I love baby blankets; they’re one of my favorite things to crochet.
When my kids were little, they loved blankets, all blankets. Even today as older teenagers there are still blankets that go with us on trips, and I love it! My favorite gifts from their showers were the handmade and special blankets they received and yes, we still have them today.
So, my thought is that if we loved them and I love making them then the receiver will hopefully love them just as much, right? I could be wishfully thinking, but that’s ok, I don’t mind imagining it. One of the many ways I spread sunshine through the art of crochet.
Perhaps the part that is most fun is finding or designing just the right blanket for the baby who will be wrapped in it. Kind of like my own personal hug. I’ve recently finished up two such blankets, another one is on my hook as I write this, and yet another is working its way out of my brain. So much fun!!!
The blanket pictured is the most recently finished one, it’s the Color Block Baby Blanket. It’s worked up fairly quickly since the yarn is so thick and squishy. I love the contrast of the white with the boldness of the blue and green. It’s perfect for the baby boy who will receive it. I can see him having lots of tummy time on all that thick and squishy! On purpose, the blocks of color are not equal in size, I think it adds a bit of character.
Here’s how you can work one up, too.
You’ll need 1 big skein of each of the Bernat Blanket yarn in Go Go Green and Blue, and a big and small skein in White. For the hook, I went with the largest I had on hand at the time, an N/P (10mm). *There’s a list at the bottom of this post that includes affiliate links. When you purchase your supplies from these links you help support Crochet Sunnshyne in a small way, at no additional cost to you. You can also find a list of my favorite tools, here.
Start by chaining 64 in either blue or the green, then half double crochet in the third chain from the hook and all the way across. Chain two, turn and repeat until your work measures the length of each block of color
accordingly:
Blue = 14 ½”, Green = 10 ½”, White = 17 ½”
Of course, you can use your choice of colors, just match them up using the same measurements.
My finished blanket measures 41 inches by 32 ½ inches. In the same way you can choose your colors you can also choose to make this larger or smaller. It’s a versatile pattern.
Enjoy and crochet a little sunnshyne today!
*As always, you’re welcome to make and sell your creations from my patterns, it is always appreciated if you let your buyers know where the pattern came from. Please do not use my photos as your own.
You can purchase a clean, ad free pdf of this Color Block Baby Blanket pattern, here.
*The following are the crochet items I used when creating this blanket, they are affiliate links. That means if you decide to purchase something,
I will receive a small percentage at no extra cost to you. It’s just a nice and
easy way to help support Crochet Sunnshyne. Thank you, I appreciate your support very much!!
The Color Block Baby Blanket was recently featured in a collection , 10+ Easy and Free Crochet Baby Blanket Patterns. Click here to see my pattern listed in the collection.
If you like the Color Block Baby Blanket you may also like the Cozy Blanket.
I love this blanket! It’s beautiful and it looks so soft and cozy. I can’t wait to make one myself! Thanks for the links showing what you use.
Thank you, 1,000 times! It is so soft and cozy, I may need to make one for our living room!