Free Filet Crochet Bunny Blanket Pattern

Create a beautiful filet crochet bunny blanket with this detailed crochet pattern. Featuring a delicate bunny design and decorative edging, this blanket is a lovely handmade project for a nursery, baby gift, or cozy home accessory.

Materials

• Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver
  • Solids: 7 oz/198 g; 364 yds/333 m
  • Prints: 5 oz/141 g; 236 yds/215 m
  • Main Color (MC) Soft White (0316): 4 balls or 1285 yds/1170 m
  • Contrast A Baby Rainbow (7175): 1 ball or 70 yds/64 m
• Crochet Hook: Size U.S. I/9 (5.5 mm) Susan Bates Silvalume crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
• Yarn Needle: Susan Bates yarn needle.

Measurements

Approx 41" x 47½" [104 x 121 cm].

Gauge

12 sc and 15 rows = 4" [10 cm].

Crochet Abbreviations

• Approx: Approximately
• Beg: Beginning
• Beg Block: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in next stitch.
• Block: 1 dc in each of next 2 stitches
• Ch: Chain(s)
• Cont: Continue(ity)
• Dc: Double crochet
• Mesh: 1 dc in next stitch. Ch 1. Skip next stitch.
• Pat: Pattern
• Rep: Repeat
• RS: Right side
• Sc: Single crochet
• Shell: [(1 dc. Ch 1) twice. 1 dc] all in next stitch
• Sl st: Slip stitch
• Sp(s): Space(s)
• St(s): Stitch(es)
• WS: Wrong side

Free Filet Crochet Bunny Blanket Instructions

Pattern Notes

• Ch 3 at beg of rows counts as dc.
• Ch-1 sp counts as st.
• When working into ch-1 sp, work into space not chain.
• After last Block, each row ends with dc in last st (top of turning ch-3). Not shown on Chart.

Blanket

See Chart on page 3.

With MC, ch 149.

1st row: (RS). 1 dc in 4th ch from hook (counts as 2 dc). 1 dc each ch to end of chain. Turn. 147 dc.

1st row of Chart is complete.

Work Chart to end of chart, reading RS rows from right to left and WS rows from left to right on WS rows, noting 18-block rep will be worked 4 times, as follows:

2nd row: Ch 3. 1 dc in next dc – Beg Block made. *1 dc in next st. Ch 1. Skip next st – Mesh made. 1 dc in each of next 2 sts – Block made. Rep from * to last st. 1 dc in last st. Turn.

3rd row: Ch 3. 1 dc in each st to end of row. Turn.

4th row: Beg Block. *(Mesh) 17 times. (Block) once. Rep from * to last st. 1 dc in last st. Turn.

5th row: As 4th row.

6th row: Beg Block. *(Mesh) 4 times. (Block) 4 times. (Mesh) 9 times. (Block) once. Rep from * to last st. 1 dc in last st. Turn.

7th row: Beg Block. *(Mesh) 6 times. (Block) twice. (Mesh) once. (Block) 4 times. (Mesh) 4 times. (Block) once. Rep from * to last st. 1 dc in last st. Turn.

First 7 rows of Chart are complete.

Cont to work Chart to end of chart.

Rep 4th to 45th rows of Chart once more.

Fasten off.

Crochet Blanket Edging

Edging: With RS facing, join A with sl st to top right corner of Blanket. Ch 1. 1 sc in same sp as last sl st. *Ch 1. Skip next 2 sts. Shell. Ch 1. Skip next 2 sts. 1 sc in next st. Rep from * to next corner, working last sc in corner st. Do not turn.

Ch 1. Working across edge of Blanket, **Ch 1. Skip 1st row. Shell, working into side of st at end of next row. Ch 1. Skip next row.*** 1 sc in side of st in next row.

Rep from ** to next corner, working last sc in corner st. Rep from * to *** once more. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.