Baby Pom Pom Crochet Blanket
This colorful free baby afghan pattern uses beautiful variegated yarn in Bernat Baby Pom Pom. It's an easy pattern that is worked using single crochet stitches with bulky weight yarn. Babies will love the interesting texture of the pompoms and the bulky yarn makes it a super quick crochet afghan to work up. If you know an expectant mother then this is the greatest gift you can give. Homemade crochet afghans are often treasured for years to come and sometimes even passed down to future generations.
Crochet HookK/10.5 or 6.5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(6) Super Bulky/Super Chunky (4-11 stitches for 4 inches)
MATERIALS:
- Bernat® Baby Pom Pom (100 g/3.5 oz; 84 m/92 yds) 22616 (Pink/Aqua/Yellow) 6 balls
- Size 6.5 mm (U.S. K or 10½) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
SIZE:
Approx 30 x 34 ins [76 x 86.5 cm]
GAUGE:
8 sc and 10 rows = 4 ins [10 cm].
PATTERN:
Ch 68.
1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. *Ch 1. Miss next ch. 1 sc in next ch. Rep from * to end of chain. Turn.
2nd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in fi rst sc. *1 sc in next ch-1 sp. Ch 1. Rep from * to last ch-1 sp and sc. 1 sc in next ch-1 sp. 1 sc in last sc. Turn.
3rd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in fi rst sc. *Ch 1. 1 sc in next ch-1 sp. Rep from * to last 2 sc. Ch 1. Miss next sc. 1 sc in last sc. Turn.
Rep last 2 rows until work from beg measures 34 ins [86.5 cm]. Fasten off .