Crochet Ripple Blanket in Rainbow Sherbet

Here is a project to use the beautiful Caron Cakes to make

This can be a baby blanket or a lapghan or make it bigger for a bed blanket, I was even thinking it would go great on my porch table in the summer

These are some of the Caron Cakes you can get online or at Michael's Craft Stores

This is a Ripple Pattern

you will need the following for a baby blanket

Materials

Yarn: Caron Cake yarn 2 spools (I used Rainbow Sherbet)

Hook: 4.25 mm (or 4.00 mm) / (G/6) / UK 7

Scissors, Yarn Needle, Stitch Marker

Stitch Legend

r – row

st(s) – stitch(es)

ch(s) – chain(s)

sl st – slip stitch

dc – double crochet

Special Stitches

Cinch Circle: cross yarn to make a loop, pass hook through loop from front to back, hook yarn and bring it back through loop to pull up a loop on your hook, chain 1. This will make, and secure, the circle. Work all successive stitches into circle over top of the shorter tail. When finished the first row of stitches, pull the shorter tail to cinch the circle shut.

Good Tips to Know

The number of stitches you should have at the end of each row will appear in parentheses for the first few rows to establish pattern

In this Pattern Ch-3 at the beginning of each row counts as a double crochet stitch

If your ch-3 begins on top of a skip stitch, sl st into the next st before chaining 3

“Peaks” are the sunburst points, “Valleys” are the dips in between

You should always have 12 Peaks and 12 corresponding Valleys

The 2 stitches at the bottom of the “Valley” are always skipped

When joining a new cake skein , begin in a ch-2 space

 If you are joining your new skein on a “Row 1 of 3” (ch 5, dc) into the ch-2 space (counts as dc, ch2, dc)

 If you are making a larger blanket, you will require more yarn!

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Pattern

R1: Make a cinch circle, ch 3, 11 dc into circle, cinch shut, join with a sl st to the top of the ch-3 (12)

R2: Ch 3, dc into the same st, 2 dc into each st around. Join with a sl st to the top of the ch-3 (24)

R3: Ch 3, *skip the next st, (dc, ch 2, dc) into the next st*. Repeat from * to * around ending with (dc, ch 2) in the same st as Ch-3. Join with a sl st to the top of ch-3 (48)

R4: sl st into the next ch-2 space. Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into same ch-2 space. *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into the next ch-2 space*. Repeat from * to * around. Join with a sl st to the top of the ch-3. 

R5: join new colour with a sl st in any ch-2 space. Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into same space. *Dc into next st, skip 2 sts, dc into next st, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into next ch-2 space*. Repeat from * to * around until you reach the ch-3 you began with, join with a sl st.

R6: sl st into the next st, ch 3, dc into the next st, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into the next ch-2 space, dc into the next 2 sts, skip 2 sts, dc into the next 2 sts*. Repeat from * to * around until you reach the ch-3 you began with, join with a sl st.

R7 (For repeating pattern, this is Row 1 of 3: The “Small Peak Motif” Row): (if you are on a “Valley” stitch, sl st into the next st to start row) ch 3, dc into each stitch up to the ch-2 space *(dc, ch 2, dc) into the ch-2 space, dc into each st down to the “bottom of the valley”, skip the 2 “valley” sts, dc into each st back to the ch-2 space*. Repeat from * to * around until you reach the ch-3 you began with, join with a sl st. Place a stitch marker on this row to mark it as a “Pattern Row 1”. 

(no stitch count increase)

R8 (For repeating pattern, this is Row 2 of 3: Regular “Peak Motif” Row): (if you are on a “Valley” stitch, sl st into the next st to start row) ch 3, dc into each stitch up to the ch-2 space *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into the ch-2 space, dc into each st down to the “bottom of the valley”, skip the 2 “valley” sts, dc into each st back to the ch-2 space*. Repeat from * to * around until you reach the ch-3 you began with, join with a sl st. 

(stitch count will increase by 24 sts)

R9 (For repeating pattern, this is Row 3 of 3: Regular “Peak Motif” Row): (if you are on a “Valley” stitch, sl st into the next st to start row) ch 3, dc into each stitch up to the ch-2 space *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into the ch-2 space, dc into each st down to the “bottom of the valley”, skip the 2 “valley” sts, dc into each st back to the ch-2 space*. Repeat from * to * around until you reach the ch-3 you began with, join with a sl st. 

(stitch count will increase by 24 sts)

Repeat Row 7, 8 and 9 making sure to move your stitch marker to the “1 of 3” row each time you make it.