This adorable Baby Monet Blanket is the perfect size for a stroller, car seat, bassinet or crib. You could even change the colors and omit the flowers for a boy’s blanket since the stitches aren’t particularly feminine. This is definitely one of those patterns that you could use again and again!

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Have you ever heard of Claude Monet? Well, he was a French painter who lived during the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. I’ve always enjoyed art and his impressionist paintings were some of my favorite works. If you haven’t heard of him, check out “Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge” or “Woman with a Parasol” at these links.

A copy of this painting, “Monet’s Garden at Vetheuil” is actually hanging in my house — I’ve had it since college. Anyway, the reason that I bring him up is because of the yarn I used for this project. Once I began working on this blanket and stood back to look at it, it reminded me so much of one of Monet’s Impressionist paintings.

I love how the smattering of green and purple really have no rhyme or reason and it just works like a beautiful painting. I purchased the yarn at Hobby Lobby during one of their sales. It’s called Baby Bee Angel Fleece in the colorway called Tea Party. …And can I just say, holy texture! 😮

It’s a similar yarn to the one that everyone loves to hate: Lion Brand Homespun, which I did use for the flowers. Personally, I love this kind of yarn, but I’ve heard many complaints from others that they didn’t like it. What’s your opinion? Have you ever used Homespun? Let me know in the comments below! Let’s talk yarn!

Well, you’re not stuck using this type of yarn if it is something you don’t care for. Any size 5 bulky weight yarn will work with this pattern. You can also make a larger blanket simply by adjusting your foundation chain (starting chain) to have a multiple of 3 plus 1.

The Baby Monet Blanket uses alternating rows of the X-stitch and single crochets. I’ve created a video stitch tutorial for a scarf that uses the same stitch pattern, but it still applies for this pattern as well. If you find the X-stitch to be tricky, make sure you check out the video at this link.

The flowers are optional, of course. If you don’t like them, don’t add them. I thought they were a cute touch though. 😀

For more free baby blanket patterns that I’ve designed, click this link for a list!

So let’s get down to business, shall we? It’s pattern time!

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Baby Monet Blanket

Materials Used:

• 4 skeins of Baby Bee Angel Fleece in Tea Party – 5 oz/142 g – 110 yds/100m
• Less than 1 oz of Lion Brand Homespun in Deco – 6 oz/170 g – 185 yds/165 m
• Or any size 5 bulky weight yarn.
• L/11 (8.00 mm) crochet hook — These are my favorite hooks! I use them daily!
• I/9 (5.25 mm) crochet hook
• Tapestry needle

Finished Size Approximately:

28” Width x 28” Length

Gauge:

8½ double crochet stitches and 4½ rows in a 4” (10cm) square using 8.00 mm hook.

Special Stitches:

“X” stitch (X-st)

YO, skip 2 sts, insert hook into next st, YO, draw through st, (3 loops on hook) YO, draw through 2 loops, YO, draw through 2 loops (dc made). Ch 1. Working over top of the first dc made, YO, insert hook in the first st that you skipped (there will be one st left empty in between), push the first dc you made back behind your hook head so it’s out of the way, YO, draw through st, (3 loops on hook) YO, draw through 2 loops, YO, draw through 2 loops (second dc made).

***See Notes section for the link to the video tutorial.***

Triple Crochet (tc)

YO twice, insert hook into st, YO and draw back through. *YO and draw through 2 loops* Repeat * to * two more times.

Bottom Loops Only (BLO)

If you flip your chain upside down, it is the loop underneath.

Abbreviations:

YO – yarn over

FC – foundation chain

BLO – bottom loops only

st(s) – stitch(es)

ch(s) – chain(s)

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

tc – triple crochet

X-st – X stitch

sl st – slip stitch

Notes:

• For the first X-st of every Row 2 repeat, skip 2 sts (the stitch where the chain 2 comes out of and the next empty stitch).
• In Row 3 and all repeating rows, don’t sc in top of initial ch 2 (turning chain) of previous row or the last dc st. Instead, sc in next st, in ch-1 sp, in next 2 dc, in ch-1 sp, in next 2 dc across. Continue to the end.
• There are 22 X-sts made for every Row 2 repeat; 66 sc sts for every Row 3 repeat.
• To make a larger blanket, simply use a FC (or beginning chain) that has a multiple of 3 chains plus 1. (For example: 66 is a multiple of 3. Add 1 to get a FC of 67.)
• A video stitch tutorial is available at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlEWu6fcs0U&t=225s (In the video, I am making a scarf, but the stitch techniques are the same.)
• Round 1 of the Border is not a complete round. Because of the row of single crochets created with Row 1 of the main body of the blanket, there is no need to go over it with another row of single crochets. If you do, your border will have 5 rounds of sc on 3 sides and 6 rounds of sc on one side. The instructions state to work single crochets across the top and then down the rough side. Finish off. Reattach on the opposite side of the blanket and continue single crocheting along that rough edge. If this is confusing or seems like too much work, you can simply crochet a solid round around the entire blanket. The choice is yours!
• The flower appliques are optional. They are made seperately and hand stitched on at the end of the pattern. They are not necessary, only decorative, if you’d like to omit them.

*** American crochet terms used throughout.

Instructions:

Using Tea Party and L/11 (8.00 mm) hook

FC: Ch 67

Row 1: Working in BLO, in 2^nd chain from hook, sc across. Turn. {66 sc}

Row 2: Ch 2. Beginning in 3^rd sc of Row 1 (this includes the sc the ch-2 comes out of), dc. Ch 1, working over the first dc made, dc in same st as the ch-2 (X-st made). *Sk 2 sc, dc in next st, ch 1, working over dc made, dc in first skipped st.* Repeat from * to * across. In last st that has one of the posts of the X-st already worked into it, dc in same st. Turn. {22 X’s}

Row 3: Ch 1. Skip the st the ch 1 comes out of. *Sc in the next st, sc in the ch-1 space and sc in the next st* Repeat from * to * across. Turn. {66 sc}

Continue alternating and repeating Rows 2 and 3, ending on Row 38.

Don’t finish off after Row 38.

Border

Round 1: Ch 1. Skip the st the ch 1 comes out of. *Sc in the next st, sc in the ch-1 space and sc in the next st* Repeat from * to * across, except in last st, work 3 sc. Working along next rough edge of blanket, sc evenly to the next corner. In last st, work 3 sc. Sl st in 1^st sc of next edge (FC edge). Finish off.

Attach yarn at next corner to work along the only remaining rough edge. Work 3 sc in 1^st st to create a corner and then sc evenly along the edge to the next corner. In last st, work 2 sc and sl st in 1^st sc of next edge. Don’t finish off.

Now each side of the blanket should have 1 row of sc to start the border.

Round 2 – Round 5: Ch 1. *Sc in every st to the corner. In the corner st (the middle st of the 3 sc), work 3 sc.* Repeat from * to * 3 more times. Sc in every st until you come to the 1^st sc made of the round. Sl st into that 1^st sc.

Finish off after Round 5 and weave in ends.

Flowers (Optional)

Make 3 using Deco (Cream) and I/9 (5.25 mm) hook

FC: Ch 4 (or use the magic circle). Sl st in the 1^st ch to form a loop.

Round 1: Ch 1. Work 12 sc in the loop. Sl st in 1^st sc made of round.

Round 2: *(Ch 3, 2 tc, ch 3, sl st) all in same st, skip 1 st, sl st into next st* Repeat * to * around 5 more times. {6 petals}

Finish off. Leave a 6” tail for sewing.

Finishing

Using a tapestry needle and the long tail from a flower, stitch the flowers to the blanket using shallow stitches that only catch the upper portion of the blanket stitches (not going the entire way through the blanket). This keeps the stitches from showing on the back of the blanket.

Note: If you are struggling with the thick yarn and tapestry needle to sew the flowers on, you could always use a sewing needle and thread instead. I still recommend the shallow stitches to avoid seeing the thread on the underside of the blanket.

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