Crochet baby blanket patterns

Crochet pattern: Little Sheep Baby Blanket

20/06/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns 10 Comments

For a long time I had an idea for a cute little sheep granny square in my head, but there was always something, maybe not more urgent, but a project I started, or a project which I kept even longer in my head, so the little sheep granny square had to wait its time. After several flowery pattern I made in the meantime, it was time for little sheep to finally show its cute little face to the world! Let me introduce to you: Little Sheep Baby Blanket! It’s the fourth blanket in my animal blanket series which includes:
* Teddy Bear Blanket
* Little Lion Blanket
* Rainbow Lion Blanket

Update: Vintage Style Teddy Bear Blanket is available now! (in English and German)

The blanket is approximately 83 cm (32.5″) long and 70 cm (27.5″) wide. It’s consisted of 30 squares (6×5), 30 little sheep heads, and I enjoyed immensely making it.

Every time I finished a square I had a feeling that one little sheep has just come alive! There is something special with the grannies which have eyes and a muzzle on it! At least to me, because it’s so obvious that I love (very, very much) cute, happy things and creatures.

Yarn. I’m very happy and grateful that I have access to such great yarn like “Tango” from St. George (manufacturer from Serbia) which I used for this blanket. “Tango” is 100% cotton yarn 125m/50g, which is (according to Wikipedia) 3 or Light in the USA; DK (Double Knit) or 8 ply in the UK; 8 ply in Australia. I used 3.5 mm crochet hook (USA – size 4/E, UK-9)

The border is very simple, and when I say “very simple” that means that you don’t have to count stitches at all, you just repeat the same stitch along the row… which means that you’re free to listen without distraction to your favorite audio book, or to your favorite podcast. I love to listen for example to The Lively Show, a podcast by Jess Lively or to The School of Greatness podcast by Lewis Howes, these 2 are among my favorites, along with unavoidable Hay House Radio (radio for your soul!).

The pattern and step-by-step tutorial for this blanket is written in English, using standard American crochet terms.

It’s very detailed and includes:
* List of supplies
* Step by step instruction on how to make Little Sheep granny square and border
* Step-by-step instruction on how to join squares
* Written pattern for Little Sheep granny square and border
* 110 step-by-step photographs
* Crochet charts for Little Sheep square and 2 diagrams

And you can always contact me if you have any difficulties with the pattern, I answer every email from my customers, as soon as I notice it.

Little sheep crochet baby blanket pattern

So, if you like the idea of a cute little bunch of sheep keeping your baby safe and warm, check out The Little Sheep baby blanket pattern in Dada’s place shop (Payment options: credit cards and PayPal).

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop and in my Etsy shop (Payment option: PayPal).

English Garden Baby Blanket

06/04/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns, Crochet blankets 29 Comments

A long time ago I fell in love with English gardens. The culprit for that was Penelope Hobhouse, a famous British gardener. I enjoyed immensely watching her amazing TV gardening shows, while dreaming of having a beautiful, lush garden of my own. Now, many years after, I still don’t have any garden, let alone an English garden. I live in a flat on the seventh floor… but, I have my beautiful plants on the balcony, my little piece of heaven. There I keep a ginkgo biloba tree, which we brought from Hungary when my son was a little baby, a little olive tree we brought from Corfu island (Greece), a yellow hibiscus, also brought from Greece, a little avocado tree, grown from the seed… along with many others seasonal flowering plants…

So, I decided, if I can’t have an English garden, I can have at least an English Garden Blanket. Now, you can see how much love has been weaved into this blooming blanket.

The blanket is made of 100% cotton yarn “Tango” and “Tango color”, 125m/50g from St. George (manufacturer from Serbia). It measures approximately 83 x 68 cm (32.5″ x 26.5″).

The English Garden Blanket is similar to my Victorian Flower Blanket. Actually, the first 4 rows are the same, but the blankets have different petals, and the last 2 rows are different, too. It seems to me that the English Garden Blanket is lighter, more transparent and has that appealing lacy charm. The borders are completely different, but I think that the English Garden Blanket border would look nice on Victorian Flower Blanket and vice versa.

Vintage granny square crochet blanket pattern

For this blanket I used 3,5 mm crochet hook (USA – size E-4, UK – size 9). The pattern is written using US crochet terms.

The English Garden Blanket pattern is very detailed with lots of step-by-step photographs. When I write a pattern, I always have in mind that not so long ago I was a complete beginner, not knowing anything about crochet… So I want my patterns to be clear and easy to follow. That’s why this pattern has more than 90 step-by-step photographs, 5 crochet charts and several diagrams.

English Garden Crochet Blanket step-by-step tutorial

So, if you love English gardens too, and would like to have one in the form of a blanket, you can purchase this pattern in Dada’s place shop. (Payment options: credit cards and PayPal)

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)

Norwegian Forest Blanket Pattern

03/03/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns 26 Comments

I named this blanket “Norwegian forest” because it reminds me of the pictures of beautiful and powerful Norwegian landscapes my friend sent me when she left to live in Norway. I was fascinated with that endless, icy and serene beauty… minimalistic but powerful!

The blanket measures approximately 86 x 86 cm (34″ x 34″) and it is consisted of 16 granny squares, (20 x 20 cm) joined with single crochet.

For this blanket I chose a yarn I have never worked with before. It’s “Una” from St. George, 115m/50g, 55% acrylic, 40% cotton and 5% metalized polyester. The yarn is breath taking, streaked with silver threads, and I’m very sorry I didn’t manage to show all that beauty in the pictures. The reason why these pictures don’t reflect true beauty of this yarn is because I use only natural light for shooting, and these winter days are so dark and gloomy… Anyway, it was a real pleasure to work with this soft, amazing yarn.

I used 4 mm crochet hook (USA – size G-6, UK – size 8). The pattern is written using US crochet terms.

Popcorn granny square crochet blanket pattern

Like all my patterns, this one is also very detailed. There are step-by-step instruction on how to make the square, as well as how to make the border, with more than 120 step-by-step photographs. I also made crochet charts for square and border, and there are written patterns for square and border, too. I hope that this pattern will be very easy to follow, because I wrote it having in mind that not so long ago I was an inexperienced crocheter (read: beginner) with absolutely no clue about crochet! I remember so well how I appreciated any detailed step-by-step tutorial which I was able to follow with my poor knowledge of crochet!

The pattern has 22 pages! Can you believe it?

The Norwegian Forest Blanket Pattern is now available in Dada’s place shop, (payment options: Credit cards & PayPal).

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop, and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)