Hello, and thanks for stopping by – this post will tell you all there is to know about my bright C2C Rainbow blanket design. This is a perfect easy beginners baby blanket with a video tutorial.
Yes, this blanket even though it looks a little complicated, it isn’t. It uses exactly the same stitches as granny square which is thought to be the “perfect beginners project”.
>>>Read the absolute beginners Granny Square tutorial here
Corner to Corner Crochet
C2C is absolutely brilliant as the stunning diagnol stripes are made by just working the pattern. There are no complicated colour changes, to make this blanket, just changing colour at the end of a row.
Learning C2C – a great beginners crochet technique
If you’ve never done C2C or corner to corner Crochet – you can find out about it here>>>
I talk you through how to the technique slowly, this is a complete beginners tutotial.
If you need to know about colour changing at the end of a row – read here>>>
If you’ve done C2C before – just scroll a little way down for the yarn details and pattern.
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Yarn for a rainbow baby blanket
Good old Stylecraft Special DK.
I love this yarn. So soft, but cheap and completely washable which is required for baby blanket (having been there myself a few years ago!)
To the design – a rainbow – but what type? This is where my drawing skills completely let me down. I might be able to create in wool, thread, clay even…… but pen and paper and it left a lot to be desired!
We went for the stripy one…… Blanket was started and taken pretty much everywhere with me!
>>>See all my C2C designs in one place
The odd mishap when you don’t concentrate….
And then all of a sudden you realise you are nearly done!
But you need to sew in all those ends….
>>>Get the tutorial for how to weave in ends here
Rainbow Baby Blanket Pattern – Easy Beginners Make
You will need 1 ball of each colour, and 2 balls of :
4mm hook
To crochet a Rainbow baby blanket:
Use the basic C2C technique, making 3 rows of each colour in a Standard rainbow order – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
This post explains all about colour changing neatly>>>
48 rows wide
66 rows long
Corner to Corner – watch this handy video to show you how to do it.
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