Isn’t this just the cutest?? I designed this blanket for Red Heart Yarns using one of my favorite yarns – Baby Hugs Light. You may have seen me use this yarn for some of my baby booties and it is perfect for baby items! This design was my first experience with Baby Hugs and I fell in love. I have used both the Light and Medium versions of this yarn and I’m sold. 🙂
This blanket doubles as a huggable elephant pal. The large buttons keep it rolled up securely and the elephant’s head and tail are placed where they stick out from the ends when rolled up. I am SO happy with how this turned out and think that their photography is awesome. Head on over to Red Heart and snag this free pattern – and some Baby Hugs Light while you are at it.
You can download this free pattern from their website by visiting this link. If you want to add it to your favorites in Ravelry, click here!
**All images copyright Coats & Clark
Clotilde Menendez/Craftybegonia
Totally clever and precious! I pinned it to my Baby Cuteseys board! Thanks for sharing,
Jennifer Bremner
Hi Amanda,
I love the idea of this blanket and have started it but I’d greatly appreciate it if you could clarify something for me. I’m used to making blankets where the chain row is the width of the blanket and the rows are the length. Maybe my math is bad, but am I doing the opposite here? In other words, when you refer to folding in half widthwise, is it the approximately 24″ width that is being folded? It’s a little hard to tell from the photo.
Thanks.
Jennifer
amanda
Hi Jennifer,
It should be folded in half on the 36″ width. Fold it once, then in half again, then roll up. It’s been a while since I made this so I had to look at the pictures and remember how I did it! 🙂
Elm
With a yarn “size 3” why did you decide to go with a 6.5mm hook to crochet the blanket?!