Easy Striped Baby Blanket – Free Crochet Pattern

Easy Two Color Baby Blanket

If you’re looking for an easy crochet baby blanket pattern that’s soft, modern, and works up beautifully, you’re going to love this Easy Striped Baby Blanket.

This simple two-color blanket uses just two basic stitches and a relaxing one-row repeat, making it perfect for beginners or anyone who wants a quick, fun project. The result is a cozy, flowy fabric with excellent drape and no large holes, making it an ideal crochet baby blanket for boys, girls, or a gender-neutral gift.

One of the best features of this striped baby blanket is how clean and effortless it is to make. You’ll carry your yarn up the side for minimal ends to weave in and finish the blanket with a gorgeous textured border.

The entire design is completely reversible, so both sides look just as beautiful. Whether you choose soft pastels, bold brights, or modern neutrals, this two-color crochet blanket always turns out stunning.

This free crochet pattern includes clear, detailed instructions and a full step-by-step video tutorial, so you can follow along with confidence from the very first row to the final border. It’s easy to customize the size as well, making it perfect as a baby blanket, stroller blanket, or even a full-size crochet throw blanket for your home.

I hope you enjoy making this cozy striped blanket as much as I did — it’s one you’ll want to crochet again and again in every color combination.

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Pattern Details

Skill Level

Easy

Size

The pattern creates a blanket that is approximately 36” x 36”. Instructions for adjusting the size are included in the pattern.

Materials

Yarn: Any size 3 (light) yarn in two colors. 

I used Bernat Softee Baby yarn. This yarn is size 3 (light) and 100% acrylic. A skein is 362 yds / 331 m and 5 oz / 140 g.

Amount of yarn required and colors I used:

• Color A: 520 yds (2 skeins) – “Mint”
• Color B: 720 yds (2 skeins) – “Aqua” (500 yds for the blanket body and 220 yds for the border). 

You’re welcome to try using a different yarn weight but the size, look, feel, and yarn amount may vary. Adjust your starting chains and hook size if needed.

This pattern is written for two colors, which allows the yarn to be carried up the side. If you use more than two colors, you’ll need to cut and rejoin yarn instead of carrying it.

Crochet Hook Size: K/10.5 (6.50 mm). Using a large hook is intentional for better softness and drape. 

Other Materials: Yarn needle, scissors and a measuring tape. Optional: stitch markers.

Terminology

This pattern is written for right-handed crochet using standard US terminology. If you’re more familiar with UK terms, here’s my US to UK Conversion Chart. 

Abbreviations

• BPdc = back post double crochet 
• ch/chs = chain/chains
• dc = double crochet
• FPdc = front post double crochet
• sc = single crochet 
• sl st = slip stitch
• st/sts = stitch/stitches

Gauge

Exact sizing is not important. For reference, 4” x 4” = 12 sts (counting both sc and dc sts) and 12 rows following the blanket body pattern. 

Pattern Notes

• The blanket is completely reversible and looks the same on both sides. 
• Chains never count as stitches.
• You may find it helpful to place a stitch marker in the first stitch made in every row. 
• It may take several rows before the width is what it will be for the rest of the pattern. If after several rows, you are not happy with the width, you can start again with a different number of starting chains (refer to the “How to Adjust the Size” section).
• You will use two colors and change colors every two rows. The unused color will be carried up the side. When the border is added, these strands will be covered up. Color A is used for the start and last row of the blanket body. Color B is used for the border.

How to Adjust the Size

The pattern creates a blanket that is approximately 36” x 36” with the border (33” x 33” without the border). 

The number of starting chains determines the width and the number of rows determines the height. To adjust the width, make more or less starting chains in multiples of 2 + 1 (meaning you’ll need an odd number of starting chains). To adjust the height, repeat Rows 3 – 6 more or less times, ending with a repeat of Rows 5 & 6 (with color A). 

As a guideline: 100 sts = 33“ wide, which means there are approximately 3 stitches in an inch. You can take the width you want your blanket to be (in inches) and multiply it by 3. For example, if you want your blanket to be approximately 80” wide, 80 x 3 = 240. Round up to the nearest odd number. In this example, you would round up to 241. So, you would need 241 starting chains to make the blanket approximately 80” wide. (This is a rough estimate and has not been tested but should give you a width that is close to what you want it to be). 

Stitch Explanations

For Rounds 3 & 4 of the border, you will be making front and back post stitches. If these stitches are new to you, here’s how to make them:

Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc):

Yarn over, insert your hook from the front to the back at the right of the designated stitch and bring your hook out at the left of the same stitch. Then finish your double crochet stitch as you normally would: yarn over and pull through a loop (3 loops on your hook). Yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook (2 loops on your hook). Yarn over and pull the yarn through the last two loops on your hook.

Back Post Double Crochet (BPdc): 

Yarn over, insert your hook from the back to the front at the right of the designated stitch and bring your hook out at the left of the same stitch. Then finish your double crochet stitch as you normally would: yarn over and pull through a loop (3 loops on your hook). Yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook (2 loops on your hook). Yarn over and pull the yarn through the last two loops on your hook.

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Video Tutorial

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How to Crochet the Easy Striped Baby Blanket

Blanket Body Instructions

Start: With Color A (I used “Mint”), ch 101. Continue using Color A until instructed to change colors. 

Row 1: In the second ch from the hook, sc. 

In the next ch, dc.

*In the next ch, sc. In the next ch, dc.*

Repeat from * to * across.

(50 sc + 50 dc = 100 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1 and turn.

In the first st, sc. In the next st, dc.

*In the next st, sc. In the next st, dc.*

Repeat from * to * across.

(50 sc + 50 dc = 100 sts. Chs never count as sts.)

In case you’re curious, what you just completed in Row 2 is often called the “Lemon Peel Stitch.”

Change colors: Place Color B (I used “Aqua”) on your hook and pull it through the loop of Color A currently on your hook. Leave Color A hanging where it is (don’t fasten off). 

Reminder: the strands of the unused color along the side will be covered up when you add the border. 

Row 3: With Color B, repeat Row 2.

Row 4: Still with Color B, repeat Row 2.

Change colors: Pick up Color A from where it is hanging, place it on your hook and pull it through the loop of Color B currently on your hook. Leave Color B hanging where it is (don’t fasten off). 

Row 5: With Color A, repeat Row 2.

Row 6: Still with Color A, repeat Row 2.

Change colors: Pick up Color B from where it is hanging, place it on your hook and pull it through the loop of Color A currently on your hook. Leave Color A hanging where it is (don’t fasten off). 

Rows 7 – 98: Repeat Rows 3 – 6 consecutively. 

My completed blanket body had 98 rows and was 33” x 33”. You can repeat Rows 3 – 6 more or less times. End the blanket body with a repeat of Rows 5 & 6 (with Color A). 

Do not turn or fasten off. Proceed to the border instructions. 

Blanket Border Instructions

Tip: You may find it helpful to place a stitch marker in the top of the first stitch made in every round.

Border Round 1: Pick up Color B from where it is hanging, place it on your hook and pull it through the loop of Color A currently on your hook. Fasten off Color A. Use Color B for the entire border. 

Ch 1. Do not turn. 

SIDE (DOWN) – Working down the side, make 1 sc at the end of every row (exact st placement is not important – you can work under 1 loop or 2 or into spaces around the sts). Work over the strands of unused colors to cover them – when you make a sc st, insert your hook under the unused color and sc normally around it.

BOTTOM – In the first ch across the bottom, make 3 sc in the same ch (first corner made). 

Sc in each ch across the bottom until there is 1 ch left. 

In the last ch, make 3 sc in the same ch (second corner made). 

SIDE (UP) – Working up the side, make 1 sc at the end of every row (same as working down the side, except that there are no strands of unused colors). 

TOP – In the first st across the top, make 3 sc in the same st (third corner made). 

Sc in each st across the top until there is 1 st left. 

In the last st, make 3 sc in the same st (fourth corner made).

Sl st into the top of the first sc made in the round to join.

Border Round 2: Ch 2. Do not turn. 

In the first st (the st attached to the ch-2), dc. 

Dc in each st around except at the corners. 

At each corner (the middle st of the 3 sc sts made in each corner in the previous round), make 9 dc in the same st. (It’s okay for the corners to “balloon” out – that will be fixed as the border grows).

After working all the way around, before joining the round, count your sts (the ch-2 that started the round does not count as a stitch). You need to have an odd number of sts in total at the end of Round 2. 

If you have an odd number of sts, proceed to join. 

If you have an even number of sts, make another dc in the last st, then proceed to join. 

Join: sl st into the top of the first dc made in the round.

Border Round 3: Ch 2. Do not turn. 

FPdc around the first st from the round below (not the ch-2 from below. The ch-2 from below is never worked around). 

*BPdc around the next st from the round below. 

FPdc around the next st from the round below.* 

Repeat from * to * around. 

Nothing special happens at the corners. 

Your last st is a FPdc around the last dc from the round below. 

Sl st into the top of the first FPdc to join.

Border Round 4: Ch 2. Do not turn. 

FPdc around the first st below (the FPdc from the round below. The ch-2 from below is not worked around). 

*BPdc around the next st below (the next BPdc from the round below). 

FPdc around the next st below (the next FPdc from the round below).* 

Repeat from * to * around. 

Nothing special happens at the corners. 

Your last st is a FPdc around the last FPdc from the round below. 

Sl st into the top of the first FPdc to join.

Fasten off and weave in all loose ends. 

And now you have a new blanket!

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