Warm Woodlands Themed Baby Blanket
I love making things for the newest member of any family! I get so excited to create something unique and inviting for the new additions. When a friend of mine was expecting a new baby, I took the opportunity to create some new projects, just for her. Therefore, the Warm Woodlands Themed Baby Blanket was created!
How it all Began; A new Stitch combination
I started by trying a new stitch combination for a couple of burb clothes. Every new mom needs to have lots of these handy! I started by searching for burb clothes patterns. Since it has been a while, (over nineteen years to be exact) since I have had a little one in my house, I wanted to be sure to have a good grasp of what size it should be. I found a cute little pattern for a burb clothe here.
Why I started with A burb clothe
Since a burb clothe needs to be made from a dense fabric, I wanted to be sure to use a stitch or stitch pattern that produced just that. The purpose of it is to keep the nasty stuff from getting on your clothes, so of course it needs to be dense. This pattern uses single crochets and long double crochets to create a dense fabric, which was perfect. Not only does the fabric need to be dense, but it also needs to be absorbent and washable. So cotton yarn was the best choice of yarn for this project.
I started with making the burb clothe according to the pattern in the link above. However, I felt it was slightly small so I made another one and added to the width by adding more foundation chains. The larger size felt much better to me. So I changed up the stripe pattern to give it a bit of a different look. I loved how the second turned out.
WARm Woodlands Themed BABY Blanket
Now that I had tried out the new stitch pattern, I was comfortable to try it in a larger project. I grabbed some chunkier yarn this time and a larger hook. After some thought, I decided to create my own stripe pattern for the blanket. I wanted to use a bit of solid yarn as well, so I decided to put a couple of solid green stripes on each end of the blanket. I then used the same solid green yarn to make a simple border around the blanket to give it a more finished look.
Even though the Warm Woodlands themed Baby Blanket pattern would work great in a worsted weight yarn, I chose to use a bulky weight yarn. The bulky weight yarn gave it a thick and warm texture. I loved how the entire blanket worked up!
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PATTEN NOTES
- The chain 1 at the beginning of every row does not count as a stitch
- This pattern is a 2 row repeat
- The border is made using 3 sc in each corner and 1 sc in each stitch or end of row in round one.
- Round 2 work 1 sc and 1 ch in each stitch around.
- The pattern is written in US terms.
Warm Woodlands Themed Baby Blanket Pattern
MATERIALS:
- Yarn: Baby Bee, Sweet Delight Chunky in the colors:
- Jumping Juniper, 5 skeins, approximately 545 yards
- Baby Sage, 2 skeins, approximately 218 yards
- Crochet hook: size K-10.5/ 6.4 mm
- tapestry needle
- scissors
- Guage: 11 stitches and 11 row =4″
- Finished Size: 34″ x 40″ approximately
STITCHES:
- Single Crochet-sc
- Double Crochet-dc
- Chain-ch
WARM WOODLANDS THEMED BABY BLANKET PATTERN BODY
FOUNDATION CHAIN
Chain 100 or any even number of chains.
ROW 1: SC in the second chain from hook, ch 1, sk 1. *sc in next, ch 1, sk 1 ch, sc in next ch.* Rpt across the row. Sc in the last ch. Ch 1 and turn.
ROW 2: Sc in 1st sc. DC over chain 1 space and into the skipped ch 1 row below. *SC in next sc, dc over ch-1 space and into the ch 1 row below*. Repeat across the row, ending with a sc in the last stitch. Ch 1 and turn.
ROW 3: SC in the first sc, ch 1, sk 1 st. *sc in next sc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, sc in next sc*. Repeat across the row to last sc. Sc in the last sc. Ch 1 and turn.
Repeat rows 2-3 for desired length of your project or follow the stripe pattern below.
STRIPE PATTERN
- 7 Rows jumping juniper
- 2 rows green
- 5 rows jumping juniper
- 2 rows green
- rows jumping juniper
- 2 rows green
- 5 rows jumping juniper
- 2 rows green
- 7 rows jumping juniper
BORDER FOR THE WARM WOODLANDS THEMED BABY BLANKET
ROUND 1: With green, work 3 sc in the first corner stitch. Then work 1 sc in the end of each row to the next corner. Work 2 sc in the next corner st. 1 SC in each stitch across to next corner. Work 3 sc in the next corner. 1 sc in the end of each row across to next corner. Work 3 sc in the next corner, then sc in each stitch across. Sl st to the first stitch. Ch 1, DO NOT TURN.
ROUND 2: Sc in the same stitch as the ch-1. *Ch 1, sc in next stitch.* Repeat around. Sl St to the first stitch made.
Finish off and weave in ends.
FINAL NOTE
Once again, I hope that you have enjoyed this Warm Woodlands Themed Baby Blanket Gift Set pattern. Please be sure to share your versions of this pattern with me. Thanks for stopping by DulceBella Designs! Until next time, sit, relax, and stay a while and always glorify God by creating beautiful crochet art!
