I'm excited and honored to share that I get to share the Warm Up America! Spring 2026 Baby Blanket Drive here on Moogly! And to support this drive, I've designed a new pattern - the Baby's Biggest Fan Blanket!
If you love classic textures that look impressive but are wonderfully relaxing to crochet, you’re going to adore the Baby’s Biggest Fan Blanket. This sweet design uses a timeless fan stitch pattern to create soft, textural waves that feel just as cozy as they look. Designed with Brava Baby DK for Warm Up America!, this blanket is fun to stitch and wonderful to give.
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The Warm Up America Spring 2026 Baby Blanket Drive
Warm Up America! is an amazing nonprofit, most known for its afghan drives. And every spring, they have a Baby Blanket Drive! This year, I was honored to be asked to help support this effort, in partnership with WeCrochet! Read on to see how you can help spread the warmth this year!
How Can You Help and Join this Campaign?
The Warm Up America! Spring 2026 Blanket Drive will run from March 2nd to April 15th - please ensure all your items are in the office by the end of mid-April!
(But if you're late, do still send them in, they always need more!)
- Make one or more baby blankets (Any pattern, crochet or knit!)
- Use medium weight #4 OR dk weight #3, acrylic yarn
- The minimum size is 36"x36", but go bigger if you'd like!
- Be sure to weave in all your ends!
- Help spread the word! Share your projects on social media with the #moogly and tag Warm Up America
- Please include a donation form with "Moogly" on the campaign line! CLICK HERE for the donation form
- Mail your items to:
An Soft Ombre Rainbow... or Maybe a Tea Party?
WeCrochet donated the yarn for this design, and we went with their Pastel Rainbow Value Pack in Brava Baby DK! It was super easy to have a color selection pre-picked for me, and I decided to create an overlapping color-changing scheme - in rainbow order!
Brava Baby DK is soft and cozy, and machine washable - and they've got some other gorgeous color schemes you can pick up for this blanket as well! CLICK HERE to see all the beautiful sets - I think Tea Party might be my favorite!
Of course, you can use whatever color scheme you like - pick out 7 colors of your own, switch back and forth between just 2, or keep it all solid. This pattern also makes a wonderful stash buster - I can't wait to see what you all make!
Baby's Biggest Fan Blanket
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US - I, 5.5 mm - Furls Streamline
1500 yds Brava Baby (3- DK weight; 100% acrylic; 273 yds/ 100g) - Pastel Rainbow Value Pack Shown
A: Orchid (purple)
B: Aero (blue)
C: Sea Green (green)
D: Pale Yellow (yellow)
E: Peach (orange)
F: Rose (pink)
G: Oat (off-white)
Gauge: 15 sts x 10 rows = 4" [10cm]
Finished Size: 36" x 36", blocked
Stitch Multiple: mult of 6, plus 1 (+1 turning ch)
To Customize the Size: Work the first row to the width desired using the stitch multiple above, work to the desired length.
Helpful Links and Tutorials:
Baby's Biggest Fan Blanket Tutorial
FSC - Foundation Single Crochet
CSDC - Chainless Starting Double Crochet - may substitute a ch 3 or stacked single crochet if preferred
STHDC- Standing Half Double Crochet
Special Stitches:
V st - (dc, ch 1, dc) in the same st or space
Shell - 5 dc worked into the same st or space
CSX - Crossed Spike X - dc inserting hook 2 rows below, under the chains after the next sc, ch 1, dc inserting hook 2 rows below, under the chains before the same sc, enclosing the first dc of the X. Be sure to pull up the loops of the dc sts to the height of the rest of the row.
Color Scheme Shown
Rows 1 - 13: switch between Colors A and B (3 stripes of A, 3 stripes of B)
Rows 14 - 23: switch between Colors C and B (3 stripes of C, 2 stripes of B)
Rows 24 - 35: switch between Colors D and C (3 stripes of D, 3 stripes of C)
Rows 36 - 45: switch between Colors D and E (3 stripes of D, 2 stripes of E)
Rows 46 - 57: switch between Colors E and F (3 stripes of E, 3 stripes of F)
Rows 58 - 67: switch between Colors G and F (3 stripes of G, 2 stripes of F)
Rows 68 - 79: switch between Colors A and G (3 stripes of A, 3 stripes of G)
Row 80: Color G
Border Rnd 1: Color B
Border Rnd 2: Color E
Border Rnd 3: Color F
Baby's Biggest Fan Blanket INSTRUCTIONS:
Row 1 (RS): With first color, FSC 127; turn. (127 sts) Alternatively, you may ch 128, skip the ch closest to the hook, and sc in each rem st; turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in the first st, ch 1, skip 2 sts, V st in next st, *ch 1, skip 2 sts, sc in the next st, ch 1, skip 2 sts, V st in next st; rep from * until 3 sts rem, ch 1, skip 2 sts, sc in last st; turn. (21 V sts)
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in the first st, skip next dc, *shell in the V st ch-1 sp,** ch 1, skip next 3 sts; rep from * finishing last rep at **, skip next dc, sc in last st changing to next color; turn. (21 shells)
Row 4: (CSDC, dc) in the first st, ch 1, skip 2 dc, sc in the next dc, *ch 1, skip 2 dc, CSX, ch 1, skip 2 dc, sc in next dc; rep from * until 3 sts rem, ch 1, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in last st; turn. (20 CSX)
Row 5: (CSDC, 2 dc) in the first st, ch 1, skip next 3 sts, *shell in the CSX ch- 1 sp, ch 1, skip 3 sts; rep from * across, 3 dc in last st, changing to next color; turn. (20 shells)
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in the first st, ch 1, skip 2 dc, *CSX, ch 1, skip 2 dc, sc in next st,** ch 1, skip 2 dc; rep from * finishing last rep at **, turn. (21 CSX)
Row 7: Ch 1, sc in the first st, skip next dc, *shell in the CSX ch-1 sp,** ch 1, skip next 3 sts; rep from * finishing last rep at **, skip next dc, sc in last st changing to next color; turn. (21 shells)
Repeat Rows 4 - 7 through Row 79, finishing on a Row 7 rep.
Row 80 (WS): CSDC in first st, hdc in the next st, sc in the next 3 sts, hdc in the next st, *dc in the sc from Row 78, enclosing the ch-1 above it, hdc in the next st, sc in the next 3 sts, hdc in the next st; rep from * across until 1 st rem, dc in the last st changing to first Border Rnd color, turn. (127 sts)
Border Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 1, hdc in each st across Row 80, ch 2, hdc evenly down the side of the blanket, ch 2, hdc in each foundation st, ch 2, hdc evenly up the last side of the blanket; join with sl st and finish off with seamless join.
Border Rnd 2 (RS): With next color, join to any corner ch-2 sp with STHDC, (ch 2, hdc) in same ch sp, hdc in the back 3rd loop of each st around, working (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in each rem ch sp around; join with sl st and finish off with seamless join.
Border Rnd 3 (RS): With next color, join to any corner ch-2 sp with STHDC, (ch 2, hdc) in same ch sp, sc in the back 3rd loop of each st around, working (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in each rem ch sp around; join with sl st and finish off with seamless join.
The Baby's Biggest Fan Blanket is a wonderful way to share the warmth! I’d love to see yours - be sure to share your photos on social media and tag @mooglyblog so I can see all your wonderful projects! And for the Warm Up America drive, please tag them too! Also, a special thank you to reader Jessica Barwa for coming up with the name for this pattern! ♥
The Fine Print
Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2026, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. Thank you to Yarnspirations for providing the yarn for this pattern.
John S says
I would love to know the chain count and yardage for Worsted Weight if at all possible!!
Tamara Kelly says
Hi John! The only way to figure that out is to make a gauge swatch with the yarn you'd like to use and do the math! There is a stitch multiple listed above that works for any weight of yarn. 🙂