Tropical Sunset Baby Blanket mini CAL-Part 4-The Border

Hello all!

We arrived to the last part of our journey of our beautiful tropical sunset inspired baby blanket CAL. The border is easy, but still looks beautifully textured and a bit ruffled. 😀

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Difficulty:

Easy

Finished Size:

28” x 40” (71 cm x 102 cm)

Materials needed:

• 4 mm (G) Hook (Get great hooks HERE)
• Approximately 1106 yards/1027.5 metres (405 grams) of DK weight yarn; I used Aldi So Crafty DK in different colors, in the following quantities:
• Color 1: 66 grams (165 meters/180 yards)
• Color 2: 86 grams (215 meters/235 yards)
• Color 3: 81 grams (202.5 meters/221 yards)
• Color 4: 86 grams (215 meters/235 yards)
• Color 5: 86 grams (215 meters/235 yards)
• Yarn needle for weaving in ends
• Scissors

Stitches used and Abbreviations:

CH = chain

ST = stitch

SP = space

SK = skip

SLST = slip stitch

SC = single crochet

HDC = half double crochet

DC = double crochet

*-* =repeat pattern between these symbols

Additional terms/ Special Stitches:

Crossed double crochet:

Skip 1 stitch and put 1 double crochet into the next stitch, then put 1 double crochet into the skipped stitch. This way you will create nice little double crochet ”crosses”.

Picot Stitch:

CH 3 and then SLST back into the first chain of CH 3

Gauge:

4 HDC = 1”

Additional notes:

• If a row/round starts with a Chain 1, that is not counted as a stitch
• CH 3 is always counted as a DC
• US terms used throughout
• Slip stitch doesn’t count as a stitch
• Notes are written in (brackets) to help you through the pattern
• When working on the corners, always remember that there might be a hidden stitch hiding under the corner stitches which is the first stitch of the previous row

Instructions

Round 1: Join Color 3 to the first ST of last row (Row 90)

CH 1, *{2 HDC,CH 2, 2 HDC} in same ST (corner), 1 HDC in next 104 STS, {2 HDC, CH 2, 2 HDC} in next ST (corner),2 HDC around the post of DC (or CH 3) of each row, {2 HDC, CH 2, 2 HDC} in next ST (that’s going to be the bottom of the last DC of first row)(corner), 1 HDC in each CH but put only 1 DC in the last CH 2 SP (this is how you’ll have the same number of stitches on each short side), {2 HDC, CH 2, 2 HDC} in last CH (corner),2 HDC around the post of DC (or CH 3) of each row, join with a SLST to first HDC

Fasten off.

Corner: 2 HDC, CH 2, 2 HDC

Short side: 104 HDC x 2

Long side: 180 HDC x 2

Round 2: Join Color 4 to the first CH 2 corner SP you made in last round

{CH 3 (counts as DC), 1 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 54 times, {2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 92 times, {2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 54 times, {2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 92 times, join with a SLST to top of CH 3

Fasten off.

Corner: 2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC

Short side: 54 crossed DC x 2

Long side: 92 crossed DC x 2

Round 3: Join Color 5 to to the first CH 2 corner SP you made in last round

{CH 3 (counts as DC), 1 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 56 times, {2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 94 times, {2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 56 times, {2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC} in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {SK 1 ST, 1 DC in next ST, 1 DC in skipped ST} 94 times, join with a SLST to top of CH 3

Fasten off.

Corner: 2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC

Short side: 56 crossed DC x 2

Long side: 94 crossed DC x 2

Round 4: Join Color 2 to to the first CH 2 corner SP you made in last round

CH 1, 3 SC in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {1 SC in next ST, Picot ST, 1 SC in next ST} 58 times, 3 SC in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {1 SC in next ST, Picot ST, 1 SC in next ST} 96 times, 3 SC in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {1 SC in next ST, Picot ST, 1 SC in next ST} 58 times, 3 SC in CH 2 corner SP, (corner), {1 SC in next ST, Picot ST, 1 SC in next ST} 96 times, SLST to first SC

Fasten off, weave in all ends.

Corner: 3 SC

Short side: 58 {SC, Picot ST, SC groups} x 2

Long side: 96 {SC, Picot ST, SC groups} x 2

End of Part 4.

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