Crochet Football Field Blanket: Yard Lines, End Zones and Team Colours
A 40 × 60 inch throw that looks like a football field: green rows with a white yard line every 5 yards, end zones in your team colours, and embroidered numbers. Worked in rows of half double crochet.
Pattern at a glance
US terms- Skill level
- Easy
- Yarn
- Worsted (#4) acrylic: green about 1,500 yd, white about 250 yd, two team colours about 200 yd each
- Hook
- 6 mm (J-10)
- Time
- About 25 hours
- Finished size
- About 40 × 60 in (100 × 150 cm)
You'll need
- Worsted (#4) acrylic in green, white and two team colours
- 6 mm (J-10) hook
- Tapestry needle
In this post
A football field blanket is a striped blanket that follows the layout of a field. You work it in rows from one end zone to the other: 12 rows in team colour for the first end zone, then 20 sections of 5 green rows and 1 white row (each section is 5 yards), and the other end zone. Numbers and hash marks are embroidered at the end. It's 40 × 60 inches — a sofa throw for game day.
The rest of this post is just below — free, as always.
The blanket
Worked flat in rows of hdc. Ch 2 at the start of each row doesn't count.
- Row 1: In team colour A, ch 122. Hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook and across. Ch 2, turn. (120)
- Rows 2–12 (end zone): Hdc across. (120)
- Field sections: Change to green and work 5 rows of hdc, then 1 row in white. That's one 5-yard section.
- Repeat the section 19 more times, but leave off the white row of the last section — the end zone line comes next. (119 field rows)
- Rows 132–143 (end zone): In team colour B (or A again), 12 rows of hdc.
- Border: In white, sc around the whole blanket with 3 sc in each corner. Then 1 round of hdc in team colour A.
The 10th white line is the 50-yard line: make it 2 rows of white if you want it to stand out.
Numbers and details
| Detail | How |
|---|---|
| Yard numbers | Chain-stitch 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 in white beside every second line (they read from both sides) |
| Hash marks | Short white straight stitches at one third and two thirds across each green section |
| Team name | Chain-stitch or appliqué letters in the end zones |
| Logo | A crochet circle appliqué in the centre (on the 50-yard line) |
Other sizes
| Size | Chain | Rows per section | End zone rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby (30 × 40 in) | 92 | 3 green + 1 white | 8 |
| Throw (40 × 60 in) | 122 | 5 green + 1 white | 12 |
| Twin (60 × 80 in) | 182 | 7 green + 1 white | 16 |
See the blanket sizes chart for other sizes, and pair it with a crochet football pillow and a football hat. First blanket? Read crochet blanket for beginners.
Common questions
How do you make yard lines on a crochet football blanket?
Work one row of white after every 5 green rows. Each green-and-white section is 5 yards, so 20 sections make the 100-yard field.
How much yarn does a football field blanket need?
About 2,150 yards of worsted for a 40 × 60 inch throw: mostly green, about 250 yards of white and 200 yards for each end zone.
Can I use team colours for both end zones?
Yes — the same team colour at both ends, or two rival teams for a house divided.
Which team's end zone? 🏟️
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