Thought I'd share a picture of the baby blanket. Still have a lot to get done but its getting there. The 2nd picture is a close-up of the stitch. If anyone knows what this pattern is really called, please leave a comment. Comments are welcome anytime anyway even critism, just keep it friendly. :)
I wrote down the steps for making the pattern.
Row 1: Chain 6, dc (double crochet) in 4th chain from hook and next two chs. Chain 6, turn.
Row 2: dc in 4th chain from hook and then dc in next two chains.
Skip next 3 dcs and sc in chain 3 from the last row, chain 3 make 3 dc in chain with the
sc. Chain 6, turn.
Row 3: dc in 4th chain from hook and then dc in next two chains.
sc in next chain 3 space, ch 3 and 3 dc in same space, sc in next ch 3 space, ch 3 and 3
dc in same space. Chain 6, turn.
This establishes the pattern, each row will have one more group of 3 dc. (see picture)
Work Row 3 until you get the size you want. You can make small squares and sew or crochet them together or you can make one large square. This would be good to use up left over yarns. You would change colors at the begining of a row.
When your square is the size you want, you will decrease as follows:
Work the blanket as before except when you get to the end of the row, do not ch 6. Instead ch 1, turn, slip stitch on top of the dcs and then sl st in the ch 3 from the last row, ch 3, 3 dc in same space, continue across row as before, when you reach the last ch 3 of the row, slip stitch to the top of the ch 3, ch 1 and then repeat the last row. You will now have 2 groups of 3 dc together on each end. Eventually you will get down to one block again. (see Pic) If you wanted a rectangle blanket you would continue to increase on one side while decreasing on the other side until you reach the size you want then decrease on both sides to get back to one group.
If you have any questions or problems with my directions, leave a comment and I will email you back.
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