Description
This Bold Stripes Crochet Blanket is built from four wide color sections worked in a simple repeating stitch pattern using basic crochet stitches. It features an attractive open texture and is perfect for confident beginners.
Ingredients
- Bernat® Baby Marly™, 10.5 oz/300 g, 221 yds/202 m per ball:
- 2 balls Contrast A, Blue Orchid (33012)
- 2 balls Contrast B, Mist (33019)
- 2 balls Contrast C, Hydrangea Mint (33017)
- 2 balls Contrast D, Blossom (33011)
- U.S. L/11 (8 mm) crochet hook
- Yarn needle for weaving in ends
- Scissors
- Measuring tape
- Optional stitch markers for marking the first or last stitch
Instructions
- With Contrast A, Blue Orchid, chain 101.
- First row, right side: Work (1 sc, ch 3, 1 dc) in the second chain from the hook.
- Skip the next 2 chains. Work (1 sc, ch 3, 1 dc) in the next chain.
- Repeat the previous step across until 3 chains remain.
- Skip the next 2 chains, then work 1 sc in the last chain. Turn.
- Second row: Chain 3. Work (1 sc, ch 3, 1 dc) in the next chain-3 space.
- Repeat that stitch group in each chain-3 space across until the last chain-3 space.
- Work 1 sc in the last chain-3 space, then ch 2 and 1 dc in the last sc. Turn.
- Third row: Chain 1. Work 1 sc in the first dc.
- Chain 3, then work 1 dc in the next chain-2 space.
- Work (1 sc, ch 3, 1 dc) in the next chain-3 space. Repeat this sequence across to the last chain-3 space.
- Work 1 sc in the last chain-3 space. Turn.
- Continue repeating the last 2 rows until the work measures approximately 12½ inches (32 cm) from the beginning. End after a second row and fasten off.
- Turn the blanket so the right side is facing. Join Contrast B, Mist, with a slip stitch to the first double crochet.
- Continue in the established pattern with Contrast B until this color section measures approximately 12½ inches (32 cm). End after a second row and fasten off.
- With the right side facing, join Contrast C, Hydrangea Mint, with a slip stitch to the first double crochet.
- Continue in the same pattern for approximately 12½ inches (32 cm). End after a second row and fasten off.
- With the right side facing, join Contrast D, Blossom, with a slip stitch to the first double crochet.
- Continue in the established pattern for approximately 12½ inches (32 cm). End after a second row and fasten off.
- Weave in all loose ends securely on the wrong side of the blanket.
Notes
Keep all four colors from the same yarn line where possible to ensure consistent thickness and drape.