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Sweet Dreams Baby Blanket
Materials
For the pram [cot] blanket, 2 [4] 100g balls in each colour Stylecraft Special Aran - White, Silver, Baby Pink, (Baby Mint). You may substitute any Aran or Worsted yarn if you wish.
Darning needle.
Hook
5mm (H) hook.
Size
The pram [cot] blanket measures approximately 65 x 85cm (25 x 38 inches), [85 x 110 cm (25 x 43 inches).
Ability
Advanced beginner.
Gauge
Not essential for this project.
Abbreviations / Terms
US terms are used throughout (UK terms)
sc - single crochet (double crochet)
dc - double crochet (treble crochet)
ch - chain
sl st - slip stitch
st(s) - stitch(s)
sp - space
sk - skip
Other notes: Stripe sequence as follows - 4 rows silver, 4 rows Baby Pink (Baby Mint), 4 rows White. Work stripe sequence a total of 7 [9] times. If you need help changing colours, watch this video.
With Silver ch 94 [124]. Commence colour sequence.
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 (same st as ch3), *sk2, sc in next st (sc from previous round), 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 stripe sequence is complete.
Shell Border
With Baby Pink (Baby Mint) join with sl st to any corner, ch3 (counts as dc). Using photos as a guide and working into spaces along sides, top and bottom of blanket, commence shell border as follows -
In each corner 7dc, along each side [sc in next sp, 5dc in next sp] repeat across, ending with sc in last sp. Join with sl st to starting ch3.
You should have a shell in the sp where a new colour starts and a sc in the centre sp of a colour stripe...
Place your st's in the spaces between each group of 3 st's...
Fasten off and weave in ends.
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