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Rockabye Baby Granny Square Blanket

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Rockabye Baby Granny Square Blanket

Your newborn will never sleep more soundly than with the Rockabye Baby Granny Square Blanket. This granny square baby blanket is worked up with a lot of love and pastel colors to soothe your baby and lull him or her to sleep. The colors are gender neutral -- purples and greens -- so that if you are crocheting this pattern for a baby shower and the gender hasn't been announced, you don't have to worry about the colors being correct. Any expecting mother would love this crochet granny square blanket.

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Crochet HookJ/10 or 6 mm hook

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

Crochet GaugeIn Pattern Stitch, 22 sts = 6/15cm

Finished SizeApprox. 31

Materials List

  • Caron One Pound:

    Contrast A Lavender Blue (0613) 1

    Contrast B Lilac (0577) 1

    Contrast C Soft Sage (0580) 1

    Contrast D Pale Green (0587) 1
  • One size US J-10 (6mm), or size to obtain gauge.
  • Yarn needle

Instructions

Stitches Used:
Chain (ch), double crochet (dc), half double crochet (hdc), slip stitch (sl st), treble crochet (tr)

Special Stitch:
picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook.

Notes:

  1. Blanket is made from 42 squares, 14 each of square 1, square 2, and square 3.
  2. Squares are made in same manner, with RS facing throughout, in three different color combinations.
  3. Squares are arranged according to assembly diagram, and sewn together.

SQUARE 1 (make 14)

With A, ch 6; sl st in first ch to form a ring.

  1. Round 1 (RS): Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout), 2 dc in ring, ch 2, [3 dc in ring, ch 2] 3 times; join with sl st in top of beginning ch. Fasten off.

  2. Round 2: With RS facing, join B with sl st in any ch-2 sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same ch-2 sp (corner made), ch 1, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp (corner made), ch 1; repeat from * around; join with sl st in top of beginning ch—24 dc, 4 ch-2 sps, and 4 ch-1 sps (4 corners). Fasten off.

  3. Round 3: With RS facing, join C with sl st in any corner ch-2 sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1; repeat from * around; join with sl st in top of beginning ch— 36 dc, 4 ch-2 sps, and 8 ch-1 sps (4 corners with 3-dc on each side). Fasten off.

  4. Round 4: With RS facing, join D with sl st in any corner ch-2 sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same corner ch-2 sp, [ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp] twice, ch 1, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next corner ch-2 sp, [ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp] twice, ch 1; repeat from * around; join with sl st in top of beginning ch—48 dc, 4 ch-2 sps, and 12 ch-1 sps (4 corners with two 3-dc groups on each side). Fasten off.

SQUARE 2 (make 14)

Work same as square 1, working Round 1 with B, Round 2 with C, Round 3 with A, and Round 4 with D.

SQUARE 3 (make 14)

Work same as square 1, working Round 1 with C, Round 2 with A, Round 3 with B, and Round 4 with D.

Finishing

With RS facing, arrange squares as shown in assembly diagram. Whipstitch squares together.

Border

  1. Round 1: With RS facing, join A with sl st in any corner ch-2 sp of blanket, 2 sc in same corner ch-2 sp, sc in each dc and ch- sp around, working 3 sc in each corner; join with sl st in first sc.

  2. Round 2: Ch 1, sc in same sc as joining, *(tr, picot, tr) in next sc (corner), dc in next sc, hdc in next sc, sc in next sc, hdc in next sc, dc in next sc; repeat from * around; join with sl st in first sc. Note: If needed, skip 1 or 2 sts or work 2 sts into one st, to ensure that a (tr, picot, tr) is worked in each corner.

  3. Fasten off.

    Using yarn needle, weave in ends. Block gently, if desired.

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