Pattern Description:
The Crochet Winter Trees Baby Blanket is a soft, squishy, and chunky baby blanket featuring a triangle pattern that forms little trees, making it ideal for cold-weather babies or as a play mat.
Created by Hannah, this pattern was developed after realizing a mountain pattern could be adapted into trees.
Materials Needed & Measurements:
- Yarn: Bernat Bundle Up yarn, 100% polyester.
- Quantity & Colors: 6 skeins Brook, 2 skeins Cloud White.
- Yarn details: Small ball, 140 g/4.9 oz, 244 m/267 yds per skein. The blanket works up to be a bit on the chunkier side.
- Hook: Size I/5.5mm crochet hook.
- Notions: Tapestry needle, scissors.
- Measurements:
- Finished size: 33 inches x 35 inches.
- Gauge: 4 inches = 11 stitches and 14 rows of pattern.
Stitches & Abbreviations Used:
Stitches:
- WIDE HALF DOUBLE CROCHET (WHDC) CLUSTER: Yarn over (YO), insert hook in between the posts of the row below, pull up a loop, YO, insert hook again into same space, pull up another loop, YO, pull through all loops on hook.
- HALF DOUBLE CROCHET (HDC) CLUSTER: Used in Row 1 of the pattern.
- DOUBLE CROCHET (DC): YO, insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops, YO and pull through remaining two loops.
- FRONT AND BACK POST DOUBLE CROCHET (FPDC & BPDC): A front post double crochet involves inserting your hook from front to back around the post of the next DC and working a DC. A back post double crochet involves inserting your hook from back to front around the post of the next DC and working a DC.
Abbreviations:
- WHDC (Wide Half Double Crochet)
- DC (Double Crochet)
- FPDC (Front Post Double Crochet)
- BPDC (Back Post Double Crochet)
- HDC (Half Double Crochet)
Instructions for Making the Winter Trees Baby Blanket Pattern:
Here are the detailed instructions for making the Crochet Winter Trees Baby Blanket pattern:
General Instructions for Carrying Yarn:
When working with two colors and carrying yarn, follow these tips:
- Pull through with the new color on the last step of the stitch.
- Lay whichever color you aren’t using along the top of your work and crochet over it as you go.
- To avoid yarn getting twisted, always keep one color to the front and one color to the back each time you switch colors.
- When turning to a new row, wrap the color not in use around the side of your work and continue to crochet over it.
- To better cover up carried yarn, always insert your hook underneath the yarn that was carried across the previous row.
Main Blanket Pattern Instructions:
The pattern repeat for the starting chain is a multiple of 10, plus 9.
- Starting Chain: With Brook yarn, chain 79.
- ROW 1: Starting in the 3rd chain from the hook, work an HDC cluster into each chain. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 2: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first 3 spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next 9 spaces with Brook, then a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Repeat from * to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 3: With Brook, work a WHDC cluster into each space across the row. (Continue to carry the White yarn across your work and crochet over it as you go.) Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 4: Repeat row 2.
- ROW 5: Repeat row 3.
- ROW 6: Work a WHDC cluster into the first space with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next five spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next five spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next five spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 7: Work a WHDC cluster into the first space with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next four spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next six spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next four spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 8: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first two spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next three spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next seven spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next three spaces with White. Repeat from * to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 9: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first two spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next two spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next eight spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next two spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 10: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first three spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next nine spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Repeat from * to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 11: Repeat row 3.
- ROWS 12 – 16: Repeat rows 6 – 10.
- ROW 17: Repeat row 3.
- ROWS 18 – 22: Repeat rows 6 – 10.
- ROW 23: Repeat row 3.
- ROW 24: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first eight spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next nine spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Repeat from * to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 25: Repeat row 3.
- ROW 26: Repeat row 24.
- ROW 27: Repeat row 3.
- ROW 28: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first six spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next five spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next five spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next five spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 29: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first six spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next four spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next six spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next four spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 30: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first seven spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next three spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next seven spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next three spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 31: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first seven spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next two spaces with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next eight spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into each of the next two spaces with White. Repeat from to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 32: Work a WHDC cluster into each of the first eight spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Work a WHDC cluster into each of the next nine spaces with Brook, then work a WHDC cluster into the next space with White. Repeat from * to the end of the row. Chain 2 and turn.
- ROW 33: Repeat row 3.
- ROWS 34 – 38: Repeat rows 28 – 32.
- ROW 39: Repeat row 3.
- ROWS 40 – 44: Repeat rows 28 – 32.
- ROW 45: Repeat row 3.
- Repeat rows 2 through 45 two more times, or until your blanket reaches your desired length.
Border Instructions:
- Weave in all ends with a tapestry needle before starting the border.
- ROUND 1 (Double Crochet):
- Pull up a loop in any corner and chain 3.
- Work one round of DC around the blanket.
- On the sides, work one DC per row.
- On the ends of the blanket, continue inserting your hook in between the posts, and work one DC in the first space, then 2 DC in the next space. Repeat from across each end.
- Work 5 DCs into each corner.
- ROUND 2 (Alternating Post Double Crochet):
- When you reach the corner you started with, work 5 DCs in the starting corner.
- Keep going around the blanket in the same direction, this time alternating front and back post double crochet (FPDC and BPDC).
- When you get to the corners of this row, continue the alternating pattern, but you will work three stitches around the corner post. For example, if you are supposed to work an FPDC, then work an FPDC, a BPDC, and an FPDC all around that corner post. Then continue the alternating pattern in the next stitch.
- ROUNDS 3 – 4 (Continue Post Double Crochet):
- When you finish round 2, work 3 alternating front post/back post DCs into the corner you started with and repeat round 2.
- Always match your post double crochets so that they are poking out in the same direction as the row below.
- The designer did four rounds total for the border, but you can go around as many times as you’d like for your desired border height.
- When finished, slip stitch into the starting stitch and tie off.
Finishing Touches:
If desired, block your blanket:
- Lay the blanket out flat on a towel or foam blocking boards.
- Use a spray bottle with water to dampen the blanket.
- Press the blanket into straight lines, massaging the stitches and adjusting tension.
- Pin with straight pins and let it dry.
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