Picot Stitch Baby Blanket
Designed by Aline Suplinskas

Rub your hand over this wonderfully textured blanket and you'll see why baby is as happy as he is cute in this soft-to-the-touch blanket.

Experience Level
Intermediate

Finished Size
38" x 30"

Materials

• 3-ply baby pompadour yarn* (1 3/4 oz per skein): 10 skeins white #2801
• Size F/5 crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge
[Dc, picot , dc] 4 times and 4 rows = 2"
To save time, take time to check gauge.

Pattern Note
Join rnds with a sl st unless otherwise stated.

Pattern Stitch
P: Ch 2, sl st in dc just made.

Blanket
Row 1: Ch 169, dc in 4th ch from hook, sk 1 ch, dc in next ch, p, dc in same st, [sk 2 chs, dc in next ch, p, dc in same st] rep across to last 2 chs, sk 1 ch, dc in last ch, turn. (counting last 3 chs of foundation ch as first dc, plus 1 dc 55 pattern rep, plus 1 dc)
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc throughout), dc in first st, [sk 1 dc and p, dc in next dc, p, dc in next dc] rep across to last 2 dc,sk 1 dc, dc in 3rd ch of beg ch-3, turn. Rep Row 2 until piece measures 36", at end of last row, do not turn or fasten off.

Edging
Rnd 1: Working over ends of rows, sc over first dc row, *[ch 6, sk next row, sc over next row] rep across to corner, ch 6,[sc, ch 6, sc] in corner st*, [ch 6, sc in next ch-2 sp, sk next ch-2 sp] rep across bottom to corner, ch 6, [sc, ch 6, sc] in corner st, rep from * to * on 2nd side, [ch 6, sk next p, sc in next p] rep across top to corner, ch 6, sc in corner st, ch 6, join in beg sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 1, [sc in next ch-6 sp, ch 6], rep around, working [sc, ch 6, sc] in each corner ch-6 sp, join in beg sc.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, [sc, ch 5, sl st in 3rd ch of ch-5, ch 2, sc] in each ch-6 sp around, join in beg sc, fasten off.

From Crochet Digest, Vol 18, Pages 42, 43, Copyright © 1998 Crochetr Digest

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