Virus Blanket Crochet Pattern

Materials

• Worsted or baby yarn (any fiber works)
• Crochet hook 4.0 mm (G/6) or size needed for your yarn
• Scissors
• Yarn needle

Stitches Used (US Terms)

• ch = chain
• sl st = slip stitch
• dc = double crochet
• ch-sp = chain space
• shell = 4 dc in the same stitch/space

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Pattern Notes

The Virus Blanket is worked in rounds, growing from the center outward.
Each “round” is actually a set of 4 repeating sides.
You will always make shells in chain spaces and chain over the holes — this is what gives the blanket the airy wave look.

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Start

1. Ch 6, join with sl st to form a ring.

Round 1

Ch 3 (counts as dc), 3 dc into the ring, ch 1,
4 dc into the ring, ch 1, 4 dc into the ring, ch 1, 4 dc into the ring.
Join with sl st.  
(You should now have 4 shells.)

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Round 2

Work shells into each ch-1 space:

Sl st into next ch-1 sp.
Ch 3 + 3 dc (first shell), ch 1,
(shell, ch 1) in next 3 ch-1 spaces.
Join.

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Round 3 (Start the arches)

In first ch-1 sp: shell, ch 2, shell.
In next 3 ch-1 sps: shell, ch 1.
Join.

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Round 4

You now follow this logic:

• In corner spaces: shell, ch 2, shell
• In side spaces: shell, ch 1

Repeat around.

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Round 5 and beyond

From here on, the pattern repeats forever growing outward:

Location	Do this
In each corner ch-2 space	shell, ch 2, shell
In every ch-1 space along sides	shell, ch 1
Over the large “open arches” created by previous rows	ch 4 (do not work into them)

So the rhythm becomes:

(shell, ch 2, shell) in corners
(shell, ch 1) in side chain spaces
Ch 4 over open arch spaces
Repeat each round

Colors:
Change yarn every 2 or 4 rows to get the soft gradient look (como o seu).

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Border (Optional Shell Edge Like in Your Photo)

At the final round:

(sc, skip 1, 5 dc in next stitch/space, skip 1) repeat around.

Creates the scalloped ruffle edge