This crochet baby blanket free pattern will have you dropping all your other WIP’s to make it immediately. The Oliver and Olivia Crochet Blanket pattern is a geometric, unisex baby blanket pattern. It’s made with two colors of worsted weight washable merino yarn. Because the colors are fairly neutral, it’s not only unisex, but also matches almost any other home decor.
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I love to crochet blankets but I find that I get bored easily. With the mosaic blocks crochet stitch, I couldn’t wait to see how the next repeat would look. The unique geometric stitch pattern combined with the softness of the yarn made for this to be a very enjoyable project. You might find that it’s your new go-to crochet baby blanket free pattern.
The stitch pattern uses simple stitches but in a unique way which makes this an intermediate pattern. However, I think with a little patience a beginner crocheter can use this crochet baby blanket free pattern.
Designed as a baby blanket gift for my friend Nadia Fuad of YARNutopia, who is pregnant with her and her husband’s first child, I wanted to make sure this blanket was one she would love. Also, I wanted it to be one that the baby could use for a long time. I used my own yarn line, Chic Sheep by Marly Bird™, which is 100% washable merino wool in the VIP color and Linen. Both the colors are what Nadia and Nate are using in their nursery so it was a perfect match.
For the stitch pattern, I wanted to use one that was very geometric and unisex. When I came across this mosaic blocks crochet pattern I knew it was perfect. The simple border really brings it all together.
Now you can make your own Oliver and Olivia Crochet Blanket using the mosaic blocks pattern. I highly recommend the Chic Sheep yarn if you want to make this something really special, but you can use almost any other worsted weight yarn you wish that gets you the same gauge.
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Oliver and Olivia Crochet Baby Blanket Free Pattern
Baby Blanket Details
Skill level: Intermediate
Finished measurements: 45” wide x 51.5” (not including border)
Gauge: 12.75 sts and 18 rows = 4” in mosaic blocks stitch pattern
Materials
Yarn: Chic Sheep by Marly Bird™, Art. R170 100% Merino Wool available 3.5 oz (100 g), 186 yd (170 m) balls
Color used in Sample: Color A–R170_5687 VIP (8 balls), Color B–R170_5316 Linen (7 balls)
Hook: Size I/9/5.5mm hook or size required for gauge
Notions: Removable markers, yarn needle
SPECIAL STITCHES
⭐️ Alternative Single Crochet (alt-sc): Insert hook into the top of the stitch indicated from back to front (instead of the usual front to back) and complete the stitch.
⭐️ Special Double Crochet (Sp-dc): double crochet in front of the chains and into the next single crochet 3 rows below
PATTERN
Body
With VIP, chain 144
Set up Row 1 (RS): Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch to end, turn — 143 sc.
Set up Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, sc in each sc to end, turn.
Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in first sc, *[sc in next 3 sc, ch 2, sk 1 sc] twice, sc in next 2 scs; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last 2 scs, turn.
Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, sc in first 2 sc, *sc in next 2 sc, [ch 2, sc in next 3 sc] twice; rep from * 13 more times, Sc in last 2 sc, changing to Linen on last sc
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *sc in next 2 sc, ch 2, sk 1 sc, Sp-dc (see special stitches), sc in next 3 sc, Sp-dc, ch 2, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last 2 sc, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sc, *sc in next sc, ch 2, sc in next (dc, 3 sc, dc), ch 2, sc in next 2 sc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last sc changing to VIP, turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc, ch 3, skip 2 sc, *Sp-dc, sc in next 5 sc, Sp-dc, ch 4, skip 3 sc; rep from * 13 more times, omitting final (ch 4, skip 3 sc), ch 3, skip 2 sc, sc in last sc, turn.
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in first sc, ch 3, [sc in next (dc, 5 sc, dc), ch 4] 13 times, sc in next (dc, 5 sc, dc), ch 3, sc in last sc changing to Linen, turn.
Row 7: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *[Sp-dc] twice, ch 2, skip 1 sc, sc in next 5 sc, ch 2, skip 1 sc, Sp-dc; rep from * 13 more times, Sp-dc, sc in last sc, turn.
Row 8: Ch 1, sc in first sc, sc in next dc, *sc in next dc, ch 2, sc in next 5 sc, ch 2, sc in next 2 dc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last sc changing to VIP, turn.
Row 9: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *sc in next 2 sc, Sp-dc, ch 2, skip 1 sc, sc in next 3 sc, ch 2, skip 1 sc, Sp-dc, sc in next sc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last 2 sc, turn.
Row 10: Ch 1, sc in first 3 sc, *sc in next dc, ch 2, sc in next 3 sc, ch 2, sc in next (dc, 3 sc); rep from * 13 more times, changing to Linen with last sc, turn.
Row 11 (RS): Ch 1, sc in first sc, *sc in next 3 sc, Sp-dc, ch 4, skip 3 sc, Sp-dc, sc in next 2 sc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last 2 sc, turn.
Row 12: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sc, *sc in next (2 sc, dc), ch 4, sc in next (dc, 3 sc); rep from * 13 more times, sc in last sc changing to VIP, turn.
Row 13: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *sc in next 3 sc, ch 2, skip 1 sc, [Sp-dc] 3 times, ch 2, skip 1 sc, sc in next 2 sc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last 2 sc, turn.
Row 14: Ch 1, sc in first 2 sc, *sc in next 2 sc, ch 2, sc in next 3 dc, ch 2, sc in next 3 sc; rep from * 13 more times, sc in last sc changing to Linen, turn.
Rep Rows 3-14 seventeen more times, then 3-10 once. Cut Linen.
Next row (RS): Join Linen with a slip stitch in the back loop only of 4th sc, *Sp-dc, ch 4, skip 3, Sp-dc, ch 6, skip 5 sc; repeat from * 12 times more, Sp-dc, ch 4, skip 3, Sp-dc, slip stitch in back loop of next sc. Fasten off. Turn.
Next row (WS): Join VIP yarn with a sc in first sc of row 10 and in next 3 sc, *alt-sc (see special stitches) in next dc, sc into the next 3 sc from row 10 making sure to have the chains from row 11 on the WS of the fabric (can think of this as working behind the chains of row 11 to get to the skipped 3 stitches of row 10), alt-sc in next dc, sc into the next 5 sc from row 10 making sure to have the chains from row 11 on the WS of the fabric (can think of this as working behind the chains of row 11 to get to the skipped 5 stitches of row 10); repeat from * 12 times more, alt-sc in next dc, sc into the next 3 sc from row 10 making sure to have the chains from row 11 on the WS of the fabric, alt-sc in next dc, sc into the next 4 sc from row 10, do not change colors, turn — 143 sc’s
Finishing Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in each sc to end.
Finish off.
Border
Weave in all ends.
With RS facing, join VIP to upper right corner of blanket.
Rnd 1: *[Sc, ch 1, sc] in corner sc, ch 1, sk 1 sc, sc in next sc] to last 2 sc, ch 1, sk next sc, [sc, ch 1, sc] in corner sc, work: [ch 1, sc] 82 times alongside (at a rate of approximately 3 sts for every 4 rows) , ch 1; rep from * 1 more times, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 2: Sl st in corner sp, *[sc, ch 1, sc] in corner sp, [ch 1, sk sc, sc in ch-1 sp] to last sc before corner, ch 1, sk sc; rep from * 3 more times, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 3: Rep Rnd 2.
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