Basket Weave Baby Blanket

This is a great pattern for a warm, winter blanket for baby! The stitches are close together and it forms a thatching like a woven basket. I made a very large afghan using the basket weave stitch a couple of years ago. It is a more advanced pattern as you are working by putting your hook around the post of the previous rows dc. You do this either from the front of the project or the back of the project.

The stitches create a pattern across of 3 in front and then 3 in back. A pattern of 3 is also worked in the rows as the pattern remains the same for 3 rows and then alternates 3 rows that shift the order of going from front to back to back to front across. When you are done it looks like you could fold it into a basket.

 

 

 

 

Basket Weave Stitch Guide

Ch= chain

sc= single crochet

dc= double crochet

fpdc= front post double crochet

bpdc= back post double crochet

hdc= half double crochet

sk=skip

 

Basket Weave Materials

Hook H

2 Large Skeins of yarn- baby sport- (I couldn’t find the name of the color I used or anything like it on Amazon)

Scissors

Needle for weaving in ends to finish off project

Basket Weave Instructions

Ch 111

H hook

Row 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook, dc in each ch across, turn

Row 2: ch 2, sk 1^st stitch, *fpdc in next through the front, fpdc next 2 dc, around the next dc come from the back and do a bpdc, bpdc next 2, continue * sets of 3, fpdc & 3 bpdc across, hdc in ch space, turn,

Rows 3 and 4: repeat row 2

Row 5: ch 2, sk 1^st stitch, *bpdc around next dc through back, bpdc next 2 dc, fpdc around next 3 dc, * repeat (sets of 3 bpdc & 3 fpdc across, hdc in ch space, turn ch 2

*careful it is easy to make mistakes when alternating the pattern

Rows 6 and 7: repeat row 5

Rows 8-10: repeat row 2

Rows 11-13: repeat row 5

Rows 14-16: repeat row 2

Rows 17-19: repeat row 5

Rows 20-22: repeat row 2

Rows 23-25: repeat row 5

Rows 26-28: repeat row 2

Rows 29-31: repeat row 5

Rows 32-34: repeat row 2

Rows 35-37: repeat row 5

Rows 38-40: repeat row 2

Rows 41-43: repeat row 5

Rows 44-46: repeat row 2

Rows 47-49: repeat row 5

Rows 50-52: repeat row 2

Rows 53-55: repeat row 5

Rows 56-58: repeat row 2

Rows 59-61: repeat row 5

Rows 62-64: repeat row 2

Rows 65-67: repeat row 5

Rows 68-70: repeat row 2

Rows 71-73: repeat row 5

Rows 74-76: repeat row 2

Border

Row 77: at end of row 76 ch 3 and turn. Skip first stitch. Ch 3 is the first double crochet in this row. Dc in second stitch and all the way across to the end of the row. 3 dc in each corner and down each side. (last corner 3 dc, slip stitch in top of chain 3 chain.

Row 78: ch 1, *sk 2, dc 4 in next dc, ch 3, slip st in 1^st ch just made, 4 dc in same stitch as 1^st 4 dc , sk 2, sc, * repeat Join with a slip stitch in first stitch of row, tie off. Sew in ends.