Stitch Tutorial for Pastel Peaks Blanket and Hat

I recently have received lots of questions about Pastel Peaks Blanket and Hat pattern. Here are the stitch tutorials for blanket and hat crochet pattern.

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Pastel Peaks blanket Pattern.

This helpful stitch tutorial I made for Pastel Peaks Blanket pattern. Please go to the pattern instruction to see the full description of the pattern. and come back if you have a confuse about the pattern, especially about the (2dc, bpdc) shell and (fpdc, 2 dc) shell stitches.

(RS) crochet row 1 to start Pastel Peaks Blanket.

Row 2

(WS) Start row 2 with ch 2, dc in first st, ch 1, sk next 2 dc,

Now we are going to crochet (2dc, bpdc) shell in next st.

Crochet 2 dc in next st, (image 1)

Now we are going to make bpdc in same st we crocheted last 2 dc. (image 2)

Yo, insert the hook from back to front (image 3) and to back around the post of the same st we crocheted last 2 dc, (image 4)

Yo, pull up a loop (image 5) and [yo, pull back through 2 loops] 2 times.

Made a (2 dc,bpdc) shell st. (image 6)

*(2 dc, bpdc) shell in next st, ch 1, sk next ch-1 and 2 dc; repeat * to across until last 4 dc remain, (image 7), crochet ch 1 after last shell,

sk next ch-1 and 2 dc, 2 dc in next st (image 8), dc in last st (image 9), turn. Row 2 finished.

Row 3

 

(RS) Start row 3 with ch 2, dc in first st and next st, ch 1, sk next dc and ch-1,

Now we are going to crochet (fpdc, 2 dc) shell in next st (the bpdc stitch we made in previous row).

Yo, insert the hook from front to back and to front around the post of next st (the bpdc stitch we made in previous row), yo, pull up a loop, and [yo, pull back through 2 loops] 2 times. (image 10)

Now we are going to make 2 dc (crochet these 2 dc as usually, you do in top loops) in same st we crocheted fpdc, (image 11)

Made a (fpdc, 2 dc) shell st.

*ch 1, sk next 2 dc and ch-1 sp, (fpdc, 2 dc) shell in next bpdc; repeat * to across until last (2 dc,ch-1 sp,dc) remain, crochet ch 1 after last shell (image 13),

2 dc in last dc (image 14), turn.

Row 3 finished (image 15).

Row 4

(WS) ch 2, dc in first dc (image 16),

1 dc and bpdc in next dc (image 17),

*ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp and 2 dc, (2 dc, bpdc) shell in next fpdc; repeat * to across until last ch-1 and 2 dc remain, crochet ch 1 after last shell (image 19),

sk next ch-1 sp and dc, dc in last dc (image 20), turn. Row 4 finished.

Row 5

(RS) ch 2, dc in first dc, sk ch-1 sp (image 21),

*(fpdc, 2 dc) shell in next bpdc (image 22), ch 1, sk next 2 dc and ch-1 sp; repeat * to across until last 2 dc remain, do not crochet ch 1 after last shell,

sk next dc, dc in last dc (image 23), turn. Row 5 finished.

Row 6

(WS) ch 2, dc in first dc, ch 1, sk next 2 dc (image 24),

*(2 dc, bpdc) shell in next fpdc (image 25), ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp and 2 dc; repeat * to across until last ch-1 and 4 dc remain (image 26),

Crochet ch 1 after last shell, sk next ch-1 and 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc (image 27), dc in last dc (image 28), turn. Row 6 finished.

Now you can see the (RS) and (WS) of the pattern in above photo collage.  think now you can understand well about the (2dc, bpdc) shell and (fpdc, 2 dc) shell stitches.

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Pastel Peaks blanket Pattern.

This helpful stitch tutorial I made for Pastel Peaks Baby Hat pattern. Please go to the pattern instruction to see the full description of the pattern. and come back if you have a confuse about the pattern, especially about the (fpdc, 3 dc) shell / (fpdc, 2 dc) shell / (fpdc, dc) shell stitches.

(RS) crochet round 1 and 2 to start Pastel Peaks Baby Hat.

Round 3

(RS) Start round 3 with ch 2,

Now we are going to start to crochet (fpdc, 3 dc) shell in first st.

Crochet fpdc in first st, (image 1)

Now we are going to make 3 dc (crochet these 3 dc as usually you do in top loops)  in same st we crocheted fpdc. (image 2)

Made a (fpdc, 3 dc) shell st. (image 3)

* sk next 3 dc, (fpdc, 3 dc) shell in next fpdc; (image 4) repeat * to around, sl st to first fpdc, (image 5)

Round 3 finished. Follow these steps and make Round 4 to 8 by repeating round 3.

Round 9

(RS) Start round 9 with ch 2,

Now we are going to start to crochet (fpdc, 2 dc) shell in first st.

Crochet fpdc in first st, (image 6)

Now we are going to make 2 dc (crochet these 2 dc as usually you do in top loops)  in same st we crocheted fpdc. (image 7)

Made a (fpdc, 2 dc) shell st. (image 8)

* sk next 3 dc, (fpdc, 2 dc) shell in next fpdc; (image 9) repeat * to around, sl st to first fpdc. (image 10)

Round 9 finished.

Round 10 to 12: ch 2, (fpdc, 2 dc) shell in first fpdc, * sk next 2 dc, (fpdc, 2 dc) shell in next fpdc; repeat * to around, sl st to first fpdc. (14 shells)

Round 13

In this round, you have to crochet (fpdc, dc) shell. As you crochet previous shell stitch, make sure to crochet 1 dc in same st after crocheting fpdc.

Please go to the Pastel Peaks Baby Hat pattern for full instruction to finish the hat.