Colourful Blocks Baby Blanket | Free Crochet Pattern
This Colorful Blocks Baby Blanket is a crochet baby blanket pattern, that is easy and fun to make. When designing this colourful crochet baby blanket, I was inspired by the kids building blocks.
This crochet baby blanket pattern is easy for advanced beginners to intermediate levels. The stitches used are double crochet, front and back post double crochet & the Paris stitch at the border.
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Yarn
• Alize cotton baby soft :
White color is the main color (2balls), Blue (1ball), Baby blue (1ball), Grey (half ball), Brown (half ball), Beige (half ball) & Red (half ball).
• 50% cotton & 50%acrylic
• Wt.: 100g – 3.53OZ
• Length: 270mt - 295yds
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Hook and other materials used
• Hook size 4.5mm, US size 7
• Scissor
• Yarn needle
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Skill level
Advanced Beginner / intermediate
Size/ Finished measurements (After blocking)
• Length: 31.5 inches
• Width: 31 inches
Gauge
16dc by 10rows = 4”
Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain gauge.
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Abbreviations
• Ch: Chain
• St: Stitch
• Dc: Double crochet
• Fpdc: Front post double crochet
• Bpdc: Back post double crochet
• Ch sp: Chain space
• Sk: Skip
• Sl st: Slip stitch
• Rep.: Repeat
• Yo: Yarn over
• RS: Right side
• WS: Wrong side
Special stitch
• Paris crochet stitch: make 3dc, ch3 & sc in the same st, sk 3sts, in the 4th st , make 3dc, ch3, sc in the same st , sk 3sts, rep. till end of the row.
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Note
• The beginning ch 3 is considered as dc.
• White color is the main color (MC) & you can choose the other colors as you prefer.
INSTRUCTIONS
Ch 163
Row1 (RS): in WHITE, insert hook into the 4th ch (considered as dc), dc all across. (Total 161sts). Ch3. Turn.
Row2 (WS): in WHITE, make bpdc around the dc of the previous row, & all across till the last st, make dc in the last st. . Ch3. Turn.
Row3: in WHITE, make fpdc around the st of the previous row, & all across till the last st, make dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row4 &5: rep. Row2 & 3 respectively.
Row6: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 9sts, change to BLUE, make bpdc around the next 141sts, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 9sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row7: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 9sts, change to BLUE, make fpdc around the next 141sts, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 9sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row8 –17: rep. Row 6 & 7 respectively.
Row18: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 9sts, change to BLUE, make *bpdc around the next st, ch1, sk st, bpdc around the next st,* rep. from *to* till the last st of the BLUE, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 9sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row19: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 9sts, change to BLUE, make *fpdc around the next st, ch1, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the BLUE, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 9sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
( Finish working with the BLUE)
Row20: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 9sts, change to BABY BLUE, make fpdc around the st of ROW 18 (I.e. we should fold ROW19 to the opposite side & work on ROW18), dc in the next ch1 sp, *fpdc around the next st, dc in the next ch1 sp, fpdc around the next st, * rep. From *to* till the last st of the BLUE, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 9sts, (we should work the 9sts of bpdc in WHITE on ROW 19 like the beginning of this row), dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row21: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 19sts, change to BABY BLUE, make fpdc around the next 121sts, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 19sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(NOTE: we should not work the BABY BLUE colour on the ROW 19 that we folded, it’ll be left as a design.)
Row22: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 19sts, change to BABY BLUE, make bpdc around the next 121sts, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 19sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row23 – 31: rep. Row 21 & 22 respectively.
Row32: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 19sts, change to BABY BLUE, make*bpdc around the next st, ch1, sk st, bpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st in BABY BLUE, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 19sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row33: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 19sts, change to BABY BLUE, make *fpdc around the next st, ch1, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of BABY BLUE, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 19sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(Finish working with the BABY BLUE)
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Row34: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 19sts, change to GREY, make fpdc around the next st of ROW 32 (I.e fold ROW 33 to the opposite side & work on ROW 32), dc in the next ch1 sp, *fpdc around the next st, dc in the next ch1 sp, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of BABY BLUE, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 19sts of ROW 33, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row35: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 29sts, change to GREY, make fpdc around the next 101sts, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 29sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(NOTE: we should not work the GREY colour on the ROW 33 that we folded, it’ll be left as a design.)
Row36: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 29sts, change to GREY, make bpdc around the next 101sts, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 29sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row37 – 45: rep. Row 35 & 36 respectively.
Row46: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 29sts, change to GREY, make*bpdc around the next st, ch1, sk st, bpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the GREY, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 29sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row47: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 29sts, change to GREY make *fpdc around the next st, ch1, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the GREY, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 29sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(Finish working with the GREY)
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Row48: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 29sts, change to BROWN, make fpdc around the next st of ROW 46 (I.e fold ROW 47 to the opposite side and work on ROW46), dc in the ch1 sp, *fpdc around the next st, dc in the next ch1 sp, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the GREY, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 29sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row49: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 39sts, change to BROWN, make fpdc around the next 81sts, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 39sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row50: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 39sts, change to BROWN, make bpdc around the next 81sts, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 39sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row51 – 59: rep. Row 49 & 50 respectively.
Row60: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 39sts, change to BROWN make *bpdc around the next st, ch1, sk st, bpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the BROWN, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 39sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row61: in WHITE make fpdc around the next 39sts, change to BROWN make *fpdc around the next st, ch1, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the BROWN, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 39sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(Finish working with the BROWN)
Row62: in WHITE make bpdc around the next 39sts, change to BEIGE make *fpdc around the next st of ROW 60 (I.e. we fold ROW61 to the opposite side and work on ROW60), dc in the next ch1 sp, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the BROWN, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 39sts of ROW 61, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row63: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 49sts, change to BEIGE, make fpdc around the next 61sts, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 49sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row64: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 49sts, change to BEIGE, make bpdc around the next 61sts, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 49sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row65 – 73: rep. Row 63 & 64 respectively.
Row74: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 49sts, change to BEIGE make *bpdc around the next st, ch1, sk st, bpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the BEIGE, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 49sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row75: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 49sts, change to BEIGE make*fpdc around the next st, ch1, fpdc around the next st,*rep. From *to* till the last st of the BEIGE, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 49sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(Finish working with the BEIGE)
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Row76: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 49sts, change to RED, make*fpdc around the next st of ROW 74 (I.e. fold ROW 75 to the opposite side & work on ROW 74), dc in the next ch1 sp, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the BEIGE, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 49sts on ROW 75, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row77: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 59sts, change to RED, make fpdc around the next 41sts, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 59sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row78: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 59sts, change to RED, make bpdc around the next 41sts, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 59sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row79 – 87: rep. Row 77 & 78 respectively.
Row88: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 59sts, change to RED make *bpdc around the next st, ch1, sk st, bpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the RED, change to WHITE, make bpdc around the next 59sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row89: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 59sts, change to RED make*fpdc around the next st, ch1, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the RED, change to WHITE, make fpdc around the next 59sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
(Finish working with the RED)
Row90: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 59sts, *fpdc around the next st of ROW 88 ( I.e fold ROW 89 to the opposite side & work on ROW 88), dc in the ch1 sp, fpdc around the next st,* rep. From *to* till the last st of the RED, make bpdc around the next 59sts on ROW 89, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn.
Row91: in WHITE, make fpdc around the next 159sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn. (Total 161sts)
Row92: in WHITE, make bpdc around the next 159sts, dc in the last st. Ch3. Turn. (Total 161sts)
Row93 – 101: rep. Row 91& 92 respectively.
(BLANKET IS DONE!!)
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Start working the border
Round1: [in the first fpdc from the side make 2dc in the same st, ch2, sk next fpdc, *2dc in the next st, ch2, sk next st,* rep. From *to* till you get to the corner.
At the corner make(2dc, ch2, 2dc) in the same st, ch2, sk 3sts, *dc in the next 2sts, ch2, sk 2sts,* rep. From *to* till you get to the 2nd corner. At the corner make (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in the same st.] rep. The same instructions for the 2 sides.
(When you finish the round , make 2dc, ch2, & sl st to the 3rd ch of the starting ch3 st. Because that final st is our 4th corner).
Round2: sl st till you get to the first ch2 sp, make ch3( considered as dc), [*dc in the next 2sts, dc in the ch2 sp,* rep. From *to* all around & at the corners make dc on the 2sts, 3dc in the ch2 sp, dc on the 2sts.] rep. The same instructions for the 3sides. Sl st in the ch3 of the first dc.
Round3: ch3 ( considered as dc) & 2dc in the same st, ch3, sc in the same st, sk 3sts, on the 4th st make *(3dc, ch3, sc),in the same st, sk 3sts, on the next st make (3dc, ch3, sc),* rep. From *to* all around. Sl st in the 2nd ch of the starting ch3.
Fasten off, & weave in the ends.
DONE!!
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