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Crochet name blanket pattern, for any name.

Type a name and a date, choose the blanket size and get the whole C2C pattern: the graph sized to the blanket, every diagonal row written out with the bobbin to use, how much yarn to wind on each bobbin, the border round by round and the yarn for each colour. Free PDF, no sign-up.

  • A whole blanket, not just letters. Pick stroller, receiving, lapghan, crib or throw (or your own size); the tiles come from your tile size and the name sits in the middle, as big as fits.
  • Every bobbin planned. EMMA / 2026 on a receiving blanket is 29 bobbins, never more than 5 at once. Each row says which bobbin works which tiles, when to join a new one and when to cut.
  • Checked, not guessed. The written rows are read back on their own and rebuild the graph tile by tile; the bobbins are replayed row by row, and every bobbin is picked up right where it was left in the row before. The PDF is only made if all of it matches.
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Purlgrid · crochet name blanket · purlgrid.com/crochet-name-blanket-pattern/

Capitals A–Z, 0–9, hyphen, full stop and apostrophe. 12/03/2026 is written 12.03.2026.

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  • BlanketReceiving · 48 × 48 tiles · 91.2 × 91.2 cm (36 × 36 in) before the border, with worsted, 5 mm hook (1.9 cm per tile)
  • LettersEMMA 10 tiles tall (small letters × 2), 38 tiles wide · 2026 7 tiles tall (tall letters), 23 tiles wide · centred: 14 rows above, 14 below
  • Yarn≈ 1255 m (1373 yd) background · ≈ 165 m (181 yd) letters · border not included
  • Bobbins12 background bobbins (B) and 17 letter bobbins (L); never more than 5 hanging at once. Yarn is carried inside the tiles across gaps of up to 2 tiles.
  • Border3 rounds of single crochet in the background colour: 492 sc in round 1, 508 in the last
  • Checked10 engine checks passed, including the 95 written rows rebuilt tile by tile.

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Blanket size
Yarn and tile size
Letters

Second line

Bobbins

Carrying works the yarn inside the tiles of the other colour instead of cutting it. C2C tutorials advise carrying across 1 to 3 tiles at most; longer carries pucker.

Border
Colours

How it looks crocheted

Each square of the graph is one C2C tile: a chain-3 and three double crochets, worked on the diagonal.

Your pattern

Bobbins, rows and border.

Everything below changes with the tool above and is in the PDF.

Bobbins to wind

BobbinColourRowsTilesWind
B1background1–38619376.5 m · 412 ydfrom the ball
L1letters29–3153.5 m · 4 yd
L2letters30–465937 m · 41 yd
L3letters32–37138.5 m · 10 yd
B2background36–385333 m · 37 yd
L4letters36–3722 m · 3 yd
L5letters3853.5 m · 4 yd
B3background38–4110866.5 m · 73 ydfrom the ball
L6letters3911 m · 2 yd
L7letters41–4496 m · 7 yd
L8letters41–4222 m · 3 yd
B4background41–4513583 m · 91 ydfrom the ball
L9letters4553.5 m · 4 yd
B5background45–5015695.5 m · 105 ydfrom the ball
B6background46–474930.5 m · 34 yd
L10letters46–585232.5 m · 36 yd
L11letters46–4996 m · 7 yd
L12letters48–4922 m · 3 yd
L13letters5053.5 m · 4 yd
B7background50–95777473 m · 518 ydfrom the ball
L14letters5111 m · 2 yd
B8background51–523220 m · 22 yd
L15letters53–5543 m · 4 yd
B9background58–593320.5 m · 23 yd
L16letters58–683622.5 m · 25 yd
B10background63–643220 m · 22 yd
L17letters64–763723 m · 26 yd
B11background69–703522 m · 25 yd
B12background73–742817.5 m · 20 yd

Border

Round 1: with the background colour, work single crochet evenly along each side: 2 sc into the chain side of a tile and 3 sc into its double-crochet side, so about 5 sc for every 2 tiles. Work 3 sc into each corner. Join with a slip stitch.

Round 2 to 3: ch 1, sc in each sc, 3 sc in the centre sc of each corner; join. Each round adds 8 stitches.

RoundTop & bottom (each)Sides (each)Total sc
Round 1120120492
Round 2122122500
Round 3124124508

Side counts do not include the 3 corner stitches. These counts are a guide: lay the blanket flat after round 1 and add or skip a stitch where the edge ruffles or pulls in.

Engine checks

  • Text fits with 5 tiles clear at the sides and 14 rows above and below
  • All 95 diagonal rows follow the increase/decrease rules at both edges
  • 2304 tiles in total (48 × 48)
  • Every row's written colour counts add up to that row's tile count
  • 2 colours
  • The 95 written rows, read on their own, rebuild every tile of the graph
  • Replaying the 29 bobbins row by row gives every row's colours in working order
  • All 170 times a bobbin carries on into the next row, it is picked up next to where it stopped (at most 2 tiles away)
  • Each of the 2304 tiles belongs to exactly one bobbin; the bobbins' tiles add up to 2057 background and 247 letter tiles
  • Border: 3 rounds, 492 sc in round 1, 8 more in each round after
Every row with its bobbins (95 diagonal rows)

B = background bobbin, L = letter bobbin, numbers are tiles. * = join a new bobbin here. A bobbin named twice in one row is carried inside the tiles in between. ✂ = cut after this row, leaving a 15 cm (6 in) tail.

  1. Row 1 ↗ (1) 1 B1*
  2. Row 2 ↙ (2) 2 B1
  3. Row 3 ↗ (3) 3 B1
  4. Row 4 ↙ (4) 4 B1
  5. Row 5 ↗ (5) 5 B1
  6. Row 6 ↙ (6) 6 B1
  7. Row 7 ↗ (7) 7 B1
  8. Row 8 ↙ (8) 8 B1
  9. Row 9 ↗ (9) 9 B1
  10. Row 10 ↙ (10) 10 B1
  11. Row 11 ↗ (11) 11 B1
  12. Row 12 ↙ (12) 12 B1
  13. Row 13 ↗ (13) 13 B1
  14. Row 14 ↙ (14) 14 B1
  15. Row 15 ↗ (15) 15 B1
  16. Row 16 ↙ (16) 16 B1
  17. Row 17 ↗ (17) 17 B1
  18. Row 18 ↙ (18) 18 B1
  19. Row 19 ↗ (19) 19 B1
  20. Row 20 ↙ (20) 20 B1
  21. Row 21 ↗ (21) 21 B1
  22. Row 22 ↙ (22) 22 B1
  23. Row 23 ↗ (23) 23 B1
  24. Row 24 ↙ (24) 24 B1
  25. Row 25 ↗ (25) 25 B1
  26. Row 26 ↙ (26) 26 B1
  27. Row 27 ↗ (27) 27 B1
  28. Row 28 ↙ (28) 28 B1
  29. Row 29 ↗ (29) 14 B1, 2 L1*, 13 B1
  30. Row 30 ↙ (30) 5 B1, 1 L2*, 7 B1, 1 L1, 1 B1, 1 L1, 14 B1
  31. Row 31 ↗ (31) 14 B1, 1 L1, 9 B1, 2 L2, 5 B1 ✂ L1
  32. Row 32 ↙ (32) 5 B1, 2 L2, 7 B1, 1 L3*, 17 B1
  33. Row 33 ↗ (33) 15 B1, 1 L3, 1 B1, 1 L3, 8 B1, 2 L2, 5 B1
  34. Row 34 ↙ (34) 5 B1, 2 L2, 2 B1, 1 L2, 6 B1, 2 L3, 1 B1, 1 L3, 14 B1
  35. Row 35 ↗ (35) 14 B1, 1 L3, 2 B1, 1 L3, 2 B1, 1 L3, 3 B1, 2 L2, 2 B1, 2 L2, 5 B1
  36. Row 36 ↙ (36) 5 B1, 3 L2, 1 B2*, 2 L2, 4 B2, 1 L3, 1 B2, 1 L3, 3 B2, 1 L4*, 14 B2
  37. Row 37 ↗ (37) 14 B2, 1 L4, 4 B2, 2 L3, 5 B2, 6 L2, 5 B1 ✂ L4 L3
  38. Row 38 ↙ (38) 6 B1, 1 L2, 1 B1, 3 L2, 2 B2, 1 L2, 5 B2, 5 L5*, 14 B3* ✂ B1 B2 L5
  39. Row 39 ↗ (39) 19 B3, 1 L6*, 4 B3, 2 L2, 2 B3, 2 L2, 9 B3 ✂ L6
  40. Row 40 ↙ (40) 7 B3, 1 L2, 1 B3, 2 L2, 2 B3, 2 L2, 25 B3
  41. Row 41 ↗ (41) 14 B3, 2 L7*, 4 B3, 1 L8*, 5 B3, 2 L2, 2 B3, 4 L2, 7 B4* ✂ B3
  42. Row 42 ↙ (42) 8 B4, 1 L2, 1 B4, 1 L2, 2 B4, 2 L2, 6 B4, 1 L8, 3 B4, 1 L7, 1 B4, 1 L7, 14 B4 ✂ L8
  43. Row 43 ↗ (43) 14 B4, 1 L7, 2 B4, 1 L7, 1 B4, 2 L7, 7 B4, 2 L2, 13 B4
  44. Row 44 ↙ (44) 13 B4, 2 L2, 10 B4, 1 L7, 18 B4 ✂ L7
  45. Row 45 ↗ (45) 15 B4, 5 L9*, 10 B5*, 2 L2, 13 B5 ✂ B4 L9
  46. Row 46 ↙ (46) 13 B5, 3 L2, 1 B6*, 1 L2, 3 B6, 1 L10*, 7 B6, 1 L11*, 1 B6, 1 L11, 14 B6 ✂ L2
  47. Row 47 ↗ (47) 14 B6, 1 L11, 2 B6, 1 L11, 2 B6, 1 L11, 3 B6, 2 L10, 2 B6, 6 L10, 13 B5 ✂ B6
  48. Row 48 ↙ (48) 14 B5, 1 L10, 1 B5, 1 L10, 1 B5, 1 L10, 2 B5, 2 L10, 4 B5, 1 L11, 1 B5, 1 L11, 3 B5, 1 L12*, 14 B5
  49. Row 49 ↗ (47) 13 B5, 1 L12, 4 B5, 2 L11, 5 B5, 2 L10, 20 B5 ✂ L12 L11
  50. Row 50 ↙ (46) 17 B5, 1 L10, 1 B5, 2 L10, 2 B5, 1 L10, 5 B5, 5 L13*, 12 B7* ✂ B5 L13
  51. Row 51 ↗ (45) 16 B7, 1 L14*, 4 B7, 2 L10, 2 B7, 4 L10, 16 B8* ✂ L14
  52. Row 52 ↙ (44) 16 B8, 3 L10, 2 B7, 2 L10, 21 B7 ✂ B8
  53. Row 53 ↗ (43) 15 B7, 1 L15*, 5 B7, 2 L10, 2 B7, 2 L10, 16 B7
  54. Row 54 ↙ (42) 15 B7, 2 L10, 2 B7, 2 L10, 6 B7, 1 L15, 14 B7
  55. Row 55 ↗ (41) 12 B7, 2 L15, 7 B7, 2 L10, 2 B7, 2 L10, 14 B7 ✂ L15
  56. Row 56 ↙ (40) 14 B7, 1 L10, 2 B7, 2 L10, 21 B7
  57. Row 57 ↗ (39) 21 B7, 2 L10, 16 B7
  58. Row 58 ↙ (38) 15 B7, 3 L10, 1 B9*, 1 L10, 3 B9, 1 L16*, 14 B9 ✂ L10
  59. Row 59 ↗ (37) 13 B9, 2 L16, 2 B9, 6 L16, 14 B7 ✂ B9
  60. Row 60 ↙ (36) 14 B7, 1 L16, 1 B7, 1 L16, 1 B7, 1 L16, 2 B7, 2 L16, 13 B7
  61. Row 61 ↗ (35) 13 B7, 2 L16, 20 B7
  62. Row 62 ↙ (34) 17 B7, 1 L16, 1 B7, 2 L16, 2 B7, 1 L16, 10 B7
  63. Row 63 ↗ (33) 9 B7, 2 L16, 2 B7, 4 L16, 16 B10*
  64. Row 64 ↙ (32) 16 B10, 3 L16, 3 B7, 2 L17*, 8 B7 ✂ B10
  65. Row 65 ↗ (31) 7 B7, 2 L17, 4 B7, 2 L16, 16 B7
  66. Row 66 ↙ (30) 15 B7, 2 L16, 5 B7, 2 L17, 6 B7
  67. Row 67 ↗ (29) 5 B7, 2 L17, 6 B7, 2 L16, 14 B7
  68. Row 68 ↙ (28) 14 B7, 1 L16, 4 B7, 1 L17, 1 B7, 2 L17, 5 B7 ✂ L16
  69. Row 69 ↗ (27) 5 B7, 4 L17, 18 B11*
  70. Row 70 ↙ (26) 15 B11, 1 L17, 2 B11, 3 L17, 5 B7 ✂ B11
  71. Row 71 ↗ (25) 5 B7, 2 L17, 2 B7, 2 L17, 14 B7
  72. Row 72 ↙ (24) 14 B7, 2 L17, 1 B7, 2 L17, 5 B7
  73. Row 73 ↗ (23) 5 B7, 4 L17, 14 B12*
  74. Row 74 ↙ (22) 14 B12, 3 L17, 5 B7 ✂ B12
  75. Row 75 ↗ (21) 5 B7, 2 L17, 14 B7
  76. Row 76 ↙ (20) 14 B7, 1 L17, 5 B7 ✂ L17
  77. Row 77 ↗ (19) 19 B7
  78. Row 78 ↙ (18) 18 B7
  79. Row 79 ↗ (17) 17 B7
  80. Row 80 ↙ (16) 16 B7
  81. Row 81 ↗ (15) 15 B7
  82. Row 82 ↙ (14) 14 B7
  83. Row 83 ↗ (13) 13 B7
  84. Row 84 ↙ (12) 12 B7
  85. Row 85 ↗ (11) 11 B7
  86. Row 86 ↙ (10) 10 B7
  87. Row 87 ↗ (9) 9 B7
  88. Row 88 ↙ (8) 8 B7
  89. Row 89 ↗ (7) 7 B7
  90. Row 90 ↙ (6) 6 B7
  91. Row 91 ↗ (5) 5 B7
  92. Row 92 ↙ (4) 4 B7
  93. Row 93 ↗ (3) 3 B7
  94. Row 94 ↙ (2) 2 B7
  95. Row 95 ↗ (1) 1 B7 ✂ B7

Blanket sizes

How many C2C tiles for a blanket?

Divide the blanket's width and length by the size of one tile. With worsted yarn and a 5 mm hook a tile is about 1.9 cm; bulky yarn makes 2.6 cm tiles. Yarn is for EMMA / 2026; a longer name moves yarn from the background to the letters, the total barely changes. The border is extra.

BlanketSizeWorsted tilesWorsted yarnBulky tilesBulky yarn
Stroller30 × 36 in76 × 91 cm40 × 48≈ 1180 m1291 yd29 × 35≈ 860 m941 yd
Receiving36 × 36 in91 × 91 cm48 × 48≈ 1420 m1553 yd35 × 35≈ 1035 m1132 yd
Lapghan36 × 48 in91 × 122 cm48 × 64≈ 1890 m2067 yd35 × 47≈ 1385 m1515 yd
Crib45 × 60 in114 × 152 cm60 × 80≈ 2945 m3221 yd44 × 59≈ 2185 m2390 yd
Throw50 × 60 in127 × 152 cm67 × 80≈ 3285 m3593 yd49 × 59≈ 2430 m2658 yd

Blanket sizes vary from source to source; these are common ones (Oombawka Design, Sleep Foundation). Choose "My own size" in the tool for any other.

C2C bobbins

How many bobbins, and how much on each?

Each area of colour in a C2C row gets its own bobbin. When an area carries on into the next row, the same bobbin carries on; when it splits in two, a new bobbin joins; when two areas meet, one bobbin is cut. The tool follows every area through every row and names each bobbin: B for the background, L for the letters.

For EMMA / 2026 on a receiving blanket that is 12 background and 17 letter bobbins with yarn carried across gaps of up to 2 tiles, or 71 bobbins if you never carry. The bobbin list says how much to wind on each: its tiles at about 29 × the tile size, plus the carried yarn, two 15 cm tails and 10%.

Have a C2C graph of your own? The C2C bobbin calculator plans its bobbins with the same engine.

The written rows name the bobbin for every group of tiles, so you never count squares off the picture: Row 30 ↙ (30): 5 B1, 1 L2*, 7 B1, 1 L1, 1 B1, 1 L1, 14 B1.

Questions

Before you pick up the hook.

How much yarn does a C2C baby blanket take?

In worsted, a stroller blanket (40 × 48 tiles) takes about 1180 m (1291 yd) and a crib blanket (60 × 80) about 2945 m (3221 yd), before the border. The tool splits it by colour and by bobbin. These are estimates: crochet a swatch and measure your tile, and if your tile is bigger the blanket is too.

Can I add a date or a year under the name?

Yes. Type it in the second line. It sits under the name in smaller letters, or the same size if you choose. A slash is written as a full stop: 12/03/2026 becomes 12.03.2026.

What if the name is long?

The letters get smaller until it fits, keeping a tile or more clear at each side. ALEXANDRA on a receiving blanket is 5 tiles tall (small letters). If it doesn't fit even in the smallest letters, the tool says how many tiles it needs.

What border goes on a C2C blanket?

Single crochet: 2 sc into the chain side of each edge tile and 3 into its double-crochet side, about 5 for every 2 tiles, with 3 sc in each corner. Each round after that adds 8 stitches. The tool gives the count for every round.

Can I crochet the name in tapestry crochet instead?

For a tapestry or intarsia graph of a name, use the crochet letter graph generator. It writes every tapestry row in the direction you work. This page is for a whole C2C blanket.

Is it free?

Yes. There is no account and we do not ask for your email. The PDF is made in your browser.

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