Green Thumb Stroller Blanket

It's been a while.

I made this baby blanket almost two years ago, but never wrote the pattern out. Well, ok, I wrote the pattern out, but never shared it. It's a stroller blanket, which means it is smaller than a typical lapghan or baby blanket. But it's the perfect size to keep a toddler snug in a stroller or car seat.

This one is crocheted in acrylic, which means it is so easy to clean - you can throw it in the washer & dryer!

Like all the patterns on my blog, this is free, and written only. Feel free to do whatever you like with what you make from this pattern - use it, gift it, sell it, frog it, trash it (although I hope you don't do that last one). 

Green Thumb Stroller Blanket

by Katherine Larson

Finished size: 27" x 22"/68.5cm x 56cm
Skills needed: Chain, double crochet

Yarn: 370yds/338m aran weight yarn (I used Big Twist Yarns Baby Solids (3.5oz/100g, 185yds/169m, 100% acrylic), 2 skeins)
Tools: I/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to meet gauge
Tapestry needle

Gauge: 3.5 pattern repeats and 7 rows = 4" / 10cm (gauge is not critical for this pattern)

Notes: Pattern is written in US crochet terms.

Abbreviations:
Ch - Chain
Ch-sp - Chain space
Dc - Double Crochet
Sk - skip

Pattern:

Ch 90
Row 1: Dc in 5th ch from hook, ch 3, dc in same st, *sk 3 ch st, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next st, repeat from * 20 more times, sk 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (24 dc and 22 ch-3 spaces)
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout), 4 dc in ch-3 space, *ch 1, 4 dc  in next ch-3 space, repeat from * across, dc in last st, turn. (22 shells)
Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), dc in first st, *sk 4 dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in ch-1 space, repeat from * across, sk last 4 dc, (dc, ch 2, dc) in last st, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in ch-2 space, *ch 1, 4 dc in next ch-3 space, repeat from * across, 2 dc in last ch-2 space, dc in last st, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3, sk 2 dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in ch-1 space, *sk 4 dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in ch-1 space, repeat from * across, sk 2 dc, dc in last st, turn.
Repeat rows 2-5 eight more times, then repeat rows 2-3 once.

Fasten off, weave in ends.