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Crochet Lydia Blanket Pattern

After a whole month of teasing, I am finally going to tell you how to make the Lydia Blanket.  Made from Scheepjes Cotton 8, it is light and summery and very pink!  This blanket is a baby blanket, but you can easily add more squares to make it bigger.

Crochet Lydia Blanket Pattern

Materials

Yardages and Yarn Packs

Yarn packs are available from Wool Warehouse (includes printed pattern), Deramores, and Loremar.  For a full list of Scheepjes stockists, visit Scheepjes (NL).

Yardages (in meters)
Scheepjes Cotton 8 Light Pink (718) Pink (719) Fuchsia (720) Light Green (642) Light Turquoise (622)
Squares 528 288 96 120 168
Joining 75        
Border 235 0 85 58 76
Total meters 838 288 181 178 244
Total grams 246 85 53 53 72
Total skeins 5 2 2 2 2

Colours Per Round

Lydia Squares Rose Border
Round 1 Light Pink Base Round Light Pink
Round 2 Pink Round 1 Light Pink
Round 3 Fuchsia Round 2 Light Pink
Round 4 Light Green Round 3 Light Pink
Round 5 Light Turquoise Round 4 Light Green
Round 6 Pink Round 5 Fuchsia
Round 7 Light Pink Round 6 Light Pink
Round 8 Light Pink Round 7 Light Blue
    Round 8 Light Blue

Gauge

Using the suggested hook and yarn, each square should be just over 10 cm (4″) big.

Size

95 cm (37”) x 72 cm (28”)

Crochet Lydia Blanket Pattern

© Dedri Uys 2016.  All Rights Reserved.

Making the Lydia Squares

In order to make the Lydia blanket, you will need to make 48 Lydia Squares. You will need to add an extra round (Round 8 below) to each square.

Rounds 1 – 7:  Follow the pattern for the Lydia Square HERE, using the colours specified above in Colours per Round.

Round 8:  Sl st your way to the ch-2 corner space.  (Ch 1, sc, ch 2, sc) into the same ch-2 corner space.  Sc in each of the 22 st’s across.  *(Sc, ch 2, sc) in the corner space.  Sc in each of the 22 st’s across.* Repeat from * to * 2 more times.  Join to the first sc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your tails of yarn.  {24 sc’s per side}

Joining the Squares

Once you have made all 48 squares, join them to each other using Light Pink.  You want to end up with a grid of 6 by 8 squares.  You are free to use any joining method you prefer.  I used the (Sc, Ch 1, Skip 1) method my granny taught me.  You can find a tutorial for that HERE.  You will notice that it is a diagonal joining method and I much prefer it, because it leaves the least amount of ends to sew in!

Lydia Blanket Diagonal Join

Adding the Rose Border

When you have joined all the squares (and you’ve sewn away all the yarn ends), you get to my favourite bit of the whole pattern:  The Rose Border!

The border needs a multiple of 8 + 6 stitches per side (not including corner spaces), so we will add a base round around the whole blanket before starting with the border.

Base Round

Because your blanket is rectangular, you will have a short side (6 squares) and a long side (8 squares).  Working into each stitch and space (as instructed below) will give you a multiple of 8 + 6 stitches on the short side.  On the long side, however, working into each stitch and space will give you 4 stitches too many.  You will therefore need to decrease by 4 stitches in order to get the correct stitch count.  I suggest making a dc2tog at the center of the first, third, fifth, and seventh squares.  Alternatively you can just skip 4 random stitches.

*For the 6-square side:  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the ch-2 corner space at the start of the short side.  Dc in every st and space across, being careful not to skip the first (hidden) stitch.  (158)

For the 8-square sides:  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the ch-2 corner space at the start of the long side.  Dc in every st and space across, decreasing by 4 st’s over the length of the blanket (see Note above).  Don’t accidentally skip the first (hidden) stitch. (206)*

Repeat from * to * one more time.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.  If you are going to change colours, fasten off.  If you are going to use the same colour, sl st in the next st and in the ch-2 corner space.

How to Crochet Rose Border

Once you have made your Base Round, continue on with the border following the Rose Border Tutorial HERE.

Crochet Lydia Blanket

I know I have said it many times, but I LOVE how this blanket turned out, and I would LOVE to see how yours turns out.  You can share photos using #lydiablanket.

Want to see more of my Lydia Blanket journey?

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Happy Hooking!

Dedri

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Comments

  1. I’m in the US and am ordering through deramores. Would like to make lapghan or such… Any idea how much extra I should order?
    Love your patterns as always. Sophie’s Universe was my first attempt at crochet. I done except for squares, and I learned tons through your pics – I feel I can do just about anything now!

    Reply

    • Hi Lisa. I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed Sophie. If you get 2 Lydia yarn packs, you will have enough to make a big lapghan twice the size of the regular Lydia blanket (so 12 squares by 8 squares).

  2. Hi Dedri,

    I received your yarn pack from wool warehouse and I just love the colors! I’m making this blanket for my brand new baby girl :)

    I made the first square with 3.25 mm hook and it came out to 5in (ekk) is this a big deal in long run? Will I still be able to do the same join and border? I might just need more yarn right?

    Or do you think there is enough yarn to have messed up one square and just go down a hook size for the rest?

    Also in your pattern it says to use 3.5 for the last round, is that round 8 of the square?

    Thanks :)

    Reply

    • Hi Rebecca.

      If your squares are 5″, you will need to get more yarn. There will be enough for one ‘blooper’ if you do decide to change hooks, but honestly, if you work to a 5″ tension, I would just get more yarn and make my life easy instead of trying to meet gauge. The larger hook is only for the very last round of the border, not for the last round of each square.

      Please let me know how you get on.

      Dedri

    • Thanks Dedri! I decided to get more yarn and make 5″ squares, I agree 100% it will make life way easier!

    • I look forward to following your progress, Rebecca, so please do share some photos!

  3. I am thoroughly enjoying hooking the Lydia blanket … I have shared pictures of my progress in a crochet group on Facebook (crediting you so that others can find your pattern). I absolutely LOVE it … Thank you so much for sharing your talent x

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  4. Hi Dedri, I am joining my squares now and absolutely love the method your Granny taught you. I think it will be my “go to” join from now on. I love your work, color choices and patterns and hope you will find time to continue to inspire us all.
    Love, Teresa

    Reply

    • Thank you, Teresa :) It is my favourite joining method too now, although I still love the look of the zipper join.

  5. Hi ,

    I brought Lydia blanket yarn pack from wool warehouse.Will it be enough for me to make the size you mentioned in your pattern.

    Thanks,
    Mamatha

    I really appreciate all your free patterns and detailed photo tutorials. They are really good and informative. I am happy that I found your blog.

    Reply

    • Hi Mamatha. The Lydia pack will have enough yarn to complete the size specified in the pattern (6 x 8 squares), provided that you match your tension to mine. I hope you enjoy making it and that you will share some progress photos.

      Dedri

    • Thanks Dedri. I brought an extra skein of light pink just in case. :) I will surely try to share some photos.

      Thanks a lot :)

    • Hi Louise! I am so excited that you will be making a Lydia blanket! I meant to comment on your Unravel post, and then life got in the way and I forgot. I was gutted to find out that we’d been there on the same day. I would have loved to meet you. And Spin City, Sincerely Louise, and the Scrumptious stands were some of my favourites too.

      Dedri

  7. As always, Dedri, you have come up with a prize winning blanket. Received my wool pack yesterday from Deramores and already have the 48 pink mini circles done and progressing with Rows 2 onwards. First time I’ve ever worked with Scheepjes Cotton 8 before and found it fiddly to start with but soon found my rhythm and loving the clarity of the stitches. Didn’t have a 3.25mm hook to hand, so using a 3.5mm instead – hoping that the wool sees me through til the end…

    Loving your work as always…

    Cheryl
    (aka Hookintothebeat) :-)

    Reply

    • Hi Cheryl :) You are FAST! all 48 Round-1’s in a day? You put me to shame. a 3.5 will be fine, you just might find yourself *gulp* running out of yarn. You can always go down to a 3 from Round 2 onwards, if you are concerned about that.

      I found it hard to work with the skinny yarn at first too, but now Cotton 8 is one of my favourite yarns, and yes, it has super stitch clarity.

      Dedri

  8. Hi Dedri

    I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful photo tutorials.
    Wanted some advice about The Jack squares. If I wanted to make them up into a blanket could I follow the Lydia blanket pattern? Adding the eighth row ETC .
    Perhaps changing the rose border colour to look more ” manly Or not
    Many thanks & blessings again

    FURRZANAH (Durban ,South Africa)

    Reply

    • Hi Furrzanah. You are correct. You can use more ‘manly’ colours to create a Jack blanket, and I would suggest using a linen stitch border (like I used for Summer in Swanage), to make it less girly.

  9. Thank you for this lovely pattern…I’m making it in a silky worsted (#4) with a 4.0 clover amour hook which results in 6″ squares. I’m thinking that I will make 36 Lydias and make a square blankie. Logic tells me I should be able to follow your original border instructions, using the “short” side directions for all sides. Does that seem right to you?

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  10. OOHHH Didre i love this zo much.. the colors are soo byautiful too ..i hope the pattern is also in dutch soo i am cone make this..thank you again.

    Reply

    • Hi Jannie. The pattern is available in Dutch and there is a link right at the start of the post. Thank you, Dedri

  12. I’m a knitter and never crocheted anything before but I’m going to learn so I can make this beautiful Lydia blanket. Your work is amazing Dedri !!!

    Reply

    • Hi Heather. Sometimes it helps if you come back again a little bit later. It was working when I checked, so could you try again, please?

  15. Hi Dedri,
    You have a knack for picking the most beautiful projects. And your color combinations are always yummy. :) I hope to make this blanket soon. Thank you so much for your wonderful patterns.
    Have a lovely day.

    Reply

  18. It is so pretty! The border is awesome! I have never made granny squares before. Is this a good granny square pattern? Worried about joining all those squares! Do your yarn packs from wool warehouse include your pattern?

    Reply

    • Hi Carly,

      I hope you received my answer already, but incase you haven’t, the pattern isn’t complicated and the joining is straight-forward as well. The yarn packs don’t include the pattern at present, but they soon will.

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