Baby Blue
I first designed this because I wanted something striking but easy to produce as a gift for my friend's new baby. This crochet pattern is really easy, so if you are a beginner at crochet, it's well worth having a go at it.
A spiral baby blanket pattern by Johanna E More
Materials
$3\times100\mathrm{g}$ balls of DK or Sport weight wool in colour of your choice $1\times50g$ ball of DK or Sport weight wool in contrasting colour for edging $1\times4\mathsf{m m}$ (G) crochet hook
Gauge
Another reason that this is a beginner friendly pattern is that really the gauge doesn't matter, in fact, if you want to use heavier wool and a larger hook it will work out just as well, as long as you have a fabric that you are happy with, you can also make this as large as you like, my version was made pram size, like a small mat, but more wool and you can make a huge one if you like, you just keep going.
Abbreviations
Ch chain stitch Ss slip stitch Dc double crochet Rnd round
Begin!
Ch 4 and join with Ss to make a ring. Rnd 1: Ch 7 , 1 Dc into ring, [Ch 6, 1 Dc into ring] 5 times, joint to th first Ch of th round with Ss Rnd 2: 1 Ss into each of next 3 Ch [ Ch 4, 1 Dc into next 6 Ch loop] 6 times Rnd 3 : [Ch 4, 2 Dc in next 4 Ch space, 1 Dc into next Dc] 6 times Rnd 4: [Ch 4, 2 Dc into next 4 Ch space, 1 Dc into each of next 2 Dc, skip 1 Dc] 6 times Rnd 5: [Ch 4, 2 Dc into next 4 Ch space, 1 Dc into each of next 3 Dc, skip 1 Dc] 6 times Rnd 6: [Ch 4, 2 Dc into next 4 Ch space, 1 Dc into each of next 4 Dc, skip 1 Dc] 6 times Rnd 7: [Ch 4, 2 Dc into next 4 Ch space, 1 Dc into each of next 5 Dc, skip 1 Dc] 6 times Continue working rounds as you have been doing increasing by 1 Dc each time as you can see above, until you reach the desired size for yourblanket. When you reach the desired size for your blanket, change to the contrast colour and work one round of even Dc stitches (one in each stitch, no increasing, no chain stitches etc) \*\*at this point, if you don't know how to surface crochet, take a look at this tutorial tutorial.html) before you continue on the blanket\*\* With the contrast colour go back to the center of your blanket and surface crochet round the center circle (as you can see in the first picture). Then surface crochet along the inside of one of the spirals, following the line of holes...
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