Cupcake Baby Blanket
The Cupcake Baby Blanket pattern was part of a Mini CAL here on Moogly, but it is now complete and all right here! This is a great beginner pattern, so jump right in and give it a try!
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Featuring a Mix of Stitches
This blanket has tons of great texture – the lines in the “paper liner” are achieved with simple post stitches, and the “sprinkles” on the icing are treble crochets sandwiched between single crochets – simple but super effective! Lots for baby to touch and love.
Cupcake Baby Blanket
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US – H, 5.0mm hook -Furls
750 ydsLion Brand Ice Cream Big Scoop(100% acrylic; DK/yarn symbol “3”; 1117 yds/1021 m; 10.02 oz)Colorway shown: Tutti Frutti, 1 ball – CA
455 ydsLion Brand Ice Cream(100% acrylic; DK/yarn symbol “3”; 394 yd/360 m; 3.50 oz))Colorway shown: Sprinkles – Rainbow, 2 balls – CB
Stitch Markers -Clover Lock Ring Markers
Gauge:14 sts x 8 rows = 4″/10cm in dc
Finished Size:41″ wide x 43″ long at largest points
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Crochet Abbreviations
Post Stitches
Tr (Treble St)
Picot
NOTES: When working the 1st half, starting in Row 3, place st markers at Stitch 30 and Stitch 60 and move them up each row to make stitch changes easier to keep track of. In both parts of the blanket, the even numbered rows (and Row 79) are on the Right Side.
INSTRUCTIONS
PART 1 INSTRUCTIONS Using Ice Cream Big Scoop (CA):
Row 1: Ch 92, skip the 2 chs closest to the hook, dc in each remaining ch; turn. (90 sts)
Row 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), dc in each st across; turn.
Row 3: Ch 2, dc in 1st 30 sts, hdc in next 30 sts, sc in last 30 sts; turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in 1st 30 sts, hdc in next 30 sts, dc in last 30 sts; turn.
Row 5 and 6: Ch 2, dc in each st across; turn.
Row 7: Ch 2, dc in 1st st, fpdc in each remaining st across; turn.
Row 8 – 12: Repeat Rows 2 – 6.
Row 13 – 78: Repeat Rows 7 – 12 11 times; do not turn after Row 78. Instead, turn work 90° to work across the longest side of Rows 78 – 1.
Row 79: Ch 1, sc evenly across sides of rows, working 2 sc in side of each row, for 156 total sts; break yarn. (156 sts)
PART 2 INSTRUCTIONS: Using Ice Cream Sprinkles (CB):
NOTE: Push tr sts to “back” or RS before crocheting the next st.
Row 80: Join to 1st st made in Row 79 (from RS), dc in each st across; turn. (156 sts)
Row 81: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, *skip the next st, (tr, sc) in next st; rep from * across until 1 st remains, sc in last st, turn. (156 sts)
Row 82: Ch 2, dc2tog (in 1st 2 sts), dc in each st across until 2 sts remain, dc2tog (in last 2 sts); turn. (154 sts)
Row 83: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, *skip the next st, (tr, sc) in next st; rep from * across until 1 st remains, sc in last st, turn. (154 sts)
Row 84: Ch 2, dc2tog (in 1st 2 sts), dc in each st across until 2 sts remain, dc2tog (in last 2 sts); turn. (152 sts)
Row 85: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, *skip the next st, (tr, sc) in next st; rep from * across until 1 st remains, sc in last st, turn. (152 sts)
Row 86: Ch 1, dc2tog twice (in 1st 4 sts), dc in each st across until 4 sts remain, dc2tog twice (in last 4 sts); turn. (148 sts)
Row 87: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, *skip the next st, (tr, sc) in next st; rep from * across until 1 st remains, sc in last st, turn. (148 sts)
Row 88: Ch 1, dc2tog twice (in 1st 4 sts), dc in each st across until 4 sts remain, dc2tog twice (in last 4 sts); turn. (144 sts)
Row 89: Sl st in 1st 6 sts, ch 1, sc in next st, *skip the next st, (tr, sc) in next st; rep from * across until 7 sts remains, sc in next st, last 6 sts remain unworked, turn. (132 sts)
Row 90 – 119: Repeat Rows 80 – 89 three times. (60 sts on Row 119)
Row 120: Ch 2, dc2tog twice, dc in next 25 sts, tr3tog in same st as previous st and next 2 sts, picot, dc in same st as last part of the tr3tog, dc in next 25 sts, dc2tog twice; break yarn.
Edging: With Ice Cream Big Scoop Colorway, sc evenly around blanket, working 3 sc in the picot. (Tip: Cut out any white sections or yarn for the edging to make it “pop” more!)
And that’s it for the Cupcake Baby Blanket! Look for the matching Cupcake Toddler Purse coming up next week on Moogly!
The Fine Print
Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2016, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern, or translate it to another language, please visit theAboutpage for details. Thank you to Lion Brand Yarn for providing the yarn for this pattern!
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