Gender Neutral Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

Have you ever needed a gift for a baby shower where the gender was unknown? Well this gender neutral crochet baby blanket could be the perfect baby shower gift.

I absolutely love a solid 1 color baby blanket but working with 1 color can be boring sometimes. That’s when texture can really come into play.

The textured stripes within the main body of this blanket are created using 2 different stitches worked in the back loop only. The border also adds its own different texture with the specific yarn that is used.

If you don’t like working with Lion Brand Go For Faux Yarn or you don’t have any on hand, you can always use a different yarn of your choice and add any kind of border to your liking.

This gender neutral crochet baby blanket design would also be a great option to use for a photo shoot. The different textures and the solid color would work great as a photo prop. Also, check out this page for some more creative photo prop ideas – 12 Creative Photography Prop Ideas for Every Photographer

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Sandy Shores Baby Blanket

{A beautifully textured gender neutral crochet baby blanket}

Materials:

• Yarn: #5 Bulky Weight – 3 Skeins Lion Brand Color Made Easy (A Wheat), 2-3 Skeins Lion Brand Go For Faux (B Blonde Elk) – I used 2 skeins of Go For Faux but some testers used 3 for the border.
• Hook: US Size (K/10.5) 6.5 mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Other Tools: Yarn Needle, Scissors, Stitch Markers

Difficulty:

• Easy

Gauge:

• 10 edc sts x 4 rows = 4” (10 cm)

Stitches/Abbreviations: US Terms

• ch – chain
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• sl st – slip stitch
• sc – single crochet
• edc – extended double crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• blo – back loop only
• yo – yarn over

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Special Stitch:

• edc – extended double crochet [yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through, yo, pull through 1 loop, (yo, pull through 2 loops) twice]
• Check out a tutorial HERE

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Dimensions:

• 39.5” x 30” includes border

Notes:

• The main body of the blanket is worked in rows and the border is worked in rounds.
• The body of the blanket is worked in the back loop only.
• When working the border you will join with a slip stitch to the first stitch in that round.
• IMPORTANT: Make sure your slip stitches within the pattern aren’t too tight.  
• If you don’t have Go For Faux yarn for the border you can always use a different yarn and add a different border to your liking.
• You can always adjust the size of this blanket by chaining more foundation chains and working more row repeats.

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Instructions:

With A, ch 69.

Row 1: Edc in 3^rd ch from hook, edc in each ch across, turn – 67 sts.

REMINDER: Keep your tension loose when working the slip stitches. If you need, you can work those rows in a larger hook size.

Rows 2-4: Working in the blo from here on, ch 1, sl st in each st across, turn – 67 sts.

Row 5: Ch 2, work the first and last st in both loops and the rest in the blo, edc in each st across, turn – 67 sts.

Rows 6-77: Repeat Rows 2-5. Do not fasten off or turn.

You will now be working in the round to create the border.

Border:

Round 1: Continuing with A, ch 1, sc evenly around placing 3 sc in each corner, join. Fasten off A.

Rounds 2-3: With B, ch 1, sc evenly around, placing 3 sc in each corner (add a stitch marker to the middle stitch of each corner to easily find it the next round), join.

Round 4: Ch 1, hdc in each st around, placing 3 hdc in each corner, join.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

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*This pattern has been fully tested to ensure accuracy*

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