Butterfly Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern PDF, 3D Granny Square Afghan, Pastel Nursery Gift, Intermediate Digital Download

🦋 Butterfly Baby Blanket – Crochet Pattern PDF
20 granny-style squares • Raised 3D butterflies • Scalloped sage border • Intermediate • Instant download

Create a soft, dimensional baby blanket filled with raised crochet butterflies in pastel colours, delicate cream lace squares and a scalloped sage border. The Pastel Butterfly Waltz Blanket is a 20-square pattern with one textured butterfly on every block: the square-by-square construction keeps the project easy to organise, and the raised wings give it a heirloom finish.

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📦 WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
✔️ Complete written instructions in US crochet terms
✔️ Materials and yarn guidance, with recommended yarns and quantities
✔️ Abbreviations, gauge and finished measurements
✔️ Round-by-round cream lace-block instructions with exact stitch counts
✔️ Upper and lower wings, body and antennae
✔️ Butterfly colour-layout chart and step-by-step appliqué placement
✔️ Raised slip-stitch joining
✔️ Three-round scalloped border
✔️ Blocking and finishing guidance, tips, and visual step-by-step pages

📏 PATTERN DETAILS
Finished size: about 32 × 39½ in / 81 × 100 cm
Layout: 4 squares wide × 5 squares long, 20 blocks
Blocked square: about 7¼ in / 18.5 cm
Butterfly: about 4¼–5 in / 11–12.5 cm wide
Skill level: Intermediate
Terms: US crochet terms

🧶 MATERIALS
DK weight (#3) smooth cotton or cotton blend: cream for the squares, joins and first border round; pastel colours for the butterflies; taupe for the bodies and antennae; dusty sage for the border
4 mm and 3.5 mm crochet hooks
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, scissors, measuring tape, blocking mats and rust-resistant pins

🪝 SKILLS USED
Joined rounds; sc, hdc and dc; working into chain spaces and around both sides of a foundation chain; back loops only; surface slip stitches; increasing and decreasing; joining squares; sewing appliqués; reading stitch counts; blocking.

🎁 PERFECT FOR
Baby showers, newborn gifts, spring babies, nursery décor and heirloom keepsakes for a grandchild.

⚠️ BABY SAFETY
Sew every butterfly on securely all round, and check the seams before use.

📥 DIGITAL PATTERN ONLY
This listing is for a digital crochet pattern PDF. You will not receive a finished blanket, yarn, hook or any physical product.