---Revised---
Jan. 8 2013
I made a video tutorial and posted it on Youtube here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7FIHaz9cvw&feature=youtu.be
It's my first video tutorial so be patient :)
----Revised----
Aug 28 2012
This is the Blanket Grandma Turner (Tyson's Grandma) made for Afton when she was born. Since then I have been trying to figure out the patter because it's so amazing!
Jan. 8 2013
I made a video tutorial and posted it on Youtube here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7FIHaz9cvw&feature=youtu.be
It's my first video tutorial so be patient :)
----Revised----
Aug 28 2012
This is the Blanket Grandma Turner (Tyson's Grandma) made for Afton when she was born. Since then I have been trying to figure out the patter because it's so amazing!
Yes, it would have been easier to just ask for the pattern but it was fun trying to figure it out on my own.
Well, I finally did it so I thought I would share because it really is one of the neatest patterns I have ever seen. It gives the afghan a 3D look and I love it.
So I kind of came up with a pattern but it was kind of hard to explain so I decided to do a picture tutorial. (also, I always wanted to try a picture tutorial) It's not the best but here it goes.
This is the actual pattern I came up with:
Here's the revised version to try and make it easier to follow
Here's the revised version to try and make it easier to follow
Grandma's 3D Baby Afghan
Hook Size H
Lion Brand Pound of Love: pastel Pink
Row 1: Using this technique of a no chain foundation, 122 dc. Turn
Row 2: ch 3 (does NOT count as dc), 3 dc in next dc. (ch3, sk next 2 dc, 3 dc in next dc) 40 times. DC in last dc. Turn
Row 3: ch 3, 3 Bpdc in the first dc of 3 dc set. ch 3 [working behind the ch 3 of previous round, 3 Bpdc in 1st dc of 3 dc set, ch 3) 38 times. 3 bpdc in 1st dc of last 3 dc set. Dc in last turning ch of previous row. Turn
Repeat row three until desired length
Last row: ch 3, (dc in next 3 dc, dc in ch 3 sp ) repeat to the end of the row. Dc in last turning ch. fasten off and weave in ends.
Photo Tutorial:
Starting on Row 3-
Ch 3. Yarn over,
Going behind the ch 3 of previous row
bpdc in the first dc of next 3 dc set
(Going around the front of the stitch)
(Yarn over, pull through, finish dc)
When making the next bpdc in the set of 3, do it the same way but make sure the second one goes on top of the first one, not beneath it. (which mean you may need to pull down the 1st st in order to get the second one on top of it) So the three stack on top of each other. You'll get a totally different look if you do the dc under the previous one.
Here's what it looks like when you just finish the 3 bpdc
This is what the back side looks like
ch 3 and repeat till the end. Then dc in last st (it's the turning ch 3 from the previous row)
This is what the edging looks like
And here's a few rows done
Wow that was not an awesome attempt to explain that but I hope it helped even a little. I love this blanket and I think I'm gong to make lots. It goes pretty fast too.
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65 comments:
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing :)
I love it! I'm definitely making one! Or two...
Thanks for taking the time to do the photo tutorial. That will help me especially since its been so long since I have read a pattern
So cute.
I love it! I'm going to go try it out in a few minutes. I'm just wondering with a pound of that yarn what were the rough measurements?
Mine is about 43"x36" And I think it takes more than the one pound. I think it's a bit big though and I could have gone with a smaller one. Depends on your preferences
Lovely stitch pattern! Thanks for sharing and for making a tutorial! I know how much time and energy you put in that. Thanks again!
Hello! I came across this pattern just love it! I am the editor of AllFreeCrochet.com and would love to feature your tutorial on my site with full credit to you. I know my readers would love it as well, and in return would generate some nice traffic to your site. If you agree and would like us to feature your project, our readers will simply click the link to your blog to get your full tutorial. It's really that simple. Please let me know if this would be ok. I look forward to hearing from you!
Jenny
Jbenoit@primecp.com
having trouble with losing a set. please post original pattern.
I don't have the original pattern. I just made this up while looking at the afghan. Sorry. If I can help I will.
I am new to crochet!! So, excuse a silly question, but what does Bpdc mean? I got the last two letters is double crochet, but what does BP mean?? I think I may make this for my soon to be born granddaughter! It is just lovely.
Thanks for answering!
Back post double crochet!! You can find some quick and easy guides on google. Hope that helps!!
I've just started this pattern and absolutely LOVE it. I will certainly be making more than one. Thank you so much for sharing :)
Thanks for Answering the BPDC there are some great youtubes out there to show how to do it. And thank you Andrea, I hope you like it
Just love it and it is so easy all the ladies at my craft class love it too. thank you so much
I cant wait to finish all I have going on just so I can make this as its gorgeous!! tired of all the granny ones...lol love,love,love this one !! Thank you for sharing it!!!
Thanks for a beautiful pattern took a while but I mastered it. thankyou for sharing with us. God bless you
Rose
sweden
I also had trouble figuring this out, but the finished product looked so fun that I persevered and FINALLY this morning discovered the error of my ways. I'm loving it!
Marilyn
Monterey Bay California
I'm glad you are all figuring it out. It's not the best tutorial
I lose the first set of 3 dc...as when you move to the 3d row you have to skip the first set as there is no chain 3 to go behind until you get to the second set of 3dc. When you do according to pattern your 3d row has 39 sets.....are you to put 3dc in the first stitch after your turning chain 3???
Cher, don't worry about not having a ch-3 to go behind. Just go to the 1st bpdc (of the 3-bpdc group of the previous row) and do the 3 bpdc.
Marsha
This probably sounds really stupid, but I don't understand what a 3D blanket is??? Sorry. Are you trying to say its a hooded blanket?
Please reply to yarnhooker2561@comcast.net I am really curious to know
Thank you for clearing that up. I think I need to re-write the directions. The first 3dc set on the row does not have a ch 3 to go behind. It's just on the first st after the turning ch. Then the rest of the row goes behind the ch 3s.
I have about 10 inches of a blanket done, and it is a really neat pattern. I discovered early that instead of trying to bpdc 3 times and stack them from the top, it is a lot easier to turn the piece over, get hold of the post and do 3 dcs on it. It creates the same stitches and is just easier than trying to stack them. It would be hard to explain this to someone, but it's easy to show.
I took a sample of your pattern to my crochet group last night and they loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Marsha
I am having trouble with the final row. I followed the pattern and the result was a wider, bunchy row. The wholes in the work didn't match the other rows. Could you please advise. Thank you
Make sure you're doing only 1 dc in the ch-3 space. It's dc in each of the 3 dc's and 1 dc in ch-3 sp.
Marsha
If you need to skip the dc in the ch 3 sp I'm sure that would be fine too.
How many yards...skeins in a pound?
There's about 1,020 yards in a Pound of Love Skein, but I think I used a little more than that, like maybe 1,200-1,400 yards.
I just tried this with some scrap yarn to see if I could do it (I've been crocheting a long time but don't experiment much & have never used a pattern). I LOVE IT :-) It's beautiful and easy enough for me to do, although I had to research the bpdc. I only started with 24 initial dc stitches and my edges do seem to be reduced from that so when I actually make full size I'll be sure to count everything more carefully. Thanks for this!
I love this afghan. I'm trying to make it and I usually can figure any crochet out but no matter what I've tried I cannot figure out the ends. I'm going crazy! Can anyone please explain what to do at each end. I'm so tired of doing a couple rows and tearing it out over and over again. Thanks, Lin
What a nice afghan! Thank you for posting this!!!!
Also, this is my first visit to your blog and it is great!! :).
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Lee Ann H
Crochet...Gotta Love It! Blog
Crochet...Gotta Love It! Website (crochet names and rosary patterns)
For the edges: When you start a row, you ch 3 and then 3 dc, so it will be like there are 4 dc close to each other. When you get back to it when you are ending a row, there will be the 3 dc that you do your 3 dc in, and THEN you do ONE dc in the turning ch (the ch 3 you started with). I know that all sounds confusing. If you need more help let me know, Maybe I'll figure out how to do a video. I'm not that talented but I can try :)
You don't even know how much a video would help me!
Thank you for your generosity .
Happy New Year. :)
This is the most fascinating pattern I've ever seen, and I've been collecting patterns for years. Looking forward to making this. Thank you so much for your time and effort in sharing this.
I love this pattern the st looks complicated but is really easy, I made this st in a scarf n it looks very nice.
I'm going to try this as a scarf with a soft yarn... will let you know.
I love this blanket and am gonna try doing it for my grand daughter to be born next May. It seems easy to execute. However I live in Montreal and do not know how much yarn I should be getting in weight, etc.. You talk about yards, is it the length or goes by weight?
Thank you for answering. Thank you for your generous explanations.
Absolutely beautiful! If I posted a link to your blog from the item, would you allow me to sell this in my etsy store?
Monica- yes you can sell whatever you make, I would love for you to put a link up.
Anonymous in Montreal- I used a little more than a one pound skein of yarn.
It is wonderful, facinating and just magical. I fell in love with it after only 3 to 4 rows. Thanks so much for sharing this pattern.
I have made and gave away many many baby blankets. My daughter is having her first baby, a boy. So I was looking for something different cause this one had to be special. I love this pattern, the blanket turned out beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
My older son received an afghan in this stitch from a friend of my mom's. I have been meaning to get the afghan out of the attic (he's 13 now and not into pastel baby blankets lol) to figure out the stitch. Now I am hoping not to, I'll be trying this soon!
I have just finished this beautiful afghan for my new grandson who's due any day. I just love it and your video tutorial made it so easy. Most of the patterns I had looked at were very "feminine" as I had crocheted a blanket for each of my granddaughters I was so thrilled to find just the right thing for my first grandson.
Thank you so much.
Thank you!!!
Yes that is easier... in the video she shows 2 different ways... stacking it or turning
laurie
This looks brilliant!! The videos are fantastic... Definately my next project.... my only question...... How much yarn will I need?
I used a bit more than a pound of love. I think I used about 1200-1400 yards.
Hi I love this pattern and its lovely. I also would like to give you a heads up about something that seems to be on your website. I use Google Chrome and it stopped me from coming into your site saying it had malicious content..ie malware and spyware. It also said there was 2 trojans. I am guessing it is somewhere in your links. I came into your site at my own risk so I could see what you have here. Not only do I love to crochet but I have also developed web pages and somehow you posted a link thats bad in some way. If you have someone else creating your site please have them check for these viruses. I wold really hate for your site to be removed for continuing with malicious content. I hope you can resolve this issue.
Thanks Marsha! I found out It was because we had a link to a blog that had been flagged, so I got that taken care of.
oh awesome you got it resolved...it worked because I just came straight here without the warnings..ty so much for fixing that and sharing such great creations
I love this dimensional crochet stitch! You should be proud of yourself for figuring it out!! It would make a terrific scarf, too.
Hi, thanks for the pattern, I have had some wonderful compliments on the blanket.
Thank you. I'm so glad you liked it.
I have been looking for this stitch for a long time! (about 20 yrs) Im so glad I found you on pinterest.
Its been about 20 yrs since I crochet a blanket like this. I lost pattern,so glad I found you on pinterest!
I just wanted to say thank you for this beautiful pattern. I just finished working it into a baby blanket for my soon-to-be-born great-nephew. It came out beautifully, and I'm sure will be unique among the baby gifts. Plus it works up so quickly. One week from start to finish, and that's only working at my leisure.
Thanks again for sharing!
I just found this pattern tonight, while trying to find a new one to attempt for a firend of mine who is expecting. I am a self-taught crocheter, and I typically use picture and video tutorials on the first attempts. This pattern is beautiful! I watched a video on the BPDC on YouTube and Row 3 was easy-breezy! Once I got the first 2 clusters of 3 BPDC done, I could see the pattern coming to life and knew that I had mastered it! Thank you so much for posting this, especially for FREE! I think this will be my go-to baby afghan pattern for quite a while! :)
This is so unique!!! Exquisite. I just love it. I however had a difficult time trying to execute it. After numerous trys I finally figured it out (yeah). I found the video/tutorial and that helped tremendously. Thanks for that!! Having a visual aid was a godsend. It is really an easy pattern once you know. I am expecting my first godchild and wanted to make something special and this is perfect. Thanks again for your time and effort and sharing. God bless you. P.S. I am also considering doing a video with all the mistakes I was making and what I did to correct them that may be beneficial for folks like myself. If that's okay with you???
That would be just fine @huggybear. I'm sure people would be able to benefit by that video. Glad you figures it out!
What a beautiful pattern. I'm going to make this for my grandbaby which is due in August. Can you tell me the multiple of stitches use for this, I want to make it smaller than what you have here.
First off I love this pattern and plan on making it for my grandbaby. Can you tell the multiple of stitches used because I want to make it smaller than what you have here, thanks.
I believe you just make the stitches in threes.
This is an awesome pattern. You did a great job explaining it. I love it. Thanks so much for sharing it
Just watched your video tutorial for this beautiful blanket. I had to subscribe so I could tell you what an awesome job you did on the video. You went at just the right speed in order for others to learn by it. Best tutorial I have seen. Thanks so much. I will be making this for my first great-grand daughter.
Avalee
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