Celestial Bears Baby Blanket by Helen Coe

Celestial Bears Baby Blanket

Crochet
November 2019
DK (11 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 15 rows = 4 inches
in back loop single crochet
4.5 mm
33in x 30 in (84cm x 76cm)
both US and UK
English
This pattern is available for £5.00 GBP buy it now

Difficulty – Intermediate
Techniques used:
• UK terms – BLDC – Back loop double crochet,
• US terms - BLSC – Back loop single crochet,
• Slip Stitches
What you will need for baby blanket size:
• Colour A (background) 2 balls of dk yarn – 100g balls
• Colours B, C, D, E, F, G, H, (pattern) 7 colours 1/2 x ball of dk yarn – 100g balls per colour
• If you choose to use a single colour for the pattern rather than multiple colours, - 2 balls of dk yarn - 100g balls
• I have used Stylecraft Special DK for this as I love the vibrancy of the colours and the yarn is a lovely texture and easy to work with.
o Colour A Parchment
o Colour B Empire
o Colour C Aspen
o Colour D Mustard
o Colour E Gold
o Colour F Copper
o Colour G Claret
o Colour H Black
• 4.5mm hook
• Tapestry needle for ends
• Scissors
• Stitch markers

This is a cute little baby blanket which uses imagery inspired by Native American style symbols.

To me, this blanket depicts a trek across the land of a guardian and child bear underneath a night sky. Throughout the pattern you will see various celestial bodies, sun, moon and stars. There is something about the scene that brings me peace and that I am almost intruding on the family time together. This blanket grew organically one day when I knew I wanted to use specific colours and a scene with bears has been playing on my mind for a while now. It took me just four days to design and create this blanket and I hope this work brings you as much joy as it did to me.

This blanket is available as a paid version as a whole from December 2019 on Ravelry. This was also hosted as a free CAL on my facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1815138551873821/ over 5 - 6 weeks.
The free CAL features charts and some supporting written instructions, plus photo tutorials of techniques.
The paid for version features charts and 100% written instructions, plus photo tutorials of techniques.