Lovely Baby Blanket to Crochet

Baby Blanket using Modern Grace Design pattern

This is an easy baby blanket to crochet, using a Modern Grace Design pattern (click here).

For this baby blanket, I used 2 balls of Bernat Softee Baby 8 ply yarn (140g, 331m, 100% acrylic) in lemon. This yarn produced a soft and warm blanket with a great texture. The only alteration I made to the Modern Grace Design pattern was to begin with 89 chain – the pattern stated to begin with 62 chain – because I wanted a wider blanket.

The pattern also used a contrasting colour in the edging (2nd and last row). This would give a pretty finish and I might do this next time.

Also, when crocheting the first border row on the sides, making one single crochet for each row gives a nice finish.

The baby blanket I made had a finished size of about 20” by 24” and is great for use in the bassinet. It also used almost the entire 2 balls of yarn, which is 660m of yarn.

Here is another made up with a contrasting border of Antique White.

This was such an easy pattern to make that I plan on making a few of these and storing them for gifts.

Blanket number 4, finished on 14 June 2017. This one was made using Bernat Softee Baby 8 ply yarn in Mint, with edging in Antique White.