Crystal Wave Crochet Baby Blanket | Free Pattern
I’m always on the lookout for new ideas when it comes to baby blankets. Here is how to make a crystal wave crochet baby blanket.
There are different strategies that I use when making a baby blanket. One way is to keep the colours simple and do stripes, or even a solid, but use an interesting crochet stitch that adds texture and visual appeal.
Baby blankets are a great way to try out a new stitch. They’re small enough to really get into it, but they’re not that big that it takes forever.
The crystal wave crochet stitch uses some basic stitches – the double crochet (DC), the single crochet (SC) and the chain stitch (CH). You will also need to know how to do a front post single crochet (FPSC). So this pattern works for those just starting out as it is merely a combination of those stitches.
The crystal wave stitch is built on 4 stitches.
Therefore, your starting chain needs to be any multiple of 4.
When making a baby blanket, I simply chain until I reach the desired length. In this case, I wanted it to be 32 inches wide. Once I got to that measurement, I counted the stitches and added what I needed to, to make it a multiple of 4. You can very easily adapt this to any size you want. Just make sure your final chain can be divided by 4.
For this project, I used a category 4 weight yarn. I find that this is a versatile weight of yarn – not too heavy and not too light. I also used a 4.5mm crochet hook.
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Finishing the Crystal Wave Crochet Baby Blanket
The beauty of this pattern is that you don’t really need a border. The edges of the work are quite lovely on their own. For this reason, I did nothing as a border and I think it looks great.
This is one of those projects that is great when you are on the go or sitting in zoom meetings. It’s the same thing over and over and so once you get the hang of the pattern you don’t need to look at it anymore.
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Thanks for the beautiful pattern.
You are so welcome! Enjoy. Be sure to share yours, please.
I found where someone on Facebook had used your crystal wave stitch. It is gorgeous. Now it is in my collection. Thank you
Yes! It’s such a lovely stitch. Thank you for letting me know.
Thank you so much for letting me subscribe. Thank you for the beautiful pattern.
It’s such a lovely pattern isn’t it? Thank you!
Love the look , will certainly be trying
Thank you! Let me know how it goes please.
oh my, I love this pattern! It is so pretty and fun to do.
Yes – it really is lovely, isn’t it?
Thank you for the written pattern, it’s beautiful. My question is, how do I finish off the last row to make it straight so I can make a border?
Hello. I’m not exactly sure how or whether or not you can make it straight due to the shape of the pattern. I left mine without a border as I thought it looked quite nice.
That said you may be able to figure out a combo of SCs, HDCs and possibly DCs to make it straighter.
I notice you are not doing the 3 chains in the first row ——
You can do either 3 or 2 chains. I am a loose crocheter and so I do 2 as it ends up being similar in size to doing a chain 3. If you are a tight crocheter, then 3 is preferred. Hope this makes sense.
Hi
I know the sides & bottom make a nice edging, but can you recommend a nice straight edging for the top/last row?
Thank you
If you want a straight edge, you could do a SC in the top/highest point of each peak of the pattern, then a couple of chains to connect to the SCs together. You would need this first as a foundation. Does that make sense? Once you have that foundation row, you could do rows of SCs or HDCs or DCs all around. Do as many rows as you’d like to achieve the desired width of the border you’d like.