The Kerrisdale Baby Blanket | Free Pattern

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It’s Spring Break and I’ve been waylaid with doing some redecorating with my kids. My eldest wanted to paint his room and so we’ve been busy doing that. But now that the room is done, I can get back to crocheting. Here’s how to crochet the Kerrisdale baby blanket.

Spring is busy with babies. Our church family recently welcomed a new baby boy and I know of 3 more expectant mothers due this spring. So it is time to work on some baby blankets.

Hot off the heels of the Oakridge Throw that I designed for a wedding gift, I was on a roll with blanket ideas, so I just continued on. As spring is coming, I lightened it up a bit by using Red Heart Soft and Caron Simply Soft yarns – these are my go-to yarns for babies. They are soft and cuddly, as well as machine washable – a very important detail for anyone with babies.

I find that I struggle with ideas when it comes to designing something for boys. It’s easy to do any pattern in pink or purple and it automatically looks girly. Case in point is my pink C2C Gingham Baby Blanket. But for the first baby that was born, a boy, I wanted something classic, yet visually interesting and befitting for a boy. I also wanted something that worked up quickly and didn’t take too long as I will need to be cranking out 4 baby blankets over the next couple of months.

To make this baby blanket look modern, I designed it mainly in white (Red Heart Soft) but added a few touches of grey (Caron Simply Soft). Grey and white is quite a nice look – it looks fresh and clean, yet serene. We just finished painting my son’s bedroom grey and it turned out quite nice (check out a photo of it that I posted on my Instagram account). In home design, I have noticed a lot of the interiors of newer homes are painted grey with white trim.

I incorporated the grey by using the ridge pattern that I used in the Oakridge blanket. While I initially thought of making a Baby Oakridge design, I found that the woven stitch did not work up too quickly with the thinner yarn. I also found it hard to see the subtle pattern with the white yarn so I decided to go in a different direction. I know that DCs work up quickly and so I wanted a pattern that used DCs. In the end, I settled on the V stitch pattern. I like that it is quick to do and makes the blanket light and airy without looking too lacy.

Essentially, the pattern consists of V stitch panels, separated by a ridge. Because you sl st in the front loops of the ridge row, it stands out and becomes a bit more prominent.

This is a versatile pattern that is quick and easy to work up. It has a nice texture to it and has a light and airy feel to it.

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The Kerrisdale Baby Blanket Pattern

The finished size is 35 x 35 – however, this can easily be modified by altering the starting row for the width and changing the number of panels for the length.

For the white and grey blanket, I used 2 skeins of Red Heart Soft in white (MC), as well as part of 1 skein of Caron Simply Soft in heather grey (CC). I also used a 6mm crochet hook. Affiliate links for the yarn are included here.

With MC, make a FDC of 102. Ch 2, turn.

Row 1 – DC across, ch 3, turn (102)

V Stitch Section

Row 2 – 8V stitch, sk 2*, continue all the way across; you will end with 2 stitch in which you will sk 1 and then DC in the last stitch. Ch 3, turn

Rows 3-9 – repeat Row 2 for a total of 8 rows of V stitch

Row 10 – DC across, switch to CC, ch 1, turn

Ridge:

Row 11 – using CC, sc across

Row 12 – sl st across in the front loops of the sc’s in Row 11; change back to MC, ch 2, turn

This completes 1 panel of the baby blanket, as well as a ridge row. From here on, you simply repeat until you have 5 panels, all separated with a ridge row. Regardless of the length you make it, you will end with Row 10.

Row 13 – using MC, DC into the back loops of all the sc’s from Row 11

Rows 14-25 – repeat Rows 2-13

Rows 26-37 – repeat Rows 2-13

Rows 38-49 – repeat Rows 2-13

Rows 50-58 – repeat Rows 2-10; do not break yarn as you will be continuing with the MC for the border.

Border:

Rounds 1-3 – using MC, ch 1, sc around the blanket. In each corner, sc, ch2, sc – all in the same stitch. Sl st to join the end of each round to the starting sc.

Round 4 – switch to CC and sc around.

Round 5 – sl st into each sc from Round 3.

Variation:

The white and grey colour scheme could also work for a baby girl. At least 2 of the babies due this spring are already known to be girls. So I made another Kerrisdale Baby Blanket in Red Heart Soft in lilac purple and it came out quite nice. I added a white border and finished with a scalloped edge in purple to make it more feminine.

I used 3 skeins of Red Heart Soft in Lilac (purple) with no colour changes, except for the border.

For the border, I did Round 1 in the lilac and Rounds 2 & 3 in white. I then did a scallop border in lilac to finish it off – sk 1, 4 DC in the same stitch, sk 1, 4 DC in the same stitch. You may need to adjust it a bit to make it fit the corners – for instance, sk 2 instead of sk 1, to make it line up.

I think this is a great baby blanket that is gender-neutral and so works for any baby. It can easily be changed up by the colours.

I have 2 more babies to plan for – I have another design that I’m going to come up for those. I intend it to be another gender-neutral pattern that is also versatile since I know at least 1 of the babies is going to be a girl.

Thanks for reading!

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