Valley Yarns Hill Crocheted Log Cabin Blanket Pattern

Valley Yarns Hill Crocheted Log Cabin Blanket

What Is Being Made

The Valley Yarns Hill Crocheted Log Cabin Blanket is a colorful, modular crochet blanket constructed from individual log cabin squares that are seamed together and finished with a coordinating border. This project is available in three sizes: Baby (36" x 36"), Lap (36" x 52"), and Full (52" x 68"). The log cabin technique allows crafters to combine multiple colors in a single project while maintaining a manageable, portable work in progress.

Techniques Used

This blanket is worked flat using the classic log cabin crochet method, a construction technique that builds squares from the center outward by adding progressively longer strips of color around a central starting point. The pattern requires the crocheter to work individual log cabin squares, then arrange and seam them together before completing the project with a single-color border. The modular approach makes this an ideal portable project, as each square can be completed independently before assembly. The designer, Sara Delaney, notes that log cabin crochet is "a fun and easy way to combine lots of colors in a project," making it well-suited for crafters who enjoy color work without the complexity of intarsia or colorwork techniques.

Stitches Used

The Valley Yarns Hill Crocheted Log Cabin Blanket relies primarily on fundamental crochet stitches:

• Single crochet (sc) — the main stitch used throughout the strips that form each log cabin square
• Chain stitch (ch) — used at the beginning of rows to create the turning chain

Each strip within a log cabin square is worked in rows of single crochet, with the stitch count increasing as successive strips are added around the square. The pattern specifies joining new colors and working into the ends of previous rows and the tops or bottoms of stitches from adjacent squares to create the characteristic log cabin appearance.

Materials

This pattern calls for Valley Yarns Superwash, a 100% superwash merino yarn available in 50-gram balls with 97 yards per ball. Yarn requirements vary by size: Baby blankets require 7 balls of Color A, Lap blankets require 9 balls, and Full blankets require 13 balls. The pattern uses a color sequence of A through G (and repeating), allowing crafters to select complementary or contrasting colors from the Valley Yarns Superwash line. The superwash merino fiber ensures the finished blanket is durable and easy to care for. A crochet hook appropriate for the yarn weight is required, though the specific hook size is referenced elsewhere in the full pattern documentation.

Difficulty Level

Rated as advanced beginner, this pattern is designed for crocheters who have mastered basic stitches and are ready to tackle a project with more structure and color work. The modular, repetitive nature of the log cabin squares makes it forgiving and meditative—a project where concentration is not required once the basic strip-building sequence is understood. The pattern explicitly notes it is "a great project for the advanced beginner who wants a portable, don't have to concentrate, project."