Elephant Baby Blanket




Materials Needed


2 Caron Simply Soft yarn White (background color.  Divide into 5 balls) Maybe 3 skeins.
1 Caron Simply Soft yarn Light Country Blue (outline.  Divide into 6 balls)
2 Caron Simply Soft yarn Soft Blue (for the main color of the elephant.  Divide into 5 balls)
1 Caron Simply Soft yarn Gray Heather (for eyes, toes, ears.  Divide into 3 small balls of yarn)

Pattern Details




c2c stitch (Corner to Corner):  This stitch is made by starting in one corner (the bottom right corner or row 1) of a square graph and following the graph diagonally to the opposite square of the graph (ending in row 99).  Here is a video I made to help you get started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MJEwS1FV4&feature=youtu.be

Rows 1-50:  In these rows, you will increase the squares at the beginning of each row.
Rows 50-99: The last half of the graph is worked by making a decrease at the end of each row.
Changing colors:  This is the trickiest part of the pattern.  When the pattern changes colors, simply pull the new color yarn when you make the slip stitch as you finish the previous square.  Don’t cut the old color if you are not finished with it.  Simply leave the yarn hanging until you come back to it in the next row.  Fasten of the color only when the color is done in the graph.  Tuck all the ends in.  When I start a new color, after I pull it through the slip stitch, I make a small knott to secure it in place and then tuck in the end.  Here is a video:


More helpful videos

https://youtu.be/0Kr8xMon1tU

https://youtu.be/t6KDFGZ1t64

Written instructions:
W: White
CB: Soft Country Blue
B: Soft Blue

G: Gray Heather
Row 1:  In W, chain 6.  Make a DC (Double Crochet) in the 4th chain from the hook.  Then do one DC in each of the remaining 2 chains.
Row 2: In W, chain 6 (this chain is where the increase happens).  Make a DC in the 4th chain from the hook.  DC in last two chains.  Turn your work (flip the first square).  Slip stitch to join the chain 3 spaces from the first square.  Chain 3.  Make 3 DC in the space made by the 3 chain.
Row 3-13: Continue chaining 6 and DC in the 4th chain from the hook and the next 2 chains.  Turn slip stitch to join the space made by the chain and the last square.  All these rows are in W.
Row 14: 7 W, 4 CB, 3 W.
Row 15: 3 W, 5 CB, 7 W.
Row 16: 7 W, 1 CB, 3 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 3 W.

Row 17: 3 W, 1 CB, 2 G, 3 B, 1 CB, 7 W.

Row 18: 7 W, 1 CB, 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn. Tuck in end), 1 G, 2 B, 2 G, 1 CB, 3 W.

Row 19: 3 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn. Tuck in end), 2 B, 2 G, 1 CB, 8 W.

Row 20: 5 W, 1 CB, 2 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 2 G, 3 B, 1 CB, 4 W.

Row 21: 4 W, 1 CB, 4 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 B, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 W.

Row 22: 5 W, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 B, 3 CB, 6 B, 1 CB, 5 W.

Row 23: 5 W, 1 CB, 1 G, 6 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 CB  (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 B, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 W.

Row 24: 5 W, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 10 B, 2 G, 1 CB, 5 W.

Row 25: 6 W, 2 G, 11 B, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 W.

Row 26: 5 W, 1 CB, 9 B, 1 CB, 2 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 27: 7 W, 5 CB, 4 B, 3 CB, 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 28: 7 W, 6 CB, 2 B, 1 CB, 1 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 3 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 8 W.

Row 29: 13 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 2 CB, 3 B, 3 CB, 6 W.

Row 30: 6 W, 2 CB, 6 B, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 13 W.

Row 31: 7 W, 5 CB, 2 W, 2 CB, 8 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 32: 6 W, 1 CB, 9 B, 2 CB, 1 W, 6 CB, 7 W.

Row 33: 7 W, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 4 B, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 34: 7 W, 1 CB, 4 B, 3 CB, 2 B, 3 CB, 1 B, 4 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 7 W.
Row 35: 7 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 3 B, 1 G, 1 B, 3 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 CB, 1 B, 1 CB, 4 B, 1 CB, 7 W.

Row 36: 5 W, 1 CB, 2 W, 1 CB, 3 B, 1 CB, 3 B, 2 CB, 3 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G(tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 4 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 7 W.

Row 377 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 9 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 3 B, 1 CB, 3 B, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 W.
Row 38: 5 W, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 B, 3 CB, 4 B, 1 CB, 13 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 7 W.
Row 39: 7 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 11 B, 3 CB, 5 B, 2 CB, 2 B, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 W.

Row 40: 5 W, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 3 B, 2 CB, 5 B, 3 CB, 11 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 7 W.

Row 41: 7 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 11 B, 1 CB, 7 B, 2 CB, 4 B, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 W.

Row 42: 5 W, 1 CB, 5 B, 2 CB, 7 B, 1 B, 11 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 7 W.
Row 43: 7 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 11 B, 1 CB, 8 B, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 6 W.
Row 44: 7 W, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 8 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 11 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 8 W.

Row 45: 8 W, 1 CB, 1 B (you will have to strands of B close to each other.  Crochet this square with one strand and continue the next squares of blue with the next ball of blue.  Keep them separate.), 20 B, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 8 W.
Row 46: 8 W, 2 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 11 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 8 W.
Row 47: 9 W, 1 CB, 1 B (you will have to strands of B close to each other.  Crochet this square with one strand and continue the next squares of blue with the next ball of blue.  Keep them separate.), 19 B, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 B, 2 CB, 9 W.

Row 48: 7 W, 3 CB, 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 24 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 10 W.
Row 49: 10 W, 1 CB, 1 B, (you will have to strands of B close to each other.  Crochet this square with one strand and continue the next squares of blue with the next ball of blue.  Keep them separate.), 27 B, 3 CB, 7 W.

Row 50: 7 W, 1 CB, 29 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 11 W.
51:  Here is where we start decreasing at the beginning of each row.  After you have done the last slip stitch on row 50 to connect the last two squares, turn you work over. Make a slip stitch from where you are to the 3 DC. Make the Slip stitch loose so you don’t tighten the square.  It may look weird, but you will hide this Slip stitch when you make the border.  You will do this at the beginning of rows 51 through 99.  10 W1 CB, 1 B (you will have to strands of B close to each other.  Crochet this square with one strand and continue the next squares of blue with the next ball of blue.  Keep them separate.), 28 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 52: 5 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 2 G, 27 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 10 W.

Row 53: 9 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 6 B, 2 W, 11 B, 4 CB, 3 B, 2 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 5 W.
Row 54: 4 W, 1 CB, 2 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 3 B, 4 CB, 11 B, 3 W, 4 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end),  1 B, 1 CB, 9 W.

Row 55: 9 W, 1 CB, 6 B, 3 W, 11 B, 1 CB, 3 W, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 4 W.

Row 56: 3 W, 1 CB, 5 B, 1 CB, 3 W, 1 CB, 12 B, 2 W, 4 B, 3 CB, 9 W.

Row 57: 9 W, 3 CB, 3 B, 1 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G, 13 B, 1 CB, 2 W, 1 CB, 4 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 3 W.

Row 58: 2 W, 1 CB, 2 G, 4 B, 1 CB, 1 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 8 B, 1 W, 3 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 3 B, 1 CB, 11 W.

Row 59: 10 W, 1 CB, 7 B, 2 W, 8 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 1 W, 1 CB, 3 B, 2 G, 1 CB, 2 W.
Row 60: 2 W, 1 CB, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 B, 1 G, 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 1 W, 1 CB, 1 G, 9 B, 2 W, 6 B, 1 CB, 10 W.

Row 61:  9 W, 1 CB, 6 B, 1 G, 2 W, 9 B, 1B (you will have to strands of B close to each other.  Finish the 9B you did previously and crochet the next one with the other strand of B.  Keep them separate.), 1CB, 1 W, 1 CB, 2 G, 2 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 2 W.

Row 62: 2 W, 3 CB, 2 G, 1 CB, 1 W, 1 CB, 1 G, 9 B, 2 W, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 B, 1 CB, 9 W.

Row 63: 9 W, 1 CB, 5 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 10 B, 1 B (you will have to strands of B close to each other.  Finish the 9B you did previously and crochet the next one with the other strand of B.  Keep them separate.), 1 CB, 1 W, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 3 CB, 2 W.

Row 64: 4 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 2 W, 1 CB, 1 G, 17 B, 1 CB, 8 W.

Row 65: 8 W, 1 CB, 17 B, 1 B, 1 CB, 7 W.
Row 66:7 W, 1 CB, 1 G, 16 B, 1 CB, 8 W.

Row 67: 8 W, 1 CB, 15 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 6 W.
Row 68: 6 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 14 B, 1 CB, 8 W.

Row 69: 8 W, 2 CB, 12 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 70: 6 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 9 B, 4 CB, 8 W.

Row 71: 9 W, 3 CB, 8 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 72: 6 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 6 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 11 W.

Row 73: 10 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 6 B, 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 74: 6 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G, 5 B, 1 G, 1 CB, 10 W.

Row 75: 9 W, 1 CB, 1 B, 1 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 4 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 G, 1 B, 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 76: 6 W, 1 CB, 1 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 5 G (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 B, 1 CB, 9 W.

Row 77: 9 W, 1 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 6 B (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 1 CB, 6 W.

Row 78: 6 W, 7 CB, 9 W.

Row 79: 9 W (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 6 CB (tie a knot to secure and cut of this yarn.  Tuck in end), 6 W.

Rows 80-99: Continue decreasing at the beginning of each row.  Finish the rest of the afghan in W.
Border:  I made this border in CB because I had quite a bit of leftover yarn in this color.  I made a border that I got from another website.  You can find it here:

http://daisyfarmcrafts.com/crochet-pink-gingham-blanket/

Scroll down to the end of the pattern to get the instructions.

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