Cabbage Patch Stroller Blanket

Hello again!

I lost my crochet mojo around the time Nevada shut down its casinos. The casinos might have reopened last month, but unlike the gambling industry I wasn't able to just switch back to crafting mode. It's finally, finally, returning to me. 

I was sorting through a couple bins of yarn and found a bunch of Mary Maxim Starlette worsted weight acrylic. 

Probably 8 or 9 years old.

The colorway is called Light Willow, it's a light green and for the life of my I cannot remember what I planned to make when I bought it. (For that matter, I can't remember when I bought it.)

But I definitely had an idea of what to make: a stroller blanket.

Okay, yes, my kids are older now. Grant is about to start kindergarten! He also has a collection of stroller blankets that he drags around like Linus. They go everywhere - including the car - and because they get dragged around everywhere, they need to get washed frequently. So I'd like to have a spare on hand. 

Also, I'm of the opinion that there's no such thing as too many blankets, whatever the size. 

Really, this is just what's in my living room.

So, off to my stitch dictionaries, and I found the Cabbage Patch stitch pattern. Light green color, cabbage is green, Grant likes cabbage (for real - I'm not sure how I lucked out with him, although his older brother is pickier than I ever was), gee, what should I call this blanket?

This texture is dense, yet pleasant.

Anyway, here's the pattern! And here is where you can link a project on Ravelry. (I hope you will, I love seeing what people make.)

Cabbage Patch Stroller Blanket

by Katherine Larson

Finished size: 22" wide x 25" tall (56cm x 63cm)

Skills needed: chain, double crochet

Materials:

Yarn: Mary Maxim Starlette (3.5oz/100g, 180yds/175m, 100% acrylic), 3 balls or 540yds worsted weight yarn

Tools: H/5.0mm hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Tapestry needle

Gauge: 20 dc in 4"/100cm (gauge is not critical to this project)

Notes: Pattern is written in US crochet terms.

Abbreviations:

Ch - chain

Ch sp - chain space

Dc- double crochet

St - stitch

Pattern:

Ch 107

Row 1: 4 dc in 5th ch from hook, *skip next 3 ch, 4 dc in next ch, repeat from * to last 2 ch, skip 1 ch, dc in last ch. Turn.

Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout pattern), *skip next 3 sts, dc in next st, working behind dc just made, dc in first skipped st, repeat from * to end, dc in top of turning ch. Turn.

Row 3: Ch 3, 4 dc in each ch sp across, dc in top of turning ch. Turn.

Repeat rows 2-3, 20 more times (or until you run out of yarn). 

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Enjoy!