Easy Crochet Heirloom Baby Blanket - Free Pattern

Crochet an adorable heirloom baby blanket for your little one that will be cherished for years to come. With its simple stitch design and striking stripes, it's sure to become a family favorite!

You can find the free crochet baby blanket pattern + guided video tutorial down below or or you can purchase a printable PDF pattern here.

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Free Modern Heirloom Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern

My latest design and free crochet pattern is this lovely heirloom blanket. It's simple, works up quickly, and is made using only two stitches.

I just love how this baby blanket pattern turned out and so I hope you enjoy making it as well.

One of my goals for this pattern was to create a simple, yet timeless design. I also wanted to incorporate some stripes as I think they look cute in baby blanket patterns. So if you like all those things, then I think you'll enjoy making this pattern

You will need 2 different colors of a lightweight number 3 yarn, and 1 bubbly boucle cotton lightweight number 3 yarn. You are also going to need to know how to make a single crochet and double crochet. If you need a refresher on these stitches, make sure to look at the videos provided in the notes section of this pattern.

What is an Heirloom Crochet Blanket?

An heirloom blanket can have lots of different meanings, but for me, it means gifting someone in my family a handmade item. Something that they will cherish and keep for years to come. I like gifting crochet blankets, as I know my family loves these things.

In fact, my brother still has this one blanket I made him years ago, and all though it looks a bit worn out, he still tells me how much he loves it.

So the idea for this baby blanket was something that you could make for your little one or gift to someone you know who is expecting.

That's my two cents on an heirloom blanket, but I would love to know what you think about crochet heirlooms!

Easy Crochet Blanket Stitches

One of my favorite parts about designing crochet patterns is picking out the stitches. I love how you can create different looks of one stitch by changing the hook size and yarn.

So for this pattern, you will be making the Suzette Stitch (one of my favorites!) which is a combination of single crochet and double crochet. It's also one of the easiest crochet stitches for a blanket because you're just repeating the same 2 stitches.

It's also a fast stitch and very meditative! So if that's your thing, you're going to like making this stitch. The second stitch you'll use when working with the boucle yarn is a single crochet stitch.

Sometimes it can be a little difficult working with a boucle yarn, but all you have to do is feel where the stitches go. Plus, you're only making a single crochet, so it should be on the easier side.

The Yarn You'll Use for Your Heirloom Crochet Blanket

For this crochet baby blanket pattern, I used 4 balls of Hobby Lobby’s Yarn Bee Bamboo-Tiful in the color White and Linen (2 of each color). It’s a lightweight category 3 yarn that’s made from cotton and bamboo. I also used 1 ball of Hobby Lobby's Cotton DK lightweight number 3 yarn in white.

Hobby Lobby's Cotton DK weight yarn is a boucle yarn that's made from 100% cotton yarn. It's very similar to Lion Brand's Homespun yarn, just a bit on the thinner side.

I love working with this yarn line because the yarn is so soft and the stitch definition is amazing. If you were to substitute the yarn, I would recommend Lion Brand's Coboo yarn for the Bamboo-Tiful yarn and a lightweight version of a Homespun yarn.

Other free crochet baby blanket patterns

Here are some of my other free baby blanket patterns you might like, the Eta baby blanket, this cute baby girl blanket pattern, and the shell stitch baby blanket.

Heirloom Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern

Description:

Learn how to crochet an adorable striped baby blanket for your little one with this free crochet pattern. This baby blanket pattern is beginner-friendly and made using basic crochet stitches, single crochet and double crochet.

Whether you make it for your little one or give it as a gift, it's sure to become a favorite! The perfect blanket to treasure for years to come.

• Purchase an ad-free, printable, PDF pattern, HERE.
• Add this pattern to your Ravelry queue HERE.

Materials:

• 2 balls of Hobby Lobby’s Yarn Bee Bamboo-Tiful in the color White (Weight 3 /4 oz, 257 yards), a total of 514 yards or another lightweight category 3 yarn.
• 2 balls of Hobby Lobby’s Yarn Bee Bamboo-Tiful in the color Linen (Weight 3 /4 oz, 257 yards), a total of 514 yards or another lightweight category 3 yarn.
• 1 ball of Hobby Lobby’s Cotton DK Yarn in the color white (Weight 3 / 3.5 oz,235 yards), a total of 235 yards or another woven/bubbled lightweight category 3 yarn.
• 4.0 mm (G) Crochet Hook.
• Darning Needle.
• Scissors.
• Stitch Markers.

Yarn Substitution for Hobby Lobby’s Yarn Bee Bamboo-Tiful: Lion Brand Coboo Yarn.

Yarn Substitution for Hobby Lobby’s Cotton DK Yarn: Hobbii Cotton Silk Yarn.

Gauge:

16 stitches x 12 rows = 4″ inch square in suzette stitch.

Abbreviations:

ch – chain: Yarn over, pull through loop on hook.

sc – single crochet: Insert hook into stitch, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through last two loops on hook.

dc – double crochet: Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull through, yarn over and pull through first two loops on hook, yarn over and pull through last two loops on hook

Size of Baby Blanket:

30″ inches x 30″ inches

Pattern Notes:

• Pattern written in U.S Terms.
• Pattern notes when to switch colors, A = Hobby Lobby’s Bamboo-Tiful yarn in the color White, B = Hobby Lobby’s Bamboo-Tiful yarn in the color Linen, and C = Hobby Lobby’s Cotton DK yarn in the color white.
• Ch 1 does not count as a stitch when working the Suzette stitch.
• Ch 1 does not count as a stitch when working the single crochet row.
• Total stitches for row are indicated between ( ).

Pattern

With color A (Bamboo-Tiful White), chain 120.

Row 1: In second ch from hook, (1sc,1dc) in same chain. Skip next ch, *(1sc,1dc) in next ch, skip 1 ch. Repeat from * till last two ch. skip next ch, sc in last ch. Turn. (119)

Row 2: ch 1 , (1sc, 1dc) in first stitch , skip 1 st. *(1sc,1dc) in next st, skip 1 st. Repeat from * till last two st. skip next st, sc in last st. Turn. (119)

Row 3 - Row 18: Repeat row 2

Switch to color B (Bamboo-Tiful Linen)

Row 19 -Row 36: Repeat row 2

Switch to color C (Cotton DK yarn White)

Row 37: ch 1, sc in first stitch and across till end. (119)

Row 38 - Row 41: Repeat row 37

Switch to color B (Bamboo-Tiful Linen)

Row 42 - Row 51: Repeat row 2

Switch to color C (Cotton DK yarn White)

Row 52 - Row 56: Repeat row 37

Switch to color B (Bamboo-Tiful Linen)

Row 57 - Row 66: Repeat row 2

Switch to color C (Cotton DK yarn White)

Row 67 - Row 71: Repeat row 37

Switch to color B (Bamboo-Tiful Linen)

Row 72 - Row 89: Repeat row 2

Switch to color A (Bamboo-Tiful White) 

Row 90 - Row 107: Repeat row 2

Finish off and weave in all ends. 

You're finished with your heirloom crochet baby blanket! You can find the guided video tutorial down below.

Heirloom Crochet Baby Blanket Video Tutorial