Crochet baby blanket patterns

My First Hexagon Blanket

10/05/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Free crochet patterns 9 Comments

I haven’t posted anything on my blog for a while, and it may seem that I’ve neglected my blog and work, but believe me, I work very hard to create new patterns and to offer you some (hope to be) beautiful stuff.

I finished this blanket probably a month ago, but immediately after the completion, I’ve got an idea for another blanket, and threw myself into that new project, which isn’t finished yet, and was in the beginning pretty challenging, I must say. All is good now. after many, many trials and errors, I finally told myself: “Dragana, just relax, it doesn’t have at all to be perfect”. (because as you may already know “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” to quote Voltaire), and soon after that, I created the design I was very satisfied with and continued working on the project.

What can I say about this blanket? First, I love the colors. This winter and the beginning of spring were very rainy and gloomy and I really enjoyed working with these bright colors. Second, this is my first hexagon blanket. I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to try something different from squares. I finally did, and I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Dadas place hexagon blanket free pattern

The blanket measures approximately 72 x 80 cm (28″ x 31.5″), and is composed of 116 hexagons! Can you believe that? My last blanket, The English Garden Baby Blanket has only 20 squares, and my Norwegian Forest Blanket only 16. I used my beloved 100% cotton yarn “Tango” 125m/50g from St. George (manufacturer from Serbia who unfortunately doesn’t sell on-line). I used my trusty 3.5 mm crochet hook (USA – size 4).

What else can I say about this blanket? oh, yes, I decided to boost the popularity of hexagons a little (because they deserve it), so I’m going to make free, very detailed step-by-step photo tutorial on how to make these flowery hexagons… Hope you will try them out…

The hexagon step-by-step tutorial is now available here.

And that fringe! I just love it! 🙂

English Garden Baby Blanket

06/04/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns, Crochet blankets 29 Comments

A long time ago I fell in love with English gardens. The culprit for that was Penelope Hobhouse, a famous British gardener. I enjoyed immensely watching her amazing TV gardening shows, while dreaming of having a beautiful, lush garden of my own. Now, many years after, I still don’t have any garden, let alone an English garden. I live in a flat on the seventh floor… but, I have my beautiful plants on the balcony, my little piece of heaven. There I keep a ginkgo biloba tree, which we brought from Hungary when my son was a little baby, a little olive tree we brought from Corfu island (Greece), a yellow hibiscus, also brought from Greece, a little avocado tree, grown from the seed… along with many others seasonal flowering plants…

So, I decided, if I can’t have an English garden, I can have at least an English Garden Blanket. Now, you can see how much love has been weaved into this blooming blanket.

The blanket is made of 100% cotton yarn “Tango” and “Tango color”, 125m/50g from St. George (manufacturer from Serbia). It measures approximately 83 x 68 cm (32.5″ x 26.5″).

The English Garden Blanket is similar to my Victorian Flower Blanket. Actually, the first 4 rows are the same, but the blankets have different petals, and the last 2 rows are different, too. It seems to me that the English Garden Blanket is lighter, more transparent and has that appealing lacy charm. The borders are completely different, but I think that the English Garden Blanket border would look nice on Victorian Flower Blanket and vice versa.

Vintage granny square crochet blanket pattern

For this blanket I used 3,5 mm crochet hook (USA – size E-4, UK – size 9). The pattern is written using US crochet terms.

The English Garden Blanket pattern is very detailed with lots of step-by-step photographs. When I write a pattern, I always have in mind that not so long ago I was a complete beginner, not knowing anything about crochet… So I want my patterns to be clear and easy to follow. That’s why this pattern has more than 90 step-by-step photographs, 5 crochet charts and several diagrams.

English Garden Crochet Blanket step-by-step tutorial

So, if you love English gardens too, and would like to have one in the form of a blanket, you can purchase this pattern in Dada’s place shop. (Payment options: credit cards and PayPal)

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)

Norwegian Forest Blanket Pattern

03/03/2016 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns 26 Comments

I named this blanket “Norwegian forest” because it reminds me of the pictures of beautiful and powerful Norwegian landscapes my friend sent me when she left to live in Norway. I was fascinated with that endless, icy and serene beauty… minimalistic but powerful!

The blanket measures approximately 86 x 86 cm (34″ x 34″) and it is consisted of 16 granny squares, (20 x 20 cm) joined with single crochet.

For this blanket I chose a yarn I have never worked with before. It’s “Una” from St. George, 115m/50g, 55% acrylic, 40% cotton and 5% metalized polyester. The yarn is breath taking, streaked with silver threads, and I’m very sorry I didn’t manage to show all that beauty in the pictures. The reason why these pictures don’t reflect true beauty of this yarn is because I use only natural light for shooting, and these winter days are so dark and gloomy… Anyway, it was a real pleasure to work with this soft, amazing yarn.

I used 4 mm crochet hook (USA – size G-6, UK – size 8). The pattern is written using US crochet terms.

Popcorn granny square crochet blanket pattern

Like all my patterns, this one is also very detailed. There are step-by-step instruction on how to make the square, as well as how to make the border, with more than 120 step-by-step photographs. I also made crochet charts for square and border, and there are written patterns for square and border, too. I hope that this pattern will be very easy to follow, because I wrote it having in mind that not so long ago I was an inexperienced crocheter (read: beginner) with absolutely no clue about crochet! I remember so well how I appreciated any detailed step-by-step tutorial which I was able to follow with my poor knowledge of crochet!

The pattern has 22 pages! Can you believe it?

The Norwegian Forest Blanket Pattern is now available in Dada’s place shop, (payment options: Credit cards & PayPal).

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop, and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)