This crochet sampler baby blanket pattern is beginner friendly and includes the lemon peel stitch (also known as the pebble stitch) and a wave stitch. Sections of double crochet provide a flat “plane” to the “relief” of the textured stitch sections.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing, crocheting flat in rows
Crocheting in the back loop only (includes link to video tutorial)
Crocheting in chain spaces, crocheting around the side of the project (includes video tutorials)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Baby Blanket: 34” (86.5 cm) width x 32.5” (82.5 cm) height.

Materials
King Cole Cloud Nine DK yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g, 328 yd/300 m) – 4 skeins in 5540 Peachy Pink, or approximately 1,365 yd (1,248 m) in any light weight acrylic yarn.

US Size H-8/5mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
14 sts = 4” (10 cm) across in pattern for lemon peel stitch. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.