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Sweet Stripes

Baby Blanket

Design by Annie’s

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

30 inches wide x 35 inches long

MATERIALS

• King Cole Melody DK
  light (DK) weight acrylic
  yarn (31/2 oz/320 yds/
  100g per ball):
  4 balls #3190 sundae


• Size K/101/2/6.5mm crochet hook


• Tapestry needle
  GAUGE
  Gauge is not important for this
  project.

FEATURES

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work

progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated

unless otherwise stated.

BLANKET

Row 1 (RS): Ch 6, dc in 4th ch

from hook (3 sk chs count as a

ch sp), dc in each of next 2 chs,

turn. (3 dc, 1 ch sp)

Row 2: Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from

hook, dc in each of next 2 chs,

(sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch sp,

turn. (6 dc, 2 ch sps)

Row 3: Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from

hook, dc in each of next 2 chs,

(sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in each ch sp

across, turn. (9 dc, 3 ch sps)

Rows 4–41: Rep row 3. (123 dc,

41 ch sps)

Row 42: Ch 1, sl st in each of

first 3 sts, (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in

each ch sp across, turn.

Row 43: Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from

hook, dc in each of next 2 chs,

This corner-to-corner blanket works up quickly in self-striping

yarn beginning at the bottom corner, increasing to the widest

point and then decreasing to the top corner.

EASY

(sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in each ch sp

across to last ch sp, sl st in last

ch sp, turn.

Rows 44–49: [Rep rows 42 and

43] 3 times.

Rows 50–90: Ch 1, sl st in each

of first 3 sts, (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in

each ch sp across to last ch sp,

sl st in last ch sp, turn. (3 dc,

1 ch sp at end of last row)

Edging

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc evenly around,

working sc in each dc, 2 sc in

each ch sp, and 3 sc in each

corner, join (see Pattern Notes)

in beg sc.

Rnds 2 & 3: Ch 1, sc in each

st around, working 3 sc in each

3-sc group at corners, join in beg

sc. At end of rnd 3, fasten off. CW