Uniflower Baby Blanket

EDIT: The instructions for this pattern have been reviewed and updated on July 25th, 2020.

Hello friends! I've been fond of these 3D little crochet flowers featured on MyPicot.com ever since I discovered the site, but never had the guts to learn how to crochet and incorporate them in any design. Having a combination of baby yarn at hand, I decided that this is the time to put my own spin on this, and so I came up with this baby blanket project.

I had a blast crocheting this blanket, as I found that work flowed easily and smoothly once I got the hang of crocheting the flowers. You can also choose to make it in one color, pink or blue to make the blanket suit a baby's gender, or make it using any unisex color you fancy. Have fun making it! 

Level: Intermediate 

Materials

• Yarn: Alize, Sekerim, Mini Colors, (100% Acrylic), 100 g/ 3.52 oz, 320 m/ 350 yards, color 6263: 2 skeins (A). Alize, Baby Best, (90% Acrylic, 10% Bamboo), 100 g/ 3.52 oz, 240 m/ 262 yds, color Blue 185: 2 skeins (B), color Pink 189: 2 skeins (C).

• Crochet Hook: 4 mm/ US G-6.
• Tapestry needle

Measurements: 77.5 x 77.5 cm/ 30.5" x 30.5" approx.

Gauge: 

• Yarn (A): 20 sts and 13 rows = 4"x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in double crochet stitch. 
• Yarn (B) and (C): 20 sts and 10 rows = 4"x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in double crochet stitch.

Yardage: 1250- 1300 m/ 1500-1550 yds.

Crochet Terms (US):

• ch: chain.
• ss: slip stitch.
• sc: single stitch.
• dc: double crochet.
• cps: crochet puff stitch.
• dc2tog: double crochet 2 together.

Notes

• Ch 3 at the beginning of rows counts as tr.
• Don't cut yarn (A) when working with yarn (B) or (C), you can hide it later when crocheting the edge rounds.
• Yarn (B) and (C) are used alternately.
• The pattern of crochet puff stitch and flower tutorials are at the bottom of the post.

Instructions:

With yarn (A), make a knot and work as follows:

Row 1: Ch 4, dc 3, tr in first ch, turn. (5 sts)

Row 2: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc to last st, (dc, tr) in last st, turn. (8 sts)

Row 3 and 4: repeat row 2. (14 sts)

Flower stripe rows:

Join yarn (B) and work next two rows:

Row 5: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip st, ch 1, dc in dc 6 times, (dc, tr) in last st, turn.

Row 6: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc in dc 5 times, (dc, tr) in last st, cut yarn, turn.

With yarn (A) work next four rows:

Row 7: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 6 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, dc in dc 7 times, (dc, tr) in last st, turn. (23 sts)

Rows 8 to 10: repeat row 2. (32 sts)

Join yarn (C) and work next two rows:

Row 11: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip st, ch 1, dc in dc 17 times, skip st, ch 1, dc in dc 6 times, (dc, tr) in last st, turn.

Row 12: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc in dc 13 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc in dc 5 times, (dc, tr) in last st, cut yarn, turn.

With yarn (A) work next four rows:

Row 13: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 6 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, dc in dc 13 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, dc in dc 7 times, (dc, tr)  in last st, turn. (41 sts)

Rows 14 to 16 : repeat row 2. (50 sts)



General pattern (increase rows):

Join yarn (B) and work next two rows:

Row 1: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip st, ch 1, *dc in dc 17 times, skip st, ch 1, repeat from * to last 7 sts, dc in dc 6 times, (dc, tr) in last st, turn.

Row 2: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, *dc in dc 13 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, repeat from * to last 6 sts, dc in dc 5 times, (dc, tr) in last st, cut yarn, turn.

With yarn (A) work next four rows:

Row 3: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 6 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, *dc in dc 13 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, repeat from * to last 8 st, dc in dc 7 times, (dc, tr)  in last st, turn. 

Rows 4 to 6 : (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc to last st, (dc, tr)  in last st, turn. 

Repeat these 6 rows pattern 8 times, or as many as you prefer. Note: don't forget to change the flower rows yarn (B) and (C) alternately .

Join yarn (B) and work next two rows (blanket diagonal):

Row 1: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 5 times, skip st, ch 1, *dc in dc 17 times, skip st, ch 1, repeat from * to last 7 sts, , dc in dc 6 times, (dc, tr) in last st, turn.

Row 2: (ch 3, 2 dc) together, dc in dc 3 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, *dc in dc 13 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, repeat from * to last  6 sts, dc in dc 4 times, dc2tog, cut yarn, turn.



General pattern (decrease rows):

With yarn (A) work next four rows:

Row 1: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc twice, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, *dc in dc 13 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, repeat from * to last 4 sts, dc in dc twice, dc2tog, turn.

Rows 2 to 4: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc to last 2 sts, dc2tog, turn.

Join yarn (C) and work next two rows:

Row 5: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc 7 times, skip st, ch 1, *dc in dc 17 times, skip st, ch 1, repeat from * to last 9 sts, dc in dc to 7 times, dc2tog, turn.

Row 6: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc 3 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, *dc in dc 13 times, skip 2 sts, ch 2, dc 2 in ch 1 space, make the flower pattern, skip 2 sts, ch 2, repeat from * to last  6 sts, dc in dc 4 times, dc2tog, cut yarn, turn.

Repeat this (6 rows pattern) 9 times, or until 14 sts are left.

Last decrease rows:

With yarn (A) work last four rows:

Row 1: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc twice, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, dc in dc twice, dc2tog, turn. (11 sts)

Rows 2 and 3: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc to last 2 sts, dc2tog, turn. (5 sts)

Row 4: (ch 3, dc 4) together, cut yarn.

Weave in loose ends.



Edging:

join yarn (C) at any corner, into the ch 3 post:

Round 1: ch 1, *sc 3 into ch 3 space, sc 3 in tr post, repeat to next corner, ch 1, repeat from * around the blanket, ss to first sc.

Round 2: ch 1, reverse sc into sc, skip sc, repeat around the blanket. (Note: skip the ch 1 at corners instead of sc). ss to first reverse sc, cut yarn. Weave in loose ends and block if needed. (See photo below)

Crochet Puff Stitch (cps):

1. Yarn over, insert hook around the dc post (or where it is placed in the pattern), yarn over again and draw through. (3 loops on the hook)
2. Repeat step 1 two more times.(7 loops on the hook)
3. Yarn over and pull through 6 loops.
4. Yarn over and pull through the remaining 3 loops on the hook.

Flower pattern:

Flower pattern is worked in yarn (B) and (C) stripes only. The place of the flower is mentioned in the general pattern (check please):

1. ch 3, make 1 cps around the the second dc post, ch 3, ss around the same dc.

2. Repeat step 1.

3. ch 3, (make 1 cps, ch 3 and ss) through ch 1 of previous row and dc of the row below.

 4. ch 3, make 1 cps around the first dc post, ch 3, ss around the same dc.

5. Repeat step 4.

6. Bring the ch on hook to back through the flower center.

7. Follow the rest of instructions.

Lastly, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or find something confusing in the pattern.

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