The Hudson's Bay Company was founded in Canada in the 1600's and still endures today. With its iconic colours (and its more modern, turn of the new millennium, grey-scale) it's "stripe spotting" branding is known worldwide. For my blanket I opted to use the grey-scale as it fits nicely with the colour scheme I plan to use in my little boys room. The pattern would also look wonderful in the vintage HBC colours! Give it a go!!! If you make one please share a picture; I would love to see it!
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Rainbow Stripe Crochet Blanket
Create a rainbow afghan with wide stripes of colour - quick to crochet and a great 'next step' project for a beginner as they get more practice. Rather than having to join squares, this pattern is worked row by row. This pattern will work with any yarn and could easily be adapted to any colour scheme. You could also adjust the length of the rows to make it as a baby blanket in pastel rainbow colours instead.
Bobble Stripe Baby Blanket
"Enter the Bobble Stripe Blanket! It features stripes of alternating bobbles in blue and purple, separated by a rows of half double crochet in a classic medium grey. After finishing the baby blanket's body, the whole thing is wrapped in a single crochet border with even more bobbles! This pattern uses an I 5.5 mm hook and three four colors worsted weight yarn (I used Caron One Pound in Purple, Ultramarine, Robin's Egg, and Grey). It also features a video tutorial for the bobble border. "
Hudson Baby Blanket
"If you get tired or frustrated with creating a blanket in rows and turning the whole things around, you're going to love this pattern. The Hudson blanket is just a bunch of different hexagons in different colors and they're each made separately. It's much faster and easier to whip up a stack of smaller shapes than to work on a large blanket. Once all the hexies were made, all I had to do was seam them all together. That step does take a bit longer, but it's an easy task to do and goes by quickly."
Stitch Sampler Stripe Blanket Free Crochet Pattern
If you want to try and incorporate all different kinds of stitches into one blanket, a sampler blanket is the perfect project for you. This Stitch Sampler Stripe Blanket Free Crochet Pattern has a versatile and flexible color scheme, which makes it great for any room in your house. It is also a great trial and error project. You can play with the different stitches, textures, and colors. It would be a great stash buster crochet pattern as well. Thanks Kirsten Ballering from haakmaarraak.nl and Hannahfrom notyouraveragecrochet.com for sharing the wonderful free crochet patterns. The links for the free patterns are provided below photos. Happy crocheting.
