Beachy Stripes Baby Blanket

by Premier Yarns |

Item # 52916631P92
Intermediate Varies

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

  • Premier® Yarns Sweet Roll Sprinkles™ - Blueberry Sprinkles - 3 balls
  • Hook: US Size H (5 mm) Tunisian crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Notions: Tapestry needle

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length: 34"
Width: 28"

GAUGE
13 sts x 11 rows = 4" in stitch pattern
Save time, check your gauge.

DIRECTIONS:

Ch 90 sts.
Tunisian Simple Stitch
Set-up Row: In the back of the chain you made, pick up loops onto your hook across the chain row and leave all loops on the hook (you should have a total of 90 loops on the hook.)
Reverse Pass: Ch 1, *Yo and pull through 2 loops*; repeat from * until all but 1 loops are off the hook.
Forward Pass: Pick up the vertical bars you've created on the previous row and leave them on the hook. Be sure to catch the final bar at the end of the row for a total of 90 loops on the hook.
Work the reverse pass as above.
Rep the rows of forward and reverse pass approximately 88 times.
Work 1 row of SC across to fill in holes created by the reverse pass.

BORDER
Row 1: Sc into each stitch around the other 3 sides of the blanket, working sc, ch 1, sc in each corner; join with a sl st to first sc.
Row 2: Keeping each corner stitch as (sc, ch 1, sc), work the rest as follows:* Ch 1, sk 1 ch, sc in next ch 1 sp; rep from * around all 4 sides of blanket; join with sl st to first sc.
Row 3-5: Rep Row 2, keeping corners as established. Join with sl st to first sc.
Cut yarn and fasten off.

FINISHING
Use tapestry needle to weave in ends.

Abbreviations
ch - chain
rep - repeat
sc - single crochet
sk - skip
sl st - slip stitch
st(s) - stitch(es)
TSS - Tunisian simple stitch: the method used in this cloth which consists of a forward and return pass creating the look of small squares.
yo - yarn over

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