Blue bricks knitted baby afghan

 

Beauty of this pattern is that it is reversible .It looks same from both sides.


Material required: 

A pair of  knitting needles     US   no 6,  UK  no 9

one chrochet hook of size 4mm

Blue knitting yarn  ( Bernat  Brand  3 balls)

white knitting yarn

Measurement  :  32"  by 42"

Cast on 150 stitches


This pattern consists of squares knitted by six stitches and six rows hence called bricks.

1st row:    *   Knit 6 and pearl 6  *  till end.Last six stitches will be knit

2nd row:    *  Pearl 6 and knit 6*  last 6 stitches will be pearl

3rd row :       like 1st row 

4th row :        like 2nd row

5th row          like1st row

6th row :       like    2nd row 

7th row:      * Pearl 6 and knit 6*    repeat till end

8th row:      * knit 6 and pearl 6*

  This way a pattern of knit and pearl blocks will form alternately   like in picture  2

                                                            picture   2

Each block is of 6 rows and six stitches

There will be 5 white lines of two rows of   knit only after 10,5, 5 ,5 and 5 blocks .

1st white row will be after 10 blocks

2nd  and 3rd and 4th and 5th   white row will be after 5 blocks each

In total 35 blocks have been knitted  with 5 lines of white in between.


Border:


With a chrochet hook and  blue yarn  start at the corner

 and make* half chrochet. three chain *  throughout the  four sides of the afghan.For making half chrochet once between the gap of two blocks and then in the middle of block..These chains and a haif chrochet will give a frilly look to the border

Baby Afghan (crochet)

Babies deserve softness ..They love cozy surrounding.So here is the soft and cozy blanket or afghan for your baby.This is very quick and easy to make even for the beginners.

Material required 

3 skeins of caron brand yarn 

crochet  hook of   4.0mm

Measurement

34"  by  40"
With the crochet hook make 120  chains

1st row
 from the hook one half crochet in 2nd  chain and 3 chains and half chrochet in third chain leaving two chains in between
2nd row
In the space of three chains * three double chrochet three chain and half chrochet *  Repeat this in each 3 chain space.
3rd row
In the space of 3 chain   * 3 double chrochet 3 chain and one half chrochet.

Repeat this  from * to *  till  60 rows

It will measure 40"
Tie the yarn through loop.

Border

Make the border by chrocheting along the border in following pattern..
Make three double chrochet and one half chrochet in each loop along the four sides of the afghan.