Project introduction
This is a pattern overview, not a full tutorial. The Crochet Thanksgiving Turkey C2C Blanket is a free corner to corner crochet pattern by Nana’s Crafty Home, and the row by row instructions live on the designer’s own site. Here you will find what the project looks like, what it asks of your hook and yarn, and how to use the original pattern confidently.
Tonya Bush designed the throw after working on her Fall Squares Blanket, using leftover yarn to show off the season’s colors. A warm brown turkey with expressive features sits at the center, framed by tail feathers that fan out in vivid oranges, yellows and a deep maroon. An off-white background keeps the bird and those feathers as the focal point.
The result reads as autumn and Thanksgiving without saying a word, and it pairs naturally with crochet pumpkin projects and other Thanksgiving decorations around the house. If you like seasonal colorwork that still feels relaxed to work, this design is worth a look.
Crochet Thanksgiving Turkey Pattern Details
The blanket is worked in the mini half double crochet corner to corner technique, a colorwork method the designer describes as a favorite. Because the graph is small and the color changes are limited, it is described as a good fit for a c2c newbie who wants a first taste of corner to corner colorwork. The same graph can also be adapted into a smaller single crochet tapestry project.
Finished dimensions after the border is added are 38 inches by 38 inches. The source notes that the easiest way to make the throw larger is to work double crochet c2c instead of hdc c2c. The border uses an hdc block stitch, adapted from the dc granny block stitch tutorial by swapping 3 dc clusters for 2 hdc clusters. All the feather colors appear in the border, a tan round is optional, and the border size can be adjusted by working more or fewer rounds. The final edging round is an hdc shell stitch with a picot in the center.
Yarn is Red Heart Super Saver, a medium worsted weight acrylic, though many worsted substitutes are listed. The project is described as stash busting: only the background off-white used more than one skein, so feather colors can be mixed and matched from what you already own. The pattern is free on the blog, and an ad-free printable PDF is also sold for a small fee. If you enjoy Thanksgiving colorwork, see the Thanksgiving C2C Grateful Crochet Table Runner: Pattern Overview for a smaller companion project.
Thanksgiving Turkey C2C Throw crochet Pattern Overview
The pattern is written in US crochet terminology and works from a written row by row sequence alongside a color pixel graph. Construction follows the usual c2c shape: the panel increases to its widest point, then decreases on both ends to close the square. Color runs shift row by row through white, burgundy, tan, yellow, dark orange, orange, gold and a touch of black, with the final rows worked entirely in white. The border then builds outward in alternating cluster and chain space rounds before the picot edging finishes the edge.
The source lists these materials and color amounts:
- Red Heart Super Saver, weight 4 medium, 100 percent acrylic
- Soft White, 9.6 oz, 500 yards, listed as White
- Burgundy, 1.6 oz, 85 yards, listed as Burgundy
- Cafe Latte, 3.5 oz, 185 yards, listed as Tan
- Cornmeal, 3.5 oz, 185 yards, listed as Yellow
- Carrot, 2.0 oz, 104 yards, listed as Dark Orange
- Saffron, 3.2 oz, 170 yards, listed as Gold
- Black, 0.05 oz, 3 yards, listed as Black
- Pumpkin, 4.0 oz, 210 yards, listed as Orange
- Total yardage: 28 oz, 1442 yards
- Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
- Scissors
- Stitch marker (optional)
- Tapestry needle
Approximate finished size: 38 inches by 38 inches. The abbreviation list covers ch, sl st, sc, hdc, sp, st(s), sk, WS and RS, and the special stitch section defines a picot as ch 2, sl st in second ch from hook. The designer also links tutorials for basic c2c, color changes, carrying yarn, mini hdc c2c and adding a border, which is useful if any step feels unfamiliar.
For the complete row by row instructions, the color graph and the border rounds, go to the Original designer’s pattern and instructions by Tonya Bush at Nana’s Crafty Home. If you want more seasonal reading while your yarn is out, the Fall Blanket Crochet Pattern (The Pumpkin Spice Throw): Pattern Overview and the Swish-Swash Fall Crochet Baby Blanket: Pattern Overview are both worth a look.
