BABY BLANKET
Give corner-to-corner crochet a try for a newborn gift with this sparkly number by Hannah Cross.
Get nostalgic with Hannah’s gorgeous blanket, hooked up in sparkly Scheepjes Stardust yarn. It’s a good project for trying a corner-to-corner blanket for the first time: don’t forget to turn the blocks!
NOTES
Please refer to the Chart below.
This pattern is worked using a ‘corner-tocorner’ (c2c) construction. Each block is made up of a ch3 and 3tr. Each ‘row’ is worked diagonally, starting with 1 block in the bottom right corner, increasing to 2 blocks in the next row working from left to right diagonally on the Chart, 3 blocks in the next row working from right to left on the Chart, and so on. Refer to Chart for colour changes throughout; each square represents one c2c block.
BLANKET
INCREASE ROWS
Using Yarn A, ch6.
Row 1 (RS) Tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch (1 block made), turn. [1 c2c block] Change to Yarn B.
Row 2 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, ss to the ch-3 sp of the first block, ch3, 3tr in same ch-3 sp, turn. [2 c2c blocks]
Change to Yarn A.
Row 3 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, ss into ch-3 sp from last block of last row, ch3, 3tr into same ch-3 sp, ss into next ch-3 sp, ch3, 3tr into same ch-3, turn. [3 c2c blocks]
Follow the Chart for colour changes.
Row 4 Ch6, tr in fourth ch from hook, tr in next 2 ch, *ss into ch-3 space of last row, ch3, 3tr into same ch-3 sp; repeat from * across. [4 c2c blocks]
Rows 5-51 Repeat Row 4, increasing by one c2c block each row. [51 c2c blocks]
DECREASE ROWS
Row 52 Ss in first 3 sts, (ss, ch3, 3tr) in ch-3 sp of previous row, rep from * to last ch3-sp, ss in last ch3-sp, turn.
[50 c2c blocks]
Repeat Row 52 until the square is complete.
Fasten off and weave in ends.