Star Flowers Baby Blanket
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Approximately 36 inches wide x 40 inches long
MATERIALS
• Cascade Anthem medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn
(31/2 oz/186 yds/100g per skein): 3 skeins #08 white
1 skein each #03 red, #02 coral and #20 yellow
• Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
17 dc = 6 inches
Rows 5 & 6 = 11/2 inches long
PATTERN NOTES
Worked lengthwise from side edge to side edge.
Edging is created as work progresses.
Some rows may seem too tight until subsequent rows have been worked.
Make color changes by fastening off old color and joining new color with slip stitch in beginning half double crochet of next row.
Eye of stitch is the chain stitch made following completion of flower bottom. When working back across a row of flower bottoms, the eye will be the chain stitch immediately before the top of the flower bottom. Insert hook under front and back loops of eye to work into the chain stitch and not the chain space.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Bottom petal: In indicated st, yo, insert hook, yo, pull up a lp, yo, draw elongated lp (approximately 1/2 inch long) through 1 lp on hook.
Picot: Ch 3, with back bar of chs facing, insert hook under back bar and top lp of 3rd ch from hook, yo, pull up lp, yo, draw through both lps on hook.
Petal stitch (petal st): In indicated eye, yo, insert hook, yo, pull up a lp, yo, draw elongated lp (approximately 1/2 inch long) through 1 lp on hook, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook.
Flower top: ( Petal st— see Special Stitches, ch 2, petal st) in indicated eye. Alternate picot (alt picot):
Ch 3, with back bar of chs facing away, insert hook under back lp and back bar of 3rd ch from hook, yo, pull up lp, yo, draw through both lps on hook.
BLANKET
With white, ch 185. Row 1 (RS): With back bar of chs (see illustration) facing away, insert hook under back lp and back bar of ch sts, work bottom petal (see Special Stitches) in 5th ch from hook (sk chs count as ch sp) (3 lps on hook), sk next 3 chs, bottom petal in next ch (5 lps on hook), yo, draw through all lps on hook ( flower bottom completed— see Pattern Notes), *ch 3, bottom petal in next ch, sk next 3 chs, bottom petal in next ch, yo, draw through all lps on hook; rep from * across to last ch, ch 2, dc in last ch st, turn. (36 flower bottoms, 35 ch-3 sps, 1 ch-4 sp, 1 ch-2 sp, 1 dc)
Row 2: Picot (see Special Stitches), ch 1, flower top (see Special Stitches) in each eye (see Pattern Notes) across, ch 1, hdc in 3rd ch of turn ch, turn. (36 flower tops, 2 ch-1 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc)
Row 3: Picot, ch 3, sk first hdc, work bottom petal in next ch st, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, ch 3, *2 dc in next flower top ch-2 sp**, dc in gap between flower tops, rep from * across, ending last rep at ** in second-to-last flower top, ch 3, bottom petal in last petal st of same flower top, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook ch 3, hdc in next ch st, leave picot unworked, turn. (101 dc, 2 flower bottoms, 4 ch-3 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc) Row 4: Picot, ch 1, flower top in next eye, ch 1, dc in next and each dc across, flower top in next eye, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, hdc in next ch st, leave picot unworked, fasten off, turn. (101 dc, 2 flower tops, 3 ch-1 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc)
Note: Use flower colors consecutively in the following sequence: red, coral, yellow.
Row 5: With next flower color (see Pattern Notes), alt picot (see
Special Stitches), ch 3, bottom petal in next ch st, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, *ch 3, bottom petal in same st as last bottom petal made, sk next 2 dc**, bottom petal in next dc, yo, draw through all lps on hook; rep from * across to last 2 dc; rep once from * to **, bottom petal in next ch st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, ch 3, bottom petal in same st as last bottom petal made, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, ch 3, hdc in next ch st, leave picot unworked, turn. (36 flower bottoms, 37 ch-3 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc)
Row 6: Picot, ch 1, flower top in each eye across, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, hdc in next ch st, leave picot unworked, fasten off, turn. (36 flower tops, 2 ch-1 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc)
Row 7: With white, alt picot, ch 3, sk first hdc, work bottom petal in next ch st, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all
Stripes of blooming flowers on a soft white background welcome a new baby in style. You’ll have fun watching the flowers “bloom” as you crochet this blanket in easy-care worsted-weight yarn.
lps on hook, ch 3, *2 dc in next flower top ch-2 sp**, dc in gap between flower tops, rep from * across, ending last rep at ** in second-to-last flower top sp, ch 3, bottom petal in last petal st of same flower top, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, ch 3, hdc in next ch st, leave picot unworked, turn. (101 dc, 2 flower bottoms, 4 ch-3 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc) Rows 8–55: [Rep rows 4–7] 12 more times. (14 flower strips including beg edge) Row 56: Rep row 4 except do not fasten off white.
Row 57: Continuing with white, picot, ch 3, sk first hdc, bottom petal in next ch st, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, *ch 3, bottom petal in same st as last bottom petal made, sk next 2 dc**, bottom petal in next dc, yo, draw through all lps on hook; rep from * across to last 2 dc; rep once from * to **, bottom petal in next ch st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, ch 3, bottom petal in same st as last bottom petal made, sk next petal st, bottom petal in next petal st, yo, draw through all lps on hook, ch 3, hdc in next ch st, leave picot unworked, turn. (36 flower bottoms, 37 ch-3 sps, 1 picot, 1 hdc) Row 58: Ch 3, (petal st, ch 3, petal st) in each eye across, sk next 3 sts, dc in next ch st, leave picot unworked. Fasten off. (36 flower tops, 1 ch-3 sp, 1 dc)
TASSELS
Wrap yarn 16 times around a 41/2-inch piece of cardboard. Before cutting, pull a 14-inch length of yarn through top of tassel, tie it tightly, then cut bottom of tassel strands (A).
Keeping top tie ends free, wrap another 14-inch length of yarn 3 times around tassel approximately 1/2 inch from top and tie tightly, leaving tails to become part of tassel (B). Pull one top tie tail through end flower at corner of blanket and tie to second tail. Use needle to thread all yarn tails down through tassel.
Rep for rem 3 corners of blanket. Trim tassel ends evenly.