Dori by the Sea Blanket Crochet Pattern

This beautiful ripple blanket crochet pattern features a lovely ripple texture with beautiful puff and cluster stitches for added texture and a unique look.

Dori by the Sea crochet baby blanket pattern is only a few rows repeat pattern, that can be adjusted to any blanket size you want (you can use the pattern to make a throw blanket!).

Learn how to crochet the Dori by the Sea Blanket with this pattern.

Materials

Crochet hook 4.5 mm – or hook size to obtain gauge
Worsted (#4) weight yarn – I used Knit Picks – Mighty Stitch
Total amount of yarn needed: 700gr/1,331m/1,456yds
4 stitch markers (optional)

Finished Size

30×35″ (76×89 cm)

Gauge (in pattern)

18 sts and 8 rows = 4” (10 cm) with 4.5 mm hook.

Abbreviations

ch – chain
dc – double crochet
dc-cl – dc cluster stitch: yo, insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull yarn through 2 loops. Yo, insert hook into same st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull yarn through 2 loops. Pull yarn through 3 loops.
flo – work into the front loop only.
Puff-2 – (yo, insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop) x 2 times working into same st, yo and pull through 4 loops, yo again and pull through 2 remaining loops.
Puff-4 – (yo, insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop) x 4 times working into same st, yo and pull through 8 loops, yo again and pull through 2 remaining loops.
sc – single crochet
sk – skip
sp – space
st – stitch
yo – yarn over
[…] – crochet the instructions within brackets into the same indicated st.
(…) – crochet the instructions within brackets as many times as directed.
* – Repeats are shown via asterisks. Repeat begins at * and ends at ;

Special Stitches

How to crochet the Double Crochet Cluster (dc-cl) stitch

Yo, insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop (pic 1), yo and pull yarn through 2 loops (pic 2). Yo, insert hook into same st, yo and pull up a loop (pic 3), yo and pull yarn through 2 loops (pic 4). Pull yarn through 3 loops (pic 5).

How to crochet the Puff-2 stitch

(yo, insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop) x 2 times working into same st, yo and pull through 4 loops, yo again and pull through 2 remaining loops.

How to crochet the Puff-4 stitch

(yo, insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop) x 4 times working into same st, yo and pull through 8 loops, yo again and pull through 2 remaining loops.

Notes

Ch 3 at the beginning of the row counts as 1 dc.
To change the blanket’s width: Chain a multiple of 34 stitches + 34 + 3 (beginning dc).
We use stitch markers to make it easier to find the stitch right after the ch-2 sp, after we worked the puff-4 stitch. This is optional.
If you’re finding it’s hard to place the stitch of row 2 in the top of the ch-3, place a stitch marker at the top of the ch 3 at the beginning of each odd row.
I didn’t add a border, because the edges were straight enough in my opinion. You can use a border if you’d like, you can work 2 sc in each dc side and 1 sc in each sc side.
Please pay attention that before the two 5 dc clusters and right after them, there is a skipped stitch.

Dori by the Sea Blanket Instructions

Ch 139,

Row 1 (RS): Work 4dc into the 4th ch from the hook, (sk next ch, 1 dc-cl in next ch)x 7 times, 3dc in next ch, Puff-4 in next ch, ch 2, Puff-4 in next ch, 3dc in next ch, (1 dc-cl in next ch, sk next ch)x 7 times, 5dc in next ch.

* 5dc in next ch, (sk next ch, 1 dc-cl in next ch)x 7 times, 3dc in next ch, Puff-4 in next ch, ch 2, Puff-4 in next ch, 3dc in next ch, (1 dc-cl in next ch, sk next ch)x 7 times, 5dc in next ch; Repeat from * to the end of the row, turn. (64 dc, 56 dc-cl, 8 Puff-4, 4 ch-2 sp)

Row 2 (WS): Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st here and throughout), 1 sc in flo of each st until ch-2 sp, place a stitch marker in last sc you made – right before the ch-2 sp.

* Ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, 1 sc in flo of each st until ch-2 sp, place a stitch marker in last sc you made – right before the ch-2 sp; Repeat from * to the last ch-2 sp.

Ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, 1 sc in flo of each st to the end of the row, work the last sc in both loops of top ch-3, turn. (128 sc, 4 ch-2 sp)

Row 3 (RS): Ch 3 (counts as a dc here and throughout) 4dc into 1st sc, (sk next sc,

1 Puff-2 in next sc)x 7 times, 3dc in next sc, [1 Puff-4, ch 2, 1 Puff-4] in

ch-2 sp 2 rows below (between the 2 Puff-4 sts), remove marker, 3dc in next sc (where the marker was), (1 Puff-2 in next sc, sk next sc)x 7 times, 5dc in next sc.

* 5dc in next sc, (sk next sc, 1 Puff-2 in next sc)x 7 times, 3dc in next sc,

[1 Puff-4, ch 2, 1 Puff-4] in ch-2 sp 2 rows below (between Puff-4 sts), remove marker,

3dc in next sc (where the marker was), (1 Puff-2 in next sc, sk next sc)x 7 times, 5dc in next sc; Repeat from * to the end of the row, turn. (64 dc, 56 Puff-2, 8 Puff-4, 4 ch-2 sp)

Row 4 (WS): Repeat row 2.

Row 5 (RS): Ch 3, 4dc into 1st sc, (sk next sc, 1 dc in next sc)x 7 times, 3dc in next sc,

[Puff-4, ch 2, Puff-4] in ch-2 sp 2 rows below (between the 2 Puff-4 sts), remove marker,

3dc in next sc (where the marker was), (1 dc in next sc, sk next sc)x 7 times, 5dc in next sc.

* 5dc in next sc, (sk next sc, 1 dc in next sc)x 7 times, 3dc in next sc, [Puff-4, ch 2, Puff-4] in ch-2 sp 2 rows below (between Puff-4 sts), remove marker, 3dc in next sc (where the marker was), (1 dc in next sc, sk next sc)x 7 times, 5dc in next sc; Repeat from * to the end of the row, turn. (120 dc, 8 Puff-4, 4 ch-2 sp)

Row 6 (WS): Repeat row 2.

Row 7 (RS): Ch 3, 4dc into 1st sc, (sk next sc, 1 dc-cl in next sc)x 7 times, 3dc in next sc,

[Puff-4, ch 2, Puff-4] in ch-2 sp 2 rows below (between the 2 Puff-4 sts), remove marker, 3dc in next sc (where the marker was), (1 dc-cl in next sc, sk next sc)x 7 times, 5dc in next sc.

* 5dc in next sc, (sk next sc, 1 dc-cl in next sc)x 7 times, 3dc in next sc, [Puff-4, ch 2, Puff-4] in ch-2 sp 2 rows below (between Puff-4 sts), remove marker, 3dc in next sc (where the marker was), (1 dc-cl in next sc, sk next sc)x 7 times, 5dc in next sc; Repeat from * to the end of the row, turn. (64 dc, 56 dc-cl, 8 Puff-4, 4 ch-2 sp)