Purple Mountains Stroller Blanket

Another stroller blanket, this one using Premier Yarns Sweet Rolls - you've surely seen these, along with Caron Cakes, at the big box craft stores and on Ravelry. Acrylic yarn (easy care! Perfect for blankets that get exposed to all manner of spills and dirt!) that comes with long sections of color, making for easy stripes.

I initially made this blanket just to keep Grant warm in the stroller while we walked his big brother to school. (Yes, it does get cold here in the winter. Well, cold enough to need sweaters and jackets.) When given a choice (because I do have a plethora of stroller/baby blankets), this is usually his first pick to take with us.

Purple Mountains Stroller Blanket
by Katherine Larson

Finished Size: 28" wide x 24.5" tall (71cm x 62cm)
Skills needed: foundation double crochet, chain, single crochet, double crochet, slip stitch

Yarn: Premier Yarns Sweet Rolls (5oz/140g, 245yds/224m, 100% acrylic) 2 skeins or 550 yds worsted weight yarn
*note: the sample for this project used all but two yards of the original two skeins. Check your gauge, or have an extra skein on hand.
Tools: I/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to meet gauge
Tapestry needle

Gauge: 13 dc x 5.3 rows = 4"/10cm

Pattern notes: Pattern is written in US crochet terms.
Turning chain does not count as first stitch.

Abbreviations:
Fdc - Foundation Double Crochet
Ch - chain
Ch-sp - chain space
Sk - skip
Sc - single crochet
Dc - double crochet

Pattern:
Row 1 (RS): Fdc 97

Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, turn. Sc in first st, * ch 2, skip 2 sts, dc in next st, ch 2, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, repeat from * to end.

Row 3: Ch 1, turn. 3 dc in first st, sk ch-sp, sc in next st, * sk ch-sp, 5 dc in next st, sk ch-sp, sc in next st, repeat from * to last dc, sk last ch-sp, 3 dc in last st.

Row 4: Ch 1, turn. Sc in first st, * ch 2, sk 2 sts, dc in next st, ch 1, sk 2 sts, sc in next st, repeat from * to end.

Row 5: Ch 1, turn. Dc in first st, * 2 dc in ch-sp, dc in next st, repeat from * to end.

Repeat rows 2-5, 13 more times, for a total of 53 rows.

Border: Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st to last st, 3 sc in last st, working down side of blanket, work 2 sc in each dc and 1 sc in each sc to bottom of blanket, working across bottom of foundation row, 3 sc in first st, sc in each st to last st of foundation row, 3 sc in last st of foundation row, working up opposite side of blanket, work 2 sc in each dc and 1 sc in each sc to top of blanket, join with sl st to beginning sc. 

Fasten off.

Weave in ends.