We are now in the final week of the Southern Diamonds Baby Blanket Crochet-Along! Wow….I just can’t even believe we’re already at the end of such great fun! As always, the ELKies have done an amazing job with all the color choices. It really does prove to me that color choices can change the look in an amazing way! I hope you’ve had fun too and will join me for other CAL’s just like the Christmas Present CAL we have going now now!
You can get more information about different sizes on the Southern Diamonds Build Your Own Blanket Page! Click HERE for the page!
Now….let’s get on with the fun!
Don’t forget that all Southern Diamond CAL information can be found on the MAIN PAGE!
Schedule for the Blanket
July 31, 2016 – Week 1/Schedule and Materials Announcement
August 5, 2016 – Week 2/Rows 1-25
August 12, 2016 – Week 3/Rows 26-55
August 19, 2016 – Week 4/Edging (This Week)
Supplies
- Cascade North Shore, 100 grams/220 yards, #3 DK weight, 100% acrylic, 01 Blue Bell (3 skeins), 03 Sapphire (2 skeins), 07 White (2 Skeins)
- G Hook/4.0 mm
- Tapestry needle for weaving in the ends.
Gauge: 6 V-Stitches and 9 Rows = 4″
Finished Measurement:
Small Baby Blanket (30″ x 32″)
Abbreviations:
beg – beginning
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
rem – remaining
RS – Right Side
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
sp – space
st(s) – stitch(es)
Pattern Notes:
- Ch 3 at beginning of pattern counts as double crochet unless otherwise stated.
- Ch 1 at beginning of pattern does not count as single crochet.
- Join new color in the first st of the previous round unless otherwise stated.
Special Stitches:
V-stitch (V-st): (dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st or sp
Beginning shell (beg shell): (ch 4, dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st or sp
Shell: (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st or sp
Large shell: (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st or sp
Base round, each side: Multiple of 5 + 4 + corner sts
Note: for Round 1, check that your st count on each side is a multiple of 5 plus 4 more, excluding the one central sc in each corner (e.g., 109 sc). This will ensure you will have the correct number of sts to work Round 4 properly.
Round 1: With RS facing, using Blue Bell, ch 1, 3 sc in last st, (corner formed), sc evenly down side to last st, 3 sc in last st (corner formed), sc in each st across bottom until last st, 3 sc in last st (corner formed), sc evenly up the side to last st, 3 sc in last st (corner formed), sc in each st across top, join by sl st to first sc. (436 sts, 4 corner sts)
Round 2: Join Sapphire, ch 3, 5 dc in corner st, dc in next st and each st around, placing 5 dc in each rem corner st, join with sl st to top of ch 3. (452 dc, 4 corner sts)
Round 3: Join White, ch 1, sc in first st and each st around, placing 3 sc in each corner st, join with sl st to first st. (460 sc, 4 corner sts)
Round 4: Sl st in next st, beg shell (see Special Stitches), *skip next 2 sts, shell (see Special Stitches), in next st (corner shell made), skip next 2 sts, shell in next st, [skip next 4 sts, shell in next st] to last 2 sts before corner, repeat from *, join by sl st to 3rd ch of beg shell. (96 shells)
Round 5: Join Blue Bell in next dc, ch 3, 4 dc in same st, *skip next (ch-1 sp, 2 dc, ch-1 sp), 9 dc in corner st, [skip next (ch-1 sp, 2 dc, ch-1 sp), 5 dc in next st] to corner shell, repeat from *, join by sl st to top of ch 3 of first 5-dc group. (92 5-dc groups, 4 9-dc corner groups)
Round 6: Join White in 3rd dc of-5 dc group, beg shell in same st, *skip next 4 sts, V-st (see Special Stitches), skip next st, large shell (see Special Stitches) in corner st, skip next st, V-st in next st, [skip next 4 sts, shell in next st] until 9-dc corner group, repeat from *, join to 3rd ch of beg shell. (23 shells on each side, 8 V-sts, 4 large shells)
Round 7: Ch 1, sc in first st, sc in each ch-1 sp and st around to corner ch-1 sp, placing 3 sc in each corner ch-1 sp, join by sl st to first sc. (516 sts, 4 corner sts)
Round 8: Join Sapphire, ch 3, dc in next st and each st around placing 5 dc in each corner st, join by sl st to top of beg ch-3. (532 sts, 4 corner sts)
Round 9: Join Blue Bell, ch 1, sc in first st and each st around placing 3 sc in each corner st, join by sl st to first sc. Fasten Off. Weave in the ends. (540 sts, 4 corner sts)
Don’t forget that all Southern Diamond CAL information can be found on the MAIN PAGE!
You can also check out the Southern Diamonds Build Your Own Blanket Page for multiple sizes!
As always, you can join all the crochet-along chatter in the ELK Studio Facebook group! It’s an incredible group with nothing but lots of support. We have all skills levels from a beginner to the more advanced and everyone is there to answer your questions.
I like this baby blanket for my grandson, how can I get this pattern?😘
I’m mobile right now, but in the blog post there is a link to the main page where you can see all the instructions or you can buy the entire pattern on Ravelry or Craftsy.