The Bubbly Bobble Baby Blanket

July 18, 2018

As a school teacher, I find that the summer months are a wonderful opportunity to catch up on aspects of life that don’t revolve around classroom activities and responsibilities. And, as such, I decided to take this summer to get ahead on things in my crochet world. That included stocking up on some baby shower gifts so that I would be prepared if the need would arise during the school year.

I started by stocking up on Lion Brand’s Mandala yarn in preparation for some baby blanket creations. When I got my hands on some of the Wood Nymph colorway, I couldn’t wait to get to work! The colors in this yarn are gorgeous, and I love the way they blend with each other as the colors change!

I decided to stay simple with the stitching and let the yarn work its magic. By adding some bobbles along the way, this sweet blanket worked up quickly and beautifully with a little texture to travel along with the color changes.

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Finished size: approximately 30” x 39”

My Materials:

  • weight 3 yarn: Mandala (Wood Nymph), 2 cakes – Color A
  • DIYarn (Cream), 1 skein – Color B (optional)
  • Hook H (5.00 mm), for blanket
  • Hook I (5.5 mm), for edging
  • tapestry needle

Abbreviations:

  • ch – chain
  • sc – single crochet
  • hdc – half double crochet
  • * – work directions between the 2 * on repeat, as stated for that round

Notes:

  • Here is the Bobble Stitch used in this pattern: *Yarn over, insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook*, repeat 2 more times until there are 4 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through all 4 loops
  • When creating this blanket, I used 2 cakes of the same colorway of Lion Brand’s Mandala yarn. When purchasing the cakes, I bought 2 that were very similar in color changes, checking to make sure they began and ended with the same colors. I used the first cake as I usually do. However, when starting to use the second cake, I began it from the opposite end so that the coloring resulted in a mirrored effect rather than a repeated effect.

 

The Pattern

Blanket:

Using color A, ch 116

Row 1: Hdc in second chain and each remaining chain (115 hdc)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, hdc in the first stitch, *bobble stitch in the next stitch, hdc in the next 3 stitches*, repeat to the last 2 stitches, bobble stitch, hdc (86 hdc, 29 puffs)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, hdc across (115 hdc)

Row 4: ch 1, turn, hdc across (115 hdc)

Row 5: ch 1, turn, hdc in the first stitch, bobble stitch in the next, hdc across until 2 stitches remained, bobble stitch in the next, hdc in the last (113 hdc, 2 puffs)

Rows 6-119: Repeat rows 3-5

Row 120-121: Repeat rows 3-4

Row 122: Repeat row 2

Row 123: Repeat row 3

Finish off and tie in any ends.

Edging:

Using an I hook, attach color B (optional – you can use any remaining yarn from color A to work up the edging if you so desire) to any stitch in the middle of the last row worked. Single crochet in each stitch around, working 3 sc in each corner. Finish off and tie in ends.

 

Yarnfully Yours,