Crocheted Baby Comfort Blanket

If you're looking for an intermediate level crochet project, make the Crocheted Baby Comfort Blanket. This crochet baby blanket from Red Heart Yarn is great for babies and toddlers.

Blanket measures: 36” x 36”

Materials:

• Red Heart® “Super Saver®” 7 oz (198 g), 364 yd (333 m) skeins: 3 skeins 381 Light Blue
• Crochet hook, 6 mm [US I-9]
• Yarn needle

GAUGE: 3 clusters and 2 crossed dc = 4”; 6 rows = 4”. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.

Special Abbreviation:
cluster: [Yo, insert hook in next st or space, yo, draw yarn through, yo, draw yarn through 2 loops on hook] 3 times in same st or space, yo, draw yarn through 4 loops on hook.

Instructions:

BLANKET
Ch 103.
Row 1: Working in back bottom loop of each ch, cluster in 6th ch from hook, *ch 1, skip next 2 ch, dc in next ch, dc in last skipped ch to right of last dc (crossed dc made), ch 1, skip 1 ch, cluster in next ch; repeat from * across ending with ch 1, skip 1 ch, dc in last ch, turn – 20 clusters and 19 crossed dc.
Row 2: Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1 here and throughout), skip next ch-1 space, dc in next ch-1 space, dc in last skipped ch-1 space to the right (crossed dc made), *ch 1, cluster in space between next 2 dc of crossed dc, ch 1, crossed dc worked across next 2 ch-1 spaces; repeat from * across ending with ch 1, dc in 3rd ch of turning ch, turn.
Row 3: Ch 4, skip next ch-1 space, *cluster in space between next 2 dc of crossed dc, ch 1**, crossed dc worked across next 2 ch-1 spaces, ch 1; repeat from * across, ending last repeat at **, ch 1, dc in 3rd ch of turning ch, turn.
Rows 4-49: Repeat rows 2-3, 23 times. At end of last row, do not turn. Do not fasten off.
Round 1 (right side): Ch 1, *2 sc in each row-end st across left side to next corner*, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch, working across bottom, sc in each ch-1 space and in each ch at base of a st to next corner, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch; repeat from * to * across right side to next corner, (sc, ch 2, sc) in 3rd ch of top right turning ch, working across top edge, sc in first ch-1 space, sc in each st and each ch-1 space across to next corner, (sc, ch 2, sc) in last dc, join with slip st in first sc – 100 sc across each side; 4 ch-2 corner spaces.
Round 2 (right side): Ch 1, sc in first sc, *[skip next 2 sc, 5 dc (shell made) in next sc, skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc] across to next corner, skip next 2 sc, 7 dc in corner ch-2 space, skip next sc, sc in next sc; repeat from * around, join with slip st in first sc, turn.
Round 3 (wrong side): Ch 4, skip next dc, *sc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, sc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, [dc in next sc, ch 2, sc in center dc of next shell, ch 2] across to next corner**, dc in next dc, ch 1; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, join with slip st in 3rd ch of beginning ch-4, turn.
Round 4 (right side): Ch 3 (counts as dc), 4 dc in first st, sc in next sc, *[5 dc in next dc, sc in next sc] across to next corner, 2 dc in next sc, 5 dc in corner ch-2 space, 2 dc in next sc, sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with slip st in top of beginning ch. Fasten off. Weave in ends.