Angels4Preemies Patterns - Patchwork Preemie Blanket

Patchwork Preemie Blanket
by Lyn
May 24, 2006

Material: Scraps of Baby Sport Yarn
{assorted colors/ leftovers}
size F Hook

{measures 15x20}

1. ch 10, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, 1 hdc in each
ch across. (8hdc not counting the chain).

2. ch 2, turn. 1 hdc in each stitch across.
do 6 rows of one color. end off.
{1 color square made}.

3. attach new color, repeat row 2.
** continue til you have 8 color squares
per strip. {I alternate 1 solid color with 1 varigated on
each strip. but any combination is fine}.
Make 5 strips of 8 squares each for the Preemie size.

attaching strips : ~ZigZag stitching~
match up squares on each strip... attach yarn in corner of 1 strip
to secure. - holding 2 strips together, sc in row one of square 1,
ch 1, sc in 2nd strip's same row , then ch 1, and sc in 1st
strips 2nd row, ch 1, sc in 2nd strips 2nd row, and so on,
creating a zig zag effect. {it gives it a lacy look to the joining}.
work to the end. once done, you can smooth this out and it will lay flat.
you can do a SC border, or a HDC border.

I used a V-st border on this one. ** a V-stitch is; 1 dc-ch1-1dc all in same stitch.

1. starting in corner of blanket, attach yarn, ch 3, dc same sp, (1st V-st made).
* sk 2 sts, V-st next st, repeat from * across top. (16 V-sts) not counting corner st
. on the corner, do a 1½ V-st ...which is (1dc-ch1-1dc-ch1-1dc in same sp) this allows the V-sts to corver around the corner. continue down the side
in V-sts spacing the V-sts approx every other row. (25 Vsts on the side).
next corner make a 1½ V-st, repeat from * around. end with 1dc in first corner,
ch 1, sl st to join 1st V-st.

2. sl st to center of next V-st, ch 4, dc same sp, * V-st in each V-st across to next corner, in
corner put a ch 1 between the 2 corner V-sts. repeat from * around. join.
end off. weave in ends.
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