A variation of the classic crochet pattern the
6-Day Kid Blanket by Betty McKnit
This variation of the 6-Day Superstar Blanket was inspired and conceptualized by Taylor Swift fan and 6-Day Crochet enthusiast Hayleigh Hutyra. The blanket is striped with colors familiar to fans of Taylor Swift as representative of each of Swift’s albums or Eras. Each color appears in the blanket in the order of the albums’ release dates.
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When Hayleigh posted her Eras-Inspired 6-Day Superstar Blanket in the 6-Day Crochet Community, I knew that my followers would want to know how it was done. With her permission, I am sharing with you how she created her blanket. Thank you Hayleigh for coming up with this “Eras Inspired” 6-Day Superstar Blanket.
The 6-Day Superstar is a variation of the classic 6-Day Kid Blanket and 6-Day Star Blanket worked from the center out into the shape of a fourteen-pointed star. The border is an adaptation of Pattern #101 from Around the Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman.
This is an Easy pattern, but not a beginner pattern. If you are a first-time crocheter, you will need to learn some basic crochet stitches before making this blanket.
What’s the difference between this pattern and the original 6-Day Superstar Blanket?
Stitch wise, this pattern is exactly the same as the 6-Day Superstar Blanket.
The original 6-Day Superstar Blanket is written to be adaptable, can be made in virtually any yarn, can be striped any number of ways, and customized to any size. This pattern gives specific yarns, yardage, colors, and striping to represent Taylor Swift’s album releases.
The photo tutorials are the same as the 6-Day Star and Superstar Blankets. They show the stitches but not the color changes.
Details
US Terminology with UK Conversions
Finished Size: 80” across
Skill Level: Easy (NOT beginner)
Gauge: 4 in = 13 sc x 16 rows
Materials
4350 total yards worsted weight acrylic yarn, shown in Big Twist Value Worsted.
2700 yards (7 skeins) Ivory
150 yards each (1 skein) of Teal, Mustard, Soft Purple, Wine, Cornflower Blue, Black, Medium Rose, Titanium Gray, Cinnamon, Varsity Navy Blue, Tweed.
Main Body of blanket – Ivory
Each album is represented on the sc rounds with different colors as follows:
Taylor Swift Debut (2006) – Teal
Fearless (2008) – Mustard
Speak Now (2010) – Soft Purple
Red (2012) – Wine
1989 (2014) – Cornflower Blue
Reputation (2017)- Black
Lover (2019) – Medium Rose
Folklore (2020) – Titanium Gray
Evermore (2020) – Cinnamon
Fearless (Taylor’s Version – 2021) – Mustard
Red (Taylor’s Version – 2021) – Wine
Midnights (2022) – Varsity Navy Blue
1989 (Taylor’s Version – 2023) – Cornflower Blue
Tortured Poets Department (2024) – Tweed
One each of J (5.5mm) and K (6 mm) hooks
or hook needed for work to lay flat.
You will need a larger hook than you might normally use for worsted weight yarn in order to alleviate curling. I suggest starting with a J 5.5 mm hook, and have two larger hooks on hand, a 6 and 6.5 mm hook. Start with the smallest hook and if the points of your star begin to curl in the startup rows, increase your hook by 5 mm.
Lay your blanket down after each round and make sure it is laying flat. It’s usually okay to increase your hook size after the first round in which you experience curling without ripping back. Check out all of these tips for yourself and lay your work down often and check it over.
If your work ruffles you have most likely made a mistake somewhere and added too many stitches. In my experience it is unusual to see a blanket ruffling because the hook is too big. It’s almost always because the crocheter misread the pattern and added too many stitches.
Stitch Markers, Scissors, Yarn needle for weaving in ends
| US terms abbreviation | UK terms abbreviation |
| single crochet sc | double crochet dc |
| half double crochet hdc | half treble crochet htr |
| double crochet dc | treble crochet tr |
Abbreviations
6DKB: 6-Day Kid Blanket
6DSB: 6-Day Star Blanket
bet: between
ch: chain
dc: double crochet
dc2tog: double crochet 2 together cluster
dc3tog: double crochet 3 together cluster
rsc: reverse single crochet
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
sp(s): space or spaces
st(s): stitch(es)
x: times
Repeats
( ) Work stitches in parentheses in the same st or sp.
[ ] Repeat everything within the brackets the indicated number of times.
* Indicates beginning of repeat
** Indicates end of repeat on last repeat only (ignore until the last repeat).
Stitch Counts
- Stitch counts between < >
- Counts for subsequent rounds are given in parentheses like so: first repeat (second repeat, third repeat) etc.
- Unless indicated otherwise, ch 3 counts as dc.
- If your stitch counts are off, avoid the temptation to self-correct without understanding your mistake. The pattern should work out as written, and doesn’t adapt well to adjustments.
Special Stitches
dc2tog: (cluster): yo, insert hook in next st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops, yo, insert hook into same st/sp, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through two loops, yo and pull through 3 loops.
dc3tog: (cluster): yo, insert hook in next st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops, [yo, insert hook into same st/sp, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through two loops] 2 times. yo and pull through 4 loops.
picot: sc, ch 1, sc in side of sc just made.
Does it Really Only Take Six Days?
6-Day Crochet is a stitch pattern using six alternating rows or rounds of sc, dc, and clusters, with or without chevrons. The name of this pattern comes from the original 6-Day Kid Blanket, which was toddler sized and made with chunky yarn, and took me an easy six days to make. This pattern calls for a lighter weight yarn and is larger than toddler sized. It is still 100% possible to complete this blanket in six days, but it will depend on your experience, speed, and how much time each day you have to crochet. Whether or not you meet the 6-Day timeline, you will love how fast the 6-Day Superstar Blanket works up.
Tips for Completing in Six Days
To complete this project in six days, most crocheters will need to work 2-4 hours each day. On the first day, do the Setup Rounds and the first repeat, the second day do repeats 2 and 3, after that do at least one repeat per day. The repeats take longer as the blanket grows. Slower crocheters may need more than six days or more than 4 hours per day to complete this blanket.
First Timers
If this is your first time making a 6-Day Crochet project, and you are fairly new to crochet, it might help you to make a swatch of the original 6-Day Kid Blanket pattern on 37 chains while following along with my video tutorials on my YouTube Channel in order to get familiar with the stitches. This pattern is Easy, but it is not a Beginner pattern. You will need to understand basic crochet and pattern reading.
Setup Rounds/Round Numbers
There are dozens of 6-Day Crochet patterns, and in order to provide consistency across all of the 6DKB and 6DSB variations, I’ve numbered the rounds to correspond to the original 6-Day Kid Blanket. The cluster rows are always Row or Round 2 and 3, the dc rows are always Row or Round 5 and 6, and the sc rows are always Row or Round 4 and 7. This makes it easy to adapt any pattern to the many ways there are to stripe your 6-Day Kid Blanket, and it helps me answer your questions online.
This pattern begins with eleven setup rounds before the repeating rounds of 2-7. You will only do the Setup Rounds once. After Setup Rounds 1-11, you will pick up the repeating 6DKB rounds 2-7 in the middle of the six-round sequence at Round 4. Your last repeat will end on Round 4. Don’t let the numbers being out of order throw you off; 6DKB repeat rows/rounds are always numbered 2-7.
You will be guided to work the rows in the proper order, don’t panic or overthink it. It will make more sense once you get going on the repeating rounds.
Changing Colors
Main color will be IVORY
Change colors for sc rounds as follows:
Setup Round 6: Debut (Teal)
Setup Round 9: Fearless (Mustard)
Repeat 1:
Round 4: Speak Now (Soft Purple)
Round 7: Red (Wine)
Repeat 2:
Round 4: 1989 (Cornflower Blue)
Round 7: Reputation (Black)
Repeat 3:
Round 4: Lover (Medium Rose)
Round 7: Folklore (Titanium Grey)
Repeat 4:
Round 4: Evermore (Cinnamon)
Round 7: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Mustard
Repeat 5:
Round 4: Red (Taylor’s Version) (Wine)
Round 7: Midnights (Varsity Navy Blue)
Repeat 6:
Round 4: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (Soft Purple)
Round 7: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (Cornflower Blue)
Repeat 7:
Round 4: The Tortured Poet’s Department (Tweed)
When changing colors, fasten off the old color. Rotate the work and begin the next color with a standing stitch in a different valley.
Joining the rounds:
Take care that you do not create extra stitches when you join your rounds, especially the sc rounds. See my YouTube Channel for a tutorial video guiding you to use stitch markers at the start of the sc rounds.
Video Tutorials
The 6-Day Superstar Blanket has video tutorials on YouTube. The tutorials are meant to help you understand this pattern, but they are not intended to replace this pattern or be used without it.
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Begin Pattern
With smaller hook and Ivory, ch 4, join with sl st to form a ring (magic ring not recommended).
Setup Round 1: ch 3 (counts as dc, here and throughout), 13 dc into ring, join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<14 dc>
Setup Round 2: ch 3, dc in same st. 2 dc in each st around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<28 dc>
Setup Round 3: ch 3, dc in next st, *ch 3, dc in next 2 sts, ch 1 **, dc in next 2 sts, repeat from * ending last repeat at **, join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<28 dc, 7 ch-3 sps, 7 ch-1 sps>
Setup Round 4: sl st in next dc and in next ch-3 sp, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in same sp, *dc3tog in ch 1 sp, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-3 sp, repeat from * around, dc3tog in last ch-1 sp, join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<14 3-dc clusters, 7 ch-3 sps, 7 dc3tog>
If you experience curling during the setup rounds, change to a .5 – 1 mm larger hook. Remember to lay your work down after every round and admire it, and while you’re admiring, check for curling. If you do not experience curling, you do not have to change hooks.
Setup Round 5: sl st into the gap just below your hook, between the dc3tog and the 3 dc, (ch 2, dc2tog) in same sp, *(3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-3 sp, **dc3tog in next 2 sps, repeat from * ending last repeat at **, dc3tog in last sp, join with sl st to top of dc2tog cluster (be sure to join in the top of the cluster and not to the ch 2).
<14 3-dc clusters, 7 ch-3 sps, 14 dc3tog>
Change to Teal
Setup Round 6: ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each st around, working 3 sc in ch-3 sps. Join with sl st to first sc (be sure to join to the top of the sc and not the sl st, here and throughout).
<77 sc>
Change back to Ivory
Setup Round 7: sl st in next st, ch 3, dc in next 3 sts, *(5 dc in center sc from row below), dc in next 4 sts,** sk 2, dc in next 4 sts, repeat from * ending last repeat at ** sk 2, join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<91 dc>
Since we are always working from the right side, the top of the center st in the peaks lies not directly above, but slightly to the right of the center stitch.
Setup Round 8: sl st in next st, ch 3, dc in next 4 sts, *(5 dc in center sc from round below), dc in next 5 sts, sk 2, ** dc in next 5 sts, repeat from * ending last repeat at ** , join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<105 dc>
Change to Mustard
Set-up Round 9: sl st, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next 5 sts, *3 sc in center dc from the round below, sc in next 6 sts, ch 3, sk 2,** sc in next 6 sts, repeat from *around, ending with **. Join with sl st to first sc.
<105 sc, 7 ch-3 sps>
Change back to Ivory
Setup Round 10: sl st in the next 3 sts, ch 2, dc2tog cluster in same st, *ch 1, sk 3, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in center sc from row below, ch 1, sk 3, dc3tog, ch 1, sk 3, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-3 sp, ch 1, sk 3,** dc3tog in next st, repeat from * around, ending with **, join with sl st to top of starting dc2tog.
<28 3-dc clusters, 14 dc3tog>
Setup Round 11: sl st into next ch-1 sp, ch 2, dc2tog in same sp, *(3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-3 sp, ** dc3tog in next 2 sps (one before and one after the dc3tog in the row below), repeat from * around ending with ** dc3tog in the last sp, join with sl st to first dc2tog.
<28 3-dc clusters, 28 dc3tog>
Setup rounds complete. Proceed to Round 4. Do not repeat the Setup Rounds.
We are beginning the 6-Day Crochet repeating rounds 2-7, picking up at Round 4. Don’t let the change in sequence throw you off. Round 4 is next.
Change colors as indicated.
Round 4: ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each st around, working 3 sc in ch-3 sps. Join with sl st to first sc.
<8 (14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44) sc between each peak, 3 sc in each ch-3 sp>
On subsequent sc rounds, the number of scs between the peaks will increase by 6. The numbers in parenthesis show the number of scs on each subsequent repeat of the pattern.
Change back to Ivory
Round 5: sl st in next st, ch 3, dc in next 3 (6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21) sts, *(5 dc in center sc in peak), dc in next 4 (7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31) sts, sk 2, ** dc in next 4 (7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22) sts, repeat from *, ending last repeat at **, join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<8 (14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44) dc between each peak, 5 dc in each peak st>
Round 6: sl st in next st, ch 3, dc in next 4 (7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22) sts, *(5 dc in center dc in peak), dc in next 5 (8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23) sts, sk 2, ** dc in next 5 (8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23) sts, repeat from *, ending at **, join with sl st to top of ch 3.
<10 (16, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46) dc between each peak, 5 dc in each peak st>
On subsequent rounds 5 and 6, the number of dcs on either side of the mountain will increase by 3. The numbers in parenthesis show the number of dcs on each subsequent repeat of the pattern.
Change colors as indicated.
Round 7: ch 1, sc in same st and each st around, making 2 sc in each center of 5 dc in the peak. (Since we are working on all right sides and not turning, the top of the center dc is above and slightly to the right of the center stitch). Join with sl st to first sc.
<14 (20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50) between each peak and 2 sc in each peak st>
Change back to Ivory
Round 2: ch 2, dc2tog cluster in same st (mark this st), *ch 1, sk 4, [3 dc in next st, sk 2] 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) x, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in second of 2 sc in peak, [sk 2, 3 dc in next st] 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) x, ch 1, sk 4, ** dc3tog in next st, repeat from * , ending last repeat at **, join with sl st to top of starting dc2tog.
<56 (84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224) 3 dc clusters, 14 ch-3 sps, 14 dc3tog>
Round 3: sl st in next sp, ch 2, dc2tog in same sp (mark this st), *3 dc in each of next 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) sps, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-3 sp, 3 dc in each of next 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) sps, ** dc3tog in next 2 ch-1 sps (one before and one after the dc3tog in the round below), repeat from * ending last repeat at **, dc3tog in last sp. Join with sl st to marked dc2tog.
<56 (84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224) 3 dc clusters, 14 ch-3 sps, 28 dc3tog>
Repeat Rounds (4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3) in that order 7 times, and finish with round 4 once more. Do not repeat the Setup Rounds and change colors as indicated to match the album releases.
Fasten off. Continue to Finishing.
Finishing
This edge is an adaptation of Pattern #101 from Around the Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman.
Edge Round 1: Join Ivory with sc in any peak in the st before the 2 sc in the peak st. *ch 3, sk 2, sc in next st, repeat from * around, adjusting the number of ch-sps and skips in order to have a ch-sp centered over the valley, an even number of ch-sp loops between the peaks and valleys, and a ch-sp over each peak. Join with sl st into first sc.
Edge Round 2: sl st into next ch-3 sp, ch 3 (counts as first dc), (3 dc, ch 2, 4 dc) in ch-3 sp, sc in next sp, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, sc in next sp, repeat from * around, working (4 dc, ch 2, 4 dc) in peaks and (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) elsewhere. You should always land in the valley with an sc. Join with sl st to first st.
Edge Round 3: ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each stitch around, work sc, picot, sc in each ch sp on the points. Join with sl st to first sc.
Fasten off. Weave in all ends.
Beth McKee Elliott, also known as Betty McKnit, is a crochet and knitting designer, instructor, community leader, and Master Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator. Her signature style, 6-Day Crochet, is showcased in the viral crochet patterns the 6-Day Kid Blanket and 6-Day Star Blanket.
Beth/Betty is passionate about designing quick, adaptable, go-to crochet and knitting projects, and is committed to being accessible to assist crafters in bringing their dream projects to life.
She specializes in Somatic Crochet and Knitting, a mindfulness practice that combines crochet/knitting with body awareness techniques to prevent injury and promote well-being and creativity in crafting.
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