This textured baby blanket crochet pattern uses a version of the slanted puff stitch. The stitch creates a beautiful texture on both sides of the work. Best of all, you can work this up in either boy or girl colors.

I did mine in a single color throughout, but you could just as easy use up your scraps and work this up in pretty stripes if you like.

Either way, this puff crochet blanket is perfect for the stroller, tummy time or for keeping warm in the car.

The one thing with this blanket is that I found it took forever to crochet up. The crochet puff stitch pattern takes forever to crochet. In addition to that, this is worked with slip stitches and chains, which makes it even slower! But, it’s a beautiful textured stitch pattern that you’ll enjoy showing off. A free video tutorial is included at the end of the written pattern and photo tutorial.

Baby blanket shown closeup so the textures are visible.

The finished size measures 33 inches square. A stitch pattern is included if you want to adjust the size. Here is a baby blanket sizes chart, which includes other sizes as well.

I used a baby yarn, Bernat Baby Sport, with a 4 mm crochet hook. Any similar baby yarn will work. And if you’re not making this for a baby, you can use a regular worsted weight as well.

How much yarn do I need for a puff stitch blanket? The puff stitch not only takes longer to crochet, but it also takes up a lot more yarn than regular stitches! For this blanket I used up a 300g ball, and the finished size came out fairly small.

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Slanted Puff Stitch Textured Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

This puff crochet blanket has a beautiful texture on both sides and can be crocheted up in both boy and girl colors.

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Skill Level

Intermediate

Materials

Yarn: Bernat Baby Sport (Light, #3; 100% acrylic; 300g/10.5oz) Color: Baby Pink, 1 ball.
Crochet Hook: G 4.00mm
Other: Measuring Tape, Scissors, Yarn Needle.

Measurements

Gauge: 4 puff sts in pattern = 3"
Finished Size: 33 by 33".

Abbreviations

Puff St = Puff Stitch
Ch/Chs = Chain/Chains
Hdc = Half Double Crochet
Hk = Hook
Lp/Lps = Loop/Loops
Rep = Repeat
Sc = Single Crochet
Sk = Skip
Sl St = Slip Stitch
Sp/Sps = Space/Spaces
St/Sts = Stitch/Stitches
YO = Yarn Over

Special Stitch Instructions

Puff St: (Yo, insert hk in sp indicated, yo and pull through) 2 times, 5 lps on hk, yo and pull through all 5 lps.

Note

If you are new to crochet you may want to use stitch markers to mark the chain two made in the same space as the puff stitch.

Instructions

Loosely ch 134, or any multiple of 3 plus 2.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hk and into each ch across. Turn. [133 sts]
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sts, ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st, *ch 2, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st; rep from * across to last 3 sts, ch 1, sk next st, sc in last 2 sts. Turn. [42 ch-2 sps and 2 ch-1 sps]
Row 3: Ch 1, hdc in first 2 sts, ch 1, sk first ch-1 sp, *(sl st, ch 2, puff st, ch 1) into next ch-2 sp and into each ch-2 sp across to last ch-1 sp, sk ch-1 sp, hdc in last 2 sts. Turn. [42 puff sts]
Row 3: Ch 1, hdc in first 2 sts, ch 1, sk first ch-1 sp, *(sl st, ch 2, puff st, ch 1) into next ch-2 sp and into each ch-2 sp across to last ch-1 sp, sk ch-1 sp, hdc in last 2 sts. Turn. [42 puff sts]
Row 97: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sts, sc in ch-1, sc in top of next puff st, 3 sc in next ch-2 sp and into each ch-2 sp across to lasts ch-1 sp; sc into ch-1, sc into last 2 sts; [133 sts]

Edging

Ch 1, sc evenly around working 3 sc into each corner; join with sl st in first sc. Fasten Off.

Stitch Pattern Photo Tutorial

The first image below shows the first two rows done as per pattern above. You can see the chain one spaces at the beginning and end of rows. These are marked off in the yellow stitch markers, and are skipped throughout the pattern.
The chain two spaces in the middle are marked off with the blue stitch markers.
To begin the row: Ch 1, 2 hdc in first 2 sts, ch 1.
Skip the ch-1 sp and sl st in first ch-2 sp.
Ch 2.
Then work the puff stitch into same chain.
Ch 1. And if you are new to crochet, mark the ch-2 made just before the puff stitch to make it easier for the next row.
Then repeat the steps above: (sl st, ch 2, puff st, ch 1) into next ch-2 sp and into each ch-2 sp across to ch-1 sp; sk ch-1 sp, hdc in last 2 sts.
The next row is the same, except now you are working into the ch-2 sps made just before the puff stitches.
Ch 1, hdc in first 2 sts, ch 1.
Skip the first ch-1, sl st into next ch-2 sp.
Ch 2.
Work puff st into same ch-2 sp, ch 1.
And again, repeat that across: (sl st, ch 2, puff st, ch 1) into next ch-2 sp and into each ch-2 sp across to ch-1 sp; sk ch-1 sp, hdc in last 2 sts.