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Little Lamb Baby Blanket
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
27 inches wide x 25 inches long
MATERIALS
• Premier Everyday Soft Worsted medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (4 oz/203 yds/113g per skein): 3 skeins #100-23 mist 1 skein each #100-06 baby pink, #100-01 snow white and #100-12 black • Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle • Stitch marker
GAUGE
7 sc = 2 inches; 9 rows = 2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Do not join rounds unless otherwise stated. Use stitch marker to mark rounds and move marker as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-1 at beginning of row or round does not count as first single crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Large shell: 5 dc in indicated st. Shell: 3 dc in indicated st. Picot: Ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook.
BLANKET
Row 1 (RS): With mist, ch 96, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (95 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1 (see Pattern Notes), sc in first st, [ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st] across, turn. (47 ch-1 sps, 48 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, sc in next ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 46 times, sc in last st, turn. (46 ch-1 sps, 49 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first st, [ch 1, sk next st, sc in next ch-1 sp] 46 times, ch 1, sk next st, sc in last st, turn. (47 ch-1 sps, 48 sc)
Rows 5–94: [Rep rows 3 and 4 alternately] 45 times.
Row 95: Ch 1, sc in first st, [sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next st] across. Fasten off. (95 sc)
BORDER
Rnd 1: With baby pink and RS facing, join (see Pattern Notes) in end of last row at upper left corner of blanket, sc in same st, working across next side, sc in end of each row across to first row, 2 sc in end of first row, working in opposite side of foundation ch, sc each ch across, working across next side, 2 sc in end of first row, sc in end of each row across to last row, 2 sc in end of last row, working across last row of blanket, sc in each st across, join in beg sc, place marker. (384 sc)
Make this sweet little blanket for your sweet little lamb! Worked in simple stitches, the crocheted sheep motif is stitched to the blanket when it is finished.
Rnd 2: Sk first st, [sc in next st, sk next 2 sts, large shell (see
Special Stitches) in next st, sk next 2 sts] 63 times, sc in next st, sk next 2 sts, large shell in next st, sk last st, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (64 sc, 64 large shells)
LAMB Body
Rnd 1: With snow white, ch 10, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 7 chs, 3 sc in last ch, working on opposite side of foundation ch, sc in each of next 7 chs, 2 sc in same ch as first sc, do not join, place marker (see Pattern Notes). (20 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 7 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in each of next 9 sc, 2 sc in next sc. (24 sc)
Rnd 3: 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 9 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc, sc in each of next 11 sc, 2 sc in next sc. (28 sc)
Rnd 4: 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 10 sc, 2 sc in each of next 3 sc, sc in each of next 12 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc. (34 sc)
Rnd 5: 2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 14 sc, 2 sc in each of next 3 sc, sc in each of next 14 sc, 2 sc in each of next 2 sc. (40 sc)
Rnd 6: [Sc in next st, sk next st, large shell in next st, sk next st] around, join in beg sc, leaving a 24-inch length, fasten off. (10 sc, 10 large shells)
Head
Rnd 1: With black, ch 8, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 5 chs, 3 sc in last ch, working on opposite side of foundation ch, sc in each of next 6 chs, (sc,
picot— see Special Stitches, 2 sc) in same ch as first sc (18 sc, 1 picot), sl st in next st, picot, sl st in same st, leaving rem sts unworked and leaving a 12-inch length, fasten off. (2 sl sts, 1 picot)
Tail
Row 1: With black, ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 2 chs, leaving a 10-inch length, fasten off. (3 sc)
Leg
Make 4. Row 1: With black, ch 4, working in back bar of ch
(see illustration), sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of next 2 chs, leaving a 10-inch length, fasten off. (3 sc)
Heart
Row 1: With baby pink, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn. (1 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, 3 sc in next sc, turn. (3 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, turn. (5 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, turn. (7 sc) Row 5: Sl st in first st, shell (see Special Stitches) in next st, sk next st, sl st in next st, sk next st, shell in next st, sl st in last st, leaving a 12-inch length, fasten off. (3 sl sts, 2 shells) Sew heart to center portion of body of lamb.
FINISHING
Using photo as a guide and with RS of Blanket facing, sew body of lamb, head, tail and legs to bottom right corner of blanket. When sewing pieces to blanket, use care so that yarn does not show on WS of blanket.