Extended Single Crochet Baby Blanket

Extended Single Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern

The extended single crochet is a great stitch to use on baby blankets. When I started this blanket I realized that all the babies in my family live in Kansas.

When I think of Kansas, I think of a big blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds, fields of golden wheat as for as the eye can see, and old red barns.

That is what inspired the color scheme for this random stripe baby blanket.

You can find an easy to print version of this pattern in my Etsy shop

Materials

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft
Hook: H 5mm
Scissors
Yarn Needle

Measurements

Width: 38 inches
Length: 44 inches
Gauge: 9 rows x 11 stitches = 4″x4″

Stitches

ch: Chain
esc: Extended Single Crochet
dc: Double Crochet
BP: Back Post
FP: Front Post
slst: Slip Stitch
st/sts: Stitch/Stitches

Pattern Instructions

Starting with Autumn Maize, ch 102
1. esc in the third chain from the hook and in each ch across to the end.
2. ch2, turn, esc in the first st and each st across to the end of the row.
3-4. Repeat row two, change the yarn color in the last stitch of row four.

Continue the blanket, repeating row two and change yarn color as the graph shows below.

Fasten off and weave in all yarn tails before starting the blanket border.

Blanket Border Instructions

1. Attach white yarn into the stitch on the top right corner. Chain three, then make 2 dc in the same stitch. Work a dc in each st across and around all four sides of the blanket, working 3 dc in each corner. When working the dc on the side of the blanket – one dc per row. Join with a slst into the top of the chain 3
2. ch3, FPdc around the next dc post, BPdc, around the next post. continue alternating FPdc and BPdc all around the blanket. Join with a slst.
3. Repeat row 2, join with a slst, fasten off then weave in ends.