The Starry Night Baby Blanket combines a unique blend of colors and a beautiful chevron stitch that will add a touch of style to your baby’s room.  Plus, it’s super-soft making it just the thing to cozy up to your precious little one.  😊  On top of that, it’s done in Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn from Lion Brand which makes it perfect for repeated washings.  This sweet blanket will stand up to a lot of wear and tear – and love!

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Skill Level:  Easy

Materials: 

Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn in Steel Blue – 3 skeins

Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn in Frost – 2 skeins 

Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn in Lemonade – 1 skein

Hook size H/8 – 5.00mm

Stitch markers – optional but recommended 

Gauge:

14 hdc stitches and 9 hdc rows = 4”

Dimensions:

33” wide by 33” long

Abbreviations:

Ch – chain

Yo – yarn over

Hdc – half double crochet

Hdc2tog – half double crochet two stitches together

St, sts – stitch, stitches

Sk – skip

Special Stitch:

Hdc2tog – To complete this stitch, yarn over, insert hook into next stitch and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook in next stitch and draw up a loop (5 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through all 5 loops.  This creates one decrease.  

Notes:

1. I recommend using stitch markers to easily keep your rows even.  Place a stitch marker in the first stitch of a row, and you will know where to crochet your last stitch when you get back to that end.  
2. You will be doing 15 stitches up and 15 stitches down each side and 3 stitches at the peak.
3. There is a hdc2tog at the beginning and end of each row – these do not count as stitches.  So when you are counting 15 up and 15 down at the beginning and end of the rows, don’t include them in the count. 
4. The two hdc2tog in the “valleys” count as stitches.  Again to clarify, when you’re counting 15 stitches up and 15 stitches down, these will be included in those numbers.
5. The repeat is 33+3 if you’d like to make the blanket larger or smaller.  

Instructions:

With Steel Blue, ch 135.

Row 1:  In the second ch from hook, hdc2tog (yo, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, pull up loop, yo, insert hook in 3rd ch from hook, pull up loop, yo, draw through all 5 loops).  Hdc in each of next 15 chs, *3 hdc in next ch, hdc in each of next 14 chs, hdc2tog twice, hdc in each of next 14 chs, 3 hdc in next ch, hdc in each of next 14 chs*.  Repeat from * to * across row.  At the last two chs, hdc2tog.  

Row 2:  Turn, ch 2, hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 15 sts, *3 hdc in next st, hdc in each of next 14 sts, hdc2tog twice, hdc in each of next 14 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in each of next 14 sts*.  Repeat from * to * across row.  At the last two sts, hdc2tog.  Continue with this pattern in each row following color changes as indicated.

Row 3:  Frost  

Row 4:  Steel Blue

Row 5:  Lemonade

Row 6:  Steel Blue 

Rows 7 – 10:  Frost

Row 11:  Lemonade

Rows 12 – 13:  Frost

Rows 14 – 23:  Steel Blue

Row 24:  Frost

Row 25:  Lemonade

Rows 26 – 29:  Steel Blue

Rows 30 – 32:  Frost

Row 33:  Lemonade

Row 34:  Frost

Row 35:  Lemonade

Row 36:  Frost

Row 37:  Lemonade

Rows 38 – 40:  Frost

Rows 41 – 44:  Steel Blue

Row 45:  Lemonade

Row 46:  Frost

Rows 47 – 56:  Steel Blue

Rows 57 – 58:  Frost

Row 59:  Lemonade

Rows 60 – 63:  Frost

Row 64:  Steel Blue

Row 65:  Lemonade

Row 66:  Steel Blue

Row 67:  Frost

Rows 68 – 69:  Steel Blue.  Tie off and weave in ends.