This lovely blanket takes just about 4 hours to crochet. The texture is easy to master and the stitch repeat easy to memorize.
I used 3 colors but think it would look great in a single neutral shade too. It almost looks like a bean stitch but is a far easier stitch.
The stitch pattern created an absolutely squishy textured blanket that you will cherish. I hope you will enjoy making this blanket.
Materials
1. Bernat Baby Blanket (Size 6) yarn in colors Vanilla, Seafoam, and Baby Sand.
2. A size N/P(10mm) crochet hook.
3. Tapestry needle to weave in the ends.
Finished Size
40 inches long and 33 inches wide.
Yardage
1-1/2 skein of Vanilla and 1/2 skein of the other 2 colors. Each skein is 220 yards long.
Stitch Abbreviations
The pattern is written in US terms.
ch- chain
sc-single crochet
sk-skip
YO- yarn over
Stitch Explanations
SHD(single half double decrease)-Insert your hook into the next st and pull up a loop, YO, and pull up a loop in the next st, YO, and pull through all the 4 loops on your hook to complete your SHD. It is like single crochet and a half double crochet stitch joined together.
Gauge
3 SHD alternating with 3 chs= 4″
Pattern Notes
1. In parts where the color changes every row, you do not fasten off after each color change but just drop the yarn to pick up later. The yarn will be loosely carried along the side of your work and will get concealed when you add the border.
2. For the sake of convenience, we will call the colors cream, blue, and beige.
3. To join a new color at the end of the round, start working your sc and when you have 2 loops left on your hook, pull through the new color.
5. You will have 3 skeins attached to your work at a time in parts where the color changes every row. To make sure your yarn does not tangle, every time you join a new color, bring it to your left and over the other two colors.
With cream color yarn, ch 51. You can chain any multiple of 2+1 to adjust the width of the blanket.
Row 1: SHD across 3rd and 4th ch from hook, *(ch 1, SHD over next 2 ch), repeat from * across to last ch, ch 1, 1 sc in last ch, turn. See Stitch Explanation above to learn how to work an SHD. ——24 SHD
Row 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st here and throughout), SHD over first sc and next ch-1 space, *(ch 1, SHD over next SHD, and next ch-1 space), repeat from * across to last SHD, ch 1, sk last SHD, sc on top of skipped ch 2, turn. ——24 SHD
Row 3: Ch 2, SHD over first sc and next ch-1 space, *(ch 1, SHD over next SHD, and next ch-1 space), repeat from * across to last SHD, ch 1, sk last SHD, sc on top of beginning ch 2, turn. ——24 SHD
Keep repeating row 3 until you have completed 9 Rows in cream color yarn and join blue yarn while completing your last sc. Fasten off cream color.
Row 10: Repeat Row 3 in blue color yarn and join cream color yarn while completing the last sc. Drop blue yarn to pick up later.
Row 11: Repeat Row 3 in cream color and join beige color yarn while completing the last sc. Drop cream yarn to pick up later.
Row 12: Repeat Row 3 in beige color and join blue color yarn while completing the last sc. Drop beige yarn to pick up later.
Repeat Rows 10, 11, and 12 two more times.
Row 19: Repeat Row 3 in blue color yarn and join cream color yarn while completing the last sc. Fasten off blue color yarn.
Rows 20-23: Repeat Row 3 in cream color and join blue color yarn while completing the last sc. Fasten off the cream color yarn.
Rows 24-27: Repeat Row 3 in blue color and join beige color yarn while completing the last sc. Fasten off the blue color yarn.
Row 28-31: Repeat Row 3 in beige color yarn and join cream color yarn while completing the last sc. Fasten off the beige color yarn.
Row 32- 35: Repeat Row 3 in cream color and join blue color yarn while completing the last sc. Fasten off the cream color yarn.
Row 36: Repeat Row 3 in blue color yarn and join beige color yarn while completing the last sc. Drop blue yarn to pick up later.
Row 37: Repeat Row 3 in beige color and join cream color yarn while completing the last sc. Drop beige yarn to pick up later.
Row 38: Repeat Row 3 in cream color and join blue color yarn while completing the last sc. Drop cream color yarn to pick up later.
Repeat Rows 36, 37, and 38 two more times.
Row 39: Repeat Row 3 in blue color yarn and join cream color yarn while completing the last sc. Fasten off blue color yarn.
Row 40-48: Repeat Row 3 in cream color. Fasten off.
Border
Notes
1. Now decide which side you want to make the right side of your blanket. You can choose whichever side you find more appealing to your eye. Both the rounds of the border should be worked on the right side.
2. When working the border along the sides, take care to work over the yarn tails carried along the side during color changes.
Round 1:Work along the last row you just completed, sl st and ch 1 at the corner, 1 sc in each st and ch-1 space across to the next corner, 3 sc in the corner, start distributing sc sts along the side of the blanket all the way across to the next corner, 3 sc in the corner, continue to work sc sts along the foundation chain side, work 1 sc into the gaps on either side of each SHD, 3 sc in the corner.
Continue to distribute sc sts along the second side of the blanket until you reach the first corner where you started, 2 sc in the corner, sl st to the first sc, do not turn.
Round 2: *(Ch 1, 1 sc in each st across to the next corner, 3 sc in the corner st), repeat from * until you work all around the blanket, sl st to the first sc, fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in any tails left.
