Blushing Blooms Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern | Free Crochet Tutorial

Okay so to make the blanket we're going to be using some Caron Cakes from Yarnspirations. This is just a really pretty colorway. This one is called Buttercream and then we're going to use a coordinating color, they actually make some solid color ones, and this one is in Powder Sugar. So the yardage is going to be in the pattern for exactly what you need but you can substitute With any worsted weight yarn that you may have, try to find something with a little bit of a color change. If you're doing the stripe like don't do super short color changes because then it'll change mid-row. Get kind of something long so that it'll last for a little bit. Then with the yarn We're going to use a 6.5 K USK hook. Slightly larger than what the ball band calls for, so usually for medium, this one's calling for a 5mm, usually they call for like a 6mm, I'm going for a 6.5 just because it gives it even more drape. So because of the stitches we're using that are pretty dense, I want something that's a little bit bigger so that it gives it more loft and it's not just a super dense blanket. So, the 6.5. If you only have a 6mm, that's perfectly fine too, whatever you have on hand, but we're going to use a 6.5. Then lastly, just grab some scissors and a yarn needle until your ends in, and we can get started. But first, hit the save button in case you need to come back to this, but also hit that like, subscribe, notification bell, so that you never miss out on all the free patterns that I release. Now let's go get started on the pattern. Okay, so to begin the blanket, we are going to start with CB, so the striped color. The reason being is we're going to put a white or CA border around the entire outside, so I want it to be even and not have any of our white stripes on the ends. Where those borders will look thicker. So, we're gonna start with a long enough chain to weave in. And we're going to chain 72. And I have some of my favorite little stitch markers here from an Etsy seller. So you'll see how I use those as we go. So I'll get to 20 and you'll see what I mean. So we have 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 14, 15. This is why I get those stitch markers. Oh my goodness, some issues here. Okay, this is why I use these stitch markers, because you can see I pull my... When I'm doing my chains, I do that a lot, where I accidentally pull my hook out, and then half the time I'll also pull on this and release some chains. So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to grab this one that says 20, and then I'm going to put it into that 20th chain. And these come in different sets. This one has every 20 stitches. That's kind of a good one for me so that if I do pull out, so now if I'm going like I was doing and I pull out and then I accidentally pull a couple chains out, I don't have to sit there and recount my entire chain. I can just come to this 20 and now I have 22 and I can go from there. So I'm gonna go and do the rest of the chains. And then we'll come back and start row one. Okay, so to begin row one, what we're going to do is we're going to skip the first three chains and work in the fourth chain from the hook, and we're going to do a double crochet. And this is going to be kind of a double crochet two together almost. We're going to count this as one whole stitch. Okay, and then what we're going to do is a chain three. This is going to be kind of the side petal of the flower, and then we're going to do a 2dc cluster in the third chain from the hook. So those chain 3s, we're going to go into that first chain, and we're going to do a 2dc cluster. So we're going to yarn over, pull up a loop, pull through the first two, stop, yarn over, go back in that same stitch, pull up a loop, Pull through the first two, and you have three left on your hook. And we're just going to pull through all three. So that's our first little pop of flower. Then the stitch repeat's going to begin. And we're going to do a DC three together. So this is our big chain that we worked into. The hole's nice and big. Then we're going to do a DC three together in the next stitch. We're going to yarn over, go to the next stitch, pull up a loop, pull through the first two. Yarn over, go to the next stitch after that. Pull up a loop, pull through the first two, and then yarn over, next stitch, pull up a loop through the first two, now you'll have four loops on your hook, you're going to yarn over and pull through all four. So that's the bottom of our flower. Now the second part of our stitch repeat is creating this other side, which then becomes the beginning of the next one. So we're going to chain three. One, two, three. And then do that two DC cluster again in the third chain from the hook. So yarn over, insert, pull up a loop, pull through the first two. Yarn over, insert back in, pull up a loop, pull through the first two. We have three. Now we're going to pull through all three. So now we've got the other side of our flower, which then also becomes the beginning of the next flower. So that's our repeat. We're going to DC three together. So here's our big loop that we just worked into. I'm going to go into the next stitch and do the dc3 together. Keep losing my loops! Finish that dc3 together. Now you see we have the end of this one and now it's the beginning of this one. And then we're going to do another petal. So we're going to chain 3, dc2, cluster. And that's just all we're going to do across. So when we'll come back right at the very end. So again, you're going to do a dc3 together and then a 2dc cluster, dc3 together all the way across, and then we'll come back at the very end so we do the last stitch together. So just keep on going, I'll see you right at the end. Okay, here I am at my last dc. I just can't crochet today. Here I am at my last dc3 together, and then I'm going to have two stitches left over. I'm going to do something with those, so leave those there. We're going to do one more petal, then after that, with those last two stitches, remember at the beginning I said this kind of counted as a DC two together, just one stitch? That's what we're doing with these last two, we're going to do a DC two together. So instead of going into three stitches, we're just doing one. There's the second one, you'll have three on your hook, and then pull through all three. And our first row is done. We have half of our flowers. Now it's time to make the other half. Okay, so we're going to turn and we're going to do tall chains. We're going to do a border on this, but it's just, it's easier than doing a chain three. I'll link to my tall chain video if you don't know what that is yet. It just keeps everything from, or the edges from getting very, looking very skinny. Okay, so we're going to do a tall chain the size of a double crochet. You can see better. Tall chain, size of a double crochet. We're going to lock it in with a chain, and then we're going to do two double crochets in that last stitch, that last two DC two together. So we're going to do one full crochet, and then one more. Alright now we're going to skip our petal and we're going to work right into this stitch. You kind of have two spots you can work into. You can work into either this little spot here or this bigger spot here. Do the bigger spot because that kind of puts it right on top of your three below so it looks more like a flower. So you're going to do three and it's nice and big too to work into. So in that nice big hole you're going to do three double crochets. So that's going to fan it back out because we did a DC-3 together there. And that's like literally all you're doing across for the second row. That is my first finished little flower there. And then you're just going to skip that and then do another 3dc in that nice big hole. And you'll see how it is kind of right on top of where that was. So they kind of line right up. So you're going to continue across doing those three double crochets. And then we'll come right back at the end to do the last stitches together. So we're going to do this together, and then... Move on to rows three and four which are super simple, but I will see you at the end of this row Okay, here we are. I'm at my last three double crochets Touches. I'm struggling today with this hook I may switch it just because it just doesn't want to work with this yarn Well, I think I'm going to. Let me get this guy. This is a K, right? Yeah, sorry girls. This one I got from an Etsy seller. Isn't it cute? It's got like little sparkles and confetti in it. Let's see if this one works better for me. Okay, so here we are at the very end. So we've got this weird looking kind of ending here. So remember this very first thing we made was going to be considered a DC two together. So we're going to work into the top of that DC that we made. So that little V right there. And we're going to do two more double crochets because remember at the very beginning of the row, we did two double crochets. So we're just copying that on the other side. Ugh, it's tighter here. That got a little loose. I said that was such disgust. Okay, can I get under the stitch? Here we go. And I'm gonna stop right there. Or no, actually one more. I'm gonna stop right there. And now it's time to switch to CA, or your contrasting, coordinating color, whatever you want to call it. So let me grab over on the side here. Let me grab my—it's already fallen off, so I'll just pop that off. Grab my new color. So everything is in rows of two. So we're going to do two rows with this color so that way we don't have to fasten off. So we're going to keep our tail attached so that way we can just run it up the side and it doesn't really matter how it looks because we're going to put a border at the end that will catch all of those. As long as it's not super loose when you do it, then it's not going to matter. So I'm bringing my color in, so when I did that all I did was on the very last part of my double crochet, I grabbed the yarn and pulled that through instead of the pink. Okay, now we're ready for row three. It's only a four row repeat, so it's not too bad. It's pretty easy to remember too. So we're gonna do a chain one. Turn or turn and chain one, whatever you like to do, and then we're just gonna single crochet across. So we're gonna work in that first stitch and every stitch after. So pretty easy to work into since it was all just double crochets. So you're going to, for row three and row four, just single crochet across. So those four rows will be your repeat for the entire body of the blanket You will just run your tails up the side of the project as you change colors. So when you get to row five and you'll just bring that yarn up. And join it during the last stitch of row four. Same for everything going forward. Check the pattern for how many rows you're going to work with the body until we get to the border, but we'll go ahead and work that border and edging after we finish all of these rows. I'm on my last row, but what you're going to do is end with your CB so that you can do... Your border in white and it will be even all the way around. So we're not doing any more white rows Now we're moving on to the border So I'm going to switch to my white during the last stitch of my color Pulling that up one through and then I'm going to go ahead and just cut this off. So it's out of the way Don't need it anymore. Make it long enough to weave in and now we're ready to begin the border. So the very first thing for the border is we're just going to work in the round and we're going to do just single crochets to start it off. So because this is my right side this is the side and you can pick like which side you like better but this one kind of has the the 3d portion of the flower so I want this side to be my right side but if you like that side better that could be your right side. Either way depending on which one you want to pick for your right side will the Dictate what you do next. So for this being my right side I'm going to turn my work and I'm going to start working down the side if you like this side better You're gonna flip it and start working this way all the way around So basically whichever side you like better you want to do your single crochets on that side So for this one I like this side so we're going to start single crocheting evenly down the side which you need to catch all of your tails that you ran along the side and then you need to also just kind of crochet evenly so I'm going to start with the chain one and I'm not going to crochet this in I want to do like an actual weave in with that one a really good weave in so you're going to just Pick areas that look even. So I'm getting my tail, I'm pulling up, doing a single crochet, and what you want to do is try to make it lay as flat as possible. As possible. So, when you're crocheting, you want it to not ruffle. If the edge starts to ruffle, you have too many single crochets, and if it starts to pull apart, you have too few. So as you're going, take a second, kind of lay it down and make sure that it's laying evenly. So it's not going to be necessarily one stitch per row because this is only two rows, but I've got four single crochets in there, so if I only put two in there it would be very pulled apart. So just remember to grab your tails as you go, double check your back so that you don't have to frog it and go back to catch all the tails you might have missed, and then work your way around in each. Corner you're gonna do three single crochets to make the turn So I'll get over to the corner and I'll show you that and then we'll come back for more border Okay, I'm almost at the end here. I just want to show you about this laying flat thing I was talking about so I'm laying it flat and I can see that I don't have like ripples like this I had too many my blanket would kind of be rippling because it would be Forcing too many stitches into the area so it just make a ripple those too few might stitch my whole blanket would kind of be Fanning out basically because it would pull the stitches apart So lay it down should be nice and flat and then you know, you're good. So I'm over here at the end of the side. Don't worry about your stitch count because we don't care right now. So just make it even and that's all you need. So here I am in the corner here. So I'm going to kind of catch a couple of the loops. I'm not going to go under the big corner or the big hole here just so I still have some pink showing through. So I'm coming here and I'm going to do three in this same spot. And that is like a ruffle where it's going to turn because there's too many stitches in one spot. So you'll see how it naturally turned and now I have stitches from the beginning edge that I can work into all the way across so I can grab the beginning loops from there and just work at those. So continue around until you get back to the beginning and then we will move on for more border. Okay, here I am on the last two stitches. Well, technically three, because I'm doing one stitch in this second to last stitch, and then this is where we started our round of border. So I'm going to put two in there to make the turn. So that way it comes around and meets this one, and I'm going to slip stitch. So we're going to do one more round just like that. So again we're going to chain one I'm going to single crochet in that same stitch that we slip stitched in and then we're going to single crochet all the way around again and this time it's easier because they're single crochets to actually work into. So again when you come to your corner stitch find a corner here so you'll have three that you did in the corner So that middle one you're going to put three again in that to make the corner once again. So keep on going around and doing all of those single crochets. Three in the corner and then we'll come back for the final round. See you in just a little bit. Okay here I am rounding or nearing the end of round two. So again I'm in my corner so I'm going to do two single crochets here to finish off. I'm gonna join with a slip stitch again and now round two of the border is complete we have one more round to go. Okay so for round three the finishing round we're going to do a pretty pretty easy border it's cute so we're gonna do a chain one and it's modified picot we're not actually doing a picot we're gonna single crochet in each stitch and then in between those single crochets we're going to chain three so just chain them tightly don't make them super loopy um does not like to do tight chains then so i did my first single crochet now i'm going to do a single crochet in the next stitch of the three chains so a picot you would slip stitch into that first chain we're not doing that we're creating kind of a little Little flower ruffles on the edge. So we're gonna do that all the way around that super simple border. And you can change the border for whatever you like. You could do a few more rounds of single crochet if you want. If you want just a very plain border, you could do picot. You could actually slip stitch those and then it'll be kind of like just pointier. I'll show you what that looks like real quick with a couple of stitches. So you can see if you wanna do that instead. So I'm slip stitching in that first chain. Then I'm going to single crochet in the next stitch, and you could spread these out more too, the picots, because they're a little bit pointier, so they're a little bit more, they're different, you know. Where's my third one? If I do three, okay, I did a couple more, just so you can see what that looks like, the difference. I like the chain threes, just because they're a little loopier and softer, and not so pointy. I'll show you right after this one. Okay, so here is the difference. So the picots, they just kind of stick straight up and are pointy. Not a lot of dimension. These kind of give the effect of like a ruffly edge when you have the chain threes. So just different, almost the exact same thing. Just finish differently so totally up to you what you want to do for the border But those are some options so you can do chain three single crochet picot You can spread out the picots every other stitch So I'm going to go ahead and start the stitch. Lots of options so continue around and then I'll show you what this looks like at the end Okay, here. I am doing my last stitch. We're doing chain three and then one last single crochet Then I'm going to do one more chain three just so that I don't have like kind of this gap of nothing. So one more chain three and then I'm going to slip stitch into that very first single crochet. Then I'm going to fasten off and I'm done. I just got to weave in my ends which aren't too bad because we ran them up the side. But that is the blanket. So you can see how that edging turns out. And when you're laying it flat, it gives you kind of this ruffly edge without a lot of work. So really cute. I love the colors, how this turned out. So that is our blanket. I hope you enjoyed it. I would love to see what color combinations you use. So be sure to tag me. All of my socials are below. I would love I'd love to see what you make. But until next time, I'm Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After, and thank you for watching!