Alex Preemie Blanket Crochet Pattern

Baby blankets are a great way to try out new crochet stitch patterns. This one uses an easy cluster stitch worked from the center out in two colors. 

The crochet pattern is specifically designed to be sized for a premature baby, but you can keep working the blanket pattern in the same fashion to make a larger project for a full-term baby, a toddler, or even an adult. 

Use two colors that go with the nursery or make this a fun stash-busting crochet project by working each round or every couple of rounds in different colors.

Before we get to the pattern, here's another baby blanket pattern I think you'll love…the Log Cabin Baby Blanket. It’s not just cute, it’s also so much fun to make. There’s a great variety of stitches you'll learn, it can be made small or large making it an excellent stash buster project and it's perfect for beginners and advanced crocheters alike.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Size Included

6-8 lb Preemie

Finished Size

11″ Radius (flat side, not pointed)

*These are our finished measurements. If yours don’t fit within these measurements, please check your gauge.

Materials

Red Heart Cutie Pie Yarn (light worsted-3)

• Color A: Indigo about 163 yards
• Color B: Splash about 81 yards

D-3 (3.25mm) crochet hook

Fabric scissors

Yarn needle, to weave ends

Gauge

2 cluster sts x 2 rows is 1”

*Change the hook size to obtain the gauge.

Notes

• This pattern uses 3 dc cluster.
• In the amount of stitches you should have at the end of the row (ex. 11 sts). That count does include the chain.

Abbreviations/Stitches Used

CA-Color A

CB-Color B

St(s)-Stitch(es)

Ch-Chain

Sc-Single Crochet

Cluster-Cluster Stitch

*This pattern is written in American Crochet Terms.

Blanket

Starting with CA,

Round 1: ch 3, 6 cluster in 3rd ch from hook

Round 2: 2 cluster in next st, 2 cluster in each st around

Round 3: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next st* repeat * to * around

Round 4: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 2 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 5: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 3 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 6: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 4 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 7: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 5 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 8: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 6 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 9: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 7 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 10: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 8 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 11: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 9 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 12: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 10 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 13: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 11 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 14: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 12 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 15: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 13 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 16: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 14 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 17: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 15 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 18: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 16 sts* repeat * to * around

Cut yarn and change to CB.

Round 19: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 17 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 2o: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 18 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 21: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 19 sts* repeat * to * around

Round 22: *2 cluster in next st, cluster in next 2o sts* repeat * to * around

Cut yarn and change to CA.

Round 23: sc in each st around, join, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends.

If you enjoy crocheting simple shapes like rectangles, you may want to check out our Crochet Anything with Rectangles class where you'll take the basic shape you already have down pat and turn it into useful, practical, and beautifully professional projects.

  

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