Crocodile Stitch Baby Blanket Pattern
Create a mint baby blanket with layers of raised crochet scales and a generous ruffled border. This crocodile stitch baby blanket pattern, designed by Lianka Azulay, brings dimensional texture to a square blanket measuring approximately 35 inches [89 cm]. The photographed design features optional contrasting satin ribbon woven through the edging and tied at the corners.
Why You’ll Love This Pattern
The distinctive surface comes from alternating V-stitch foundation rows with rows of scales worked around the double crochet posts. These overlapping shapes give the blanket its layered appearance, while the surrounding ruffle adds a decorative finish.
Written directions, a five-photo stitch tutorial, and a reduced-sample stitch chart provide several ways to follow the construction. The pattern takes you through the blanket body, edging, and optional ribbon finishing, making it an appealing project for crocheters interested in dimensional stitchwork.
Pattern Details
- Design: Crocodile Stitch Baby Blanket.
- Designer: Lianka Azulay.
- Finished size: Approximately 35 inches [89 cm] square.
- Yarn: Bernat Softee Baby in Mint (02004), 7 balls; each ball is 140 g/5 oz and 331 m/362 yds.
- Hook: 5.5 mm (US I/9), or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Gauge: 6 V-stitches and 8 rows = 4 inches [10 cm].
- Construction: Blanket body worked in rows, followed by five rounds of edging.
- Stitches: Chains, slip stitches, single crochet, double crochet, V-stitches, and crocodile scales.
- Language and terminology: English, using US crochet terms.
What’s Included
The three-page PDF contains written blanket instructions, an abbreviation list, edging and finishing directions, two finished-project photographs, five stitch tutorial photographs, and a reduced-sample stitch chart with a symbol key. It also includes a designer biography and a thank-you page.
The tutorial photographs use different yarn and a different hook for visibility; the finished blanket specifications are listed above.
Materials & Tools
Gather the specified yarn and crochet hook. For the optional ribbon finish, the materials list calls for 7 yards [6.5 m] of contrasting satin ribbon, 3/8 inch [9 mm] wide.
Perfect For
A handmade baby gift, a baby-shower project, or a satisfying exploration of raised crochet texture. The mint color and detailed edging give the finished blanket a gentle, decorative character.
Important Digital Download Notice
PLEASE NOTE: This listing is for a DIGITAL PDF CROCHET PATTERN only. You will not receive a finished physical item.
Download the pattern, gather your supplies, and begin your textured mint blanket.
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