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Textured Crochet Blanket

Textured Crochet Blanket

Use this afghan as a decorative throw blanket in the baby's room or give it as a gift for his first blanket. Using Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn, you can crochet the perfect blanket. Blue Bernat baby yarn is a wonderful yarn choice if you're working up this crochet afghan for a little baby boy, but feel free to use any color yarn you want to match the baby's gender or to coordinate with the nursery.

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge16 dc and 8 rows = 4 ins [10 cm]

Finished SizeApprox 34 x 48 ins [86.5 x 122 cm]

Materials List

  • Bernat® Baby Coordinates (160 g/5.6 oz) -- 5 balls of #09131 (Blue Bon Bon)
  • Size 5 mm (U.S. H or 8) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.

Instructions

Ch 126.

  1. 1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in next ch. Ch 1. Miss next ch. *1 sc in each of next 11 ch. Ch 1. Miss next ch. Rep from * to last 2 ch. 1 sc in each of last 2 ch. Turn.

  2. 2nd row: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in next sc. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. *1 dc in each of next 11 sc. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. Rep from * to last 2 sc. 1 dc in each of last 2 sc. Ch 1. Turn.

  3. 3rd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 2 dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. *1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in each of next 7 dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. Rep from * to last 2 dc. 1 sc in next dc. 1 sc in top of turning ch. Turn.

  4. 4th row: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 3 sts. *Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 7 sts. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 3 sts. Rep from * to last sc. 1 dc in last sc. Turn.

  5. 5th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 4 dc. *Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in each of next 3 dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in each of next 3 dc. Rep from * to last st. 1 sc in top of turning ch. Turn.

  6. 6th row: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 5 sts. *Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 3 sts. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 7 sts. Rep from * to last 10 sts. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 3 sts. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 6 sts. Turn.

  7. 7th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 6 dc. *Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in each of next 7 dc. Rep from * to last 11 sts. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in each of next 5 dc. 1 sc in top of turning ch. Turn.

  8. 8th row: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 7 sts. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. *1 dc in each of next 11 sts. Ch 1. Miss next ch-1 sp. Rep from * to last 8 sts. 1 dc in each of next 8 sts. Turn.

  9. 9th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 6 dc. *Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in each of next 7 dc. Rep from * to last 11 sts. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in each of next 6 dc. Turn.

  10. 10th row: As 6th row.

  11. 11th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 4 dc. *Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in each of next 3 dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in each of next 3 dc. Rep from * to last st. 1 sc in top of turning ch. Turn.

  12. 12th row: As 4th row.

  13. 13th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 2 dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. *Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in each of next 7 dc. Bobble in ch-1 sp 2 rows below. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 1. Miss next dc. 1 sc in next dc. Rep from * to last st. 1 sc in top of turning ch. Turn.
    Rep rows 2 to 13 for pat.

  14. Cont in pat until work from beg measures approx 45 ins [114.5 cm], ending with row 3 of pat and omitting turning ch at end of last row. Fasten off.

  15. Edging: Join yarn with sl st at top right corner of Blanket. Ch 3. Work 1 rnd dc around entire Blanket working 3 dc in corners. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Work 2 more rnds of dc as before. Fasten off.

Abbreviations

Bobble
(Yoh and draw up a loop. Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) 5 times in next st. Yoh and draw through all 6 loops on hook.
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