The Inspiration + Design

I started hand dyeing yarn back in 2017 and I fell in love quickly. I started a business selling our hand dyed yarn and called it Sewrella Yarn! We open our store once a month for themed collections on the 15th of every month and it always sells out fast! (Follow us on instagram here to stay caught up). We have so much fun creating themed colorways around different collection ideas like Hocus Pocus at Halloween, Gilmore Girls (the TV show), and Disneyland to name a few.

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Color family planning for our February collection! What do you think the theme is based on this color mood? ???? If anyone gets it right I’ll give ya a shop credit!!

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The two hand dyed colorways I featured here were sitting on my shelf after a batch of test dyeing. The recipes haven’t yet been released publicly in any way but I thought they were beautiful for this project. One was originally inspired by a golden peach and the other was a rosy clay style colorway.

Books & Blankets – a monthly series!

Crochet is obviously a big passion of mine (it’s why I have a whole blog about it, ha!) but another big passion of mine is children’s books. After a big pattern sale last fall, we actually took half of our proceeds and used it to buy children’s books for our local hospital. That sparked an idea – a collection of crochet patterns inspired by some favorite children’s books.

I’m so excited to bring these two passions of mine together in this series this year, the second of which is this crochet color block blanket! Check out the first one of the series here!

Creating a blanket from a children’s story

These two just so happen to perfectly coordinate with our featured book, Bagel in Love! I picked up this book recently as a little Valentine’s Day book for Parker’s collection and was actually kind of shocked by how much I loved it! It’s about a sweet bagel who want’s to enter a dance contest but can’t find a partner. By the end he falls in love with a cupcake and wins the Cherry Jubilee dance contest. The illustrations are vibrant and the story is full of happiness.

Creating a color palette to match children’s book art is so fun – when you find the perfect yarn for the blanket it feels like such a fun victory. Making this blanket in the baby size and gifting it for a baby shower with the matching children’s book is a perfect thoughtful gift that’s easy to customize to the baby’s nursery theme or other details.

High end + Affordable

I loved curating a color palette blending high end hand dyed yarn with more affordable yarn from Lion Brand. The end result is a wool blend, super soft blanket that didn’t cost a fortune to make. One could certainly make an entire blanket of this style in high end yarn and it would be gorgeous. However, this yarn is expensive when you’re making a large project like a blanket – those skeins add up.

When you make your blanket, use the tips below on looking at yardage to determine what yarns will blend well together in this way. Get creative and use up some of your stash and if you’re able, think about supporting an artisanal hand dyer (even if you only purchase one or two skeins for an accent in your blanket).

One blanket, so many sizes

Although I am in love with this crochet color block blanket in a baby size gifted to a new mom along with the Bagel in Love story that matches it so well, I have written this pattern to work for blankets of just about any size!

Within the pattern below you’ll find a table of blanket sizes that are included in the pattern as well as their measurements and the yardage required to make them (provided you’re using the yarn I used or a similar worsted weight yarn).

Another fun aspect of this blanket is that you can sort of create your own color block blanket! Using yarn of any weight, you can just follow the pattern making the foundation chain as wide as you’d like your blanket to be and continuing with row repeats until it’s long enough.

You could even make it in a solid color, different sizes of color block stripes, more or fewer stripes, a two-tone stripe effect, anything goes. The crochet color block blanket is totally customizable and my favorite kind of project!

Easy level & totally beginner friendly

This blanket is one of the easiest I’ve ever made. If you know how to half double crochet, you can complete this blanket. With the video tutorial embedded in the pattern, you’ll see the basic techniques I use to create this stunningly simple color block blanket.

Once you get past the first two rows you’ll be able to complete the blanket without counting or thinking much about it at all – just tune in to your favorite show or podcast and zoom along through the project!

Yarn + Substitution

I used a blend of Lion Brand’s Wool Ease in grey heather, fisherman, and navy and some of my own hand dyed yarn from Sewrella Yarn in a few colorways I created back in 2019. All are worsted weight and of comparable gauge. I just chose colors that worked well together to match my theme of Bagel in Love.

A note on substituting yarns and blending yarns for this project: there is a lot of variation in the yarn industry within the world of worsted weight category 4 weight yarn. The best way I know to compare yarns of different origins, fiber contents, and brand are to look at the yardage per gram. On the yarn label for any yarn (from a big box store or from an independent dyer) the yardage for the ball or skein is listed.

The Wool Ease yarn I used from Lion Brand is an 85 gram ball with 197 yards. 197/85=2.318 yards per gram.
The Handmade Home Fibers hand dyed yarn is a 100 gram skein with 218 yards. 218/100=2.18 yards per gram.
2.318-2.18=0.138 yards per gram difference

I try to make sure any yarns I’m blending within one project like this are absolutely no more than 0.5 yards per gram difference from each other. The lower this number is, the closer these comparative yarns will be in gauge, resulting in a seamless finished project!

PATTERN

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Description

An heirloom blanket inspired by a favorite children’s book – the crochet color block blanket is simple and stunning. An easy level pattern using value and luxury yarns results in a colorful and versatile blanket that’s warm and comforting in all 12 finished sizes.

Yarn

–Lion Brand – Wool Ease
(weight 4 / medium, 3oz/85g, 197yds/180m)
Colorways: GREY HEATHER, FISHERMAN, NAVY
See yardage via table below

–Handmade Home Fibers – Classic Worsted
(weight 4 / medium, 3.5oz/100g, 218yds/200m)
Colorways: ROSY CLAY, GOLDEN PEACH
See yardage via table below

Notions

–Size J 6mm Crochet Hook

–Darning needle

Gauge

14 sts x 9 rows = 4” in pattern (blo hdc)

Finished Size

Notes

–See chart above to choose the size blanket you’d like to make!

-See chart within pattern below to determine your number of foundation chains (A), row stitch count (B), number of total row repeats (C), and number of row repeats per color block (D).

-Ch 2 at beginning of each row does not count as a stitch.

-Substitute other yarns of any weight by using it’s recommended hook size and following the same stitch pattern with a foundation chain that’s the width of your desired blanket size and working row repeats per color block until you’ve reached the length you desire. Alterations may affect yardage.

-Use worsted weight yarns following the yardage chart below. See “Yarn & Substitution” section above for additional guidance.

HAND DYED CROCHET COLOR BLOCK BLANKET

Ch A (or any number +2), sk 2 sts.

Row 1: Hdc across, turn <B>

Row 2: Ch 2, blo hdc across, turn <B>

Repeat row 2 until you’ve finished C rows, changing color every D rows.

Finish off & weave ends.

Abbreviations (US terms):

blo – back loop only
ch – chain
hdc – half double crochet
rep – repeat
st(s) – stitch(es)
<> – stitch count

OTHER FREE CROCHET BLANKET PATTERNS

1. Crochet Cake Stripe Blanket / 2. Crochet Mini Basketweave Blanket / 3. Crochet Homemaker Throw

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Books & Blankets – a new monthly series!

Crochet is obviously a big passion of mine (it’s why I have a whole blog about it, ha!) but another big passion of mine is children’s books. After a big pattern sale last fall, we actually took half of our proceeds and used it to buy children’s books for our local hospital. That sparked an idea – a collection of crochet patterns inspired by children’s books.

I’m so excited to bring these two passions of mine together in this series this year, the first of which is this crochet seedling blanket!

The Inspiration + Design

Way back in the first year of designing, I made a huge chunky blanket called the mini basketweave blanket using a new-to-me stitch. I’ve been wanting to revise it with a much lighter weight yarn for a more delicate, heirloom style crochet baby blanket project.

Once I started working up the stitch I realized it looks a lot like the knitted seed stitch. I’ve been calling this blanket the seedling blanket ever since!

On a trip to our local library, I noticed a bunch of books on the table of featured titles that were made for newborns. Thinking back to when my own son was a newborn, I never knew what to read to him. I usually read my old favorites but I would have loved to have these books when he was that little – and what a lovely baby shower gift!

One of these titles was called “I Have a Little Seedling” and the illustrations and message of the story matched my budding crochet seedling blanket so well – it felt meant to be!

One blanket, so many sizes

Although I am in love with this crochet seedling blanket in a baby size gifted to a new mom along with the seedling story that matches it so well, I have written this pattern to work for blankets of just about any size!

Within the pattern below you’ll find a table of blanket sizes that are included in the pattern as well as their measurements and the yardage required to make them (provided you’re using the yarn I used or a similar worsted weight yarn).

Another fun aspect of this blanket is that you can sort of create your own seedling blanket! Using yarn of any weight, you can just follow the pattern making the foundation chain as wide as you’d like your blanket to be and continuing with row repeats until it’s long enough.

The crochet seedling blanket is totally customizable and my favorite kind of project!

Easy level & advanced beginner friendly

This blanket isn’t as easy as crochet possibly gets, but it’s pretty close. If you know how to double crochet, you can complete this blanket. With the video tutorial embedded in the pattern, you’ll see the basic techniques I use to create this stunningly simple stitch.

Once you get past the first two rows you’ll be able to complete the blanket without counting or thinking much about it at all – just tune in to your favorite show or podcast and zoom along through the project!

The Yarn

I chose to use Lion Brand’s new Touch of Cashmere yarn in this gorgeous Portobello color for my crochet seedling blanket. Once I felt this yarn I knew it was perfect for a handmade heirloom quality blanket to be loved for years to come – it’s got the soft luster of cashmere without the crazy high price-point. Blended with acrylic, this yarn is much more affordable than other cashmere yarns and comes in some gorgeous colors.

I love the greyish taupe hue of the portobello color but some other favorites are brandy, winter white, willow, and cameo (I actually have another project planned using that cameo pink color soon!).

This pattern is now available as a kit from Lion Brand – see that here!

Substituting another even more affordable yarn for this blanket, especially if you’re making one of the larger sizes, is an option too – yarns of similar weight I would suggest are:

• Lion Brand’s Basic Stitch
• Lion Brand’s Feels Like Butta
• Lion Brand’s Jeans
• Lion Brand’s Pound of Love
• Lion Brand’s Touch of Alpaca

PATTERN

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Description

An heirloom blanket inspired by a favorite children’s book – the crochet seedling blanket is simple and stunning. An easy level pattern results in a textured and versatile blanket that’s warm and comforting in all 12 finish sizes.

Yarn

–Lion Brand Touch of Cashmere
(weight 4 / medium, 3.5oz/100g, 219yds/200m)
Colorway: PORTOBELLO
See yardage via table below

This pattern is available as a kit from Lion Brand here!

Notions

–Size J 6mm Crochet Hook

–Darning needle

Gauge

14 sts x 12 rows = 4” in pattern (seedling stitch)

Notes

–See chart below to choose the size blanket you’d like to make! Additionally, use this chart to determine your number of foundation chains (A), row stitch count (B), and number of row repeats (C).

-Ch 1 at beginning of each row does not count as a stitch.

-Substitute other yarns of any weight by using it’s recommended hook size and following the same stitch pattern with a foundation chain that’s the width of your desired blanket size and working row repeats until you’ve reached the length you desire.

-Use a worsted weight yarn following the size options chart below.

CROCHET SEEDLING BLANKET

Ch A (or any multiple of 2 +2), sk 2 sts.

Row 1 : Dc in each st across, turn <B>

Row 2  (ws): Ch 1, sc in first stitch, *fpdc, bpdc; rep from * across until one stitch remains, sc, turn  <B>

Row 3 (rs): Ch 1, sc in first stitch, *bpdc, fpdc; rep from * across until one stitch remains, sc, turn <B>

Repeat rows 2-3 until you’ve finished C rows.

Finish off & weave ends.

Abbreviations (US terms):

bpdc – back post double crochet
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
fpdc – front post double crochet
rep – repeat
rs – right side
st(s) – stitch(es)
ws – wrong side
<> – stitch count

OTHER FREE CROCHET BLANKET PATTERNS

1. Crochet Cake Stripe Blanket / 2. Crochet Mini Basketweave Blanket / 3. Crochet Homemaker Throw

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If you scroll down you’ll find the pattern for my simple plaid blanket in sizes baby, wheelchair, and adult throw, enjoy!

Oh, baby!

Pictured here is my knit plaid blanket made in the baby size. My little gal pal there is Payton and if Parker doesn’t grow up and marry her, he’s crazy. (“Parker & Payton”, are you kidding me?! C’mon!) Payton is the cutie pie that belongs to one of my oldest friends, Cali & she let me make goofy faces at baby P one afternoon and snap a few photos. Ain’t she the absolute cutest?!

You can make this blanket for your favorite newborn and it will grow with them through to elementary age. It’s a generous size for a baby blanket and little ones are sure to get a lot of use out of it.

Of course you can follow the pattern to make a lapghan/wheelchair size or an adult throw blanket as well. I’ve also included the stitch repeat multiple in the pattern if you’d like to further customize it. So knit plaid til your heart’s content!

OTHER BABY PATTERNS I LOVE (& you should too)

1. Crochet Bunny Baby Lovey / 2. Crochet Kaleidoscope Baby Blanket / 3. Crochet Lamb Baby Lovey

The Design

I’ve been seeing tons of simple plaid items all over the fashion and homeware spaces, and I originally wanted to knit a plaid wrap (after finding one from Anthropologie I loved, as per usual). In the end, I decided to switch gears to a baby blanket because it’s just so chic for little babes. If you do use this tutorial on knitting plaid to make a long rectangular wrap, though, know that you’re bringing my original vision to life – and for that, I thank you.

I knew knitting plaid could be a series of painful colorwork headaches – so before I cast on a single stitch I decided to see if I could hack the system. I knew that doing all of the stripes moving in one direction at once (in this case, horizontally) as regular stripes (as if this thing weren’t plaid at all) would simplify things. But how to work those vertical stripes in?

I carved out long vertical divots where I wanted the vertical stripes (every 10 stitches in each row) by basically garter stitching among the sea of stockinette. So the entire blanket is worked, cast off and ends woven with these concave lines that are then surface slip stitched later with a (wait for it)… CROCHET HOOK!!!

When you glance through the step-by-step photos in the pattern, this will all become more clear but let’s just say this is about 100x easier than knitting complicated colorwork to get the same effect.

The Yarn

I used Lion Brand’s new Color Made Easy yarn for this project – you’ve already seen this yarn all over the blog since it came out because I kinda love it (I also made the Holiday Knit Sweater and the Crochet Brooklyn Ridge hats in this yarn). Especially for knitting, the bulky category 5 weight yarn works up fast and is oh so squishy.

It drapes beautifully for a snuggly blanket – no stiff stitches here! However my favorite element of this line is the color lineup. I used the Millenial colorway (my favorite peachy pink) with an Alabaster accent. There are lots of gorgeous colors to pair with Alabaster, some of my favorites are Basalt, Kingfisher, Pomegranate, Huckleberry, and Avocado. There are lots of other amazing options for any home decor or nursery style!

Click here to check out my new favorite yarn from Lion Brand, Color Made Easy!

Lion Brand even made a kit for this project that includes all the yarn you need in a few color options and a printed copy of the pattern, shipped right to your door!

CLICK HERE to grab the kit!

PATTERN

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To sum it up: Learn to knit perfect plaid with my easy, innovative technique that uses a crochet hook to stitch on the final stripes! Make your blanket in any size – baby/child, lapghan/wheelchair, or a full size throw with soft and squishy Color made Easy yarn. This project is loads easier than it looks and is a really simple knit for beginners that want to try something different. Soft plaids are on-trend in fashion and home décor and now it’s handmade by you!

Materials:

–Lion Brand Color Made Easy yarn (Weight: 5/Bulky – 7oz, 247 yds)

Main Color: Millenial – (3, 4, 8) skeins

Contrast Color: Alabaster – 1 skein

Grab the kit with everything you need from Lion Brand here!

–Size US 10.5 (6.5mm) circular knitting needles, 36” or longer

–Size J 6mm crochet hook

–Stitch markers

–Tapestry needle

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Sizes:

Baby/Child, Wheelchair/Lapghan, Adult Throw

Gauge:

12 sts x 19.5 rows in stockinette = 4”

Measurements:

Width: 32 (42, 52)“

Length: 39 (50, 61)“

Abbreviations (US terms):

CO – cast on

K – knit

P – purl

MC – main color

CC – contrast color

Rpt – repeat

RS – right side

WS – wrong side

St(s) – stitch(es)

Skill Level:

Level 2 – Easy

Pattern Notes

-Sizing listed in the pattern will be in Baby with Lapghan and Throw sizes listed in parenthesis such as “95 (125, 155)” whereas CO 95 for Baby, 125 for wheelchair, and 155 for Throw. When only one number is given, it applies to all sizes. To follow pattern more easily, circle/highlight all numbers pertaining to your size before beginning.

-Although this pattern uses circular needles, we will be knitting flat in rows back and forth. I recommend using circulars for this project instead of straight needles because the many stitches have more room on a long circular needle cord. I also find it more comfortable to knit this way personally.

-Color changes are worked mid row so as not to impede on our solid color garter stitch border. I drop my MC yarn and pick up my CC yarn to change color leaving a hole that I’ll fix later when weaving the ends. However, use any color change technique you prefer.

-Slipped stitches count as a stitch throughout.

Knit Plaid Blanket

Border:

With MC, CO 95 (125, 155) sts – or any multiple of 10 + 15

Rows 1-16: Slip 1^st st, K remaining sts (95, 125, 155)

Working Plaid:

RS Row: Slip 1^st st, K remaining sts (95, 125, 155)

WS Row: Slip 1^st st, K 7 sts, *P 9 sts, K 1 st; Rpt from * until you have 7 sts remaining, K last 7 sts (95, 125, 155)

Tip: Place stitch markers at every knit stitch within sequence repeat to help keep stitch counts on future rows.

Rpt alternating RS and WS Rows until you’ve finished 14 Rows of “working plaid.”

Colorwork:

*Note: I cut and join my yarn each time I change color for the entirety of this blanket. I’ll show you how I weave my ends later.

RS Row: Slip 1^st st, K 7 sts, change to CC yarn, K until you have 8 sts remaining, change to MC yarn, K last 8 sts (95, 125, 155)

Rpt “working plaid” WS Row in MC yarn.

Rpt “working plaid” RS Row in MC yarn.

WS: Slip 1^st st, K 7 sts, change to CC yarn, *P 9 sts, K 1 st; Rpt from * until you have 7 sts remaining, change to MC yarn K last 7 sts (95, 125, 155)

Rpt “working plaid” and “colorwork” sections (last 18 Rows) until you’ve finish Row 144 (198, 252) of stockinette plaid sections or 8 (11, 14) repeats.

Rpt “working plaid” section alone once more (14 Rows).

Finishing:

Rows 1-16: Slip 1^st st, K remaining sts (95, 125, 155)

Cast off all sts, weave all ends.

I weave dropped yarn ends in opposite directions over each other to close up the hole as pictured.

Crochet finish:

With your crochet hook and CC yarn, surface sl st along the purl bump ridges between blocks of stockinette. Work one sl st for each purl bump you see.

Note: Cut and join new yarn for each stripe.

Weave all ends.

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I’m so so happy to finally show you all the finished kaleidoscope baby blanket – this project has been in the works for several months.

I first posted my half square triangle crochet granny square pattern without really knowing if this project would ever come to fruition. I’d dreamed up the finished blanket before ever starting and didn’t know if I’d have the patience to finish, quite honestly.

I found this graphic originally meant for quilting and LOVED IT. I haven’t quilted in ages and knew I would rather work this image into a crochet blanket – but how to do that? I sketched out several ways of doing it and landed on one easy granny square pattern that would be tiled in a way that mimicked the graphic I’d found.

In order to make your own blanket, I recommend printing out the image above or bookmarking this page (be absolutely sure you don’t lose it in the process!). Make the number of squares listed below and sew them up using the video tutorial below following the graphic. It’s really a process of piecing together on your own, which gives such a unique level of gratification.

I also want to mention that I did not add a border to my blanket. I may add one later on but at the moment I love the raw edge. I didn’t want to take away from the impact of the kaleidoscope by adding a border, and I like the unfinished look.

You could of course add squares to this blanket to make it larger or make each square larger following the same pattern. Using a heavier weight yarn for all of your squares (think a 5 or 6 weight) would also result in a larger, warmer blanket but the size I made is the perfect size for a baby blanket.

I used Lion Brand New Basic 175 yarn for this entire blanket because the softness and color was the perfect thing for a cuddly new baby! This yarn is a bit finicky because it can pull apart if you’re too hard on it so be aware of that when working with it. I really do love the finished product using the New Basic yarn, and wouldn’t have made it with anything else.

Lion Brand is now offering this pattern as a kit on their website! You’ll get all the yarn you need plus a printed hard copy of the pattern to follow shipped right to your door. Being that the New Basic yarn is hard to find in stores, this is such a great option for making a blanket just like mine! Grab your kit HERE.

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Materials:

–Lion Brand New Basic 175 yarn in Cream (5 balls), Mango (1 ball), Thyme (1 ball), Slate (2 balls), & Peony (1 ball)

-Size H 5mm crochet hook

-Chetnanigans blocking board

-Tapestry needle

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Follow my pattern for the half square triangle granny square HERE. Work all squares with half cream and half another color.

-18 Mango squares

-13 Thyme squares

-28 Slate squares

-21 Peony squares

Follow my tutorial on blocking all of your squares HERE.

Follow my video tutorial on joining all of your squares HERE (and embedded above) following the arrangement of the graphic above.

Weave all ends and enjoy your blanket!

(I wet blocked mine one final time to get all of the lines completely linear but this is optional. If you’re unfamiliar with wet blocking, here is a great tutorial)

I hope you LOVE your kaleidoscope blanket!

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I’m loving that the trend right now is everything rainbow – it makes the unicorn fairy princess 5 year old inside me SO happy.

My son may be almost 1 already (where did that time go?) but he’s already loving his blanket – just look at the smile on that face. Heart. Melted.

PATTERNS I LOVE (& you should too)

1. Crochet Homemaker Gingham Throw / 2. Crochet Everyday Cardigan / 3. Crochet Le Nuage Wrap/Triangle Scarf

If you’re a brand new beginner to crochet, make sure you check out the video tutorial below, it’ll help ya lots.

And if you crochet already, you’ll whiz through this blanket like  a pro – you won’t believe how simple it is.

Let’s get going!

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Materials:

-Bernat Blanket Yarn in white and lemon lime (the baby blanket line), purple, blue, yellow, orange, and pink (the bernat blanket brights line) – you can also use just 1 full ball each of white and another color!

-P/Q 15mm crochet hook

-Large eye tapestry needle

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My color sequence:

-Hot pink

-White

-Orange

-White

-Yellow

-White

-Lemon Lime (green)

-White

-Blue

White

-Purple

-White

With your first color Ch 47, Sc in 2nd and across, Ch 1, turn (46)

Row 2: Sc across, Ch 1, turn (46)

*-Color change

Row 3-4: Sc across, Ch 1, turn (46)

Repeat from * until you’ve repeated the sequence above or have 48 rows (Basically make 2 rows of Sc in each color above & work the sequence twice!)

*Note: I carry my white yarn up the side of my blanket so that I don’t have as many ends to weave. I don’t carry my colors to avoid tangling because I’m using so many!

-Weave all colored ends

Row 49: Sc in each st around the perimeter of the blanket, work 3 Sc in each corner, sl st to join, finish off and weave ends

I hope you love your new baby blanket! What colors are you using? Comment below!

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