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Baby Fern Lake

Baby Fern Lake

Colors flow from stripe to stripe in this ombré mosaic stitch blanket. Baby Fern Lake is designed as a crib size for perfect snuggle, but if you’d like a throw size, see the Fern Lake blanket (see pictures below).

Skill Level

Intermediate-Beginner (once you are comfortable knitting and purling in the same row you’ll be good to go).

Skills

Cast on, knit, purl, slip stitch with yarn in front or back, bind-off, weaving in ends, reading a pattern. 

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Size

Approximately 32″ / 81 cm wide x 44″ / 112 cm long

The Yarn

Berroco Vintage Baby features an even softer blend of machine washable fibers in a DK weight. The two-ply yarn has a slight sheen and is perfect for all your projects that need a gentle touch. It also comes in a smaller, 50g ball (great for a baby hat or a pair of booties) and lots of baby-happy colours.  

Materials

Colour Combo Suggestions

Substitute Yarns
You can also substitute the following yarns:

Fern Lake
Baby Eden

Baby Eden (Crochet)

I love how a simple a one row chevron lace repeat can look in a fun stripe pattern! This version of Eden is written as a crib size, but if you want to make it as a throw see the Eden Blanket (see pictures below), designed with Berroco Remix Light.

Skill Level

Intermediate-Beginner (ie. not your first project, but possibly your second,  third, or fourth).

Skills

chain, double crochet, DC3tog, weaving in ends, reading a crochet pattern. 

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Size

Approximately 31″ / 79 cm wide x 46″ / 117 cm long

The Yarn

Berroco Vintage Baby features an even softer blend of machine washable fibers in a DK weight. The two-ply yarn has a slight sheen and is perfect for all your projects that need a gentle touch. It comes in a smaller, 50g ball and lots of baby-happy colours.  

Materials

Colours

To maintain the balance in the chevron, you’ll need a dark colour (MC), a medium-bright colour (C1), and a light colour (C2).

Substitute Yarns
You can also substitute the following yarns:

Eden

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