Easy Chenille Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

This chenille baby blanket crochet pattern creates such a soft and beautiful blanket! With easy stitches and a video tutorial, even new crocheters can make this blanket. Find the full pattern in the post below, or you can purchase the ad-free PDF on Etsy.

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If you love making the softest baby blankets, this Chenille Baby Blanket is the perfect crochet pattern for you. This blanket is the softest thing I’ve ever made.

Going in, I was a little nervous that I wouldn’t enjoy working with chenille yarn – I’ve heard horror stories! But, I didn’t find it bad to work with at all. I used a worsted weight chenille yarn. In my opinion, it’s the chunkier versions that are harder to work with.

If you’re still nervous, don’t worry! I’ll give you my top tips for working with chenille, as well as an alternate yarn in the same shades.

About the Stitches

Because the fluffiness of chenille yarn can make it more challenging to see the structure of each stitch, it’s helpful to use a pattern that’s worked between stitches. The tight v-stitch was the perfect option.

This blanket uses what I like to call the “tight v-stitch.” It’s similar to a basic v-stitch, but it eliminates the ch 1 space in order to create a stitch pattern that’s a little bit tighter.

For the border, I used a combination of single crochet rounds and double crochet rounds. It provided just the right “frame” for this blanket.

About the Yarn

I don’t like working with chunky chenille yarns, so I knew that I needed to find a good worsted weight option for this project.

I used Loops & Threads Skinny Chenille in the shades Starfish, Hummingbird, Swan, and Blue Bird. I grabbed them at my local Michael’s, but they can also be purchased from Amazon or Walmart.com.

This yarn is amazingly soft, and it did not shed much at all as I was working with it.

Tips for Working with Chenille Yarn

As I’ve mentioned, some people don’t like working with chenille or velvet yarns. Here are 3 tips to keep in mind so you don’t have any issues.

Start Slowly! Give yourself a little while to get used to working with this soft, fluffy yarn. You’ll find your rhythm and your a speed up after a few rows.
Pay Special Attention to Tension! Having uniform tension is always important, but even more when working with chenille yarn. Check your tension after every row, just to be sure you don’t have any loose sections.
Secure your ends! I don’t usually knot my ends together when I change color, but I did when working with this yarn. I didn’t want to worry about anything unraveling. A tiny bit of fabric glue on the ends can help keep things locked in — totally optional but a great hack that some people do.

Yarn Substitutions

Hobbii’s Toucan Fine yarn is another worsted weight chenille option, though I’ve never put it to the test myself. I’d love to make this blanket using the shades Pink, Violet, Sky Blue, & White.

If you’d prefer not to use a chenille yarn but you love the shades I used, I found the perfect colors in an acrylic worsted weight yarn. Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek in the shades Soft Pink, Light Blue, and White are almost exact matches. The purple shade is Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in the shade Orchid.

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Materials

J/10 (6.00 mm) Crochet Hook
- Approximately 725 yards of worsted weight yarn.
- I used Skinny Chenille in the following shades.
  - Starfish (290 yards/1 Skein) – Coral Shade
  - Swan (170 yards/1 Skein) – White
  - Blue Bird (110 yards/1 Skein) – Blue Shade
  - Hummingbird (145 yards/1 Skein) – Purple Shade
- If you’d like similar colors that are not chenille, I recommend the following shades.
  - Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek in the shade Soft Pink
  - Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek in the shade White
  - Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek in the shade Light Blue
  - Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn in the shade Orchid
Tapestry needle and scissors for weaving ends.
Optional: A tag for finishing off your work. You can find the tags I purchased from Pate Studios here.

Pattern Notes

This pattern is in US terms.
The blanket shown measures approximately 25”x 30”. A chart with 9 other sizes is included.
The turning chain does not count as a stitch in this project.
If you crochet tightly, go up a hook size. If you crochet loosely, go down a hook size. It’s an art not a science! : )
Gauge is not important for this project.
A video tutorial is available here.

Abbreviations

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch
sk – skip
** – Repeat what is written between the star

Blanket Instructions

Using Coral (Starfish), chain 76.

Row 1: sc in the second chain and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. (You should have 75 sc stitches)

Rows 2: dc in the first stitch. Skip the next stitch. *Work 2 dc in the next stitch, skip the next stitch* across. End with a dc in the last stitch. Ch 1, turn. (74 stitches)

Row 3: dc in the first stitch. *work 2 dc between each dc pair on the previous row (this will cause the stitches to split apart and form a V)* across. End with a dc in the last stitch. Ch 1, turn. (74 stitches)

Repeat Rows 3 for a total of 65 rows.

After Row 65, proceed to the border without cutting yarn.

The Stripe Pattern

8 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
2 Rows Blue
4 Rows Purple
1 Row White
2 Rows Coral
2 Rows Purple
3 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
5 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
1 Row White
2 Rows Purple
4 Rows Coral
1 Row Blue
3 Rows White
5 Rows Purple
2 Rows White
7 Rows Coral

How to Change Colors

On the last stitch of the row, don’t pull your working yarn through the last two loops to complete the stitch. Instead of pulling the yarn you’ve been working with through those final two loops, place the new yarn on your hook and pull it through the last two loops. Be sure to leave a long tail on both colors so you can weave your ends later.

The video tutorial includes instructions for changing colors.

Border Pattern

Rounds 1: sc evenly around the entire blanket, working 3 sc into each corner. Sl st to the top of the first st to join.

Round 2: ch 1. Sc around the entire blanket, working 3 sc into each corner. Sl st to the top of the first st to join. Cut yarn and weave ends.

Round 3: Join White. Dc around the entire blanket, working (dc, ch 2, dc) into each corner. Sl st to the top of the first st to join. Cut yarn and weave ends.

Round 4: Join Coral. Sc evenly around the entire blanket, working (sc, ch 2, sc) into each corner. Sl st to the top of the first st to join. Cut yarn and weave ends.

Adjusting the Size of this Blanket

Adjusting the size of this blanket is easy! In order for the pattern to work, your starting chain needs to be an even number.

Any number of rows will work for the pattern as it’s a one row repeat.

The chart below includes 10 common sizes. Stripe patterns for each size are provided after the chart.

Stripe Patterns

Color Key:

It makes more sense to my brain to see the color rather than the title.

Coral – Starfish
White – Swan
Blue – Blue Bird
Purple – Hummingbird

Note: The coral rows are only highlighted to break things up and make it easier to see where you are in the stripe pattern.

Lovey Size Stripe Pattern

9 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
2 Rows Blue
4 Rows Purple
2 Rows White
3 Rows Coral
2 Rows Purple
3 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
8 Rows Coral

Stroller Size

8 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
2 Rows Blue
4 Rows Purple
1 Row White
2 Rows Coral
2 Rows Purple
3 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
5 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
1 Row White
2 Rows Purple
4 Rows Coral
1 Row Blue
3 Rows White
5 Rows Purple
2 Rows White
7 Rows Coral

Baby Blanket Size

11 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
2 Rows Blue
4 Rows Purple
2 Rows White
2 Rows Coral
3 Rows Purple
2 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
5 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
3 Rows Blue
2 Row White
2 Rows Purple
4 Rows Coral
2 Rows Blue
3 Rows White
5 Rows Purple
3 Rows White
10 Rows Coral

Car Seat & Toddler

11 Rows Coral
4 Rows White
3 Rows Blue
4 Rows Purple
4 Rows White
3 Rows Coral
3 Rows Purple
4 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
6 Rows Coral
3 Rows White
5 Rows Blue
4 Row White
3 Rows Purple
5 Rows Coral
4 Rows Blue
3 Rows White
5 Rows Purple
2 Rows White
10 Rows Coral

Throw Size Stripe Pattern

18 Rows Coral
6 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
6 Rows Purple
8 Rows White
6 Rows Coral
4 Rows Purple
7 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
8 Rows Coral
6 Rows White
4 Rows Blue
6 Row White
5 Rows Purple
7 Rows Coral
4 Row Blue
6 Rows White
6 Rows Purple
5 Rows White
17 Rows Coral

Twin, King, & Queen Stripe pattern

21 Rows Coral
9 Rows White
6 Rows Blue
12 Rows Purple
3 Rows White
6 Rows Coral
6 Rows Purple
9 Rows White
12 Rows Blue
15 Rows Coral
9 Rows White
9 Rows Blue
3 Row White
6 Rows Purple
12 Rows Coral
3 Row Blue
9 Rows White
15 Rows Purple
6 Rows White
20 Rows Coral

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