This baby blanket is made in a color changing cake yarn but it will be beautiful in a solid color as well. Because the filet forms ribbons, it will make an excellent awareness project. Use a rainbow striping yarn for a Rainbow Baby.
Designer Note
Cause Awareness Ribbon blanket. For instance, use pink for a breast cancer awareness blanket or purple for alzheimer’s disease or lupus.
View a full list of all awareness colors HERE.
I’ve just shown it as a baby blanket here, but you can easily change the size using the stitch multiples I’ve provided below and a solid color for the ribbon color you would like to represent.
Filet Ribbons Baby Blanket
designed by Kim Guzman © Dec. 2018
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Technique: Regular Crochet
Finished Size
35″ x 35″
Materials
- Lion Brand “Mandala” (100% acrylic, DK size 3 weight, 590 yds per 5.3 oz): approx. 1300 yds required or 3 skeins in color Genie
- Suggested hook size: H-8 [5mm] or size to meet gauge
- Needle (for weaving ends and seaming brim)
About Filet Crochet
This project is made in filet crochet. Typical filet crochet designs provide an initial chain count and a chart only.
For this project, I’m providing both the typical chart and text instructions. I’m hopeful that people will use this project as a learning project. For more filet crochet instruction, I have general filet crochet instructions.
Basic Filet
Each solid square is equal to 3 dc. Each open square is equal to (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc). The dc at the end of each square also counts as the first dc of the next square. For example, a solid square followed by an open square is 3 dc, ch 1, 1 dc. Solid squares count as “solid mesh” and open squares count as “open mesh”.
Stitch Multiples
To increase the width, start with a chain in a multiple of 46 then add 36
Notes
I prefer to use a chain 2 at the beginning of double crochet rows and my pattern is written this way. If you prefer to use a chain 3 at the beginning of double crochet rows, feel free to do so here as well.
When instructions indicate to work into or to skip a stitch, count the chain 1 space as a stitch too.
When instructions indicate to work into a ch-1, work into the space rather than into the chain itself.
Gauge
15 dc for 8 rows measures 4″
Crochet Pattern Instructions
Row 1: Ch 128, sk 2 ch (counts as first dc here and throughout), dc in each rem ch across, turn: 127 dc.
Row 2: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in next 10 sts, *[ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 7 times, dc in next 32 sts, rep from * once more, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 7 times, dc in next 10 sts, turn.
Row 3: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in next 6 sts, *[ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 11 times, dc in next 24 sts, rep from * once more, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 11 times, dc in next 6 sts, turn.
Row 4: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in next 2 sts, *[ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, dc in next 14 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, dc in next 16 sts, rep from * once more, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, dc in next 14 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, dc in next 2 sts, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3 (counts as first dc and ch 1 here and throughout), sk 2 sts, dc in next st, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, *dc in next 22 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, dc in next 8 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, rep from * once more, dc in next 22 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 3 times, turn.
Row 6: Ch 2, sk first dc, *dc in next 10 sts, *[ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 7 times, dc in next 10 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 4 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, rep from * once more, dc in next 10 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 7 times, dc in next 10 sts, turn.
Row 7: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in next 6 sts, *[ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 14 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 8 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 4 times, dc in next 8 sts, rep from * once more, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 14 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 6 sts, turn.
Row 8: Ch 3, sk 2 sts, dc in next st, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, *dc in next 22 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 3 times, dc in next 4 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 4 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 3 times, rep from * once more, dc in next 22 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 3 times, turn.
Rows 9-10: Ch 3, sk 2 sts, dc in next st, *dc in next 30 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, rep from * once more, dc in next 30 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, turn.
Rows 11-12: Ch 2, sk first dc, *dc in next 34 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 2 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, rep from * once more, dc in next 34 sts, turn.
Row 13: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in next 36 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next 39 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts, ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next 37 sts, turn.
Row 14: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in next 38 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 42 sts, [ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st] 2 times, dc in next 38 sts, turn.
Rows 15-17: Ch 2, sk first dc, dc in each rem st, turn: 127 dc.
Rows 18-49: Rep rows 2-17 twice more.
Rows 50-63: Rep rows 2-15. Do not fasten off. Begin working in rounds.
Trim
Round 1: Ch 2 (counts as dc), 4 dc in same st, dc evenly along sides of rows, 5 dc at next corner, dc evenly across bottom of blanket, 5 dc at next corner, dc evenly along sides of rows, 5 dc at next corner, dc across top, sl st to top of beg ch-2.
Round 2: Ch 1, working in back loops only, sc in each dc with 3 sc in each center dc of 5-dc corner, sl st to first sc, fasten off.
Finishing
With yarn needle, weave in all ends securely.
