Cream Baby Blanket

Lily Sugar’n Cream
SUGAR’N CREAM BLANKET
MEASUREMENT
Approx 40 x 46 ins [101.5 x 117 cm].
MATERIALS
Lily Sugar’n Cream
(Solids 2.5 oz/70.9 g/Ombres 2 oz/56.7 g)
Main Color (MC)
Solids: 7 balls; Ombres: 8 balls
Contrast A
Solids: 7 balls; Ombres: 8 balls
Size 5.00 mm (U.S. H or 8) crochet hook or size
needed to obtain gauge.
GAUGE
16 sts and 8 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in pat.
INSTRUCTIONS
Strip I (make 2). With MC, ch 39.
1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each
ch to end of ch. 38 sts. Ch 3. Turn.
2nd row: Miss first 3 sts. 1 dc in next st. Ch 1. 1 dc
in 2nd of first 3 missed sts. *Miss next 2 sts. 1 dc in
next st. Ch 1. 1 dc in first of 2 missed sts. Rep from
* to last st. 1 dc in last st. Ch 1. Turn.
3rd row: 1 sc in each st or ch 1 sp to end of row.
Ch 3. Turn. Rep last 2 rows for pat. Work a further
17 rows in pat, ending last row with join A. Ch 1.
Turn. **With A, work 20 rows in pat ending last row
with join MC. Ch 1. Turn. With MC, work 20 rows in
pat ending last row with join A. Ch 1. Turn.** Rep
from ** to ** once more, omitting turning ch at end of
last row. Fasten off.
Strip II (make 2). Work as given for Strip I, substituting
A for MC and MC for A. Sew strips tog alternating
Strip I with Strip II.
Edging: 1st rnd: With RS facing, join MC to top
right corner. Ch 1. 3 sc in same sp. Work 1 row of sc
evenly around Afghan, working 3 sc in corners. Join
with ss to first sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 3. Miss first sc (where last ss was
worked). 5 dc in next corner st. *Miss next 2 sts. 1 sc
in next st. Miss next 2 sts. 5 dc in next st. Rep from
* around. Join with ss to top of ch 3. Fasten off.