This pattern is also available for FREE on my website HERE.

Learn how to crochet the bead stitch! This textural stitch is about to become one of your new favorites.

The bead stitch crochet baby blanket pattern is a great, memorizable pattern. Use three yarn colors and carry the yarn up the sides so you have very few ends to weave in!

The baby blanket is finished with a herringbone half double crochet border, a slight twist on classic double crochet that gives the border extra texture.

I hope you enjoy this pattern!

Abbreviations (US)

ch(s): chain(s)
dc(s): double crochet(s)
hdc(s): half double crochet(s)
pm: place marker in the st just worked
rnd(s): round(s)
sc(s): single crochet(s)
sl st: slip stitch
st(s): stitch(es)
yo: yarn over

Special Stitches

Bead: After completing a dc, yo, pull up a loop around the dc just worked so you will have 3 loops on your hook, yo, pull up another loop around the dc so you will have 5 loops on your hook, yo, pull up another loop around the dc so you will have 7 loops on your hook, yo and pull through the first 6 loops, yo and pull through the final 2 loops.

Herringbone Half Double Crochet (hhdc): Yo, insert your hook in the st, pull up a loop so you have 3 loops on your hook, continue pulling the first loop through the next loop so you have 2 loops left, yo and pull through the last 2 loops.

Materials

Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted Weight 4 Medium (100% Anti-Pilling Acrylic, 180yds/165m, 3.5oz/100g)
Color A: 2 skeins Rust
Color B: 2 skeins Painted Desert (Uptown Worsted Hues)

Color C: 3 skeins Linen, border color

H/8 5mm crochet hook
Stitch markers
Scissors
Tapestry needle

Finished Size

31″ x 43″ with border | 27″ x 39″ before border

Gauge

12 hdcs or 6 beads x 8 rows = 4″ x 4″

Notes

You can watch a video tutorial for this pattern on my YouTube channel.

Pattern is worked carrying yarn colors up the sides so there are far fewer ends to weave in.

I like to ch 1 ahead of dc rows even though it is more conventional to ch 2. If you’d prefer to ch 2, go for it!

Turning ch never counts as a st.

To adjust the width of this blanket, ch any odd number.