(Approximate Size: 33" x 50" for Baby Blanket) (50 x 70" for Adult size using 96 oz. or 24 skeins, 4 ply, 4 oz)
Materials for Baby Blanket: 12 -4 oz. skeins worsted weight yarn, 4 ply. 2 each of Yellow, Peach, Lilac, Baby Blue, Melon Green & White. (I've done the one in this picture in a variegated yarn, worsted weight, 4 ply, using an I hook,). Don't use a heavy yarn like Jiffy as ithe blanket becomes too heavy for a baby.
Crochet Hook Size I
Start with Yellow and ch 101 (Adult size ch 147).
ROW 1: 3 dc in third ch from hook, sc in next ch, sk 2 ch, * 4 dc in next ch, sc in next ch, sk 2 ch. Repeat from * across, end 4 dc in last ch, ch 3, turn. (This ch 3 counts as your dc in the next row).
ROW 2: Work 3 dc in base of ch 3, * skipping over the puff stitch from the previous row (sc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next sc. Repeat from * across row, end sc in space between last dc and turning ch. Finish off.
ROW 3: Join next color in sequence with a sl st in last sc worked, ch 3, turn, 3 dc in the base of the ch 3, * (sc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next sc. Repeat from * across, end sc in space between last dc and turning ch, ch 3, turn.
ROW 4: 3 dc in base of as turning ch, * (sc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next sc. Repeat from * across, end sc in space between last dc and turning ch. Finish off.
Repeat ROWS 3 and 4 for Pattern.
Edging: With White, sc 2 rows around entire peice, working 3 sc in each corner, so that it lays flat.