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!

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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

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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)

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.

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)

Row 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.

And that’s that on another free Moogly crochet pattern! I hope you’ve enjoyed this fun crochet baby blanket pattern – what flavors will you make your Hard Candy?

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!