Baby Bubbles Afghan

I love this baby afghan. I made it when I was pregnant with my second daughter, Stephanie. It is very pretty but a lot of work. I used it in all of Stephanie's monthly pictures. I originally got the pattern from The Rag Shop website several years ago and when I wanted to make the blanket the pattern was no longer available since The Rag Shop closed. Thankfully I found a copy that I had printed out and I typed up the pattern and saved it to my computer.


Baby Bubbles Afghan

Materials: Caron Simply Soft: 18 oz. White (Color A), 6 oz. each Soft Pink (Color B), Soft Blue (Color C), Soft Yellow (Color D), and Soft Green (Color E).

PLEASE NOTE: Yarn usage may vary depending on your particular yarn techniques.

Needles: Size H crochet hook or size to reach gauge below.

Gauge: 3 clusters and 4 sc = 2”

Finished Measurements: approximately 35” x 42”

Sts Used:

Cluster (cl) ~ * yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw thru 2 loops on the hook, repeat 3 more times, yarn over, draw thru 5 loops on hook.

Color Sequence: *2 rows Color A, 2 rows Color B, 2 rows Color A, 2 rows Color C, 2 rows Color A, 2 rows Color D, 2 rows Color A, 2 rows Color E, repeat from * for sequence. Color A can be carried up the length of the afghan.

To begin chain 104, with Color A (white).

Row 1: Single Crochet in 2nd chain from the hook and in each chain across, chain 1 and turn.

Row 2: Right side: single crochet in first stitch, * work cluster (cl) in next single crochet, single crochet in next 2 single crochet, rep from * across, chain 1, turn.

Row 3: Single crochet in each stitch across.

Row 4: Single crochet in first 2 single crochet, work cluster in next single crochet, * single crochet in the next 2 single crochet, cluster in next single crochet, rep from * across to last single crochet, single crochet in last stitch, chain 1 and turn.

Row 5: single crochet in each single crochet across.

Repeat color sequence 7 times, ending 2 rows A, 2 rows B, 2 rows A. Finish off. Weave in ends.

EDGING
Row 1: Attach Color A in top right corner, work (single crochet, chain 1, single crochet) 3 times, * skip 1 stitch, single crochet, chain 1, single crochet, in next stitch, repeat from * to the corner, work (single crochet, chain 1, single crochet) 3 times in corner, skip the first row, single crochet, chain 1, single crochet in the second row, repeat from * to the corner. Work the other 2 sides to correspond.

Row 2: Work single crochet, chain 1, single crochet in each chain 1 stitch space. Finish off.