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Sweet Baby Dreams Afghan

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Tuck your little one in with this cozy and cuddly Sweet Baby Dreams Afghan. Made to look like puffy clouds, this precious crocheted afghan pattern is sure to keep your baby sleeping throughout the night. Using a mix of yarn colors, this crocheted afghan is perfect for little girls and boys alike, and it makes a wonderful gift for a baby shower. With as soft and cuddly as this blanket is, it's sure to be a treasured keepsake for years to come.

Primary TechniqueCrochet

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Materials:

  • 2 skeins Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Baby Pink
  • 4 skeins Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Baby Print
  • 3 skeins Red Heart Classic yarn in Maize
  • 5.0 mm (US H-8) crochet hook or size needed for gauge

 

Gauge: 

  • 6 row repeat – 3 ½”
  • 2 Shells – 2 ½”

 

Special Stitch:

  • Shell – (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in stitch or space as indicated.

Sweet Baby Dreams Afghan

Instructions:
Blanket Measures:  41” x 46”
Blanket is crocheted in multiples of 5 plus 4.

  1. Row 1 (RS): With baby print ch 149, Shell in 6th ch from hook, *skip 4 chs, Shell in next ch, repeat from * across to last 3 chs, skip 2 chs, dc in last ch, turn.
     
  2. Row 2: Ch 3, Shell in each ch 1 space of Shell across, dc in last dc, turn.
     
  3. Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 1, sc in next ch 1 space, ch 1, * skip 2 dc, working around previous row, dc in space between 2 rows below, ch 1, sc in next ch 1 space, ch 1, repeat from * across, sc in last dc, fasten off and turn.
     
  4. Row 4: Join pink in first stitch, ch 3, dc in same stitch, *skip 2 ch 1 spaces, Shell in next dc, repeat from * across to last 2 ch 1 spaces, skip 2 spaces, 2 dc in last  sc, turn.
     
  5. Row 5: Ch 3, dc in first dc, Shell in each ch 1 space of Shell across, 2 dcs in last dc, turn.
     
  6. Row 6: Ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 1, skip next dc, working around previous row, dc in space between dc two rows below, *ch 1, sc in next ch 1 space, ch 1, skip 2 dc, working around previous row, dc in space between two rows below, repeat from * across to last 2 dc, skip 1 dc, sc in last dc, fasten off and turn.
     
  7. Row 7: Join baby print in first stitch, ch 3, Shell in next dc and in each dc across, dc in last sc, turn.

Color Scheme:  Continue pattern for a total of 75 rows as follows:  (3 rows baby print, 3 rows maize, 3 rows baby print, 3 rows pink) 5 times, 3 rows baby print, 3 rows maize, 3 rows baby print, fasten off after last row. 

Edging

  1. With baby print and right side facing work along top edge 7 dc in first right corner sc, *(sc, ch 2, dc, ch 2, sc) in next dc, 6 dc in next dc, repeat from * across ending 7 dc in last sc.
     
  2. Work along side edge (sc, ch 3, sc) in first dc space, *5 dc in next dc space, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next dc space, repeat from * across.
     
  3. Work along bottom edge 7 dc in first ch space, *(sc, ch 2, dc, ch 2, sc) in next ch space, 6 dcs in next ch space, repeat from * across ending 7 dc in last ch space.
     
  4. Work along side edge as for opposite side edge ending join to beginning dc and fasten off.

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