Free Cuddle Me Crochet Blanket Pattern

Free Cuddle Me Crochet Blanket Pattern

What You Will Need

• Yarn: RED HEART Soft Baby Steps
• 2 balls each of 9401 Elephant A and 9505 Aqua B
• 1 ball each of 9600 White C, 9620 Baby Green D, and 9800 Baby Blue E
• Crochet Hook: Susan Bates Crochet Hook 6.5 mm [US K-10.5]
• Other Supplies: Yarn needle

Gauge: 6 pattern repeats = 4” (10 cm); 10 rows in pattern = 4½” (11.5 cm).

Note: A pattern repeat consists of (dc, ch 1, dc).

Finished Size: Blanket measures 35” (89 cm) wide x 40½” long (103 cm).

Special Stitches

Single crochet 3 together (sc3tog): [Insert hook in next stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop] 3 times, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

Beg edge sc3tog: Insert hook in first space, yarn over and pull up a loop, [insert hook in next space, yarn over and pull up a loop] 2 times, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

Edge sc3tog: Insert hook in last space of previous stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, [insert hook in next space, yarn over and pull up a loop] 2 times, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

Notes

1. Each color is worked in 2 rows and fastened off. Join the next color in the first stitch on the same side as last row and repeat the 2-row sequence.
2. In rows, work sc3tog over a double crochet, next ch-1 space, and next double crochet. Edge sc3tog are worked over ends of rows.

Throw

With A, ch 154.

Row 1 (right side): Working in back bars only, dc in 6th ch from hook (beginning ch counts as 2 skipped ch and first dc), ch 1, dc in first skipped ch, *skip next 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 1, working in front of dc just made, dc in first skipped ch; repeat from * across to last 2 ch, skip next ch, dc in last ch, turn—102 dc and 50 ch-1 spaces.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first dc, *ch 2, sc3tog over next (dc, ch-1 space, dc); repeat from * across to beginning ch, ch 2, skip next ch, sc in top of beginning ch—52 sc and 51 ch-2 spaces. Fasten off. Do not turn.

Row 3: With right side facing, join B with slip st in first sc, ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), skip first ch-2 space, dc in next ch-2 space, ch 1, working in front of dc just made, dc in last skipped ch-2 space, *dc in next ch-2 space, ch 1, working in front of dc just made, dc in last ch-2 space previously worked; repeat from * across, dc in last sc, turn—102 dc and 50 ch-1 spaces.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first dc, *ch 2, c3tog over next (dc, ch-1 space, dc); repeat from * across to last dc, ch 2, sc in top of beginning ch-3—52 sc and 51 ch-2 spaces. Fasten off. Do not turn.

Repeat Rows 3 and 4 and change color in the following color sequence: Work 2 rows with C, 2 rows with D, 2 rows with E, [2 rows with A, 2 rows with B, 2 rows with C, 2 rows with D, 2 rows with E] 3 times, 2 rows with A, 2 rows with B, 2 rows with C, 2 rows with B, 2 rows with A, [2 rows with E, 2 rows with D, 2 rows with C, 2 rows with B, 2 rows with A] 4 times, turn. Do not fasten off.

Edging

Note: Each pair of rows has a dc (or ch-3) and a sc row-end. Work two “legs” of edge sc3tog into side of dc, and one leg in side of sc row-end.

Round 1: Ch 1, slip st in each sc and ch-2 space across; working in ends of rows of first side, *ch 2, beg edge sc3tog, (ch 2, edge sc3tog) across*, working in opposite side of foundation ch, slip st in first ch, **slip st in next ch, slip st in next ch-1 space; repeat from ** across, to last 2 ch, slip st in each of last 2 ch sts; working in ends of rows of other side, repeat from * to * once; join with slip st in first slip st. Fasten off.

Finishing

Weave in ends. Block to finished measurements.

Abbreviations

• ch = chain
• dc = double crochet
• sc = single crochet
• sp(s) = space(s)
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• ( ) = work directions in parentheses into same st
• * = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated