Bear and Penguin Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern – Written Row by Row + Chart

Bear and Penguin crochet baby blanket pattern – a 28 x 28 in (70 x 70 cm) picture blanket of a white bear in a red scarf and a little penguin, worked in double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) with colour changes.

What you get (PDF)

• every row written out as simple colour counts

• the full colour chart

• round-by-round instructions for the striped border (add rounds for a larger blanket)

• UK terms with US in brackets throughout

• the yarn, shade and amount for each colour

• guidance for left-handed crocheters

• a photo guide to the intarsia colour change

Materials: Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 295 m / 100 g) in six 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.