Single Crochet Baby Blanket with a Picot Edge
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This single crochet baby blanket keeps the fabric simple and adds a small picot accent around the edge. The supplied one-page pattern begins with ninety body stitches and repeats single crochet rows to the chosen length. It is a useful straightforward project, but the source does not give enough yarn information to promise a fixed finished size from one skein.
Project details
| Skill level | Beginner |
|---|---|
| Size | No finished dimensions stated; ninety stitches across at the source gauge. |
| Hook | US M as stated in the source. |
| Source | Baby Blanket, 30 New Stitches Course, printed page 31 / PDF page 33. |
Materials and gauge
Baby-soft yarn, US M crochet hook, tapestry needle and scissors. The source lists one large skein without a weight or yardage, so calculate yarn use from a sample.
Read the size information carefully
The printed gauge is two stitches per inch and three rows per inch. At exactly that gauge, ninety stitches would span about forty-five inches before the edging. This is a calculation from the supplied gauge, not a verified finished blanket measurement. The yarn weight and skein length are unspecified, so make a sample before purchasing all the yarn.
The source names a US M hook without printing a millimeter value. Check the size marked on your hook and use the actual gauge as the deciding factor. A soft yarn and large hook can produce an open fabric even in single crochet; check its drape and the size of its gaps on the swatch.
Work the ninety-stitch body
- Chain 91 without pulling the foundation tightly.
- Single crochet into the second chain from the hook, then into each remaining chain. There are ninety sc.
- Chain 1 and turn. Sc in each stitch across, keeping the turning chain separate from the ninety stitches.
- Repeat the plain row until the desired length, keeping the same number of stitches at both edges.
The source labels the starting chain as row 1 and continues its body rows through row 90. That numbering includes the foundation line, so it should not be presented as ninety completed fabric rows plus a foundation. If following the printed sequence, check off the lines exactly as they appear in your copy.
Keep the edges straight
Mark the first and last actual stitch on an early row. Move those markers upward until the row ends are easy to recognize. Count ninety stitches every few rows; losing one at the edge creates a sloping side that the picot border cannot hide.
If the foundation pulls inward, loosen the chain tension on the next sample before beginning the full blanket. If the upper rows widen, check for stitches accidentally placed into the turning chain. A rectangle should lie flat before the border is added.
Make the picot edging
The source repeat is two ordinary sc, then a sc in the next stitch followed by chain 3 and another sc in that same anchor. Repeat that unit around the outside edge and slip stitch to the first stitch to close. Each chain-three loop creates a small raised point.
Along the row ends, distribute the anchors evenly instead of forcing one border stitch into every visible loop. The source does not supply a separate corner formula or final edging count. Make a corner trial on your sample and keep the extra turning room consistent so the edge can lie flat; record any corner adjustment as your own finish.
Plan a different size
The plain body is not tied to a complicated repeat, so a different starting width is possible. Multiply the desired width by your measured stitches per inch, then add the foundation turning chain. Test the picot spacing on the new stitch count before completing a full border. Use the swatch’s weight to estimate yarn rather than assuming every large skein has the same length.
Weave in all ends, shape gently according to the yarn label and dry flat. This article follows the simple source project and identifies its missing measurements rather than supplying an invented finished width, length or yarn quantity.
Frequently asked questions
How many stitches are in a row?
Ninety sc after the ninety-one-chain foundation.
Does the source give a finished blanket size?
No. It gives stitch and row gauge, but no confirmed finished dimensions or yarn yardage.
What makes the picot?
Chain three and anchor with another sc in the same stitch used just before the chain.
Pattern and photograph credits
Baby Blanket, 30 New Stitches Course, printed page 31 / PDF page 33. Photographs show the supplied source projects. Crops, rotated photographs and editorial checklists are identified in their captions. Any stitch-count or terminology clarification is identified in the relevant section.
Open the original [BONUS 3] 30 New Stitches Course.pdf pattern reference in Drive — Printed pages 31; PDF pages 33. Keep the original pages beside this guide for the detailed diagrams and any section specifically referenced above.
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