The crochet blanket stitch is such a versatile pattern and can be used to create many items not just blankets. You can use this stitch pattern to create hats, scarves, hot water bottle covers anything you can think of, just use the hook size recommended on your yarn ball band.
This is a stitch tutorial only, if you are looking for the Sweet Dreams Baby Blanket pattern you can find it here...
The Blanket Stitch
US terms are used throughout
Abbrieviations
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
sl st - slip stitch
ch - chain
sp - space
sk - skip
st(s) - stitch(s)
Foundation chain loosely make a ch as wide as you would like your project to be, a multiple of 3 +1
Row 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, *sk2, sc in next ch, 2dc in same ch* repeat from *to* until last 3 st's, sk2, sc in last ch. Turn.
Row 2 ch3, dc in 1st st, *sk2, sc in next st, 2dc in same st* repeat from *to* until last 2 st's, sc in sp between ch3 and dc of last round. Turn.
Repeat row 2 until piece measures desired length. Fasten off and weave in ends.
This stitch pattern creates nice neat edges so there is no need for a border, unless you want to add one of course. You could add a row of simple shells like this baby blanket...
As there has been so much interest in this silver and pink blanket you can now find the full pattern here... or a printable PDF version is also available in my Etsy Store...
The stitch pattern works up great using yarn cakes too. I made these ones with Caron Cakes.
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and please be sure to share your makes on my Facebook page or Instagram using #lullabylodge.
See you soon
Catherine
x
Helpful Links
You might enjoy...
This post contains Amazon affiliate links...