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    Home » Free moogly Patterns » Afghans and Blankets

    Hard Candy Baby Blanket

    Published: Feb 24, 2017 · Modified: Nov 4, 2021 by Tamara Kelly · 11 Comments

    The Hard Candy Baby Blanket is fun, bright, easy to crochet, and a super soft extra cozy treat for any little girl or boy! And it's a free crochet pattern here on Moogly!

    Hard Candy Baby Blanket - free one skein crochet pattern on Mooglyblog.com!Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links, materials provided by Lion Brand.

    Purchase the downloadable PDF of this pattern on Ravelry

    The Hard Candy Baby Blanket looks like a pretty swirly wrapped candy, and I made the whole blanket with just one ball of Lion Brand's Ice Cream Big Scoop! This is a big gorgeous 10oz ball of yarn, so if you can't find the Big Scoop version then I've included the standard skein amounts below. The yarn is self-striping, and a little bit variegated, and comes in a bunch of delicious colors (or flavors!) - I can't wait to see how all of yours turn out!

    Hard Candy Baby Blanket - free one skein crochet pattern on Mooglyblog.com!


    Hard Candy Baby Blanket

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    • US - H, 5.0mm - Furls Crochet
    • 1 ball Lion Brand Ice Cream Big Scoop (Sport/"3"/UK 8 ply; 1117 yds/1022 m; 10 oz )
      OR 3 balls Lion Brand Ice Cream (Sport/"3"/UK 8 ply; 394 yds/360 m; 3.53 oz)
      Colorways shown: Strawberry (finished blanket) and Blueberry (small circle below)
    • Gauge: circle measures 4" after Round 4
    • Finished Size: 36" diameter excluding "wrappers"
    • Crochet Abbreviations
    • Helpful Video Tutorials: Magic circle; keeping a magic circle closed; fpdc (front post double crochet)

    HARD CANDY BABY BLANKET INSTRUCTIONS:

    Round 1: Make a magic circle, ch 2 (does not count as a st here and throughout), work 12 dc in the ring; join with a sl st to first dc. (12 sts)

    Round 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st; join. (24 sts)

    Round 3: Ch 2, 2 dc in the 1st st, fpdc in the next st, *2 dc in the next st, fpdc in the next st; repeat from * around, join. (36 sts)

    Round 4: Ch 2, 2 dc in the 1st st, dc in the next st, fpdc in the next st, *2 dc in the next st, dc in the next st, fpdc in the next st; repeat from * around, join. (48 sts)

    Round 5: Ch 2, 2 dc in the 1st st, dc in the next 2 sts, fpdc in the next st, *2 dc in the next st, dc in the next 2 sts, fpdc in the next st; repeat from * around, join. (60 sts)

    Round 6: Ch 2, 2 dc in the 1st st, dc in the next 3 sts, fpdc in the next st, *2 dc in the next st, dc in the next 3 sts, fpdc in the next st; repeat from * around, join. (72 sts)

    Round 7: Ch 2, 2 dc in the 1st st, dc in each st to the next fpdc, fpdc in the fpdc st, *2 dc in the next st, dc in each st to the next fpdc, fpdc in the fpdc st; repeat from * around, join. (84 sts)

    Round 8 - 35: Repeat Round 7, increasing by 12 sts each round. (Round 35: 420 sts) Do not break yarn, continue to Wrapper #1 below.

    Hard Candy Baby Blanket - free one skein crochet pattern on Mooglyblog.com!

    Wrapper #1 

    Row 1: Ch 2, dc in the first 33 sts (remaining sts left unworked); turn. (33 sts)

    Row 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in the 1st st, dc in each st until 1 st remains, 2 dc in last st; turn. (35 sts)

    Rows 3 - 12: Repeat Row 2, increasing by 2 sts each row. (Row 12: 55 sts)

    Row 13: Ch 2, 3 dc in the 1st st, sc in next st, *skip the next st, 5 dc in the next st, skip the next st, sc in the next st; repeat from * until 1 st remains, 3 dc in the last st, break yarn. (13 5-dc shells, 2 half shells)

    Wrapper #2

    Row 1: Join to the st on the opposite side of the blanket from the 1st st of Wrapper #1, Row 1; ch 2, dc in the same st as join, dc in the next 32 sts (remaining sts left unworked); turn. (33 sts)

    Row 2 - 13: Repeat Wrapper #1 Rows 2 - 13, do not break yarn.

    Border: Ch 1, sc evenly around entire blanket, working as follows across the shells of the wrappers: skip the sc sts between the shells, add an extra sc in the center dc of each shell; join and break yarn.


    Yum!

    And that's that on another free Moogly crochet pattern! I hope you've enjoyed this fun crochet pattern - what flavors will you make your Hard Candy Baby Blanket?

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    Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2017, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. To print or download, use the Print Friendly button below. 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 Lion Brand Yarn for providing the yarn for this pattern!

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    1. 1

      Cynthia

      February 24, 2017 at 11:46 am

      Great videos. I've learned to successfully do a magic ring from your videos. It's nice to see I'm not closing up my ring the "wrong" way.

      Reply
      • 2

        Tamara Kelly

        February 27, 2017 at 9:29 am

        😀 Thank you so much!

        Reply
    2. 3

      Darcie Snyder

      February 24, 2017 at 9:11 pm

      Just a question, is there another kind of yarn we can use, I don't think we have this yarn in British Columbia, I will check next time I am at Micheals cause I can't always find some of the yarn you use to make things

      Reply
      • 4

        Tamara Kelly

        February 27, 2017 at 9:29 am

        You can always click on the name of the yarn here on Moogly to go to the Lion Brand page where you can order it! But I've also included all the weight and yardage info above so you can find a substitute. A good one to look for here would be Lion Brand Baby Soft or you can use a yarn like Vanna's Choice and just leave off the last couple rounds. 🙂

        Reply
        • 5

          Darcie

          February 27, 2017 at 2:34 pm

          Tamara

          I order a big ball of it yesterday!! I believe I got the mint!!

          Reply
    3. 6

      LOyal dinosaur

      February 27, 2017 at 10:23 am

      I love the look of this! Thanks! Is it correct that the fpdc are always on top of each other? My ridges are coming out in straight lines instead of the neat curved effect you achieve.

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      • 7

        Tamara Kelly

        February 27, 2017 at 4:02 pm

        Thank you Loyal Dinosaur! 😀 Yes, the fpdc sts are right on top of each other. The curve shows up a bit later in the pattern due to the increases. 🙂

        Reply
    4. 8

      Kimberly

      June 05, 2017 at 3:57 pm

      My 1st 7 rows are curling is the normal? Will more weight as I go help to flatten it?

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      • 9

        Tamara Kelly

        June 06, 2017 at 10:32 am

        Hi Kimberly! A little bit of "lift" at the edges is normal and it flattened out as I went, but if it's really pronounced, you might want to bump up a hook size and see if that makes a difference.

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        • 10

          Kimberly

          June 06, 2017 at 11:04 am

          Thank you I thought I was doing something wrong. It does curl but not drastic

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          • 11

            Tamara Kelly

            June 06, 2017 at 1:05 pm

            No, it's the post stitches - they pull down on the surrounding stitches just a bit. You can try giving a little extra pull upwards on the loops of the post stitches too - that will help make them taller so they don't pull inward. 🙂

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