Delight a New Mom with This Delectable Blanket Worked in a Luscious Peaches-And-Cream Stripe

Delight a new mom with this delectable blanket worked in a luscious peaches-and-cream stripe pattern. A lacy, chevron-style border adds the perfect touch to complete the finished look.

Skill Level
Intermediate

Size
38 x 39 inches

Materials

• Light (sport) weight yarn: 8 oz/800 yds/226g each white and peach

• Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

• Yarn needle

• Stitch marker

Gauge
Rows 3-5 = 1 1/2 inches; 11 hdc = 3 inches; border rnds = 3 inches
Check gauge to save time.

Pattern Notes
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join rounds with a slip stitch unless otherwise stated.

Special Stitches
Shell: (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in indicated st.
Corner shell: (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st.

Afghan
Row 1 (RS): With white, ch 130, hdc in 4th ch from hook, hdc in each rem ch across, turn. (128 hdc)
Note: Place st marker on RS of row 1.
Row 2: Ch 2 (counts as first hdc throughout), hdc in horizontal lp below front lp of each hdc across, hdc in front lp at top of end ch, ch 2, drop white, turn.
Row 3: Working in back lps only, attach peach with sl st in first hdc, ch 3, dc in next hdc, [ch 2, dc dec across through 3rd st from end, ch 2, work first leg of dc dec as usual, sk next hdc only, finish same dc dec in top of end ch, ch 2, drop peach, do not turn. (42 ch-2 sps)
Row 4: Insert hook in dropped lp of white, sl st in top of peach end ch, ch 2, hdc in next dc, [2 hdc in next ch-2 sp, hdc in next dc dec] across, turn.
Row 5: Rep row 2, except do not turn.
Row 6: Working in front lps only, insert hook in dropped peach lp, sl st in top of end ch, ch 3, sk next hdc, dc in next hdc, [ch 2, dc dec] across, work first leg of dc dec as usual, sk next hdc only, finish same dc dec in last hdc, ch 4, drop peach lp, but do not fasten off, turn.
Row 7: Insert hook in dropped white lp, sl st in first dc dec, ch 2, hdc in same st, [2 hdc in next ch-2 sp, hdc in next dc dec] across, ending last rep with hdc in last dc, sk end ch, turn.
Row 8: Rep row 2.
Row 9: Inserting hook in dropped peach lp, rep row 3.
Rep rows 4-9 until afghan is approximately 31 inches, ending with 2 rows white, fasten off. (21 rows peach; 44 rows white)

Edging
Rnd 1: Starting from bottom of afghan to work along marked right edge, with RS facing, remove marker, working through posts of hdc sts over foundation ch, attach peach with sl st in first hdc, ch 2, *[sk next 2 hdc, sc in next hdc, ch 1] across to last 4 sts on this edge, sk next 2 hdc, sc in next hdc, ch 3, sk entire turn ch, working around post of sts at ends of rows (and also working over entire color-carrying chs as necessary), work along next edge of afghan as follows, [sc in next white row, ch 1, sc in next peach row, ch 1, sk next white row] across, sc in last white row, ch 3 *, sc in first hdc on next edge, ch 1, rep from * to *, join in beg sl st.
Rnd 2: Sl st into ch-1 sp, sl st in next sc, (ch 3, dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same sc, *[ch 1, sk next 3 sts, shell(see Special Stitches) in next sc] across to next-to-last sc, ch 1, sk next 2 sts, corner shell(see Special Stitches) in corner sp, ch 1, sk next 2 sts, shell in next sc *, rep from * to * around, ending with ch 1, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (84 shells; 4 corner shells)
Rnd 3: Sl st into center ch of ch-3 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same ch, *[ch 1, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, shell in center ch of next ch-3 sp] across to next corner, ch 1, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, corner shell in center ch of corner shell, ch 2, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1 **, shell in center ch of next ch-3 sp of shell, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 4: Sl st into center ch of ch-3 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same ch, *[ch 3, sc in next sc, ch 3, shell in center ch of next ch-3 sp] across to next corner, ch 3, sc in next sc, ch 5, corner shell in center ch of next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next sc, ch 3 **, shell in center ch of next ch-3 sp, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3, fasten off.
Rnd 5: Attach white with sl st in ch-5 sp before corner shell, * 4 sc in ch-5 sp, sc in each of next 3 dc, (3 sc, ch 2, 3 sc) in corner ch sp, sc in each of next 3 dc, (4 sc, sl st) in next ch-5 sp, [3 sc in next ch-3 sp, sc in each of next 2 dc, (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in next ch-3 sp of shell, sc in each of next 2 dc, (2 sc, sl st) in next ch-3 sp] across to ch-5 sp before corner shell, rep from * around, join in beg sl st, fasten off.