Need a beautiful baby gift? Try this colorful hugs & kisses crochet baby blanket. There are lot of different cake yarns you can use or any medium weight yarn perfect for any color scheme for this ripple pattern.

You can also enlarge the crochet baby blanket and make a larger afghan out of it. It would look beautiful in this gray brown yarn White Truffle or cream yarn Buttercream.

The crochet patterns are free. There are affiliate links in this post. I will receive a small commission if you purchase through these links at no additional cost to you.

Hugs & Kisses Baby Blanket Free Crochet Pattern

A colorful striped ripple pattern using Caron Baby Cakes Yarn. The author suggested any Caron Cake Yarn would work or any medium/worsted weight gauge 4 yarn would work.

I love the variegated yarns so you don’t have to keep changing colors.

Fruity Slice

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Coral Bells

Fresh Air

Level: intermediate Author: Jeanne Steinhilber / The Crochet Crowd

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You will find the free crochet blanket pattern. More info here. Facebook Group

Rainbow Version

You will find the yarn colors here.

Here are some yarn cakes try:

Bernat Pop Yarn Full Spectrum

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Caron Cake Yarn Rainbow Sprinkles

Blue and Gray Lap Afghan

You will find the yarn colors here.

Blue and White Baby Blanket

A blue yarn cake to try:

Blueberry Cheesecake Caron Cake Yarn

Blue Chambray Bernat Pop Yarn

American Standard Baby Blanket Sizes Crochet

Lovey: 14 in x 14 in – great for cuddling (35.56 cm)
Large Lovey: 20 in x 20 in – great for cuddling and covering a newborn in the car seat (50.8 cm)
Preemie Blanket: 18 in x 18 in (45.72 cm)
Receiving Blanket: 30 in x 30 in – a great size for a newborn (76.2 cm)
Baby Blanket: 29 in x 35 in – a great size for a new baby with room to grow (73.66 cm x 88.9 cm)
Swaddling Blanket: 40 in x 40 in- for wrapping a newborn up tight usually made of gauze or flannel (101.6 cm) but a lightweight yarn would work
Crib: 45 in x 60 in (114.3 cm x 152.4 cm) – a great blanket size for growing into, toddlers, or a throw for older children

Of course, these sizes are just standard blanket sizes and you wan make them to fix your needs and size. My size choice also depends on how much yarn I have left and the repeat of the pattern.

I hope this helps you decide what size of baby blanket to crochet.