The 6-Day Baby Blanket

A variation of the classic 6-Day Kid Blanket

a Crochet Pattern by Betty McKnit

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The 6-Day Baby Blanket is made with cheerful, saturated gender-neutral colors and has wide stripes with a squared off striped edge that’s finished off with playful points.

Purchase a kit with for all the Nurturing Fibres yarn you will need at Good Loops Yarns.

Finished Size: 28″ by 37.5”
Skill Level: Easy
Materials: 1500m/1641yards of light double-knit weight yarn divided as follows:
Color A – Teal Green (Adventurine) 250m/274yards
Color B – Dark Brown (Pecan) 125m/137 yards
Color C – Mint Green (Mint) 125m/137yards
Color D – Coral (Sunkissed Coral) 375m/410yards
Color E – Dark Blue (Baltic) 125m/137yards
Color F – Light Blue (Watershed) 125m/137yards
Color G – Light Brown (Coco) 125m/137yards
Color H – Bright Yellow (Sunglow) 125m/137yards
Color I – Rust (Persian) 125m/137yards

The blanket shown is made with Nurturing Fibres Eco-Cotton:
3 Sunkissed Coral, 1 Watershed, 1 Sunglow, 1 Baltic, 1 Coco, 1 Persian, 1 Mint, 1 Pecan, 2 Aventurine.

Hook: 3.75 mm

Abbreviations:
camel st: half double crochet through the third loop
ch: chain
dc: double crochet
dc3tog: (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH dec dc3tog).

In this pattern, dc3tog is worked into one stitch – not over three stitches

[yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over pull through two loops] 3 times. Yarn over, and pull through all 4 loops on the hook. (Be sure to pull up a loop in the same stitch every time.) dc3tog complete.

edc: Extended Double Crochet – Yarn over, insert hook into stitch or sp indicated and pull up a loop, yo and pull through one loop, (yo and pull through two loops) twice

hdc: half double crochet
rep: repeat
sc: single crochet
sk: skip
sp(s): space(s)

Begin the pattern

With Color A – Teal (Adventurine) ch 122

Row 1: (RS) 1 sc into 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc into each ch to end.

Turn

When working the last stitch of each row from row 2 onward, insert the hook into the row below from back to front, instead of from front to back.

Change to Color B – Dark Brown (Pecan)

When changing colors, pull the new color through the last two loops of the last stitch of the previous color. Break the yarn for the old color.

Row 2: ch 3, sk first 3 sc (the sc on the end of the row, the one below your turning chain counts as 1)

[3dc in next sc, sk next 2 sc] twice, [3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc] into next sc

*sk next 2 sc, 3dc into next sc, sk next 2 sc, dc3tog

sk next 4 sc, dc3tog, sk next 2 sc, 3 dc in next sc, sk next 2 sc

[ 3 dc, ch3, 3 dc] into next sc; rep from * to last 9 sc

sk next 2 sc [3 dc into next sc, sk next 2 sc] twice, 1 dc into last sc.

Turn

Row 3: ch 3, sk sp between turning ch and next 3-dc group, 3 dc into each of next 2 sp

[3dc, ch3, 3dc] into next ch-3 sp

*3 dc into next sp, dc3tog into next sp

sk next sp, dc3tog into next sp, 3 dc into next sp, [3dc, ch3, 3dc] into next ch- 3 sp

rep from * to last 3 sps, 3 dc into each of next 2 sps

1 dc into sp between last 3 dc group and turning ch.

Turn

Row 4: ch 1, sc into first dc of the row (the one right below your turning chain)

sk next dc, 1 sc into each of next 8 dc

*3 sc into next ch 3 sp, 1 sc into each of next 14 sts

repeat from * to last ch-3 sp, 3 sc into last ch-3 sp

1 sc into each of next 8 dc, sk next dc, 1 sc into 3rd st of ch 3.

Turn

Row 5: Ch 3, sk first 2 sc of the row below (the sc your turning chain is coming out of counts as the first one). 1 dc into each of next 8 sc

*3 dc into next sc (you  should be working these into the center stitch of the 3 sc. If not, you may have skipped incorrectly in the beginning of the row.) 1 dc into each of next 7 sc

sk next 2 sc, 1 dc into each of next 7 sc

rep from * to last 11 sc, 3 dc into next sc, 1 dc into each of next 8 sc

sk next 2 sc, 1 dc into the turning chain from the row below.

Turn

Row 6: Ch 3, sk first 2 dc in the row below (the dc below your turning chain counts as 1)

1 dc into each of next 8 dc

*3 dc into next dc (you should be working into center stitch of 3 dc)

1 dc into each of next 7 dc, sk next 2 dc, 1 dc into each of next 7 dc

rep from * to last 10 dc

3 dc into next dc, 1 dc into each of next 8 dc, sk last dc, 1 dc into 3rd st of ch 3, turn.

Row 7: Ch 1, sc into first dc (the same one the turning chain is coming out of), sk 1 dc

1 sc into each dc along row to last dc

sk last dc, 1 sc into 3rd ch of ch 3, turn.

Change to Color C – Mint Green (Mint)

Repeat rows 2-7 nine times, changing yarns only after row 7 continuing the sequence of colors in the following order: Color A Teal (Aventurine), Color B – Dark Brown (Pecan), Color C Mint Green (Mint) (you are just starting the mint stripe), Color D – Coral (Sun-Kissed Coral), Color E – Dark Blue (Baltic) Color A – Teal (Adventurine) Color F – Light Blue (Watershed), Color G – Light Brown (Coco), Color D – Coral (Sun-Kissed Coral), Color H – Brigh Yellow (Sunglow) and ending with Color I – Rust (Persian).

Change to Color A – Teal Green (Adventurine)  and Repeat row 2 and 4 (skipping row 3). Do not break yarn.

You should have ten wide stripes, with a narrow stripe on the top and bottom of the blanket.

Border

Before putting a decorative edge on the blanket, we are going to square off the points at the top and bottom edge.

Top Edge

Top Edge Row 1:

After completing row 4, and continuing with Color A – Teal/Adventurine, turn

Ch 3, counting the stitch under the turning chain, sk2, 3dc, 3hdc, 2sc, slst, 2sc

*3 hdc 2dc sk2 2dc, 3 hdc, 2 sc slst, 2 sc

Repeat from * until 8 sc remain on the row below, 3 hdc, 3 dc, sk 1, dc in last sc.

Turn

Top Edge Row 2:

Ch 3, counting the stitch under the turning chain, sk2, 3dc, 3 hdc, sc, slst, sc

*3 hdc, 2 dc, sk 2, 2 dc, 3hdc, sc, slst, sc

Repeat from * to last 8 sts, 3 hdc, 3 dc, sk 1, dc in last sc.

Turn

Top Edge Row 3

Ch 3, counting the stitch below the turning chain, sk 2, 3 hdc, 7 sc, *6 hdc, 7 sc* until 5 st remain, 3 hdc, sk 1, dc in last stitch

Left Side

When working sc into the sides of the blanket, use the turning chains and the dc stitches as foundation chains, working under 2 threads of each stitch and leaving one thread below. This creates a beautiful even edge to the work.

Ch 1, work 1 sc into the side of each sc, approximately 3 sc into the side of each dc, and approximately 3 sc into each set of turning ch sts on the left side edge and 3 sc in the corner. Begin the row by putting 3 sc in the side of the last dc of Top Edge Row 3.

3sc in side of last sc

BOTTOM EDGE

Turn the work over so that you are working on the lower edge of the blanket, working into your foundation chain (I work under two threads of the chain).

Bottom Edge Row 1:

2 sc, *3 hdc, 3 dc, sk2, 3dc, 3hdc, sc, sl st, sc

Repeat from * to last 17 sts, 3 hdc, 3 dc, sk2, 3dc, 3hdc, 3 sc

Turn 

Bottom Edge Row 2:

Ch 1 and sc into that same space.

2 sc, *3 hdc, 2 dc, sk2, 2 dc, 3 hdc, sc, sl st, sc

Repeat from * to last 15 sts, 3 hdc, 2 dc, sk2, 2 dc, 3 hdc, 3 sc

Bottom Edge, Row 3

Ch 1, sc in same st. 4 sc, * 6 hdc, 7 sc, repeat from * to last 4 st, 4 sc, 3 sc in last st

Right Side: work sc into the side as you did for left side. Put one sc in last corner.

Border Round 1 (Continuing Color A – Teal/Adventurine)

Ch 2. Start in side of sc, hdc in each around, working 3 dc in each corner. join w sl st to first stitch of the round. Fasten off

Border Round 2

Join Color H – Bright Yellow/Sunglow  to any st, ch 2. Work camel st across, 3 dc in corners. 

Join with sl st to first st in the round. Fasten off.

Border rows 3-7

Repeat Border Row 2 with 2-5 times, one color per row, choosing from colors B, C, E, F, G, and I, in any order. Fasten off after each color and join each new color near a different corner each time to make joins less obvious. Save Color D for the final round.

Final Border Round:

Join Color D with sl st 3 sts to left of corner.  ch 1 *(sc, ch 3, edc, dc, hdc in same st) sk 2 st,  repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first stitch in the round.

This stitch should finish on a corner. If your stitch count is off, adjust by skipping 1 instead of 2, and/or sl st in the corner st.

Fasten off. Weave in all ends.

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This pattern is the intellectual property of Betty McKnit/Beth Elliott, and it is protected by copyright. Publishing corrections, translations, written or video tutorials, or variations of this pattern, online or elsewhere, without written permission from the owner is a violation of  copyright.

The stitch pattern is “Vivid Chevrons” #110 from 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns by Jan Eaton.
Reprinted with permission from Quarto Publishing.

Border is a variation of #29 from Around the Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman.

Thank you to Marianne Killackey, April Burch and Ida Middendorf for testing this pattern.

Thank you to Marian Faries D’Ambrosio for her tip about working the edge stitches from the back to the front to alleviate rolling.

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