Nothing is more fitting for a delicate newborn than a delicate, lacy baby blanket. Made using size 5 crochet thread, the Tilted Lace Baby Blanket uses cluster and puff stitches and a mix of baby blues and pinks to create a gentle, textured blanket.

Skill Level:  Intermediate

Size: approximately 42” × 59” (107cm x 150cm)

Gauge: Approximately 23 dc and 8 rows in pattern = 4”/10cm with swatch very relaxed. This yarn is very stretchy, so don’t pull on swatch to measure gauge.

Materials

Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter Crochet Thread Size 5 (100% acrylic; 371 yards [339 meters]/85 grams): #31425 Gentle Pink (A, 2 balls), #33206 Touch (B, 2 balls), #31128 Sky Blue (C, 2 balls), #33202 Adrift (D, 2 balls), #31201 Still Water (E, 2 balls)
Hook: US size D/3 (3.25 mm) hook

Special Stitches

Foundation Double Crochet (fdc): Beginning with a slip knot, ch 4 (counts as first ch and first dc). YO, insert hook in 4th ch from hook, *YO and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook), YO and draw through one loop on hook (creates the base chain), [YO and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice (creates the dc)*. For the following stitches, YO, insert hook in the ch at the base of the previous st, under 2 strands (leaving the 2 strands at the chain edge), repeat from * to * for length as directed.
3 treble cluster (3tr-cl): [yo twice, insert hook in indicated st/sp, yo, pull up a loop {yo, pull through 2 loops on hook} twice] 3 times, yo, pull through 4 loops on hook.
Capped puff (c-puff): [yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull up loop] 5 times in indicated st/sp (11 loops on hook), yo, pull through 10 loops on hook, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook.

Pattern

Row 1: With A, work 230 fdc.
Row 2: Ch 5, sc in 4th dc from hk, *ch 4, sk 4 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sk 1 dc, dc in next dc, ch 3, sk 1 dc, hdc in next dc**, ch 3, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc; rep from * across ending final rep at **, hdc in last st, turn.
Row 3 (RS): Ch 6, sc in first ch-3 sp, *ch 7, (2 sc, ch 3, 3 tr-cl) in next ch-4 sp, ch 6, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hk**, c-puff  in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, c-puff in last ch-sp, ch 2, dc in top of 2nd ch, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 6, *sk (c-puff, 2-dc), sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-7 sp, ch 4**, sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 7; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, 2 sc in ch-6 sp, turn.
Row 5: Ch 8, *(2 sc, ch 3, 3 tr-cl) in next ch-4 sp, ch 6, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hk, c-puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-7 sp**, ch 7; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, ch 2, tr in last sc, turn.
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in tr, ch 3, sk first sc, *sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 7, sk (c-puff, 2-dc), sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3**, sc in next ch-7 sp, ch 4; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, (sc, ch 1, sc) in last ch-8 sp, turn.
Row 7: Ch 4, tr in first ch-sp, ch 5, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hk, *c-puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-7 sp, ch 7**, (2 sc, ch 3, 3 tr-cl) in next ch-4 sp, ch 6, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hk; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, 2 sc in last ch-3 sp, ch 3, tr in last sc, turn.
Row 8: Ch 5, sc in first ch-7 sp, *ch 4, sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 7, sk (c-puff, 2-dc), sc in next ch-3 sp**, ch 3, sc in next ch-7 sp; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, turn.
Row 9: Ch 6, sc in first ch-7 sp, *ch 7, (2 sc, ch 3, 3 tr-cl) in next ch-4 sp, ch 6, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hk**, c-puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-7 sp; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, c-puff in last ch-sp, ch 2, dc in top of 2nd ch, turn.
Row 10: Ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 6, *sk (c-puff, 2-dc), sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-7 sp, ch 4**, sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 7; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, 2 sc in ch-6 sp, turn.
Row 11: Ch 8, *(2 sc, ch 3, 3 tr-cl) in next ch-4 sp, ch 6, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hk, c-puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-7 sp**, ch 7; rep from * across, ending final rep at **, ch 2, tr in last sc, turn.
With A, (rep rows 6-11) twice. With B, C, D, E (rep rows 6-11) 4 times each color.
Row 12: With E, ch 1, sc in tr, ch 3, *sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 1, dc in side on 3-dc cluster, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3**, sc in next ch-7 sp, ch 4; rep from * across, ending last rep at **, (sc, ch 1, sc) in last ch-sp, turn.
Row 13 (RS): Ch 3, dc in ch-1 sp, *dc in next sc, 2 dc in next ch-3 sp, hdc in next sc, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp, hdc in next dc, sk ch-sp, dc in next sc**, 3 dc in next ch-4 sp; rep from * across, ending last rep at **, 2 dc in next ch-sp, dc in last sc. (230 dc and hdc)
Fasten off.

Edging

Rnd 1: With B, join with sc in same corner as fasten off. With RS facing, *sc 245 evenly across ends of rows, 3 sc in next corner, 228 sc across, 3 sc in next corner, rep from * once, sl st to first sc to join.
Rnd 2: *Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in next ch, sk 3 sts along edge, ch 2, sl st in next st; rep from * across to corner, ch 1, sk 1, (sl st, ch 5, 3tr-cl, ch 5, sl st) in middle sc of corner, ch 1, sk 1, sl st in next st**; rep from * to ** around, adjusting last number of skipped sts just before corners if necessary, end with sl st in first ch of rnd. Fasten off.