Dewdrops Baby Blanket
Make this gorgeous Dewdrops Baby Blanket for your favorite little one! Not only is it pretty, but it's soft, too! Plus, the colors of this easy crochet afghan are gender-neutral, so it would make a great gift for any mommy-to-be.
Crochet HookJ/10 or 6 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
MATERIALS
NaturallyCaron.com Joy! patterns can be made with Simply Soft
(70% Acrylic/30% Bamboo; 2.5oz/70g, 138yds/127m):
#0001 Snow (A): 4 balls
#0004 Kiwi (B): 2 balls
#0002 Cerise (C): 2 balls
One size J-10 (6mm) crochet hook or size to obtain gauge;
One size I-9 (5.5mm) crochet hook (for border only)
Yarn needle
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Blanket measures approximately 34"/86.5cm wide x 34"/86.5cm long, including border
GAUGE
In pattern, 5 pattern repeats = 8"/20.5cm, and 8 rows = 4"/10cm. Gauge is not critical for this project.
STITCHES USED
Chain (ch), double crochet (dc), slip stitch (sl st)
NOTE
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. Fasten off old color.
BLANKET
With larger hook and A, ch 122.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sk next 2 ch, 5 dc in next ch, sk next 2 ch, sc in next ch, *sk next 2 ch, 5 dc in next ch, sk next 2 ch, sc in next ch; repeat from * across; change to B in last st, turn—Twenty 5-dc shells.
Row 2: With B, ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), 2 dc in first sc, sk next 2 dc, sc in next dc (center dc of 5-dc shell), sk next 2 dc, *5 dc in next sc, sk next 2 dc, sc in next dc, sk next 2 dc; repeat from * across to last sc, 3 dc in last sc; change to A in last st, turn—Nineteen 5-dc shells and one 3-dc half-shell at each end.
Row 3: With A, ch 1, sc in first dc, sk next 2 dc, 5 dc in next sc, sk next 2 dc, *sc in next dc (center dc of 5-dc shell), sk next 2 dc, 5 dc in next sc, sk next 2 dc; repeat from * across to turning ch, sc in top of turning ch; change to C in last st, turn.
Row 4: With C, repeat Row 2; change to A in last st.
Row 5: With A, repeat Row 3; change to B in last st.
Row 6: With B, repeat Row 2; change to A in last st.
Row 7: With A, repeat Row 3; change to C in last st.
Rows 8–63: Repeat Rows 4–7 fourteen times; do not change color at the end of Row 63. Do not fasten off A.
FINISHING
Border
Change to smaller hook.
Round 1: With A, work sc evenly spaced around all edges of blanket, working 3 sc in each corner; join with sl st in first sc.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, working 3 sc in each corner; join with sl st in first sc.
Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st as join, *ch 2, sk next sc, sc in next sc; repeat from * around, ch 2; join with sl st in first sc. Using yarn needle, weave in all ends. Block lightly, if desired.