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Here’s a super-simple baby blanket, designed with little baby boys in mind. Oh, those puppy-dog-tail little boys!
Boy Wrapper Design by Roberta Maier
SKILL LEVEL FINISHED SIZE
33 x 34 inches
MATERIALS
• Sport weight yarn (5 oz/455 yds/140g per skeins): 14 oz pale blue • Size F/5/3.75mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle • Sewing needle • White sewing thread • 4 (3⁄8-inch) pale blue buttons • 6 yds ¼-inch-wide white satin ribbon
GAUGE
5 sc = 1 inch; 3 cross-sts = 1 inch; 2 cross-st rows and 1 sc row = 1 inch Check gauge to save time.
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join rounds with a slip stitch unless otherwise stated. SPECIAL STITCH
Cross-stitch (cross-st): Sk next st, dc in next st, working behind dc just made, dc in sk st. BLANKET
Row 1: Ch 149, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (148 sc) Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc throughout), [cross-st (see Special Stitch) over next 2 sts] 73 times, dc in last st, turn. (1 dc, 73 cross-sts, 1 dc) Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. (148 sc) Rows 4–101: [Rep rows 2 and 3] 49 times. At the end of row 101, do not turn. BORDER
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in end of row 101, 2 [sc in end of dc row, sc in end of sc row] across edge, working 3 sc in corner st, sc in each ch across opposite side of foundation ch, working 3 sc in corner st, [sc in end of sc row, 2 sc in end of
next dc row] across edge, working 3 sc in corner st, sc in each st across row 101, working 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, join in beg sc. Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in each st around, working 3 dc in each center corner sc, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Rnd 3: [Ch 3, sl st in first ch of ch-3, sl st in each of next 2 dc] around, ending with last sl st in base of beg ch-3, fasten off. RIBBON TRIM
For long edges of blanket, cut 2 lengths of ribbon each 56 inches long. For top and bottom of blanket, cut rem length of ribbon into 2 lengths each 52 inches long. Weave 56-inch-length ribbon up edge of blanket over and under rows, between first dc and first set of crosssts on each edge. Weave 52-inch-length of ribbon over and under first and last row of cross-sts at top and bottom. Position ends of ribbon evenly at each corner. At each corner, fold ends under to form 2 lps. Working through all thicknesses, sew a button to the center of lps. Rep in each corner. ✄
From Crochet World magazine, October 2005, Vol 28, No. 5, Page 40, Copyright © 2005 Crochet World magazine
