Sweet Rose Baby Blanket

Crochet something different for your little one with the Sweet Rose Baby Blanket. This easy crochet baby blanket is worked up in the round in a hexagon shape, creating a unique, striped baby blanket that your baby will love. Use simple crochet stitches and the texture-friendly crochet puff stitch to create a bumpy, soft crochet baby blanket. Though this crochet pattern is for a specific size, there's nothing stopping you from continuing on in the pattern stitch and make this hexagon blanket even bigger!

NotesNotes:
1. When instructed to work into a puff V-st, work into the ch-2 space of that stitch.
2. To change color, work last stitch of old color to last yarn over. Yarn over with new color and draw through all loops on hook to complete stitch. Proceed with new color. Cut old color.

Easy

Crochet HookK/10.5 or 6.5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge4 pattern repeats = 3” (7.5 cm) (one pattern repeat consists of one puff stitch and one ch-1 space); Rounds 1–5 = 6” (15 cm)

Finished Size39” (96.5 cm) diagonally from point to point

Materials List

RED HEART® Soft Baby Steps®: 2 balls 9600 White C and 1 ball each 9702 Strawberry A, 9401 Elephant B, and 9700 Baby Pink C
Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 6.5mm [US K-10.5]
Yarn needle

Pattern

With A, ch 6, join with slip st in first ch to form a ring.
Round 1: Beg puff st in ring, *ch 2, puff st in ring; repeat from * 4 times, ch 2; join with slip st in beg puff st—6 puff sts and 6 ch-2 spaces.
Round 2: Slip st in first ch-2 space, beg puff V-st in same space, *ch 1, puff V-st in next ch-2 space; repeat from * 4 times, ch 1; join with slip st in beg puff st—6 puff V-sts and 6 ch-1 spaces.
Round 3: Slip st in ch-2 space of first puff V-st, beg puff V-st in same space, *ch 1, puff st in next ch-1 space, ch 1, puff V-st in next puff V-st; repeat from * 3 times, ch 1, puff st in last ch-1 space, ch 1; join with slip st in beg puff st—6 puff V-sts and 12 ch-1 spaces.
Round 4: Repeat Round 3—6 puff V-sts and 18 ch-1 spaces.
Round 5: Repeat Round 3; change to B—6 puff V-sts and 24 ch-1 spaces.
Rounds 6–30: Repeat Round 3 twenty-five times and change color as in the following color sequence: Work *1 round with B, 5 rounds with C, 1 round with B*, 5 rounds with D, 1 round with B, 5 rounds with A; repeat from * to * once—6 puff V-sts and 174 ch-1 spaces at end of Round 30.
Fasten off
Edging
Join D with slip st in ch-2 sp of any puff V-st, ch 4 (counts as first dc, ch 1), (dc, [ch 1, dc] 3 times) in same space (first lg shell made), *[ch 1, sc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sm shell in next ch-1 space] across to next puff V-st**, ch 1, lg shell in next puff V-st; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **; join with slip st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Abbreviations

Beg puff st (beginning puff stitch): Pull up loop on hook ¼” (1.5 cm), yo, insert hook in indicated space, pull up a loop [yo, insert hook in same space, pull up a loop] twice (7 loops on hook) yo, pull thru all 7 loops on hook.

Beg puff V-st (beginning puff V-stitch): (Beg puff st, ch 2, puff st) in indicated space.

Lg shell (large shell): (dc, [ch 1, dc] 4 times) in indicated stitch.

Puff st (puff stitch): Yo, insert hook in indicated space, pull up a loop [yo, insert hook in same space, pull up a loop] 3 times (7 loops on hook) yo, pull thru all 7 loops on hook