Soft Cherry Steps Baby Blanket

Soft Cherry Steps Baby Blanket ~

Crochet Pattern

I designed the Soft Cherry Steps Baby Blanket for my Charity, Crafting A Rainbow Of Hope. The blanket is simple and a quick pattern to work up if you are in need of a baby shower or welcoming gift.  It will look great in solids, prints, strips or as a stash buster where you change colors every row or every few rows.  It is a great item to add to your charity donations.  

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Level of Difficulty – Beginner Yarn – Red Heart Soft Baby Steps, #4, 4 oz/204 yds/113 g/187 m, color Cherry Cola Print, used approximately 500 to 520 yds Hook and Notions – Size Hook: H/8 (5.0mm) Blunt yarn needle (optional for weaving in ends) Scissors Measurement – Laying flat 30 inches square Gauge – 5 blocks (patterns) and 5 rows = 4 inches Abbreviations Ch/chs = chain/chains Dc = double crochet Sc = single crochet Sl st = slip stitch Sp = space Special Stitches Shell – work 5 dc in indicated space Notes – The C2C blanket is unique as it is worked from corner to corner and can be made any size.  You start off with 1 block and add 1 block per row until you have the width you want and then continue even for the length you want and then start decreasing blocks per row.

Instructions

Chain 6 Row 1: Dc in the 4th chain from the hook and in the next 2 chains. Turn (1 block made) Row 2:  Chain 6, dc in the 4^th chain from the hook and in the next 2 chains, work (ch 3, 3 dc) in the chain-3 space of the previous row. Turn (2 blocks made) Row 3: Chain 6, dc in the 4^th chain from the hook and in the next 2 chains, work (ch 3, 3 dc) in next chain-3 space of the previous row, repeat twice. Turn (3 blocks made) Row 4: Chain 6, dc in the 4^th chain from the hook and in the next 2 chains, work (ch 3, 3 dc) in next chain-3 space of the previous row, repeat 3 times. Turn (4 blocks made) Rows 5–36: Continue working in this manner, increasing 1 block on each row until there are 36 blocks across which will also give you 36 blocks in height. Now work in decreasing rows as follows: Row 37: Slip Stitch across the first 3 dc, * work (slip stitch, ch 3, 3 dc) all in the next ch-3 space of the previous row, repeat from * to the last ch-3 space; slip stitch in the last space. Turn, DO NOT make a block in the last space. (35 blocks made) Repeat Row 37 for decreasing block pattern until 1 block is worked on last row. Do not Fasten off Continue with Edging. Edging Working between the blocks, Chain 1, sc in the same stitch, * work shell (see special stitches) in the next space between blocks, sc in the next space between blocks, * repeat from * to * to corner, work shell in the corner stitch, repeat from * to * to the next corner, work shell in the corner stitch, repeat on the other 2 sides; join with a slip stitch in the top of sc. (18 sc on each side, 17 shells each side and 4 corner shells) Fasten off and weave in ends

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