Free Crochet Pattern
Rice Seed Blanket
Crochet Hook 4.5 mm / US size 7
Yarn size 3 light DK / light worsted
e.g. Wolle Rödel Soft Merino
(18 sts x 24 rows = 10 x 10 cm)
For a 120 x 120 cm baby blanket you need
Color A (dark gray) 650g
Color B (light gray) 250g
Color C (yellow) 25g
120x120 cm / 50x50 inch
ch = chain stitch
ch3sp = space under a chain of 3 ch
dc = double crochet stitch
rnd = round
sc = slingle crochet stitch
slst = slip stitch
°...° = work all the stitches between ° and ° all into the same space or stitch
[...] ...x = repeat instructions written between the brackets as a sequence as many times as written after the closing bracket
Instructions
The Rice Seed Blanket is worked in closed round. That means you close every rnd with a slst into the first, or third initial ch stitch. Next, break the yarn and weave in the ends on then backside of the blanket.
Start a foundation chain of 4 ch from yarn A. Close chain to a ring with a slst into the first ch.
Rnd 01
ch 3, dc 2 into the ring, ch 3, [dc 3 into the ring, ch 3] 3x, slst to the 3rd ch of the beginning-ch3
Don't crochet into the top of the stitches, but work into the chain spaces under a ch-3 chain (ch3sp) between the dc-clusters from now on.
Rnd 02
Join yarn B into any ch3sp, ch 4, sc 1 into same ch3sp, ch 3, [°sc 1, ch 3, sc 1° into next ch3sp, ch 3] 3x, slst to 1st ch of the beginning-ch4.
Start the next round in one of the ch3-spaces in any corner of the square:
Rnd 03
Join yarn A into any ch3sp at a corner of the square, ch 3, °dc 2, ch 3, dc 3° into the same ch3sp, ch 1.
Into the ch3sp on the side: °dc 3°, ch 1,
into the ch3sp in the next corner:
°dc 3, ch 3, dc 3°, ch 1
Repeat the instructions alternately across all ch3-spaces all the way around the square. Close the rnd with a slst to the 3rd ch of the beginning-ch3.
Rnd 04
Join yarn B into any ch3sp in a corner of the square, ch 4, sc 1 into the same ch3sp, ch 3.
Into every chain space along the side: sc 1, ch 3,
into every ch3sp in a corner:
°sc 1, ch 3, sc 1°, ch 3.
Repeat the instructions alternately across all ch3-spaces all the way around the square. Close the rnd with a slst to the 1st ch of the beginning-ch4.
Rnd 05
Join yarn A into any ch3sp at a corner of the square, ch 3, °dc 2, ch 3, dc 3° into the same ch3sp, ch 1.
Into every ch3sp along the side: °dc 3°, ch 1,
into every ch3sp in a corner:
°dc 3, ch 2, dc 3°, ch 1
Repeat the instructions alternately across all ch3-spaces all the way around the square. Close the rnd with a slst to the 3rd ch of the beginning-ch3.
Repeat rnd 4 and rnd 5 alternately, until your blanket reached the desired size.
For the very last round, which is the border and a repitition of rnd 4, you change to yarn C (yellow), or any other color that you prefer to use as a conrasting color.
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