket

With A, make a Magic Ring by wrapping the yarn around the first two fingers of your dominant hand one full time. With your other hand, carefully grab both strands where they meet and pull the ring off your fingers, place larger hook through this ring, yarn over, pull up a loop, and you are ready to begin Rnd 1.

Rnd 1: Ch 1, (2 sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc) in ring, remove loop from hook, place st marker in loop, place a slip knot of color B on hook, (join with sc, sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc) in ring, pull beginning tail to close magic ring – 12 sts.

Rnd 2: Continuing with B, [inc in next st] 6 times, place st marker in first of these sts to mark BOR and move up into first st of each rnd as work progresses, remove loop from hook, place st marker in loop, place hook in live loop of color A from previous rnd, [inc in next st] 6 times – 24 dc.

Rnd 3: Continuing with A, [dc in next st, inc in next st] 6 times, remove loop from hook, place st marker in loop, place hook in live loop of color B from previous rnd, [dc in next st, inc in next st] 6 times – 36 dc.

Rnd 4: Continuing with current color, [dc in each st to next inc, dc in first inc st, inc in second inc st] 6 times, remove loop from hook, place st marker in loop, place hook in live loop of other color from previous rnd, [dc in each st to next inc, dc in first inc st, inc in second inc st] 6 times – 12 sts inc’d, 48 dc.

Repeat Rnd 4 for pattern.

Work in pattern for a total of 14 [28, 36, 44, 60] rnds – 168 [336, 432, 528, 720] dc.

Final rnd: Continuing with current color, *hdc in each st to next inc, hdc in first inc st, 2 hdc in second inc st, sc in each st to next inc, sc in first inc st, 2 sc in second inc st, sl st in next 2 sts*, fasten off current color, place hook in live loop of other color from previous rnd, repeat from * to **. Fasten off.

Stars (make as many as you want)

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Finishing

Weave in all ends.

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