Sailor Bear Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern – Written Row by Row + Chart

Sailor Bear crochet baby blanket pattern – a 32 x 32 in (80 x 80 cm) picture blanket of a teddy bear in a sailor hat and top, worked in double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) with colour changes. Skill level: intermediate.

What you get (PDF)

• every row written out as simple colour counts

• the full colour chart

• round-by-round instructions for the border

• UK crochet terms with US terms in brackets throughout

• the yarn, shade and amount for each colour

• guidance for left-handed crocheters

Materials: Woolcraft New Fashion DK (100% acrylic, 300 m / 100 g) in five colours, 7 balls in total; any DK (light worsted) yarn can be used. 4.00 mm crochet hook, tapestry needle.

Tension: 18 dc (UK) / sc (US) and 22 rows = 10 cm (4 in).

You need to know how to: work double crochet (UK) / single crochet (US) and treble (UK) / double crochet (US), change colour (intarsia) and add small highlights in cross stitch.

Updated October 2026: now with full written row-by-row instructions.