Crochet Angels Love Baby Blanket

Crochet Angels Love Baby Blanket

Hi everyone, I hope you are well. Today I wanted to show you how to create the most beautiful baby blanket. It is about how to crochet The Crochet Angels Love Baby Blanket. This project was an absolute delight to crochet, and filled me with so much love and joy. I hope you enjoy making it too!

Gorgeous and easy, I filmed a step by step video for Youtube which is perfect for beginners too: Crochet An Angel’s Love Baby Blanket Video Tutorial

An Irish Blessing inspired The Crochet Angels Love Baby Blanket

I was inspired to make and call this baby blanket as there is an Irish blessing that says that when you find feathers on your path, it means an angel has been by.

I love this so much, and felt inspired to crochet a blanket that represent everything this saying means to me. Indeed, I often find feathers around my little baby boy. I always feel that he is protected by beautiful angels… This piece of crochet is to honour their presence, and the fact that they protect my wee boy, and all other babies and children in this world.

A very easy Baby Blanket

This is a very easy baby blanket pattern. It is created firstly by crocheting a square with repeats of Half Double Crochets. I chose to make this part just one block colour, created with Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in shade Light Blue. You can easily replace this yarn by another shade of this collection, or any other yarn in Aran/Worsted size 4.

Crochet Angels Love Baby Blanket: it’s all about the yarn

I absolutely adore this yarn. It is so soft, and absolutely perfect to crochet baby items with. It is very squishy, and glides onto the crochet hook very well, so it really is a delight to work with. I love Lion Brand yarns so much, as they are always such great quality, and never disappoint me.

Let me know if you love their yarns as much as I do! I know living in the UK I have to order their yarns online. However it is definitely worth it, as I love all their different collections and colour schemes. You probably noticed this already if you look at all my crochet projects on this blog!

About the pattern

Once the colour block made from Half Double Crochets is made, the shell stitch border is added in Sirdar Supersoft Aran in shade Cream. I really like this yarn too, and can by it directly from a shop. I can actually buy it from the department store I work in at the week-end, so it’s very convenient for me. Which worsted/Aran yarn do you love or prefer? I love to know your opinion about yarns and techniques, and connecting with the beautiful crochet family that we have!

Once the beautiful cream border is completed, I made three different feathers out of a thinner yarn. I thought it would look more delicate on this baby blanket. I used a cream DK/ light 3 yarn that I already had at home, and you can use any yarn that you prefer too. The feather pattern was created by me especially for this project, and I love it. I made them in different sizes as I love the effect it has on this sweet baby blanket. After that, I placed them in the corner, where I sewed them on. I think they look really beautiful, and add a special kind of magic to this project!

A warm baby blanket

Because this blanket is created with worsted weight yarn, it is lovely and warm. I use it as a pram blanket for my baby boy. Indeed, it’s perfect for those chilly British mornings when you just need that extra warmth to keep your little one cosy.

I love the pattern and colours in this blanket, and I really enjoyed working with block colours. It’s a nice change from variegated yarns that I love to use, especially for blankets. Let me know what you think of this project, and please do tag me if you crochet it.

The free pattern for this project is available to download here: An Angel’s love baby blanket

In the meantime, take care my dear crochet friends, and until next week, lots of love,

Xoxo Selina.

The Pattern to Crochet Angels Love Baby Blanket

Level: Easy/Intermediate

Materials:

4 skeins of Vanna’s Choice by Lion Brand in shade Light Blue (or any other yarn in Aran/Worsted weight)

1 skein of Sirdar Supersoft in Aran, shade 831 (or any other cream yarn in Aran)

1 skein of any cream of DK/Light 3 yarn

A 6,5 mm and a 4 mm crochet hook

Tapestry needle

Pair of scissors

Abbreviations:

I will be writing in US terms

ch: chain

sk: skip

SC: Single Crochet

DC: Double Crochet

HDC: Half Double Crochet

TC: Treble Crochet

Sl st: Slip stitch

Pattern begins here:

With a 6,5 mm hook using Vanna’s Choice yarn, chain 95

Complete rows as follows:

1: Ch 2, counts as 1^st HDC, HDC in every stitch until end of row.

2: Ch 2 (counts as 1^st HDC), turn your work, HDC in every stitch until end of row (making sure you do not forget to HDC into the ch 3 from previous row).

3-64: Repeat row 2.

Fasten off

Border

Row 1: attach Sirdar Supersoft in Aran, using 6,5 mm hook, ch 1, and SC into every stitch all along the four sides of your blanket, sl st to first ch 1 to join.

Row 2: ch 3 (counts as 1^st DC), place 6 more DC into that first stitch (=7 DC that forms the first shell); [sk. 3 ch, 7 DC into 4^th SC, sk 3 DC] around the whole blanket, sl st to first ch 3 to join. Fasten off.

Feathers:

Feather 1 (make 1):

With DK yarn, and 4 mm crochet hook, ch.22. SC into 3^rd ch. from hook; HDC in next 3 st., DC in next 3 st., TC in next 6 st., DC in next 3 st., HDC in next 3 st., SC in last stitch.

Turn your work so as to work on the other side of your original chain, and SC in 1^st SC, HDC in next 3 st., DC in next 3 st., TC in next 6 st., DC in next 3 st., HDC in next 3 st., SC into last st.

Sl. st. into SC from beginning, and ch. 4; sl. St into 2^nd ch and into the next 2 ch, sl. Stitiching into the last SC from the “body” of the feather, fasten off (leaving long tail to sew onto project).

Feather 2 (make 2):

Ch.15, SC in 2^nd ch, HDC in next 2 chains, DC in next 3 ch, TC in next 4 ch, DC in next 2 ch, HDC in next st, SC in last st.

Turn work to work on the other side of foundation chain, SC in SC, HDC in next st, DC in next 2 st, TC in next 4 ch, DC in next 3 ch, HDC in next 2 chains, SC in last ch. Sl st in first SC to join “body” of feather; ch 3, sl st in 2^nd ch, and into the next (2 slip stitches), and sl st into “body” of feather to join, fasten off (leaving long tail to sew onto project).

Sew feathers onto project:

Choose best corner onto which you wish to place feathers, sew feathers into place (going round at least twice to make sure they are securely attached).

Sew in all loose ends.

Disclaimer : This blanket is my personal pattern, you are sole responsible for the safety of your baby and child. I am in no way responsible for the reproduction of this pattern in any shape or form. To be used always under the supervision of an adult.