Double Crochet and Cross Stitch Baby Blanket

The cross stitch gives this crochet baby blanket a pretty design. It’s mindless to work on, and is perfect for both baby boys and girls.

I love the solid color with the cross stitch, but I can also see this in a pretty striped design. You could work it up in blocks by working the stitch pattern rows several times before changing colors. Or, you could assign a different color to each stitch where the single crochets are worked in CA, the double crochets in CB and the cross stitches in CC. Either way, I’m sure you will love your new blanket.

It’s a fairly solid blanket, making this great for the cold winter months. Or, you could also use this as a floor blanket throughout the year.

Another option would be to increase the length and use it as a crib blanket. The width is also super easy to adjust. Use this crochet blanket sizing chart to help take the guesswork out if making gifts.

Double Crochet and Cross Stitch Baby Blanket – Pattern Information

This crochet blanket is easy to adjust in size and can be crocheted up in any yarn and hook size.

The stitch pattern is very simple with the single crochet, double crochet and the double crochet cross stitch. It’s an easy stitch pattern for those who have mastered the basic stitches and are ready to learn the cross stitch.

Skill Level: Easy

Materials

• Yarn: Bernat Baby Sport (Light, #3; 100% acrylic; 300g/10.5oz) Color: Fresh Sky, 2 balls.
• Crochet Hook: G 4.00mm
• Other: Measuring Tape, Scissors, Yarn Needle.

Choose any soft baby yarn to make this. If the gauge is different, simply adjust your starting chains to width that you want the blanket to be.

If you want to make a lapghan or a throw, you could basically choose any kind of yarn that you like. Bernat Super Value and Red Heart Super Saver are two economic yarns that work very well in blankets. They are easy to wash and last a long time!

Measurements – Size Chart

• Gauge: 15 sts = 4″
• Finished Size: 37″ by 37″.

In a multiple of 2+1 for your starting chains you can easily crochet this to any size you want.

Abbreviations

• Ch/Chs = Chain/Chains
• Dc = Double Crochet
• Rep = Repeat
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Sk = Skip
• St/Sts = Stitch/Stitches

Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern Instructions

Ch 141, or any multiple of 2 + 1 to obtain the width of the blanket.

Row 1: Working into back bumps, sc into 2nd ch from hook and into each ch across. Turn. [140 sts]

Row 2: Ch 2 (does not count as st, now and throughout), dc in first st and into each st across. Turn. [140 sts]

Row 3: Ch 1, sc into first st and into each st across. Turn. [140 sts]

Row 4: Ch 2, dc in first 2 sts, *sk next st, dc in next st, backtrack and dc in skipped st; rep from * across to last 2 sts, dc in last 2 sts. Turn. [140 sts]

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first st and into each st across. Turn. [140 sts]

Rows 6-103: Rep Rows 2-5, ending with row 3 at last rep. Fasten Off at last row. [140 sts]

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