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

Blue Elephant crochet baby blanket pattern – a 36 x 36 in (90 x 90 cm) picture blanket worked in double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) with colour changes. Skill level: intermediate.

What you get (PDF)

• every row written out as simple colour counts

• the full colour chart

• UK crochet terms with US terms in brackets throughout

• the yarn, shade and amount for each colour

• guidance for left-handed crocheters

Materials: Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 295 m / 100 g) in five colours; 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 treble (UK) / double crochet (US), and change colour (intarsia).

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