Granny Striped Baby Afghan

Granny Striped Baby Afghan — finished piece, photo from the original Poochie Baby blog post

A striped granny afghan that works for babies or as a lap throw — about 31 × 38 inches, and a great scrap-buster.

Free Crochet Pattern for Granny Stripe Blanket Hey everyone!............. I wrapped up the pattern for my new owl afghan a couple of days ago and decided to post a new free pattern.

This striped granny afghan works great for babies! It is also the perfect lap afghan size for adults. If making this blanket for a baby, you can match the colors to the nursery. The finished blanket measures approximately 31 x 38 inches when complete (if using a three color scheme). You can always modify the width by adding rows. Just work out the number of rows per color before you begin. I usually start and finish the rows with the same color.

When using three colors, you will need one 7 oz. skein of yarn per color. The blanket I decided to make while working out this pattern is made in many different colors though. Needless to say, I have a lot of yarn left over from other projects. A good portion of it has too much left on the skein to be considered SCRAP but it's not really enough to use on another large project. So, I gathered these skeins to make this blanket. It worked out perfect even though the colors don't match at all!! I used each color to make three rows on the blanket. I would estimate that it took about 2 oz. of yarn for three row section.

So........... on to the pattern!

Materials:

Three 7 oz. skeins of yarn in your preferred colors or approximately 2 oz. of yarn in each color for every three row section H Hook ****************** CH 150

R1 — DC in the third chain from the hook. Skip two stitches and 3 DC in the next stitch. Skip two stitches and 3 DC in the next stitch. Continue to skip two stitches and 3 DC in the next stitch across the row. When you reach the last three stitches, skip two stitches and 1 DC in the last stitch.

R2 — CH 2 and 2 DC in the same chain space. 3 DC in the next chain space, 3 DC in the next chain space. Continue this pattern across the row until you reach the end. At the end of the row, 1 DC in the last stitch.

R3 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R4 thru R6 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R7 thru R 9 — Repeat R2 *Switch color

R10 thru R12 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R13 thru R15 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R16 thru R18 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R19 thru R21 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R22 thru R24 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R25 thru R27 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R28 thru R30 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R31 thru R33 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R34 thru R36 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R37 thru R39 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R40 thru R42 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R43 thru R45 — Repeat R2 *Switch Color

R46 thru R48 — Repeat R2

Edging:

Ch 1 and SC all the way around the blanket.

Finished!!

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