I’ve been making something for a friend’s imminent baby. Soft, thick and colourful.
It’s a cotton-viscose, crocheted baby blanket in a rather lovely decorative stitch I’d been wanting to try out. It’s called ‘shell and cluster’.
Which lends itself rather nicely to a contrast stripe:
It was reasonably simple to make, so I thought I’d share the pattern. As before, you have the choice of UK/Australian or US crochet terminology. Click on the one you prefer.
A quick update: I delivered the blanket to the baby-mama just in time; she went into labour while I was there! (Must have liked the blanket so much she wanted to start using it straight away.) A beautiful boy arrived at 1.45 am that night. Congratulations to Misty and Mike.
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Is there a photo of the whole blanket?
Yes, but it wasn’t as pretty as the others. (The photo, that is).
But I’ve added it to the end of the post, anyway.
your blanket is really very pretty….i loved it………..
……….& thanks for the free pattern.
Wow….that looks very pretty, how and where can i get that free pattern?
Thanks Bhanu! Just click on the the name of the pattern you prefer (UK or US terminology) above the update in the post above, and it will take you to a PDF file of the pattern.