My favorite thing to crochet is a baby blanket. I’ve made this colorful swirly style by mixing one solid yarn with one cake yarn. Two worsted weight yarns worked together gives you a nice bulky weight to work with and finish your project quickly.
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Materials
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft (Medium Weight – 4), White, approx. 675 yards; Caron Cupcakes (Light Weight – 3), Sweet Berries, approx. 675 yards
You can substitute any two worsted weight yarns together.
Hook: N,10mm
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Gauge 4” x 4” = 9 sts x 6 rows
Finished Size 30” x 32”
Abbreviations
ch chain
dc double crochet
dc2tog double crochet 2 stitches together
in inches
sc single crochet
st(s) stitch(es)
yo yarn over
inc increase
* or ** repeat whatever follows the * or **
Notes: Two strands of yarn are held together throughout (one strand of Caron Simply Soft and one strand of Caron Cupcakes).
When you reach the end of the ball of yarn, join a new ball using preferred method (e.g. magic knot).
Ch 2 at beginning of row counts as sc.
Stitch pattern is known as the Blanket Stitch.
Chain
Chain 72 (To change size of blanket, chain in multiples of 3)
Body
Row 1: dc twice into the third chain in the hook, *skip 2 chains, sc, dc, dc into the same chain – repeat from * until one chain remains, the last stitch is a sc into the last chain, turn – 69 sts
Row 2 to 60: Ch 2, *skip 2 sts, sc, dc, dc into the same st (which should be a sc from the previous row) – repeat from * until one st remains, sc into the top of the chain 2 from previous row, turn – 69 sts
Finish: Cut yarn, leaving a tail for weaving in. Fasten, weave in ends with yarn needle.
Remember, you can purchase a downloadable PDF copy of this pattern on Etsy or Ravelry.
