Waves of Grain – Square Crochet Baby Blanket Free Pattern
Last Updated on January 19, 2026
The Waves of Grain pattern is a beautifully textured square crochet baby blanket crocheted from the middle out.
This is a big version of my Waves of Grain Granny Square pattern that I turned into a baby blanket by crocheting a blanket in the round.
The pattern features a nice repeat section that can be easily repeated to create a blanket with a unique, wheat-like texture.
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I made this blanket as a gift to my friend who had a new baby boy. I love the texture of my Waves of Grain (wheat stitch) and wanted to use it to make a blanket (I also used this stitch in the Tranquility Blanket and Rustling Leaves Blanket).
Since I prefer not to start my blankets with a long chain, I used my Waves of Grain Granny Square pattern to crochet a blanket from the middle. I just repeated the pattern to create a big enough square to be a baby blanket.
If you’re like me, and prefer to spare the long beginning chains, you can also use this stitch pattern from corner to corner.
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The Yarn I Used for My Blanket
For my square crochet baby blanket, I used Sirdar – Country Classic Worsted in Golden which is a #4 Worsted yarn 50% Merino and 50% acrylic. Although the beautiful thing about this pattern, is that you can use any yarn weight you want, with a suitable crochet hook and just repeat the pattern to the size you want (just notice that the amount of yarn needed will be different than the pattern calls for).
To make your blanket bigger, just repeat rounds 9-14 as the pattern instructs to the size you want (smaller or bigger).
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Waves of Grain – Square Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern
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Skill Level – Intermediate
Materials I Used for my Blanket
– 5.0 mm / H crochet hook
– Worsted (#4) weight yarn (I used Sirdar – Country Classic Worsted in Golden).
Total amount of Worsted yarn needed: 600gr / 1,200m / 1,308yds
Gauge (in pattern) – Working rounds 1-5 with a 5.0mm /H hook will result in a 4” (10 cm) square.
Finished size – 35×35 in (89×89 cm) – Can be worked bigger, see pattern for repeats.
Abbreviations (US)
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
V-dc – [1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc] in same stitch
Puff – (yo, insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop) x 3 times working into same st, yo and pull through all 7 loops on hook
V-Puff – [1 Puff, ch 1, 1 Puff]
sc – single crochet
sp – space
ss – slip stitch
yo – yarn over
* – Repeats are shown via asterisks. Repeat begins at * and ends at ;
[…] – crochet the instructions within brackets into the same indicated stitch/space.
(…) – crochet the instructions within parentheses as many times as directed.
How to crochet the Puff stitch:
(Yo, insert hook into indicated st/sp, yo and pull up a loop) x 3 times working into same st/sp, yo and pull through all 7 loops on hook.
Notes
- Ch 1 and ch 2 at the beginning of the round don’t count as a stitch.
- Ch 5 at the beginning of the round counts as 1 dc + ch 2.
Waves of Grain Granny Square Instructions
Make a magic ring.
Round 1: Ch 1, (1 sc, ch 2) x4 into magic ring, ss to 1st sc. Pull the ring tight. (4 sc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 2: Ss into next ch-2 sp, ch 2 (doesn’t count as a st here and throughout),
[Puff, ch 2, Puff] in same ch-2 sp, ch 1, sk next sc.
* [Puff, ch 2, Puff] in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, sk next sc; Repeat from * 2 more times, ss to top of 1st Puff. (4 [Puff, ch 2, Puff], 4 ch-1 sp)
Round 3: Ss into next ch-2 sp, ch 2, [Puff, ch 3, Puff] in same ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff.
* [Puff, ch 3, Puff] in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff; Repeat from * 2 more times, ss to top of 1st Puff. (4 [Puff, ch 3, Puff], 4 V-dc)
Round 4: Ss into next ch-3 sp, ch 2, [1 Puff, ch 2, V-Puff] in same ch-3 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff.
* [V-Puff, ch 2, V-Puff] in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff; Repeat from * 2 more times, 1 Puff in 1st ch-3 sp you worked into, ch 1, ss to top of 1st Puff. (8 V-Puff, 4 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
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Round 5: Ss into next ch-2 sp, [ch 5, V-dc] in same ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff.
* [V-dc, ch 2, V-dc] in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff; Repeat from * 2 more times, 1 dc in 1st ch-2 sp you worked into, ch 1, ss to 3rd ch of the beginning ch-5. (8 V-Puff, 12 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 6: Ss into next ch-2 sp, [ch 5, 1 dc] in same ch-2 sp, sk next dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 dc left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next dc.
* [1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc] in next ch-2 sp, sk next dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 dc left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next dc; Repeat from * 2 more times, ss to 3rd ch of the beginning ch-5. (12 V-Puff, 8 V-dc, 4 [1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc])
Round 7: Ss into next ch-2 sp, [ch 5, V-dc] in same ch-2 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc.
(V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc) Repeat (…) until ch-2 sp-corner.
* [V-dc, ch 2, V-dc] in next ch-2 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc. (V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc) Repeat (…) until ch-2 sp-corner; Repeat from * 2 more times, 1 dc in 1st ch-2 sp you worked into,
ch 1, ss to 3rd ch of the beginning ch-5. (12 V-Puff, 16 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 8: Ss into next ch-2 sp, ch 2, [1 Puff, ch 2, V-Puff] in same ch-2 sp, sk next dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 dc left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next dc.
* [V-Puff, ch 2, V-Puff] in next ch-2 sp, sk next dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 dc left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next dc; Repeat from * 2 more times, 1 Puff in 1st
ch-2 sp you worked into, ch 1, ss to 1st Puff. (20 V-Puff, 16 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 9: Ss into next ch-2 sp, ch 2, [1 Puff, ch 2, 1 Puff] in same ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 Puff left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next Puff.
* [1 Puff, ch 2, 1 Puff] in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 Puff left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next Puff; Repeat from * 2 more times, ss to 1st Puff. (16 V-Puff, 20 V-dc, 4 [1 Puff, ch 2, 1 Puff])
Round 10: Ss into next ch-2 sp, ch 2, [1 Puff, ch 2, V-Puff] in same ch-2 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff.
(V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff) Repeat (…) until ch-2 sp-corner.
* [V-Puff, ch 2, V-Puff] in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff. (V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff) Repeat (…) until ch-2 sp-corner; Repeat from * 2 more times, 1 Puff in 1st ch-2 sp you worked into, ch 1, ss to 1st Puff. (24 V-Puff, 20 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 11: Ss into next ch-2 sp, [ch 5, V-dc] in same ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp. (Sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 Puff left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next Puff.
* [V-dc, ch 2, V-dc] in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp) Repeat (…) until 1 Puff left before ch-2 sp-corner, sk next Puff; Repeat from * 2 more times, 1 dc in 1st ch-2 sp you worked into, ch 1, ss to 3rd ch of the beginning ch-5. (24 V-Puff, 28 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 12: Repeat round 6. (28 V-Puff, 24 V-dc, 4 [1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc])
Round 13: Repeat round 7. (28 V-Puff, 32 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 14: Repeat round 8. (36 V-Puff, 32 V-dc, 4 ch-2 sp)
Repeat rounds 9-14 until your crochet square blanket is 35 in (89 cm), or your desired size.
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