Newborn Soft Puff Blanket

Skill Level

** EASY

Finished Measurements

26 inches wide x 30 inches long

Materials

• Bernat Baby Blanket Tiny medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (31/2 oz/316
yds/100g per ball):
3 balls #14008 seedling
2 balls #14013 spring lamb
• Size L/11/8mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Measuring tape
• Scissors

Gauge

10 sts = 4 inches; 7 rows = 4 inches

Pattern Notes

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Blanket is crocheted from side to side holding 2 strands of yarn together throughout.

Edging is crocheted with 1 strand of yarn.

Chain-2 at beginning of row counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Special Stitch

Puff stitch (puff st): [Yo, insert hook in indicated ch or ch sp, yo, draw through ch or ch sp] twice, Yo, draw through all 5 lps on hook.

Blanket

Row 1 (RS): Holding 1 strand spring lamb and 1 strand seedling tog(see Pattern Notes), ch 75, puff st(see Special Stitch) in back bar(see illustration) of 3rd ch from hook (2 sk chs count as hdc), [ch 1, sk next ch, puff st in next ch] 35 times, ch 1, sk next ch, hdc in last ch, turn. (36 puff sts, 2 hdc)

Back Bar of Chain

Row 2: Ch 2(see Pattern Notes), puff st in ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next puff st, puff st in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next puff st, hdc in last st, turn.

Row 3: Rep row 2.

Row 4: Ch 2, puff st in ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next puff st, puff st in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next puff st, hdc in last st, changing color(see Stitch Guide) to 2 strands seedling, turn. Fasten off spring lamb.

Row 5: Rep row 2.

Row 6: Ch 2, puff st in ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next puff st, puff st in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next puff st, hdc in last st, changing to 2 strands spring lamb, turn. Fasten off seedling strands.

Row 7: Rep row 2.

Row 8: Ch 2, puff st in ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next puff st, puff st in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next puff st, hdc in last st, changing to 2 strands seedling, turn. Fasten off spring lamb strands.

Row 9: Rep row 2.

Row 10: Ch 2, puff st in ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next puff st, puff st in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next puff st, hdc in last st, changing to 1 strand spring lamb and 1 strand seedling, turn. Fasten off seedling strand not in use.

Rows 11–13: [Rep row 2] 3 times.

Rows 14–43: [Rep rows 4–13] 3 times.

Row 44: Ch 2, puff st in next ch-1 sp, [ch 1, sk next puff st, puff st in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next puff st, hdc in last st, changing to 1 strand seedling(see Pattern Notes), turn. Fasten off spring lamb strand.

Edging

With RS facing, ch 1, sk first st, 2 sc in next ch-1 sp, *[ch 1, sk puff st, sc in next ch-1 sp] across to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk last puff st, (sc, ch 1, sc) around post of hdc st, turn to work across ends of rows, [ch 1, sc around post of next hdc st] across to last row*, ch 1, (sc, ch 1, sc) around post of last hdc st, turn to work across foundation ch, sc in ch-1 sp before first puff st, rep from * to * once, ch 1, sc around post of last hdc st, ch 1, join with sl st in beg sc. Fasten off. (164 sc, 160 ch-1 sps)

Snowcapped Baby Hat

Skill Level

** EASY

Finished Measurements

13 inches in circumference x 5 inches tall (with brim folded up)

Gauge

15 sts = 4 inches; 12 rows = 4 inches

Materials

• Bernat Baby Blanket Tiny medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (31/2 oz/316
yds/100g per ball):
1 ball #14003 polar bear
• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker
• Measuring tape
• Scissors

Pattern Notes

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Mark first stitch of round; move marker up with each round.

Work in continuous rounds; do not turn or join unless otherwise stated.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Cap

Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 1, 8 sc in back bar of ch(see illustration), do not join, place marker in first sc made(see Pattern Notes),do not join(see Pattern Notes). (8 sts)

Rnd 2: [2 sc in front lp(see Stitch Guide) of next st, 2 sc in back lp(see Stitch Guide) of next st] 4 times. (16 sts)

Rnd 3: [2 sc in front lp of next st, sc in front lp of next st, 2 sc in back lp of next st, sc in back lp of next st] 4 times. (24 sts)

Rnd 4: [2 sc in front lp of next st, sc in front lp of each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in back lp of next st, sc in back lp of each of next 2 sts] 4 times. (32 sts)

Rnd 5: [2 sc in front lp of next st, sc in front lp of each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in back lp of next st, sc in back lp of each of next 3 sts] 4 times. (40 sts)

Rnd 6: [2 sc in front lp of next st, sc in front lp of each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in back lp of next st, sc in back lp of each of next 4 sts] 4 times. (48 sts)

Rnd 7: [Sc in front lp of each of next 6 sts, sc in back lp of each of next 6 sts] 4 times.

Rnds 8–16: Rep rnd 7.

Rnd 17: Sc in back lp of each st around.

Rnd 18: Rep rnd 17.

Rnd 19: Sc in back lp of each st around, join(see Pattern Notes) in back lp of beg st. Fasten off.

Finishing

Turn rnds 17–19 up to form brim.

One Step Baby Booties

Skill Level

** EASY

Finished Measurement

3½ inches long
Materials
• King Cole Cherished DK light (light worsted) weight acrylic yarn (3½ oz/273
yds/100g per skein):
1 skein #1410 white
• Size E/4/3.5mm crochet hook...