With an easy yet gorgeous woven texture and beautiful stripes, the Fledgling Baby Afghan pattern is a showstopper in any nursery.

Perfect for any gender and nursery style, this crochet baby blanket pattern works up easily and fairly quickly, with stunning personality in the color stripe pattern.

This playful yet classy crochet baby blanket is the perfect gift for those expecting a new addition to their family.

With intriguing stripes made with 3 colors and the gorgeous woven texture of the Moss Stitch, this easy crochet baby afghan will not only keep little ones warm and cozy but look textured and stylish while doing so.

The Moss Stitch gives lovely drape and movement in the blanket, ensuring it is durable enough to be used as a playmat but soft and cozy for warmth, too.

By purchasing this pattern, you will receive:

1) “With Photo Tutorials” PDF that includes step by step photo tutorials for each part of the pattern with arrows, dots and highlights to help verify stitch placement. The photo tutorial is written in full sentence detail, not short hand, to help you through. Tips are included along the way in the photo tutorial that may be helpful.
2) Photo Tutorials included: Rows 1 & 2 (Plus a repeat of Row 2), the Border, how to change color, how to weave in ends and why it’s not recommended crochet over the ends.
3) Printer friendly PDF with no photo tutorial to save ink.
4) Instructions on how to change size, if desired. Keep in mind, if you change the size of this crochet baby blanket pattern, you will use more or less yarn than listed and your stitch count will be different.

Finished Blanket Size:
Approximately 32 inches x 32 inches.

Yarn Requirements:
Medium (4) Weight Acrylic/Wool (or blend) yarn of your choice in 3 colors. You will need approximately:

Color A: 220 grams/ 480 yards/ 7.75 ounces
Color B: 180 grams/ 393 yards/ 6.35 ounces
Color C: 80 grams/ 175 yards/ 2.82 ounces

Yarn Notes:
If you customize the size of this crochet baby blanket pattern, your yarn usage will not match these requirements.
Cotton yarn will have a significant difference in gauge to Acrylic, Wool or a blend of the two. You can use cotton but the yarn requirements will be off fairly significantly and you will need to alter the pattern to bring it up to size.

Yarn Used:
We Crochet’s Brava Tweed in colorways Wren (Color A - white), Wasabi (Color B - green) and Mink (Color B - gray). This yarn is 97% Premium Acrylic, 3% Viscose. 100 grams / 218 yards per skein.

Tools & Notions
5 mm (H-8) hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers

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