Single and double row baby blanket crochet pattern
Beginner · 1 color
Size: Standard Change size
PDF · US Letter · 3 pages · Change paper
- Size
- About 32 × 40 in (81 × 102 cm)
- Skill
- BeginnerBasic stitches worked into stitches, with a turning chain
Size 3 choices · Standard is pictured
Paper for the PDF
A tall open row followed by a short firm one, so the fabric has light stripes of texture and steady edges.
Gauge
13 stitches and 9½ rows to 4 in (10 cm) in single and double crochet rows.
How to measure it
To count your gauge in the middle of the test piece: 13 stitches side by side are about 4 in (10 cm) wide, and 10 rows are about 4.2 in (10.7 cm) tall.
The pattern also stops you to measure after row 8.
Work a test square first (15 rows)
Work the test piece first. This piece is wide, and starting again after the first place to stop means working its first rows a second time.
A test piece to measure and pull out. It is not the start of the pattern.
Gauge is counted over 4 in (10 cm), so make the swatch bigger than that: about 6 in (15 cm) each way, and count in the middle of it.
- Swatch foundationCh 21.
- Swatch row 1 (RS)Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across(20 sc)
- Swatch row 2Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; dc in next 19 sts(20 dc)
- Swatch row 3Ch 1, turn; sc in next 19 sts, sc in top of turning ch(20 sc)
- Swatch rows 4 to 15Repeat swatch rows 2 and 3 in turn: every even-numbered row is worked as swatch row 2, every odd-numbered row as swatch row 3.
For another width: how many chains to add
For another width, chain more or fewer: each chain adds one stitch to every row. Measure your own stitches to 4 in (10 cm) first.
Before you start
- The ch 3 at the start of a row counts as a dc. The last stitch of the next row is worked into the top of it.
- The ch 1 at the start of a row does not count as a stitch.
- Row 1 is the right side.
- The number of rows is our estimate: yours may differ, and the length does not change the stitch count.
- Leave a tail of about 6 in (15 cm) when you begin, and weave it in at the end with the others.
Instructions
Size: Standard Change sizeUS termsUK terms
- The count at the end is what the row leaves.
- Tick a row when it is done. Your place is kept in this browser.
How to read these rows
In UK terms sc is double crochet and dc is treble.
- FoundationCh 105.
- Row 1RSSc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch acrossleaves (104 sc)
- Row 2Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; dc in next 103 stsleaves (104 dc)
- Row 3Ch 1, turn; sc in next 103 sts, sc in top of turning chleaves (104 sc)
- Stop and measure when you have worked row 8.Width, across the middle of the rows and not along the chain edge: about 32 in (81 cm). If it is wider, start again with a smaller hook; if it is narrower, with a larger one. If only the chain edge is tight, make the chain with a larger hook.
- Rows 4 to 95Repeat rows 2 and 3 in turn: every even-numbered row is worked as row 2, every odd-numbered row as row 3.Repeat until the piece measures about 40 in (102 cm), ending with a row worked as row 3: at our gauge that is row 95. Go by the tape measure, not the count.Next: row 4 of 95, worked as row 2
- EndFasten off, leaving a 6 in (15 cm) tail.
Finishing
- Weave in the ends.
- This pattern has no border, and every size given here is without one.
In all: 95 rows; 9,880 stitches; 2 ends to weave in.
The same stitch as other things
Each is worked in the same stitch pattern, single and double crochet rows, with its own counts and yarn amount.
