The Crochet Aialik Toddler Blanket is a beautiful easy free pattern using half double crochet to create a faux knit look.

Design Inspiration

Before my daughter was born I purchased this Bernat yarn to match her nursery theme. I wasn’t sure at the time what I wanted to make, so it has been waiting to become this beautiful crochet toddler blanket. I love the look of knit blankets, especially for kiddos, but have yet to learn knitting. That combination is what inspired this crocheted faux-knit design. The color pattern was inspired by the Aialik glacier – a gorgeous natural formation in Alaska.

PATTERN

Description

A beautiful crochet toddler blanket perfect for makers who want to create a knit look without knitting experience.

Materials

Yarn: Bernat Softee Baby Chunky (weight 5 – bulky)
Color A – Surf Green (5oz/140g, 155yd/142m) – 5 skeins

Loops & Threads Charisma (weight 5 – bulky)
Color B – Bone (3.5oz/100g, 109yd/100m) – 1 skeins
Color C – White (3.5oz/100g, 109yd/100m) – 1 skeins

Hook: L/11 – 8.00mm

Sizing

Gauge: 10 stitches x 6 rows = 4″ in hdc

Finished Dimensions: 36″ length x 48″ width

Abbreviations (US)

st – stitch
sp – space
rs – right side
ws – wrong side
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
flo – front loop only
fpdc – front post double crochet
bpdc – back post double crochet

Special Stitches

Knit Stitch: Row 1 – ch2, turn, hdc flo in each st across (ws)
Row 2 – ch2, turn, yarn over, insert hook through the back of the st, pull up the front loop, yarn over, pull through first loop, yarn over and pull through 3 loops (rs) **see picture below**

Puff Stitch: yarn over, insert hook, pull up a loop, repeat three times until there are 9 loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through all

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Crochet Aialik Toddler Blanket – Instructions

Body

In color A Ch 102

Row 1: hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in every ch across (100)

Row 2-63: follow knit stitch directions (100)

Finish off

Trim

Round 1: continue in color A sl st into first row(short side), ch2, *dc in the end of each row, at the last row [dc, ch2, dc] in same st, dc in each st across (long side), in last st [dc, ch2, dc], repeat from * once, sl st in the top of the beginning ch2

Round 2: ch2, *fpdc in each dc across to the corner, in the ch2 sp of the previous round [puff st, ch2, puff st], repeat from * for each side, sl st into the top of the beginning ch2

Round 3: in color B ch2, *bpdc in each dc across to the corner, in the ch2 sp of the previous round [puff st, ch2, puff st], repeat from * for each side, sl st into the top of the beginning ch2

Round 4: in color C ch2, *dc in each st across to the corner, in the ch2 sp of the previous row [puff st, ch2, puff st], repeat from * for each side, sl st into the top of the beginning ch2

Peaks: *sc in x sts, ch4, sl st into first st from the hook, ch3, skip x sts, repeat from * to form peaks around

**You can choose how wide/how spaced you prefer your peaks. I skipped 2 stitches under each peak and sc 4 between each peak.

Finish off and sew in ends

Block

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