Pretty in Pink Baby Blanket

Materials:

• 4 mm (H) hook
• 490g – 520g approximately 692 – 1020  yards (4 balls) of Chic Cotton Yarn (Marshmallow Flirt) by Figgi Yarns
• Stitch marker
• Wool needle

Notes:

• At the end of each round just carry on, do not join with a slip stitch unless otherwise marked.
• Mark the start of each round and then move marker as a round is completed.

Abbreviations:

HK – hook CH – chain SS – Slip Stitch
HDC – Half Double Crochet
DC - Double Corchet
DCCR - Double Crochet Cross Stitch – Miss 1 Stitch, DC in the next Stitch, DC in the stitch you missed to create a X. For the next stitch miss the stitch you have already worked, miss 1 stitch, dc in next stitch, then dc in the stitch you missed that hasn’t been worked.

Gauge
8 sts x 6 rows = 2"

Approximate Size
Width 28” (71cm) Length 36”(91.5cm)
Approximate Yardage
692 – 1020  yards (4 balls)

Instructions:

4mm (H) hook & Chic from Figgi Yarns
Ch 97
Row 1) 1 hdc in 3rd ch from hk, 94 hdc, ch 2, turn (95)
Row 2-5)             95 hdc, ch 2, turn (95)
Row 6) 47 dccr’s, 1 dc, ch 2, turn (95)
Row 7 – 11)                 95 hdc, ch 2, turn (95)
Row 12) 47 dccr’s, 1 dc, ch 2, turn (95)
Row 13 - 85) Repeat rows 7-12 13 times
Row 86 - 89)             95 hdc, ch 2, turn (95)
Row 90) 95 hdc, ch 1 (95)
Round 91) sc around the whole blanket putting 3 sc in each corner, ss to join to 1st sc
Round 92 – 93)    ch 2, hdc around, with 3 hdc in each corner, ss to join to top of ch 2
Round 94) Ch 2, dccr around the whole blanket (do not put extra stitches in the corners), join with ss to the top of the ch 2 (if you are left with one stitch at the end put a dc in this stitch)
Round 95) Ch 2, hdc around, with 3 hdc in each corner, ss to join to the top of the ch 2
Round 96) Ch 2, hdc around, with 3 hdc in each corner, ss to join to the top of the ch 2, finish