How to Crochet a Baby Blanket
Crocheting a baby blanket isn’t as hard as it looks. Follow these basic looks and you will finish a beautiful baby blanket in no time at all!
How to Crochet a baby blanket:
- Choose your yarn, colors, and stitch design
The first step in crocheting a blanket is choosing your yarn, yarn colors, and the stitch design. For a baby blanket, try to choose the softest yarn. Jo-Ann.com has all sorts of yarns to choose from in their Knit & Crochet @ Jo-Ann.com!. You can find some very soft acrylics, or you can go all out and purchase some cashmere.
Choose colors that you think will work best. Think pastels and light colors. Some great colors are blue, green, pink, violet, and yellow for baby blankets. Mix and match what you think will look good.
Decide on a stitch and pattern. You might choose to use a whole entire Baby blanket patterns
- Make a chain the length of your blanket
Begin by making a chain for your blanket. If you are using a pattern or a complicated stitch, make sure you make the right amount of chains. Some will say you need groups of 8 plus two. This would mean you need to make a chain that is divisible by 8 plus two.
For example, with this pattern, you could make the chain 8 groups of 8, which would be 64 links, plus two, which would be a total of 66 links.
Some patterns are complicated, others are simple. Make sure you get it right to avoid visible mistakes.
- Follow your pattern
Now is the fun part, get crocheting! Just follow along your pattern. If you are new to crocheting, you might think you are working really slow and will never finish. Don’t worry, the more you crochet, the better and faster you get.
Be careful as you move along to keep each row equal. It is very easy to make a shrinking or expanding blanket that will not look right. Also remember to be careful with your colors and stitches to make sure you use the right ones at the right time.
- Finish it off
One you are finished with the bulk of the blanket, you can rest assured because it’s almost completely done. Check it over to make sure it is even and correct. There’s nothing worse than realizing you made a very noticeable mistake early on that you can’t fix. This should also remind you to be careful and check it as you go.
- Add a border
When you are finished, you might decide to add a border. This is completely optional. Sometimes it’s a good idea to do to cover up some mistakes on the edges.
If you do decide to use a border, you can use a basic stitch once or twice, all the way around the blanket.
Once you finish the blanket, it is ready to give to that special baby!