I love making baby blankets.  Especially when they are made with super bulky yarn and work up in a weekend!!  That’s exactly how this pattern is, and the Bernat Blanket Stripes yarn even does the color changing for you.  Win-win!

Baby blankets are by far the most popular category year-round on my blog.  So much so that I’ve decided to start creating a lot more baby items: blankets, booties, sweaters, hats, etc.  I love baby makes!  Even though we are done having babies in this house (4 boys is enough and the youngest is still under 1 1/2!) baby makes are my favorites.  I usually always know someone I can make a baby gift for so it’s easy to find a baby to gift these to.

I really enjoy using the Bernat Blanket yarn.  I have used it for two other c2c  projects in the past – the Quick and Easy Baby Blanket and the Race car Blanket (which is huge but worked up way faster than I ever thought possible!)  Both of these have been popular projects on the site and I wanted another quick and beautiful blanket – and here it is. 😀

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Easy C2C Striped Baby Blanket

What You’ll Need

Yarn: Bernat Blanket Stripes in Making Waves (2 skeins) MC, Bernat Baby Blanket in White (1 skein for border) CC

Hook: P (11.50mm)

Skill Level: Easy

Yarn Weight: Super Bulky

Finished Measurements:  Approximately 36″ square

Gauge: 3 blocks = 4″

Pattern:

With MC, ch 6.

Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook and next 2 ch; turn – 1 block made.

Row 2: Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from hook and next 2 ch, (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp; turn – 2 blocks made.

Row 3: Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from hook and next 2ch, (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in all ch-3 spaces of previous row; turn.

Rows 4-21: Repeat row 3.  Each row should increase one block until there are a total of 21 blocks.

Row 22: Sl st in 3 dc, (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp of previous row to last ch-3 sp, sl st in last ch-3 sp; turn – do not make a block in the last space.

Rows 23-43: Repeat row 22, ending with last block as row 43.

Border

Join CC, ch 1.

Round 1: *Sc in space between blocks, ch 1, sc along side of next block, ch 1; repeat from * to corner, work (sc, ch 1, sc) in corner; repeat from * around to beginning, slip st in first sc.  Do not turn.

Round 2: Ch 1, sc in same sc and each sc around, working (sc, ch 1, sc) in each corner.

Fasten off.  Weave in ends.

That’s it!  You’re done!  I love C2C crochet and this self striping yarn made it even easier – with fewer ends to weave in. 🙂  Always a plus, right?

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