Ballerina Elephant Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern – Written Row by Row + Chart

Ballerina Elephant crochet baby blanket pattern – a 32 x 36 in (80 x 90 cm) picture blanket of a little blue elephant ballerina with big eyes in a yellow tutu and ballet shoes, worked in double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) with colour changes. Skill level: intermediate.

What you get (12-page PDF)

• every row written out as simple colour counts

• a separate set of written rows for left-handed crocheters

• the full colour chart

• UK terms with US in brackets throughout

• the yarn, shade and amount for each colour

• a photo guide to the intarsia colour change

Materials: Stylecraft Bambino DK (100% acrylic, 268 m / 100 g) in six colours, 8 balls; any DK (light worsted) yarn can be used. 4.00 mm crochet hook.

Tension: 18 dc (UK) / sc (US) and 22 rows = 10 cm (4 in).

You need to know how to: work double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) and change colour (intarsia).

Updated October 2026: now with full written row-by-row instructions.