Baby blankets should be soft and warm that’s why I chose Sirdar Snuggly Crofter yarn to make this warm baby blanket. I used textured stitches to create a double layer and I chose motifs to make the design more flexible and more interesting to work.
Sirdar Snuggly yarn comes in a wide range of colours from pastels to punchy brights. Baby Crofter is a blended yarn, part of the Snuggly range. Again choose from pastels or opt for brighter colours. I picked the pale pink, pale blue and pale yellow blend, then combined it with a pale blue from the plain colour range to soft green, pink or coral would look equally as pretty.
I’m a bit addicted to making crochet popcorns and they bring a lovely texture to this double thickness soft baby cover. As well as using popcorn stitches in the motifs. I decided to add them to the border, which is a bit unusual but I think it works well. This baby blanket is a lovely project to work which you could easily make larger by adding more of the two crochet motifs to make a larger blanket.
Using lovely soft wool and a basket weave stitch creates a beautiful double thickness but light weight baby blanket. The stitch is repeating and in many ways is easier to make than traditional crochet as the main stitch is worked around stitches rather than into loops and it’s quicker to work.
The popcorn stitched edging looks lovely and are easy to make but if you wish you could easily miss them out and the blanket would look just as pretty. Use double crochet (sc) or half trebles (hlf dc’s) in the edging if you decide not to include the popcorns.
Grab the pattern here.....
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