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1. 1 Introduction: Hello, everyone. This is
Naguminal, your crochet tutor. Today we'll be seeing how to crochet this star baby blanket. You can also use it
as a baby blanket or you can use it as a placemat. It is looking very nice with a ripple effect
and at 12 points, they are looking
very nice and cute. I have made it using two colors. You can also use
multiple colors and make it into a rainbow
star baby blanket.
2. 2 Crochet Supplies Required : Let's take a look at
the materials that are required for this
star baby blanket. I'll be using two
different colors for this. I'm using Olivia branded yarn
and I'm using lemon grade. This is my color A
and for color B, I'm using the same
Olivia brandion and the shade is buttercream. You can even use multiple colors and make a colorful
baby blanket. I'm using only two
colors for this project, I'll be using a four
millimeter hook. Based on the thickness
of your yarn, you can either increase or
decrease your hook size. Today I'll be using a
four millimeter hook a pair of scissors, a tapestry needle and
few stitch markers. Grab your grosert supplies. Let's get started.
3. 3 Making Round 1 to Round 6: This project, we'll
be working in rounds, start off by making
a magic circle. Now it's ready. We are going
to work in double crochet, start off by making chain three, one, two, and three. After making three chains, I'm going to use a stitch marker and mark my third
chain over here. We are going to work 11
more double crochets into the same magic ring. Including this chain three, now I have made three
sets of double crochets. We have to work nine
more double crochets. Altogether, including
this chain three, you'll be having a total of 12 double crochets
for round number one, so work double crochets
for this entire round and I'll meet you when
I have a total of 12 sets of double crochets. We have reached the end
of round number one. I have a total of 12
sets of double crochets. Now we'll pull this extra yarn off and close our magic ring. I have closed my magic ring. Now we are going to
make a slip stitch in our third chain over here, remove the stitch marker and
we'll work a slip stitch. So round number
one is completed. Moving on to round number two, we are going to work two sets of double crochets into each of our stitches for
round number two, start off by making
a chain three. After making chain three, using your stitch marker, mark it over here
into the same stitch, work another double crochet. Counting this as our
first double crochet. This stitch, we have made two
sets of double crochets and now into our next stitch
two sets of double crochet into each and every stitch, work two sets of double
crochets and in this manner, we'll be having a total of 24 sets of double crochets
in this particular round. Work two sets of
double crochets into each and every stitch and
I'll meet you at the end. We have reached the end
of round number two. At this point, we'll be having a total of 24 sets of stitches, including this chain
three over here, remove the stitch marker
and make a slip stitch into your third chain over here and we'll finish
off this round. It's done. Until now we
made a basic circle. From now on, our blanket will start to take
the shape of a star. Here we are going to continue
with our double crochet. Start up by making chain three, one, two, and three. This is our first
double crochet. Use a stitch marker and mark
the top of your chain three. Now, what we are going to
do is we are going to skip the next stitch over here
and into our third stitch, we are going to work
a double crochet. Chain two and another
double crochet into the same stitch. As you can see, a V
shape has been formed. Next, what we are
going to do is skip the next stitch and
into the next stitch, work a double
crochet, chain two, and again, a double crochet. Now again, I'm skipping the
next ditch and move on to the next ditch and make a
double crochet chain two, and again, a double crochet. The V shape has been beautifully formed and it's looking nice. Follow the same
pattern of making a double crochet chain to double crochet by skipping one stitch, I'll meet you when I reach the end for
round number three. I have reached the end
of round number three. As you can see, we have made a double crochet chain
to double crochet in each stitch by skipping one of the stitches and now I have
my last stitch over here. After skipping this stitch, what I'm going to do is
while beginning this round, we made three sets of chain. That is our first double
crochet over here. We are going to finish the
second half of it into the same stitch the beginning
chain, insert your hook. And make a double
crochet and chain two. Now, at the top of
your chain three, we are going to
make a slip stitch. Round number three is done. At this point, there
are chances for a mat to curl up because the number of stitches
has been reduced, nothing to worry about it. As we move on, we'll be
increasing the number of stitches and no need to
worry regarding this. Now, if you see, we'll be
having 12 chain two spaces. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11 and 12. We started off by making 12
sets of double crochets. Now we are having 12 chain two spaces and
the number of points for our star blanket
will be we'll have 12 points in
our star blanket. Now let's move on and see how
to make round number four. Let's begin our
round number four. Round number four,
we are going to work in this chain two space, make a slip stitch over there. Fine. Now start off by
making chain three. This will be counted as our first double crochet
and into the space, one more double
crochet chain two. Again, two sets of double crochet in the
same chain two space. We'll get something like this. Now the V, it's looking nice. This chain three will also be considered as
a double crochet. We have worked two
double crochet chain two and two double
crochet in this V space. I'm using a stitch
marker and I'm marking my top of my chain
three over here. Using a stitch marker
will be easy for you while you're
finishing the round. Now moving on to the next space, this is my next chain two space. In this space, again, I'll be working to double crochet chain two and two more double crochet in the same space. This is our pattern for round number four. In each of the chain two space
from the previous round, we'll be working to
double crochet chain two, and again, two double crochet. This will be the pattern
for our round number four. Follow the same pattern of working double
crochet chain two, two double crochet in each
of the chain two space. I'll meet you when I reach
the end of round number four. We have reached the end
of our round number four, I have made my last set of two double crochet, chain
two and two double crochet. As you can see, now the star
pattern like star shaped one has come and our blanket has
started to take the shape. Now, remove the stitch
marker over here and make a slip stitch
chain three over here. Done. Now I'm going to
change to my color B. So what I'm going to do
is for every four rows, I'm going to change my color. The first four
rows I worked with my color A and the
next four rows, I'll be working with color B. Like that I'm going
to change my colors. You can do as you wish. If you want to work
for five rows, then you can work five rows with color A and you can
change the color. Now let's change the color. I'll cut this yarn off. We'll weave these ends off at last already we have
another end over here. We'll weave it off finally. Now I'm going to
take my color B. Now you can start off from
any of the chain two spaces. You can choose any of
the chain two spaces and you can join your
color B from there. I'm using this chain space. Make a chain one and secure it. In this round also we are
going to use double crochet. Start off by making chain three. This will be my first
double crochet over here into the same space, I'm going to work another double crochet Chain two and two more double crochet into the same space. This is the same thing which we did for our previous round, the same way we worked. Now as you can see,
here we have two sets of double crochets over here and this pattern
is looking like a hill. What we'll be doing
for our pattern is, we'll be skipping the first and the last stitch in
each of these mountain. For example, if you see here, we have two double crochets over here and another two
over the last side. I'll be skipping
the first stitch over here and the next
stitch over here. Now I'll be working
in the next ditch. In this ditch, I'll be working one double crochet and
I'll skip my next one. In the same way when we come
to our next point over here, skip the first ditch
over here and into the next ditch work
one double crochet. Now into this chain
space, as usual, we'll be working two
sets of double crochet, chain two and two double crochet chain two and
two more double crochet. Now we are here.
Here it is downhill. What we'll be doing here
is we'll be working this double crochet and the
next one we'll skip it. This one, I'll skip it and we have come
to our next peak over here. While going uphill,
the first ditch I'm skipping it here
and into my next ditch, I'll work up one double crochet
and now into the space, work two double crochet, chain two and two
double crochet. Now here in the next
double crochet, work one double crochet. I have worked my double
crochet over here. Now downhill, skip this stitch over here and similarly
in our next peak, skip the first one and
into the next one, work one double crochet. This will be the pattern
for our round number five, follow the same pattern. I'll meet you when
I reach the end of this round number five. Mm. Now I have reached the
end of my round number five. I have worked my
last set over here. I worked a double
crochet over here. I will skip this
last one and this is the beginning of the point
which we started here. We have two double
crochets over here. We'll skip the first one
and into the second one, work one double crochet. I have worked one
double crochet. Now, top of the chain
three over here, we'll make a slip stitch. This is the top of
the chain three. It's done. We are getting a
peak we are getting the peak, each and every peak
is looking nice. Now moving on to
round number six. In this round also, what we'll be doing is
we'll be skipping the first and the last ditch
in each of the peak. Here, as you can see, we are already in the
middle over here. What I'm doing is I'm
starting off by making chain three This is my chain three and into my next ditch
work one double crochet. In the chain two
space, as usual, we'll work up two sets of double crochet followed
by a chain two. Followed by a chain two. Then again, into the same space, I'll work another
two double crochet. The chain two space
will always work, two double crochet chain
two and two double crochet. Now we are going
downhill over here, what I'm going to do is, I'll be working here. We have three double crochets. I'll work in the first two double crochet and the last one, we will skip it. Last one, we'll skip it, and now we are moving
on to the next hill. While going uphill, skip the first ditch over here
and into your next stitch, work a double crochet into
the next two stitches, work one double crochet each. I have worked two
double crochets. Now we have reached
the chain two space. In this chain two space, we'll work two
double crochet chain two and two more double
crochet into the same space. Now we are moving downhill. We have three
stitches over here, work in the first two stitches. Now I'm skipping my last stitch and moving on to the next peak, skip the first stitch and
into the next two stitches, work 11 double crochet. In this space, we'll be working two double crochet chain
22 double crochet, while moving downhill, we'll skip the while
moving downhill, we'll work the
first two stitches and we'll skip the last ditch. We are skipping
this so that we'll get this nice dip over here. Between each of the peak, we'll get a small dip over here, we are skipping the first and
the last ditch over here. Follow the same pattern, I'll meet you at the end. We have reached the end
of our round number six. These peaks are looking nice. Finishing it, as usual, you make a slip stitch at the top of your chain
three over here. Round number six is completed. So far, if you see we started
off by making a circle, then we gradually
started to develop the shape of a star
for our blanket. These rows are the normal ones. After row number seven, we are going to do
some repetitive rows. These repetitive
rows can be made any number of times
for your blanket. These rows are the
base for your blanket. We started off by making 12 sets of double crochets
and this 12 set of double crochets has turned
into 12 points for your star. So you have to be careful
while starting it. You have to make sure
that you have 12 sets of double crochets
and the next round, 24 sets of double crochets
and followed by this V space, this V space will be having
12 sets of V spaces. Now if you count and C, you'll be having 12
points in the star.
4. 4 Making Repetition Rounds 7 ,8 & 9: Moving on to round number seven. Round number seven will be following the same
pattern of skipping the first and the last stitch in this mountain shaped one. What I'm going to do
is I'm going to make a slip stitch into
my next stitch. I have made a slip stitch. Now, make chain three. This will be your
first double crochet and now into the
next two stitches, work 11 double crochet. I have made 11 double crochet. Now we have come to this chain two space from our
previous round. In our round number seven, what we are going
to do is we are going to do a slight
change in this. We are going to work
one double crochet, chain two, and one double
crochet in this space. One double crochet, chain
two and into the same space, I'm working another
double crochet. This will be our only change
in this round number seven. Now moving on downhill, I'll be working
the three stitches over here and this last
stitch, I'll be skipping. Our point is looking nice. Now moving on to the next thing, I have skipped my
last stitch over here and in this next mountain, I'm skipping this first stitch and into our next
three stitches, we'll be working one set
of double crochet each. Now we have reached our
chain two space over here. In this space, I'm going to work double crochet chain two, and one more double crochet
into the same space. Now moving downhill, I'll be working in the first
three stitches and I'll skip this last one Follow the same pattern of making the points over here and only the differences
in this chain two space, we'll be working one
double crochet, chain two, and one double crochet. Apart from this, you'll skip the first and the last
ditch in this hill. We are skipping
this so that we get a nice dip over
here for our star, a dip between two points. Follow the same pattern, I'll meet you at the end
of our round number seven. I have reached the end of
my round number seven. Now I'm going to skip this last stitch in here and we have already skipped
the first stitch over here. Now make a slip stitch at
your top of your chain three. We have made a slip stitch at
the top of our chain three. Now what I'm going
to do is using a marker mark your
round number seven. We are marking it here
so that we know that this is the beginning round
of our repetitive round. This is our beginning round
of our repetitive round. I have used a stitch
marker and marked it. Now moving on to
row number eight, we are going to follow
the same pattern like of our previous row. The only changes in our chain
two space here we'll be working to chain two
under two double crochet. We have come to a regular one. Now, since we are skipping this first ditch
into my next ditch, I'm making a slip stitch. Done. Start by making chain
three for round number eight. After making chain three, I'm going to work into
the next two stitches, one set of double crochet each Now we have come to the chain two space. Here we are going to make
two double crochet chain, two, two double crochet. Row number eight and nine
will be the same thing. In the chain two space, we'll be working two
double crochet, chain two and two double
crochet in the space. After this here while
going downhill as usual, you'll skip the last
stitch and we'll be working in the
remaining stitches. The remaining stitch, I'm working one double crochet each. Now moving on to our next point, I'll skip the first stitch and I'll work in the
remaining stitches. Follow the same pattern. The only differences in the
chain two space, as usual, we'll be working
to double crochet, chain two under two
double crochet. This is our pattern for
our round number eight, chain two, and in the same space again to
set of double crochet. Now moving downhill, I'll
be skipping only my last stitch the remaining stitches work one double crochet each. Follow the same pattern. I'll meet you at the end
of our round number eight. We are at the end of
our round number eight, I have made it and these last two last ditch we'll skip it. Here the first ditch, we have already skipped it. Now I'm going to make
a slip stitch at the top of my chain
three over here. Previously, after
working four rows, I changed my color. Now we have made four
rows with my color B. Now I'm going to
change to my color A, we'll cut this Yana and
we'll join our color A here. I have finished off. Now
let's join our color A. While joining, I'm going to start from this chain two space. If you're not changing color and you're following
the same pattern, then we have made a slip stitch at the top of
our chain three over here, make a slip stitch into our second stitch
and from there work one set of double crochet each while coming to our center, I'll make a chain three. This is my first double crochet. For our round number nine, we are going to follow
the same pattern as that of our
round number eight. I'm going to work up two
double crochet in this space. Chain two and two more
into the same space. This one was the one
which we followed for our round number eight. Now moving downhill, work
one double crochet into each and we'll skip our
last ditch in the downhill. Now, I have skipped
my last ditch here and into moving on to our
next point over here, this first one, I'm
skipping it and into the next ditches, work one double crochet each. Now we have reached the chain two space in
this chain two space work, two double crochet chain two and two more double
crochet in the same space. And moving downhill
work one double crochet into each stitch
leaving the last one. This will be the pattern
for our round number nine. Round number nine is similar to that of our
round number eight, in this star blanket, our rounds, seven, eight and
nine are repetitive rounds. If you see our round
number eight and nine are the same thing in
the chain two space, we are working to double
crochet chain two, two double crochet for both
round number eight and nine. Only in round number seven, we are working one double
crochet, chain two, and one double crochet. Our rounds seven, eight and
nine are repetitive rows. Follow the same pattern, I'll meet you at the end
of this round number nine. So I have almost reached the
end of my round number nine. So here is the remaining half of our first week
which we started. I have skipped the last ditch
over here and I'm skipping the first stitch and now
into the stitch work, one double crochet each into the remaining stitches
in the uphill. Now, make a slip stitch into the top of your chain
three over here. So we have reached the end
of our round number nine. Here is our stitch marker. This is our round, eighth round and ninth round. Now we are again going to
repeat for round number ten, I'm going to repeat
round number seven. Now I'll repeat 789. Then again, 789. Next round after
working the next round, remove the stitch marker and mark it over there
so that you'll get clear understanding that after working two more
rows, we have to repeat it. It'll be easy for
you to understand. Now, what I'm going to do is we are in the middle
only for this round, so I'll be starting
with a chain three. Now I'm going to repeat
my round number seven and now into my next ditch
work one double crochet. And into this space, I'll be working one double
crochet, chain two, and one double crochet. This is my round number pattern for my round number seven and follow the same pattern of working one double
crochet chain two, and one double crochet into the space chain two space
of the previous round. And while going downhill, you'll skip the last ditch
and while moving uphill, you'll skip the first ditch. Only this change in this
round number seven is, you'll be working one
double crochet, chain two, and one double crochet
in this space. That is the only
difference here. So from now on, we are going to repeat the
rows seven, eight, and nine. So you can repeat it
any number of times. Until you reach your desired
size for your baby blanket, I'm going to switch between
colors for every four rows. After completing four
rows with my color A, I'll again switch it
back to my color B. You can switch between
colors as you need for your pattern and
even you can use multiple colors for
this baby blanket. From now on, I'll be
repeating the rows. So for row number seven
in the chain two space, we'll be working one
double crochet chain to one double crochet, and for row number
eight and nine, you'll be working two
double crochet chain to two double crochet. Follow the same pattern and
make this baby blanket. I'll show you when I'm
done with my baby blanket.
5. 5 Weaving off the Ends: As you can see, I have made
my star blanket until this. We have made four
rows of my color A, then followed by my
color B with four rows. I have made total of
20 rounds I have made. I have finished with my color A. You can even use multiple
colors as already said. I have used about 80
grams of my color A. This is a shade lime green. I have used about 50
grams of my color B. This is butter cream. Now let's see how to weave
off all the ends. As you can see, we have all the ends over here
to be weaved off. Now let's see how to
weave off those ends. Here I have started my repeat round seven and I have done my eighth round and
I have stopped it. Based on the requirement
for your blanket, you can either increase or decrease your number of rounds. Now I have finished it here. Now let's see how
to finish it off. So now let's join at using a tapestry needle and
we'll weave the ends. I Similarly, we'll tie off all these here. In a similar way, we'll tie all the extra ends which are here and
we'll cut off the yard.
6. 6 Measurement of the Blanket: So we have weaved off all
the ends for our mat. Now let's check the measurement. It is 55 centimeters
or 21.5 " in diameter.
7. 7 Class Project: For our class project, you can do this mat in different colors and
in different sizes, you can even try a different st weighted yarn and use a different
hook size for this. Since I have used this
Olivia brand yarn, the plasmat is looking
nice and thick. You can use different kinds
of yarns and different kinds of hooks for this baby blanket. You can even either increase
or decrease the size of your mats by increasing or decreasing the number
of rounds we made. I made four rows
with my color A, then followed by four
rows with my color B. Instead of that, you
can even use two rows, one color, two rows, your second color, you
can do in that way. In case of any questions
related to this place mat, please be free to ask. I'll revert to you back
as soon as possible. I'll meet you in another
crochet tutorial until then by happy crocheting.
Naaghu Meenal RM, Crochet Illustrator
