Noah's Leopard Cot Blanket

Noah's Leopard Cot Blanket by Crafty Penguin Crochet

Project Overview

Noah's Leopard Cot Blanket is a crochet pattern designed by Crafty Penguin Crochet, creating a charming blanket suitable for cots and small throws. This intermediate-level project combines colorwork techniques with structured shaping to produce a finished blanket measuring approximately 72cm x 80cm when laid flat.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a cot-sized blanket featuring leopard spot detailing. The design incorporates multiple color sections worked in a combination of flat and three-dimensional elements, with body parts constructed separately and assembled to form the complete blanket piece.

Techniques Used

The pattern employs several fundamental crochet techniques suitable for intermediate crafters. Working in the round is used for constructing body parts without joining at the end of each round, allowing for seamless circular shaping. Color work is integrated throughout, with color changes indicated before each stitch to create the leopard pattern and design details. Increasing and decreasing techniques are utilized, including single crochet two together (SC2TOG) for shaping. The blanket combines flat sections with dimensional elements, requiring crafters to manage multiple hook sizes and transition between different working methods.

Stitches Used

• Chain (CH): Foundation and structural stitch
• Single Crochet (SC): Primary stitch for dense, structured fabric
• Half-Double Crochet (HDC): Used for lighter sections and color work
• Slip Stitch (SLST): Joining and finishing technique
• Single Crochet Two Together (SC2TOG): Decrease stitch for shaping

Materials Required

This project uses DK weight yarn (also referred to as yarn weight 3), with the designer specifying Stylecraft DK as the tested yarn. The yardage requirements are:

• Old Gold / Yellow: Approximately 755 yards / 690 meters
• Black: Approximately 250 yards / 200 meters
• White: Approximately 150 yards / 138 meters

Tools and Notions: The pattern requires three crochet hook sizes—3.5mm (size E), 4mm (size G), and 6mm (size J)—to accommodate different sections and stitch densities. Additional materials include a yarn needle (blunt needle) for weaving in ends, stitch markers for tracking rounds, embroidery scissors for cutting yarn, and stuffing for dimensional body parts.

Pattern Notes

The pattern uses color notation written before each stitch abbreviation to indicate yarn color changes; for example, "W18" means 18 half-double crochet stitches worked in white. When no color is specified, crafters continue with the current working color. Chain 1 at the end of rounds does not count as a stitch in the blanket sections, a common technique for maintaining consistent stitch counts in colorwork projects.