Choose your favorite combination of worsted weight yarn and work up this Beginner Baby Blanket today. If you've never made a baby blanket before, then this is the perfect crochet pattern to start with. This beginner crochet pattern features a simple striped design that's created by repeating rows of double crochet. Depending on what colors youchoose, this crocheted afghan can be made for either a baby boy or baby girl. Either way, it's a wonderful homemade gift to make for any new mom.

The Modern Rose Afghan is a gorgeous motif based blanket, that can be made in any size, and features gorgeous modern spirals that pop out in 3D for a floral impression that modern and fun! It's a wonderful balance between the floral and the graphic - for everyone to enjoy!

A great way to brighten up your living space is with a new throw blanket. Working up this V Stitch Crochet Ripple Afghan is a surefire way to refresh your home decor without spending massive amounts of money on a new couch or flooring. The V stitches in this crochet afghan pattern create a lacy, open design that will mesh with any home. The five color pattern used is full of calming colors, and if you decide that is not for you, any five colors of your choosing would work beautifully.

Warm Up America! is a charity which accepts blanket squares or "sections" that volunteers seam together into blankets. Crochet this lemon section to donate! Each April, the Craft Yarn Council in conjunction with Warm Up America! invites you to Stitch Away Stress. Crochet, as you know, is such a wonderfully soothing activity. Lemons have become the emblem for this promotion because the first pattern designed for Stitch Away Stress was a cute lemon stress ball! This cheery motif is wonderful for lemon lovers to work up year-round. Section together your own beautiful lemon afghan, or donate these sections to a wonderful cause.

Make this lovely, soft and squishy crocheted baby blanket for a baby shower gift or any occasion. You can easily adjust the size - and change up the colors and make this for anyone - it is a very versatile and easy to crochet blanket pattern. In total, the blanket took less than 8 hours to crochet and weave in the ends. You could do this easy crochet project in one day if you needed to.

Learn to crochet the Granny Ripple Stitch. This pattern is great for making blankets, afghans, scarfs, table runners, etc. It uses basic stitches such as double crochet, and chains. This blog post will give you the written instructions as well as provide a link for my free YouTube video tutorial for those who prefer to watch video or are visual learners. Crochet a gauge swatch to determine how many pattern repeats you need for your project. Once you have the number of stitches per repeat you can calculate the total needed for your project. Enjoy.

This simple crochet waves pattern makes a bold statement without using increases or decreases. This pattern is also available as part of a kit with yarn on Bluprint.

Grab your scrap basket, pull out all those colorful yarns, and crochet a gorgeous C2C throw for yourself or as a gift. If you have worked a corner-to-corner pattern before, you know what a quick and easy stitch it is. The versatility of C2C crochet also makes it a popular project. If you have never attempted it, here's your chance to try. You'll love it! Skill level: Easy Finished item measures approximately 55" square. Instructions are also given for the same blanket in baby or sport weight yarn with a white cloud border. Baby blanket measures approximately 37" square. Skill level: Easy Materials: Worsted weight yarn: Baby/sport yarn: 1.5 oz. red 1 oz. pink 5 oz. orange 2 oz. peach 7 oz. yellow 2.5 oz. yellow 8 oz. green 3 oz. green 13.5 oz. blue 4.5 oz. baby blue 8.5 oz. purple 4 oz. lavender 3 oz. white Size J (6.0 mm) crochet hook Size G (4.0 mm) crochet hook Yarn needle

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.