On the search for another blanket to add to your collection of free crochet patterns? Here's a fun and simple baby blanket that works up quickly and produces stunning results. The free baby blanket pattern is just below the next photo!
Materials:
- Hobby Lobby "I Love This Yarn!" in Gray Mist and White (1 skein each)
- Vanna's Choice in Pink (approx 1.5 skeins). If for a boy, I suggest replacing the pink with Vanna's
Choice Baby Yarn in Aqua.
- I crochet hook
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle for weaving ends
Pattern Notes:
- Finished blanket is approximately 27" wide and 30" long.
- This pattern is worked through both loops
- You will be working into the chain at the end of each row
- Gauge is not important for this project
- dc2tog is the same thing as a double crochet decrease
Pattern:
Ch 100.
Row 1: Dc in the third chain from the hook. Dc in the next 4 stitches. Dc2tog twice (so across the next 4 stitches). Dc in the next 4 stitches. *Work 2 dc into the next 2 stitches. Dc in the next 4 stitches. Dc2tog twice. Dc in the next 4 stitches.* End with two dc in the last chain. Ch 2, turn.
Row 2: (wording has been changed for clarity, but the pattern is the exact same) dc in the first st (your ch 2 and your first dc are worked in the same stitch) and in the next 4 stitches. dc2tog twice. dc in the next 4 stitches. *work 2 dc into the next 2 stitches. dc in the next 4 stitches. dc2tog twice. dc in the next 4 stitches.* End with 2 dc in the last stitch. Ch 2, turn.
PLEASE NOTE: You should have 6 dc at the beginning and end of each row (ch 2 counts as a dc).
You will continue repeating row two until you have 55 rows (or really, you could keep going as long as you wanted).
My stripe pattern is as follows:
3 rows white, 3 rows gray, 5 rows white, 2 rows pink, 5 rows gray, 2 rows white, 5 rows gray, 5 rows pink, 3 rows white, 5 rows gray, 2 rows white, 5 rows pink, 5 rows white, 3 rows pink, 2 rows white.
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A special "thank you" to Attic 24 for introducing me to ripples! This pattern is based off her general tutorial. If you want to see it, click here!
Beautiful blanket and lovely colors!Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a wonderful week!
Hugs from Portugal,
Ana Love Craft
www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com
Such a lovely blanket. My mum took wAt I have completed so far to the crochet class she runs and they all fell in love with the blanket ! Many thanks :)
ReplyDeleteHi, I love this pattern! I would like to make in a different size though, could you tell me what multiples I should make my starting chain in?
ReplyDeleteI have completed my blanket in multiples of 14. Then add on 3 extra stitches to form the first treble chain stitch. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteLauren I think there is a slight mistake in this pattern. In row two should we not have 2 dc together twice instead of increasing ? This keeps ur increasing sections in each row directly above each other and vice versa for the decreasing rows. This has worked for me :)
ReplyDeleteLove this blanket! But it doesn't seem to be coming out even. Is there a misprint or is it me? (which wouldn't be the first time! lol!)
ReplyDeleteMake sure you have a same amount of decreases as increases.For example if you are increasing 8 times and decreasing 9 times, you will need to do one extra increase on the last stitch of each round... hope this helps.
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DeleteBeautiful pattern! I have featured it on my blog today! http://stitchesbykristin.blogspot.com/2014/03/free-pattern-friday-ripple-baby-blanket.html
ReplyDeleteYour design and colors for this blanket are wonderful. I hope to be able to do it. Thanks for posting it.
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Your design and colors for this blanket are wonderful. I hope to be able to do it. Thanks for posting it.
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I've been frogging my rows 2-4 for over an hour,which isn't a picnic with a color change. I have to agree with S Allen. Row 2 should start off decreasing not increasing. Otherwise you cancel out the previous row. A little clarification here would be much appreciated, Lauren.
ReplyDeleteHi all. The pattern typo has now been fixed :)
ReplyDeleteNow I am confused. I had about 7 rows of the blanket done before the info was changed. I undid that and now I look at the instructions and see that there are 4 sts at the beginning and end of the *s. So that means there will be 8 dc together, is this correct? Sorry, I am somewhat new, so I need help often.
ReplyDeleteNope, you won't want to have 8 dc together :)
ReplyDeletehi Laura, thanks for posting your lovely pattern for all of us, I am going to try it out , so i want to practice how can I make a practice piece.. not a hundred chains long? mutiples? and was the one person correct in saying it has to have the same number of peaks as valleys? thanks in advance. Kim
ReplyDeletei was practicing this pattern and I found doing a multiple of 14+2 ...seems to work out for me.. looks great!!
ReplyDeleteI want to double this pattern size so is the instructions the exact same?
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ReplyDeleteHi Lauren. :)
ReplyDeleteJust saw this beautiful blanket. And I'm going to try to do it for my cousin's new baby. I'm going to try Pink, Purple and White, hopefully it comes out as pretty as yours.
anyways.. I had a quick question. I want to make it a little wider.. What are the multiples of chains?? Thanks so much. :)
Hi! I am trying to make this blanket right now for a friend's baby that is on the way in just a little over a month. I have followed the pattern to a T but when I get to the 2nd row to the end, I only get 4 dc, and I am making sure to do the 1st dc in the first st that shares the ch 2. Is there something I'm missing here? And am ending with 95 stitches at the end of the 2nd row. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, please help!
ReplyDeleteSorry if this posts twice... But I'm having the same problem I have the 4 ending dc but I don't have any space left for the double dc
DeleteI was logging on to ask for help on the ripple baby blanket but may have stumbled on the answer myself.
ReplyDeleteI am a newbie to crochet but fell in love with the ripple and have already finished one saturday (using parrot unforgettable yarn) and started another on sunday which is almost done.
I wanted to make one larger and thought, since I am new, that I could just double the chain to 200 but that didn't work. I then tried 160 but that didn't work.
I just saw the gorgeous "large" ripple blanket with 198 chains so that is probably my answer.
Thank you so much for the breathtaking patterns, colors and tutorials!!! I am a huge fan already!
What a beautiful blanket and super easy pattern. This was my first time doing something serious with crochet.
ReplyDeleteI have just finished my baby blanket in colours of green, orange blue and kaki, the yarn was one in degrade and the kaki colour was th full one. I would love to send you a picture if you want :-)
For the others that posted question...I had those also but in the end figured it out. For who wants to make it bigger you need to make a multiple of 14 chains+2. This one has 14*7+2=98+2=100.
This measure for me wasn't those dimensions in inches :-( don't know where I was wrong...but it ended being more narrow....and at the length I made it about. 63 rows...as it last the yarn.
And regarding the 6 dc at the end....yes I remained with 4 ch also at the end and I used for the 5th, in which to make the extra 2dc to get to 6, the chain from the previous row which was the 2ch increase that measured as a dc.
I hope my input helps the beginners ...as this was my first time doing something with crochet.
Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful pattern.
My next goal is the square baby blanket :-)
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this awesome pattern. I LOVE the way mine turned out. I wish I could post a picture to share it with you. Just like you said, the pattern was easy and worked up really fast. I added a sc border around the edge and love the way it finished up the blanket. I am SO looking forward to giving this gift at a baby shower this Saturday. Thanks again!
ReplyDelete21 rows in and this is looking great! I am in the UK so looked up the hobby lobby yarn which I thought was US worsted which translates to Aran in the UK. My blanket is *really* thick so maybe if I were to make it again I'd go for double knit yarn if I wanted to use it indoors (mine's more of a cold day outside blanket!)
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