Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern With Continuous Granny Square
Following on from my Continuous Solid Square tutorial, I have made a continuous crochet baby blanket that is just the right size for a preemie or a car seat blanket. I love how vibrant the colours are. They have an Autumnal richness to them that was very hard to capture on camera.
This baby blanket is 63 cm x 63 cm (25″ by 25″) and takes 3 skeins of Noorse Sokkenwol yarn (just under 500 meters in total). It works up very quickly and it is solid, but not heavy. It is worked in a spiral so that there are no visible 'steps' in the colour (apart from where one skein ended and the next began).
If you want to make a bigger blanket, 6 skeins (1000 meters) will give you a blanket that is roughly 90 cm x 90 cm (35″ x 35″). To adapt the pattern (below) for this larger size, simply repeat Round 3 until you have made 31 rounds in total, and then work the last round as specified in the pattern.
Just look at those gorgeous colours!!
Continuous Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern
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This is a written-only pattern. If you need step-by-step help or more details, please see How to Crochet: Continuous Solid Square. Please note that your sides won't all have the same number of stitches. That is because this blanket is worked in a spiral, not in joined rounds.
Resources
- Video Tutorial by It's All in a Nutshell
- How to Crochet: Continuous Solid Square (photo tutorial)
Other Continuous Crochet Square Patterns
- Joy's Journey (Large Continuous Square Lapghan)
- Joy's Cushion
Size
63 cm x 63 cm (25″ by 25″)
Abbreviations
US Terminology Used (US/UK Comparison Available HERE)
- Ch – Chain
- Dc – Double crochet
- St/st's – Stitch/stitches
- () – Repeat instructions between parentheses the number of times specified
- * – Repeat instructions between asterisks the number of times specified
Special Techniques
Magic Ring – See THIS TUTORIAL. Please remember to work your initial tail of yarn away very well when using the magic ring, otherwise your work will come undone!
Materials
- 3 skeins (less than 500 m) of Scheepjes Noorse Sokkenwol (968) – Small Colour Packs available HERE. The colour packs include a printed version of the pattern, and pompom ribbon for an optional pompom edging. For a list of other Scheepjes stockists, visit Scheepjeswol.com.
- 6 mm Clover Amour Crochet Hooks
(US 10/J UK 4)
Instructions
Round 1
Into a magic ring: Ch 3 (counts as first dc) and make 2 dc's. (Ch 2, make 3 dc's) three times. Pull the magic ring closed before continuing. Working into the side of the initial ch-3, make 2 dc's. You should now have 5 dc's in the last side. Please see THIS TUTORIAL if you are having difficulty understanding these instructions.
Round 2
Ch 2. Make 2 dc's in the first dc of Round 1. Dc in the next dc, which will be the last dc before the next ch-2 corner space. Make 2 dc's in the next ch-2 corner space. *Ch 2. Make 2 dc's in the same ch-2 corner space. Dc in each dc across. Make 2 dc's in the next ch-2 corner space.* Repeat from * to * 2 more times. {28 stitches – 5, 7, 7, and 9 for the respective sides}
Round 3
*Ch 2. Make 2 dc's in the same ch-2 corner space. Dc in each dc across. Make 2 dc's in the next ch-2 corner space.* Repeat from * to * 3 more times. {44 stitches – 9, 11, 11, and 13 for the respective sides}
Rounds 4 – 22
Repeat Round 3.
Round 23 (or Last Round)
*Ch 2. Make 2 dc's in the same ch-2 corner space. Dc in each dc across. Make 2 dc's in the next ch-2 corner space.* Repeat from * to * 2 more times. You have now completed 3 of the sides for this round.
Last Side of Last Round: Ch 2. Make 2 dc's in the same ch-2 corner space. Skip the first (hidden) stitch. Dc in each of the remaining dc's. Make 1 dc in the next ch-2 corner space. Ch 2 and sl st into the first dc of the next side.
Finishing Off
Continue making a sl st through both loops of each dc across. When you get to a corner, sl st in the top loop of both of the corner ch st's. Continue in this way until you get back to the first sl st.
Fasten off and pull the tail of yarn through the same dc so that it is to the back of your work. Work away your tails of yarn.
You can find a tutorial for Surface Slip Stitches HERE.
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