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Named baby blanket (C2C)

A personalised corner-to-corner blanket in stroller or receiving size, made with our existing name-blanket engine: the name and an optional second line are centred at the largest letter size that fits, with every row and bobbin written out.

Original Purlgrid recipe · engine-checked counts · diagrams are previews, not photographs of a physically made sample.

Supplies and skills

Soft washable yarn in two colours, a crochet hook, bobbins and a yarn needle.

  • C2C increases and decreases
  • Bobbin colour changes
  • Single-crochet border

How to make it

  1. Crochet and measure a C2C tile in your yarn. Enter the name, an optional second line, the size and your tile side.
  2. Follow the diagonal rows from the bottom-right corner, changing bobbins where written. Increase at both edges first; on the rectangular stroller size, the middle rows then keep the same length (increase at one edge, decrease at the other) before the final rows decrease at both edges. The shaping list gives the exact rows.
  3. Work the border rounds, weave in every end securely and block the blanket.
  4. Use the blanket only while the baby is awake and supervised; it is not intended for sleep.

For supervised use only; no claim is made about safe sleep.

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Tiles across
40
Tiles up
48
Blanket
76.0 × 91.2 cm
Letter tiles
111
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C2C tile graph from the existing name-blanket engine (one square = one tile); tile colours only, not crochet texture.

How the rows are shaped

Terms used here: C2C = corner to corner; tile = one block of chain 3 and 3 US double crochet (dc); ch = chain; sl st = slip stitch; sc = US single crochet; bobbin = a small wound length of one colour.

  1. Rows 1–40: increase at both ends.
  2. Rows 41–48: decrease at the lower edge, increase at the upper edge.
  3. Rows 49–87: decrease at both ends.

This is a rectangle: after the first phase the diagonal rows stop growing. In the middle phase one edge increases while the other decreases, so every row keeps the same number of tiles. Do not start decreasing at both edges until the last phase.

  • BlanketStroller · 40 × 48 tiles · 76 × 91.2 cm (30 × 36 in) before the border, with worsted, 5 mm hook (1.9 cm per tile)
  • LettersEMMA 7 tiles tall (tall letters), 23 tiles wide · 2026 5 tiles tall (small letters), 15 tiles wide · centred: 17 rows above, 17 below
  • Yarn≈ 1105 m (1209 yd) background · ≈ 75 m (83 yd) letters · border not included
  • Bobbins5 background bobbins (B) and 9 letter bobbins (L); never more than 5 hanging at once. Yarn is carried inside the tiles across gaps of up to 2 tiles.
  • Border3 rounds of single crochet in the background colour: 452 sc in round 1, 468 in the last
  • Checked10 engine checks passed, including the 87 written rows rebuilt tile by tile.

Bobbins

BobbinColourRowsTilesWind
B1background1–38699424.5 m · 465 ydfrom the ball
L1letters31–381711 m · 13 yd
L2letters34–463220.5 m · 23 yd
B2background38–46275168 m · 184 ydfrom the ball
L3letters3911 m · 2 yd
L4letters41–44107 m · 8 yd
L5letters4511 m · 2 yd
L6letters45–501711 m · 13 yd
B3background4653.5 m · 4 yd
B4background46–52208127 m · 139 ydfrom the ball
L7letters48–4922 m · 3 yd
L8letters50–622918.5 m · 21 yd
B5background52–87622378 m · 414 ydfrom the ball
L9letters54–5522 m · 3 yd
Every row with its bobbins (87 diagonal rows)

B = background bobbin, L = letter bobbin, numbers are tiles. * = join a new bobbin here. A bobbin named twice in one row is carried inside the tiles in between. ✂ = cut after this row, leaving a 15 cm (6 in) tail.

  1. Row 1 ↗ (1) 1 B1*
  2. Row 2 ↙ (2) 2 B1
  3. Row 3 ↗ (3) 3 B1
  4. Row 4 ↙ (4) 4 B1
  5. Row 5 ↗ (5) 5 B1
  6. Row 6 ↙ (6) 6 B1
  7. Row 7 ↗ (7) 7 B1
  8. Row 8 ↙ (8) 8 B1
  9. Row 9 ↗ (9) 9 B1
  10. Row 10 ↙ (10) 10 B1
  11. Row 11 ↗ (11) 11 B1
  12. Row 12 ↙ (12) 12 B1
  13. Row 13 ↗ (13) 13 B1
  14. Row 14 ↙ (14) 14 B1
  15. Row 15 ↗ (15) 15 B1
  16. Row 16 ↙ (16) 16 B1
  17. Row 17 ↗ (17) 17 B1
  18. Row 18 ↙ (18) 18 B1
  19. Row 19 ↗ (19) 19 B1
  20. Row 20 ↙ (20) 20 B1
  21. Row 21 ↗ (21) 21 B1
  22. Row 22 ↙ (22) 22 B1
  23. Row 23 ↗ (23) 23 B1
  24. Row 24 ↙ (24) 24 B1
  25. Row 25 ↗ (25) 25 B1
  26. Row 26 ↙ (26) 26 B1
  27. Row 27 ↗ (27) 27 B1
  28. Row 28 ↙ (28) 28 B1
  29. Row 29 ↗ (29) 29 B1
  30. Row 30 ↙ (30) 30 B1
  31. Row 31 ↗ (31) 17 B1, 1 L1*, 13 B1
  32. Row 32 ↙ (32) 13 B1, 2 L1, 17 B1
  33. Row 33 ↗ (33) 17 B1, 1 L1, 1 B1, 1 L1, 13 B1
  34. Row 34 ↙ (34) 9 B1, 1 L2*, 4 B1, 2 L1, 18 B1
  35. Row 35 ↗ (35) 17 B1, 1 L1, 1 B1, 1 L1, 1 B1, 1 L1, 3 B1, 1 L2, 9 B1
  36. Row 36 ↙ (36) 9 B1, 1 L2, 4 B1, 2 L1, 2 B1, 1 L1, 17 B1
  37. Row 37 ↗ (37) 17 B1, 1 L1, 9 B1, 1 L2, 9 B1
  38. Row 38 ↙ (38) 9 B1, 2 L2, 2 B1, 1 L2, 3 B1, 3 L1, 18 B2* ✂ B1 L1
  39. Row 39 ↗ (39) 17 B2, 1 L3*, 7 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 9 B2 ✂ L3
  40. Row 40 ↙ (40) 12 B2, 2 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 2 B2, 1 L2, 2 B2, 2 L2, 17 B2
  41. Row 41 ↗ (40) 16 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 3 B2, 1 L4*, 1 B2, 1 L4, 2 B2, 1 L4, 10 B2
  42. Row 42 ↙ (40) 11 B2, 1 L4, 1 B2, 1 L4, 1 B2, 1 L4, 5 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 16 B2
  43. Row 43 ↗ (40) 14 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 1 B2, 1 L2, 5 B2, 1 L4, 1 B2, 2 L4, 12 B2
  44. Row 44 ↙ (40) 15 B2, 1 L4, 3 B2, 1 L2, 2 B2, 2 L2, 2 B2, 1 L2, 13 B2 ✂ L4
  45. Row 45 ↗ (40) 12 B2, 1 L2, 3 B2, 1 L5*, 3 B2, 1 L6*, 1 B2, 1 L6, 1 B2, 1 L6, 15 B2 ✂ L5
  46. Row 46 ↙ (40) 15 B2, 3 L6, 1 B3*, 1 L6, 1 B3, 1 L6, 3 B3, 3 L2, 12 B4* ✂ B2 B3 L2
  47. Row 47 ↗ (40) 18 B4, 1 L6, 1 B4, 1 L6, 19 B4
  48. Row 48 ↙ (40) 18 B4, 2 L6, 1 B4, 1 L6, 4 B4, 1 L7*, 13 B4
  49. Row 49 ↗ (39) 12 B4, 1 L7, 5 B4, 1 L6, 1 B4, 1 L6, 18 B4 ✂ L7
  50. Row 50 ↙ (38) 17 B4, 1 L6, 1 B4, 1 L6, 3 B4, 1 L8*, 14 B4 ✂ L6
  51. Row 51 ↗ (37) 14 B4, 1 L8, 1 B4, 1 L8, 1 B4, 1 L8, 18 B4
  52. Row 52 ↙ (36) 17 B4, 3 L8, 1 B5*, 1 L8, 1 B5, 1 L8, 12 B5 ✂ B4
  53. Row 53 ↗ (35) 11 B5, 1 L8, 2 B5, 1 L8, 20 B5
  54. Row 54 ↙ (34) 18 B5, 2 L8, 3 B5, 1 L9*, 10 B5
  55. Row 55 ↗ (33) 9 B5, 1 L9, 4 B5, 1 L8, 18 B5 ✂ L9
  56. Row 56 ↙ (32) 17 B5, 1 L8, 2 B5, 1 L8, 2 B5, 1 L8, 8 B5
  57. Row 57 ↗ (31) 8 B5, 1 L8, 1 B5, 1 L8, 20 B5
  58. Row 58 ↙ (30) 17 B5, 1 L8, 2 B5, 2 L8, 8 B5
  59. Row 59 ↗ (29) 8 B5, 1 L8, 2 B5, 1 L8, 17 B5
  60. Row 60 ↙ (28) 17 B5, 1 L8, 1 B5, 1 L8, 8 B5
  61. Row 61 ↗ (27) 8 B5, 2 L8, 17 B5
  62. Row 62 ↙ (26) 17 B5, 1 L8, 8 B5 ✂ L8
  63. Row 63 ↗ (25) 25 B5
  64. Row 64 ↙ (24) 24 B5
  65. Row 65 ↗ (23) 23 B5
  66. Row 66 ↙ (22) 22 B5
  67. Row 67 ↗ (21) 21 B5
  68. Row 68 ↙ (20) 20 B5
  69. Row 69 ↗ (19) 19 B5
  70. Row 70 ↙ (18) 18 B5
  71. Row 71 ↗ (17) 17 B5
  72. Row 72 ↙ (16) 16 B5
  73. Row 73 ↗ (15) 15 B5
  74. Row 74 ↙ (14) 14 B5
  75. Row 75 ↗ (13) 13 B5
  76. Row 76 ↙ (12) 12 B5
  77. Row 77 ↗ (11) 11 B5
  78. Row 78 ↙ (10) 10 B5
  79. Row 79 ↗ (9) 9 B5
  80. Row 80 ↙ (8) 8 B5
  81. Row 81 ↗ (7) 7 B5
  82. Row 82 ↙ (6) 6 B5
  83. Row 83 ↗ (5) 5 B5
  84. Row 84 ↙ (4) 4 B5
  85. Row 85 ↗ (3) 3 B5
  86. Row 86 ↙ (2) 2 B5
  87. Row 87 ↗ (1) 1 B5 ✂ B5

Border

Round 1: with the background colour, work single crochet evenly along each side: 2 sc into the chain side of a tile and 3 sc into its double-crochet side, so about 5 sc for every 2 tiles. Work 3 sc into each corner. Join with a slip stitch.

Round 2 to 3: ch 1, sc in each sc, 3 sc in the centre sc of each corner; join. Each round adds 8 stitches.

RoundTop & bottom (each)Sides (each)Total sc
Round 1100120452
Round 2102122460
Round 3104124468

Side counts do not include the 3 corner stitches. These counts are a guide: lay the blanket flat after round 1 and add or skip a stitch where the edge ruffles or pulls in.

Finishing

  1. Weave in every bobbin end securely along tiles of its own colour; trim close.
  2. Work the border, then wet-block flat to the measured size.

For supervised use only — for example on a lap, a play mat or in a pram while the baby is awake and watched. This is not a sleep product: no claim is made about safe sleep. Keep loose blankets out of a sleeping baby's cot and follow your local safe-sleep guidance.

Materials

  • Two colours of a soft, washable yarn of the same thickness (amounts in the readout above)
  • Crochet hook that gives your measured tile, bobbins, yarn needle

Approximate time: about 11.8–23.6 hours of stitching: 1,920 C2C tiles at 1.5–3 tiles per minute (one tile is timed as a unit: chain 3 and 3 double crochet, with the slip stitches, row turns and bobbin changes around it); 1,380 border single crochets at 10–20 stitches per minute. Every pace above is an assumed range, not a timed sample; enter your own pace to replace the main one. Finishing (seams, weaving in ends, blocking) is not included.

Totals: 1,920 tiles (111 letter tiles), 1380 border sc.

  • Text fits with 8 tiles clear at the sides and 17 rows above and below
  • All 87 diagonal rows follow the increase/decrease rules at both edges
  • 1920 tiles in total (40 × 48)
  • Every row's written colour counts add up to that row's tile count
  • 2 colours
  • The 87 written rows, read on their own, rebuild every tile of the graph
  • Replaying the 14 bobbins row by row gives every row's colours in working order
  • All 127 times a bobbin carries on into the next row, it is picked up next to where it stopped (at most 2 tiles away)
  • Each of the 1920 tiles belongs to exactly one bobbin; the bobbins' tiles add up to 1809 background and 111 letter tiles
  • Border: 3 rounds, 452 sc in round 1, 8 more in each round after

More personalised gifts

Initialled drawstring bag · Seated cat cushion with optional pet name

Questions about this project

Which characters can I use?

Uppercase and lowercase Latin and Russian letters, supported accents, digits, spaces, hyphen, full stop and apostrophe; a slash in a date becomes a full stop. Anything else is shown as an error, and lines longer than 16 characters are not shortened automatically.

Can I make a larger blanket?

This gift page offers the two baby sizes. The full crochet name blanket tool has larger sizes and a tapestry version.

Terms and next steps

k = knit; p = purl; sc = US single crochet; MC = main colour; CC = contrast colour. A number after a stitch abbreviation is the number of stitches to work. Read repeat instructions as written.

Abbreviation references: Craft Yarn Council knitting terms · Craft Yarn Council crochet terms and US/UK comparison.

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