Birthday Cake Baby Blanket
Make a baby happy with the deliciously sweet Birthday Cake Baby Blanket. This crochet baby blanket pattern looks so yummy you'll want to taste it! With Bernat's special yarn, you can get this look too! The little colorful dots on this yarn make this baby granny square blanket look like frosting with sprinkles. Make this blankie for a baby on her or his birthday - it will match the day perfectly. The pretty pastel colors will brighten up any baby room.
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials:
- Bernat ® Dippity Dots™(2.8 oz/80 g; 162 yds/148 m) Main Color (MC): White (66005) - 1ball, Contrast A: Pink (66420) - 1 ball, Contrast B: Peach (66515) - 2 balls, Contrast C: Teal (66730) - 2 balls, Contrast D: Lavender (66315) - 1 ball
Size: Approx 36" [91.5 cm] square.
Gauge: 15 sc and 16 rows = 4" [10 cm]. Motif = Approx 6" [15 cm] square.
Instructions:
Motif
With Color 1, ch 4. Join with sl st to form aring. See Chart I.
1st rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 2 dc in ring. (Ch 2. 3 dc in ring) 3 times. Ch 2. Join with sl st to top of ch 3.
2nd rnd: Sl st in each of next 2 dc andch-2 sp. Ch 3. (2 dc. Ch 2. 3 dc) in same spas last sl st. Ch 2. *(3 dc. Ch 2. 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp. Ch 2. Rep from * twice more. Join with sl st to top of ch 3.
3rd rnd: Sl st in each of next 2 dc and ch-2 sp. Ch 3. (2 dc. Ch 2. 3 dc) in same sp as last sl st.*Ch 2. 3 dc in next ch-2 sp. Ch 2.** (3 dc.Ch 2. 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp. Rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Fasten off.
4th rnd: Join MC with sl st to any ch-2corner sp. Ch 3. 4 dc in same sp as sl st. Work 1 rnd of dc, having 5 dc in corners,1 dc in each dc and 2 dc in each ch-2 sp around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Fasten off.Make 8 Motifs having A as Color 1. Make 8 Motifs having B as Color 1. Make 10 Motifs having C as Color 1. Make 10 Motifs having D as Color 1. Sew Motifs tog using smooth coordinating yarn as shown in Assembly Diagram.
Edging
Join B with sl st to any dc.
1st rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). Work 1 rnd of dc evenly around Blanket, having (2 dc. Ch 1.2 dc) in each corner dc. Join C with sl st to top of ch 3.
2nd rnd: With C, ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around Blanket, having (2 dc. Ch 1.2 dc) in each corner ch-1 sp. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Fasten off.
