Round Crochet Blanket

You’ll need:

3 balls of Premier Dream medium (worsted) weight yarn (3 1/2 oz/224 yds/99g per ball): #24-216 baby fern and #24-225 navy (each);

Crochet hook 5 mm;

Stitch markers.

Size: 41 inches in diameter.

Stitches control: 7 dc = 2 inches; rnds 1–5 = 5 1/2 inches across.

Instructions

Rnd 1: With baby fern, ch 6, join (see Pattern Note) in beg ch to form ring, (sl st, sc, hdc, 3 dc) in first half of ring, drop lp from hook and place marker in lp, join navy in ring, (sl st, sc, hdc, 3 dc) in 2nd half of ring, place lp in marker on hook. (6 baby fern sts, 6 navy sts)

Rnd 2: 2 dc in each of next 6 sts, drop lp from hook and move marker below to dropped lp, place baby fern lp on hook, 2 dc in each of next 6 sts, move marker below to lp on hook. (12 baby fern sts, 12 navy sts)

Rnd 3: [Dc in next st, 2 dc in next st] 6 times, drop lp from hook, move marker below to dropped lp, place navy lp on hook, [dc in next st, 2 dc in next st] 6 times, move marker below to lp on hook. (18 navy dc, 18 baby fern dc)

Rnd 4: [Dc in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st] 6 times, drop lp from hook, place marker below in dropped lp, place baby fern lp on hook, [dc in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st] 6 times, move marker from below to lp on hook. (24 baby fern dc, 24 navy dc)

Rnd 5: Dc in each st across to next marked st with 2 dc in 2nd dc of each inc, drop lp from hook, move marker below to dropped lp, place next color on hook, dc in each st across to next marker with 2 dc in 2nd st of each inc, move marker below to lp on hook. (30 sts of each color)

Next rnds: Rep rnd 5 until there are 240 sts of each color, drop navy from hook.

Next rnd: Place baby fern lp on hook, dc in next st, hdc in each of next 3 sts, sc in each of next 3 sts, sl st in each of next 3 sts. Fasten off baby fern.

Next rnd: Place navy lp on hook, dc in each st around with 2 dc in 2nd st of each inc.

Next rnd: Hdc in next st, sc in each st around, join in first hdc.

Last rnd: Working from left to right, ch 1, reverse sc in each st around, join in beg sc. Fasten off.