Crochet baby blanket

I had started this blanket when my sister was expecting a child but sadly my crochet skills were not really that great so it was left and occasionally worked on and then got stuffed to the back of the cupboard for several years, during which time the child grew up and at the time I completed it was 6 years old and I had not got enough yarn to make it a larger quilt.


I wanted my first blanket to be a traditional granny square pattern and learnt how to crochet them on a course at hometown. When I came to do it at home I soon became frustrated with continually having to change my yarn so decided that one granny square would be plenty to make an accent square (oh yes, I know that is cheating!)

I decided to use the opportunity to try out squares in several different stitches to add variety to the project and managed one more patterned square by using stripes. The yarn I used was a selection of cotton dk by Debbie Bliss, colour, 13002, 13039,13009, 13038 and crocheted using a 4mm hook.
















Once I had completed all the squares I played around with the layout on the floor in a similar way I would do with my quilt blocks before deciding on the final layout. Once decided I took a picture of it on my phone so I didn't need to number the squares and had a quick reference:









 I then crocheted it all together giving a border of a row of double crochet.  I finished it with a scalloped edge which is really quite simple but helps to bring the blanket together.

The finished item was then going to be given to my newest nephew but my son has decided that it would be his cuddle blanket while watching television.