The Blackberry Salad Striped Baby Blanket pattern was originally written up for a baby sized blanket, but of course, it can work for everything from a dishcloth to a king sized bedspread! This past week I worked up one in a size that’s great for a throw, wrap, or lap-ghan. Or maybe an accent/decorator blanket. Whatever you call it, it all worked out. Here are the specs:
- Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn, 8 skeins (2840 yards)
- I /9 – 5.50 mm Hook
- Finished size: 50″ x 46″
- Add this pattern to your Ravelry Queue
- Blackberry Stitch Pattern Chart (hand drawn)
- Video Tutorial: How to make the Bobble Stitch, or dc5tog
Starting chain: 167
Row 1: (RS) Dc in 4th ch from hook. (Starting chain of each row counts as first dc.) Dc in each st across to end. Ch1, turn. (165 dc)
Row 2: (WS) Sc into the first 4 sts, *dc5tog into the next st, sc in the next 3 sts.* Repeat from * to * until the end of the row, ending the row with 1sc in the top of the turning chain.
Row 3: (RS) Change to second stripe color. Ch 3, turn. Dc across row to the end, skipping the turning ch. Ch1, turn.
Row 4: (WS) Sc into the first 2 sts, *dc5tog into next st, sc in the next 3 sts.* Repeat from * to * until the last 3 sts. End the row with one more dc5tog and sc in the last 2 sts (final st in the top of the turning chain).
Row 5: (RS) Change color to 3rd stripe skein. Work as for Row 3.
Row 6 to end: Repeat Rows 2 through 5, changing colors on the odd numbered rows, until you feel the blanket is roughly square or you run out of yarn!
And here are the pics!
On an Ikea loveseat - very cozy!
Striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipes!
Ready for mailing!
I wish I could’ve gotten better pics, but I finished it up late at night and wanted to get it mailed out the next morning. But it should give you an idea of how to make this blanket your own! The 50″ width is very generous, and just by adding on to the length you’d get a great twin size blanket. Have fun and happy hooking!
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Hi! Thank’s for publishing this, I love it!!! I’m doing it but I’m stuck in Row 3!! in this part: Dc across row to the end (ok) – skipping the turning ch. Ch1, turn.???? and then R4???
When I turn the bubble stitch is on my side “looking at me”and I can’t continue crocheting, because I have the chain on my right side! Not from left to right.
Please HELP ME!!! How can I go from R3 to R4???? and so on? It would be great if you post a video about it!
Thank’s a lot!!! I love your blog!!!!!
Hi Penny! Thanks for reading!
I’m a little confused about where you are stuck. When you are dc-ing across the blanket for row 3, the bobbles should be pointing towards you. At the end of the row, you ch1, then flip the blanket over (aka turn) to work row 4, turning the bobbles away from you. You should then be ready to work from right to left again.
Can you read crochet charts? There’s a link up there to a chart I made that demonstrates how the blanket comes together. I’ve also made a video that demonstrates how to make the bobble, but I’m afraid I haven’t made one demonstrating the entire blanket. I hope this helps!
Hi! Thanks a lot! I was totally wrong!!!! jajaja My mistake!
I don’t know how I ended with the bubbles in the first row!?. That’s why it was son wrong.
I corrected it, and is fine now. It’s good to know you can help me anytime. Thanks! When I finish my project I’ll send you a pic.
Bye!!!!
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I absolutely love the look of this afghan! I just have a few questions because I am confused. When I begin R2, it says to sc in the first 4 stitches and then dc5tog. However, in the pattern you have hand drawn, it shows just 2 sc and then a dc5tog. Which one is correct? Another question I have is do I sc in the stitch directly under the chain 3? Can you also let me know how many dc5tog should be in each row? I see that for the baby afghan it is 27 in R2 and 28 in R4. How many are in R2 and R4 for the full size afghan? Thank you!
Thanks Remi!
Good catch on the chart/pattern discrepancy! Oops! Fortunately, Rows 2 and 4 are interchangeable, so it doesn’t really matter which one you do first, just as long as you switch back and forth between the two. So you can pick whichever you like lol.
When working the last sc of Rows 2 and/or 4, work the sc into the top chain as if it were the top of a dc. (I think this is what you’re asking?)
For a full size afghan you should have 40 and 41 dc5tog, alternating, in the even numbered rows.
Hope that helps! Good luck with your afghan!
Thank you so much! I am on the right track, but it didn’t seem correct. After knowing the amount of dc5tog sure helps. Thanks again!
You are very welcome – happy to help!
Hi! My sister wants me to make this for her, she says the colors make her happy!! can you tell me what colors you used?? Thanks!!!
It’s been awhile, and I failed to write them down at the time, but if I’m not mistaken they were White, Jellybean (green), Old Rose (pink), Buttercup (Yellow), Sea Blue (light blue), Royal (dark blue), and either Red or Terra Cotta. Either one should work!
Good luck with your blanket!
Thank You!! I am off to hobby lobby to get yarn!
Oh and thanks for the video, I can do this now!!!
Thanks again!!!
Hi…I am brand new to this, sorry if this is a stupid question! I have practiced this pattern and love it, would like to make kitchen towel, washcloths etc. before starting a blanket. Is there a “formula” for chain number in the beginning…always an odd number? Multiples of 4? just wanted to know how to start smaller projects…thank you!!
Not a stupid question at all! The formula for this stitch pattern is 4 sts + 1, plus 2 more for the chain. So for example, if you wanted to make a washcloth, you could ch 27: 4sts x 6 repeats + 1 + 2 for the chain. To simplify, to figure out how many to ch for a project, start with a multiple of 4 and add 3. I hope this help! Good luck and thanks for reading!
I understand, I think the last part where its a multiple of 4, then add 3…to the total?
so 44 I would chain 47?
Sorry, had this problem with knitting as well…MAtH IS INVOLVED….LOL