Electric Bubblegum Baby Blanket

With candy colors and a unique, zig-zag design, the Electric Bubblegum Baby Blanket is a bold design perfect for baby! The easy to memorize pattern can also be easily sized up or down, so you can make one for yourself too. I made this using Red Heart With Love yarn, which they had originally sent me for free for another design. The yarn is super soft and comes in loads of colors! This pattern was created for AllFreeCrochet's 10th Birthday Celebration.

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Easy

Crochet HookK/10.5 or 6.5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge11.5 dc x 7 rows = 4 inches.

Finished Size36 x 48 inches

Materials List

Red Heart With Love worsted weight, acrylic yarn. 2 skeins (or 725 yds) each of #1701 Hot Pink (pink) and #1803 Blue Hawaii (blue)
Size K / 6.5 mm crochet hook or size needed to match gauge.
Yarn needle

Instructions

Special Stitches

Spike DC: Working around the chain and sl st, dc into the stitch below the next ch-2 sp. (See photo below)

Blanket

Note: Carry unused color up along the side between rows.

With blue, ch 94 (multiple of 6 + 4)
Row 1 (WS): Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 2 chs, (hdc in next ch, dc in next ch, hdc in next ch, sc in each of next 3 chs) across, changing to pink at end of row. (93 sts)
Row 2: With pink, Ch 1, turn, hdc in first st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, (sc in next st, ch-1, sk next st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st) across. (78 sts, 15 ch-1 sps)
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, hdc in first st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, (sc in next st, sl st in next ch-1 sp, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st) across, changing to blue at end of row. (78 sts, 15 sl sts)
Row 4: With blue, ch 1, turn, sc in first st, ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st, (hdc in next st, spike dc, hdc in next st, sc in next st, ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st) across. (78 sts, 15 ch-1 sps)
Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in first st, sl st in next ch-1 sp, sc in next st, (hdc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st) across, changing to pink at end of row. (78 sts, 15 sl sts)
Row 6: With pink, Ch 1, turn, hdc in first st, spike dc, hdc in next st, (sc in next st, ch-1, sk next st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, spike dc, hdc in next st) across. (78 sts, 15 ch-1 sps)
Rows 7-127: Repeat rows 3-6 30 times more, then repeat row 3 once more.
Row 128: With blue, ch 1, turn, sc in each of first 3 sts, (hdc in next st, spike dc, hdc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts) across. (93 sts) Do not fasten off.

Edging

Note: Edging is worked on RS only, do not turn between rounds. If you are adjusting the size, make sure you have an odd number of stitches on each of the 4 edges.

Rnd 1: Continuing with blue

Working in sides of rows, ch 3 (counts as ch-2 sp), work 129 sc evenly spaced to bottom. (129 sc, 1 corner ch-2 sp)

Working in bottom of foundation chains, ch 2, sc in each ch across. (93 sc, 1 corner ch-2 sp)

Working in sides of rows, ch 2, work 129 sc evenly spaced to top. (129 sc, 1 corner ch-2 sp)

Sc in each st across top, join with sl st to starting ch-2 sp, changing to pink. (93 sc, 1 corner ch-2 sp)
Rnd 2: With pink, [(sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp, ch 1, sk next st, (sc in next st, ch 1, sk next st) across to next corner] 4 times, join with sl st to first st. (232 sc, 220 ch-1 sps, 4 corner ch-2 sps)
Rnd 3: Sl st in first ch-2 sp, changing to blue, with blue, ch-1, [(sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp, ch 1, sk next st, (sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk next st) across to next corner] 4 times. (236 sc, 224 ch-1 sps, 4 corner ch-2 sps)
Rnd 4: Sl st in first ch-2 sp, changing to pink, with pink, ch-1, [(sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp, ch 1, sk next st, (sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk next st) across to next corner] 4 times. (240 sc, 228 ch-1 sps, 4 corner ch-2 sps).
Rnd 5: Sl st in first ch-2 sp, changing to blue, with blue, ch-1, [3 sc in ch-2 sp, sc in each st and each ch-1 sp across to next corner] 4 times. (480 sc)
Fasten off, weave in all ends.