Aunt Annie and baby James! Annie has been working on this blanket all summer. Every night after a day on the golf course, teaching and practicing, she would come home and get to work. 

She claims she is still a beginner crocheter, but her stitches and tension sure look great! 

She chose her colors from the Caron Simply Soft collection on yarnspirations.com, except the light “Feathered Gray” color is only sold at Joann.

Caron Simply Soft is a go-to yarn for us because of all the color selection that is available. It is a very nice acrylic that makes up into a nice soft blanket. 

The main part of this blanket uses front loop single crochet – here is a quick video tutorial for that stitch if you’d like to watch before you get started!

Be sure and scroll to the end of the post if you’d like a printable version of the pattern. 

Materials

Caron Simply Soft (100% acrylic, 170 g/6 oz, 288 m/315 yds, 4 weight worsted)

3 skeins White, 1 skein each Sage, Gold, Bone, Feather Gray

Size H/5.00mm hook, tapestry needle, scissors

Size

Finished size 32 in x 30 in

Gauge 4 in = 12 st and 15 rows front loop SC

Stitches

Single Crochet (SC): Insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops on hook. 

Double Crochet (DC): YO, insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops on hook, YO and pull though remaining two loops on hook. 

Pattern

Chain 115 with White (or any number to desired width).

Row 1: Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, work 1 SC in each chain. CH 1 and turn. 

Rows 2 – 8: Work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 8, switch to Sage. 

Rows 9 – 12: With Sage, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 12, switch to White. 

Rows 13 – 16: With White, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 16, switch to Gold. 

Rows 17 – 18: With Gold, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 18, switch to White.

Rows 19 – 22: With White, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 22, switch to Bone. 

Rows 23 – 24: With Bone, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 24, switch to White. 

Rows 25 – 28: With White, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 28, switch to Feather Gray. 

Rows 29 – 32: With Feather Gray, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 32, switch to White. 

Rows 33 – 40: With White, work 1 SC in the front loop of each stitch across the row. CH 1 and turn. At the end of row 40, pull through with Sage. 

Repeat rows 9 through 40 two more times. Here is a chart for the color repeats that you can use if that’s easier!

Border

Weave in ends. 

Round 1: Pull up a loop in corner and CH 1. SC into same space. Working down first side, *work 2 SC at the end of 1 row, skip the next row. Repeat from * to next corner. [SC, CH 2, SC] in the corner stitch. Turn to work across the end. **Work 2 SC into next st, skip 1 stitch. Repeat from ** to the next corner. Work corner stitch [SC, CH 2, SC] then repeat instructions from *. When finishing the round, SC, CH 2 and join with a slip st to the first SC of the round. CH 1 and turn. 

Round 2:  Work corner st [SC, CH 2, SC] into each corner and SC into each SC around.  Join with a sl st to first SC, CH 1 and turn. 

Round 3: Repeat round 2. At the end of the round, CH 2 and turn. 

Round 4: Work 1 DC into each SC and [DC, CH 1, DC] into each corner. CH 1 and turn. 

Round 5: Repeat round 2. Tie off and weave in the ends. 

Click here or on image below for printable pattern