Here you can get the pattern for an easy beginners chenille baby blanket made with 4 yarn colours.
This blanket was a dream to make and super quick too, using easy beginner stitches, to give a great stripy blanket.
A quick and easy beginner crochet blanket with Chenille yarn – what could be better?
I huge thank you to Cygnet yarns for gifting me the yarn to have a play with.
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What do you need to know to crochet a chenille baby blanket?
This blanket is really really easy to make, and perfect for beginners or the new crocheter.
It uses beginner stitches repeated over and over to get the effect and texture of the stitches, meaning this is a great learning project too.
You’ll need to know how to (USA Terms):
Foundation Half Double crochet
Double Crochet
Single Crochet
Chain
Or in UK Terms
Foundation Half Treble crochet
Double crochet
Single crochet
Chain
Yarn Choice for an Chenille Baby Blanket
I was very lucky to be gifted the yarn for this project by Cygnet Yarns.
They asked me if I’d like a quick play with some of the new range they were about to launch.
JellyBaby Glitter Chenille.
I love chenille yarn, and have designed a few projects using it like:
Scrumpalicious blanket and lovely
Bobble stitch chenille cushion cover
And even a crochet rose hair bobble
So even before I saw the yarn I knew I was going to like it.
Jellybaby Glitter Chenille
This new yarn is great, and it is even branded with leopard print labels – very on trend!
It’s a 92% super-soft Polyester yarn with 8% metallic, which comes in 100g ball for about £4.09 ($4.80 USA).
Don’t let the “metallic” put you off, this yarn as super soft and squishy as you’d want from a baby chenille yarn.
Each ball has about 120 metres, or 131 yards of yarn.
This yarn is soft, so soft, and as its a chunky yarn it works up so quickly.
It comes in 8 great new colours.
I was instantly drawn to the grey, (Just like I was for the Easy Baby Blanket pattern here)
The. the bright if the red and blue, and a little bit of white and I was sold!
Stitch Choice for an Chenille Baby Blanket
After I made the Suzette stitch blanket here, I knew I wanted something a little different, but still drawing on the great texture of combining different stitches.
I’ve never used this stitch for anything before, but I’d loved the look of it for different projects, after wasting hours on Pinterest!
Lemon Peel Stitch
This stitch is made by repeating single and double crochets, then making the next row the opposite.
Just look at this texture?
How long does it take to crochet a baby blanket?
This blanket took about 6-8 hours to make., and only had a few ends to sew in
What do you need to make an easy chenille baby blanket?
This blanket is made using a 6.0mm hook
Scissors
Yarn needle (These are brilliant for chenille yarn)
Crochet Pattern Options
You can download the free crochet pattern for this blanket by clicking the button below, as a PDF from Cygnet Yarns.
>>>Get the free Pattern from Cygnet Yarns
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