After designing the Bubblegum Kisses Baby Blanket for my brand new niece, I decided to crochet a baby blanket for a little boy. I ultimately chose Lion Brand Yarns Pound of Love for this crochet baby blanket for a couple reasons: I wanted a soft afghan with the perfect pop of color, I wanted a nice acrylic that would hold up well to the many washings that baby blankets receive, and I had a contrasting colors on a shelf so I didn't have to wait for a yarn order to arrive to begin the project.

Both the yarn choice and simple crochet stitch combines to make the Cuddly Soft C2C Baby Blanket a perfectly modern crochet baby blanket to gift to your favorite tiny human.

You can find the free crochet C2C blanket pattern for the Cuddly Soft Corner-to-Corner Baby Blanket in this post below, or an ad-free print friendly version on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, or on Etsy here.

 

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The Cuddly Soft Baby Blanket is worked from corner to corner (C2C), also known as on the bias. I love crochet corner to corner blankets for a couple reasons. They seem to work up more quickly than other blankets and you can easily increase the width and length of your blanket.

 

 

YARN

For this crochet C2C blanket, I chose Lion Brand Yarns Pound of Love and Lion Brand Mandala Ombre, both are worsted weight yarns. Pound of Love is a 100% premium acrylic yarn that is available in 28 gorgeous colors. Although Pound of Love is classified as a Craft Yarn Council 4 / worsted weight yarn, I’ve found that it is on the lighter side of most worsted weight yarns. Mandala Ombre is also a 100% acrylic yarn and it is available in 12 beautiful colorways that make perfect accent colors.

I’ve had many tell me that they don’t like the feel of acrylic yarns, but Pound of Love becomes SO incredibly soft after a quick wash and dry! It’s the perfect yarn for so many different projects and the yardage in one ball is incredible at 1,020 yards!

 

 

 

 

CUDDLY SOFT C2C BABY BLANKET – FREE CROCHET C2C BLANKET PATTERN

The free pattern is below, but if you love to work offline, I’ve got a couple other great options for you.

Purchase the ad-free, printable PDF, including all photo tutorials, on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, or on Etsy here. 

Save this pattern to your Ravelry favorites here.

Pin it for later here.

 

 

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Materials

• Yarn: Worsted Weight / 4 yarn,  Lion Brand Yarns Pound of Love & Lion Brand Mandala Ombre were used for the crochet blanket shown in the photos.
  • Elephant Grey (MC): 400 yards
  • Harmony: 140 yards
• Crochet Hook: 7.00mm (My favorite crochet hooks are the Clover Amour Hooks, I’ve never had an ache in my hand since switching)
• Scissors
• Yarn Needle
• Scrap piece of yarn or stitch marker

 

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Gauge

• In (BLO dc in next st, FLO dc in next st): 8.5 sts = 3"; 4.75 rows = 3"

 

Difficulty Level

• Easy

 

Finished Size

• 36" W x 42" L (easily adjustable)

 

Abbreviations (US Terms)

• ch(s): chain(s)
• sl st(s): slip stitch(es)
• st(s): stitch(es)
• sc: single crochet
• dc: double crochet
• yo: yarn over
• BLO / FLO: back loop only / front loop only
• Rep: repeat
• Rnd: round
• RS: right side
• MC: Main Color
• CC: Contrasting Color
• SM: stitch marker
• Alt-DC: alternate double crochet  (click here for tutorial)
• Alt-DC2tog: alternate double crochet decrease  (click here for tutorial)

Notes

 

 

Special Stitches

 

 

 

Cuddly Soft C2C Baby Blanket Instructions

Rectangular Rows

 

 

Give your work a professional finish by blocking it! Click here to learn 3 different ways to block acrylic yarn. I prefer to steam block, which technique will you choose?

 

 

MORE FREE CROCHET PATTERNS FROM A CROCHETED SIMPLICITY

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