Woven Dreams Crochet Baby Blanket — Full Pattern, Materials & Border Tutorial
Wrap your little one in handmade warmth with the Woven Dreams Crochet Baby Blanket. This simple, textured blanket is made from nine modular squares—five solid mint and four jungle-striped—and finished with a layered shell border. The pattern is approachable for confident beginners who know basic post stitches and offers easy customization by changing hook size or repeating border rounds for a larger blanket.
Woven Dreams blanket: five Minty squares and four Jungle Stripes squares joined and finished with a multi-round shell border.
Materials:
– Red Heart Yarns Soft Essentials in Minty (4 skeins)
– Red Heart Yarns Soft Essentials Stripes in Jungle Stripes (4 skeins)
– J-6.00mm (US J/10) crochet hook
– Yarn needle
– Scissors
Notes:
– Use a smaller hook to make the squares smaller; use a larger hook to make them bigger.
– Total yarn used for the sample blanket: approximately 964 yards (4 skeins of each color).
– Finished blanket size (sample): about 36 inches (92 cm) square.
Special stitches / abbreviations:
- ch(s): chain(s)
- yo: yarn over
- st(s): stitch(es)
- sl st: slip stitch
- sk: skip
- sc: single crochet
- dc: double crochet
- rsc: reverse single crochet
- bpdc: back post double crochet
- fpdc: front post double crochet
Make 5 squares in Minty and 4 squares in Jungle Stripes.
Square:
Ch 23 (or any multiple of 3 + 2)
Row 1: DC in 4th ch from hook and across (21 sts).
Row 2: Ch 2 (does NOT count as a stitch here and throughout), FPDC on first 3 sts, *BPDC on next 3 sts, FPDC on next 3 sts; repeat from * across, ending with FPDC, turn. (21 sts)
Rows 3–14: Repeat Row 2.
Single crochet around the entire square. Fasten off.
Assembly:
Sew all 9 squares together in your chosen layout (sample uses a 3 x 3 arrangement).
Border:
Start in a corner (in the middle sc).
Round 1: SC in each st around, placing 3 sc in the middle sc’s of the corners. Sl st to beginning sc.
Round 2: Starting in a middle sc of a corner, ch up 3 (counts as DC), [2 DC, ch 2, 2 DC] in same st, *sk next st, DC in next st, DC in skipped st; repeat from * until middle sc of next corner, [2 DC, ch 2, 2 DC] in corner; repeat around.
Round 3: In any corner ch-sp: ch up 3, [DC, ch 2, 2 DC] in same space, *[sk next st, DC in next st, DC in skipped st] across until next corner, [2 DC, ch 2, 2 DC] in corner; repeat from * around. Sl st to ch up 3.
Rounds 4–10: Repeat Round 3, changing color every 3 rounds.
Continue working rounds until your blanket reaches the desired size.
Finish by working a reverse single crochet (crab stitch) around the entire piece to clean up the edge.
Enjoy your cozy Woven Dreams baby blanket!