Lacy Baby Blanket, Free Pattern

Today I finally can share the pattern that I promised to many of my readers and fellow crocheters. Sorry, it took me several months to get it written, but please make me some allowance since I’m only an amateur in all this business of pattern writing. I have made my best effort, but of course mistakes are possible.

The artistic credit for this blanket should go to my Mom since it was her original design.

The skill level for this baby blanket probably would be intermediate. However, I have made a very detailed tutorial to help beginning crocheters make this blanket. I’ll start posting it soon.

If you have any questions about the pattern, don’t hesitate to ask.

Happy blanket making!

Update: I now have a very detailed step-by-step tutorial for this blanket available if you need a bit of extra help. Click here to see it. 

This pattern is my (and my mom's) original design. It cannot be posted on other sites or distributed in any other form. If you would like to share this pattern, you can post ONE image on your site with the link to my original post. You can use this pattern to make items for personal use or for sale. If you sell finished items from this pattern, you must give design credit to Lacy Crochet blog (lacycrochet.blogspot.com). Please, respect my work. Thank you!

Finished Size: Approximately 36 by 28 inches

Materials:

Snuggly Wuggly Big by Loops & Threads, 1 ball (1263 yds/1154 m)

Boye Steel Hook Size 1 (note that I used a much smaller hook than recommended for this yarn as I wanted to achieve tighter stitches. I think the pattern looks pretier that way).

Abbreviations

ch chain(s)

sc single crochet(s)

dc double crochet(s)

sl st slip stitch

hdc half double crochet(s)

( ) contains explanatory information

{ } work all enclosed instructions in the stitch or space indicated

* * instructions between asterisks should be repeated as many times as indicated or as many times as there are stitches to accommodate them

When I refer to shell(s) in this pattern, I mean 3 dc made in same space.

Ch 146 loosely.

Row 1: 3 dc in 6^th ch from the hook, skip 4 ch, 3 dc in next ch, *ch 3, skip 2 ch, sc in next ch, ch 3, skip 2 ch, 3 dc in next ch, skip 4 ch, 3 dc in next ch* 12 times, skip 2 ch, dc in last ch. Chain 2, turn.

Row 2: 3 dc in next dc, skip 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc, *ch 3, sc in next sc, ch 3, 3 dc in next dc, skip 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc* 12 times, dc in last dc. Ch 2, turn.

Row 3: same as Row 2.

Row 4: dc in next dc, *ch 3, sc in space between next 2nd and 3rd dc (it’s the space between two shells), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, 3 dc in next dc, 3 dc in next dc* 12 times, ch 3, sc in space between next 2nd and 3rd dc (the space between two shells), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc. Ch 2, turn.

Row 5: dc in next dc, *ch 3, sc in next sc, ch 3, 3 dc in next dc, skip next 4 dc, 3 dc in next dc* 12 times, ch 3, sc in next sc, ch 3, dc in next 2 dc. Ch 2, turn.

Row 6: same as Row 5.

Row 7: 3 dc in next dc, *3 dc in next dc, ch 3, sc in space between next 2nd and 3rd dc (the space between two shells), ch 3, skip next 2 dc, 3 dc in next dc* 12 times, 3 dc in next dc, dc in next dc. Ch 2, turn.

Repeat Rows 2 through 7 additional 14 times, until you have 91 rows in total.

In the last row don’t make last ch 2 and do not turn.

Trim

Round 1:

Working in end of rows: *ch 1, hdc* in each space across. Make {ch 1, hdc} three times into the corner space.

Wave in the short tail of yarn from the beginning chain.

Working in original chain: *ch 1, hdc into next shell, ch 1, hdc into ch-3 space, ch 1, hdc into next shell, ch 1, hdc into ch-3 space, ch 1, hdc into ch-3 space* across. (You must have 5 hdc per one pattern repeat). Make {ch 1, hdc} three times into the corner space.

Working in end of rows: *ch 1, hdc* in each space across. Make {ch 1, hdc} three times in the corner space.

Working into the last row: *ch 1, hdc into 2nd dc of next shell, ch 1, hdc into space between two shells, ch 1, hdc into 2nd dc of next shell, ch 1, hdc into ch-3 space, ch 1, hdc into ch-3 space* across. (You must have 5 hdc per one pattern repeat). Make {ch 1, hdc} two times in the corner space. Make a sl st to join with the first hdc.

Round 2:

Ch 4, *dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1* across.

Make first corner in the following way: dc in ch-1 space between 1^st and 2^nd hdc, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, dc) all in next ch-1 space, ch 1.

Continue crocheting *dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1* across.

Make second corner in the following way: (dc, ch 3, dc) all in next ch-1 space, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1.  

Continue crocheting *dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1* across.

Make third corner in the same way as first corner.

Continue crocheting *dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1* across.

In the last corner, make (dc, ch 3, dc) all in next ch-1 space. Ch 1, sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-4 to join.

Round 3:

Make a round of crab stitches the following way: 1 crab stitch into each ch-1 space and 2 crab stitches into corner spaces. Sl st into space between 2 dc of Round 2.

Round 4:

Make loose ch grabbing each dc of Round 2 around. Sl st into first ch to join. 

Fasten off.

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