Baminbo Ripple Blanket

I made this lovely Bambino baby blanket a little while ago - it is available to download from my website but I thought I would share it on my blog too! Here is the link if you would like to download the PDF version.

I used Stylecraft Bambino dk, it was my first time using this yarn and it is beautiful! It’s a soft and smooth anti pilling baby yarn which gives a really nice cotton like stitch definition. I wanted the  blanket to be gender neutral so I chose 7 pastel shades in heather, sage, vintage blue, grey mist, soft pink, little boy blue and white, the yarn can be purchased here.

I really enjoy the ripple stitch because it is a fairly easy repetitive stitch that is really relaxing and doesn’t need too much concentration! I decided to crochet 1 row of each colour and love how its turned out.

Here’s the pattern:

Written in UK Terms

The finished baby blanket measures approximately 30”x 33” 

You will need:

• Stylecraft Bambino DK 1 ball of each of Vintage Blue, Heather, White, Sage, Grey Mist, Soft Pink, Little Boy Blue.  
•  4mm crochet hook 
• Abbreviations                                                          

• ch - chain
• st - stitch
• tr - treble crochet
• tr2tog  - treble 2 together (yo, insert hook into next st and draw up loop (3 loops on hook), yo and draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into next st and draw up loop (4 loops on hook), yo and draw through two loops on hook (3 loops on hook), yo and draw through all 3 loops)

Suggested colour order heather, sage, vintage blue, grey mist, soft pink, little boy blue and white.

To begin using 4mm hook chain 129

R1 - tr in 4th chain from the hook, tr in next 4 ch, tr2tog, tr2tog, tr in next 4ch, *2tr in next ch, 2tr in next ch, tr in next 4 ch, tr2tog, tr2tog, tr in next 4 ch* End with 2tr in the last chain. 

R2 - (new colour) ch3 , 1tr into the same st, tr in next 4 st, tr2tog, tr2tog, tr in next 4st, *2tr in next st, 2tr in next st, tr in next 4 st, tr2tog, tr2tog, tr in next 4st* End with 2tr in the last st. 

Repeat row 2 for 61 more rows using the suggested colour order.

Border

Round 1 : using white, 1 htr into each st and chain space along until you reach a corner (1htr, ch1, 1htr) into the corner. Repeat until back at the beginning join and fasten off.

Round 2: using vintage blue,  1 htr into each st along until you reach the corner (1 htr, ch1, 1htr) into the corner. Repeat until back at the beginning join and fasten off.

Round 3: using white,  1 htr into each st along until you reach the corner (1 htr, ch1, 1htr) into the corner. Repeat until back at the beginning join and fasten off.

Round 4: using sage,  1 htr into each st along until you reach the corner (1 htr, ch1, 1htr) into the corner. Repeat until back at the beginning join and do not fasten off.

Round 5: 1dc, *ch3, slst into first chain, 2 dc* repeat * * until back at the beginning slst to join fasten off and sew in all of the ends.