Description

Garden Kittens Blanket – Vintage Crochet Pattern: Instant PDF Download

Size: 27″ x 38″

Dapper cats in bow ties perch among garden flowers in this easy/beginner crochet baby blanket, a lovely addition to any baby crochet or animal-motif pattern collection. Worked up quickly in sport/baby yarn patterns weight cotton, the blanket alternates bands of shell-stitch panels with plain single crochet strips left open for simple embroidery, where three cats and six flowers are added to each panel with backstitch, cross-stitch, and French knots. A wonderfully portable project and a thoughtful handmade baby shower gift.

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Design & Construction Details

Skill Level: Easy/Beginner.
Construction: Worked in rows from a single foundation chain; alternating rows of a shell-stitch color-change pattern and plain single crochet build up the blanket body, finished with a three-round shell-and-single-crochet border, then embellished with hand embroidery following the included chart.
Finished Measurements: Approximately 27″ x 38″.
Pattern Style: Written in standard US crochet terms, with a full abbreviations guide, embroidery chart, and color key included.
Stitches: Chain, double crochet, single crochet, worked in a repeating shell color-change pattern; embroidery in backstitch, cross-stitch, and French knots.

Recommended Materials & Tools

Yarn: Sport weight — approximately 3 skeins Off White plus smaller amounts of 7 accent colors (Red Heart Super Sport and Red Heart Sport in the original).
Substitute yarn: Standard modern sport/baby weight yarn such as Debbie Bliss Eco Baby or Cascade Yarns Botanika.
Crochet Hook Size: Size G (4.25mm), or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: Large-eyed yarn needle for embroidery and weaving in ends.
Gauge: 8 sc and 10 rows = 2″.

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