Keep your baby company with the Basilio mouse crochet safety blanket, a free pattern by @lossospechosos
Hi, I’m Juli, the creator behind the textile character brand @lossospechosos for the last 12 years. I learnt to crochet as an adult —although my grandmothers tried to teach me as a child— when I moved from Mexico to Buenos Aires, where I lived in front of a yarn store. Led by my curiosity, I took all sorts of classes: sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, etc. until I discovered that making crochet toys was quicker than making garments and extremely satisfying. This is why I share this free pattern of Basilio, a mouse that brings together safety blankets and amigurumis for babies. I hope you enjoy making this fun crochet safety blanket with your favorite color selection of Katia Missouri.
Crochet safety blanket
For almost a decade, I gave in-person crochet toy or amigurumi classes, mainly to adults. I had students in class for several years who’d make gifts or sometimes to sell, and some became mothers. At that time, the purpose of those toys and also my vision of them changed. That’s how I discovered safety blankets, a beautiful object that includes the traditional toy to give babies confidence and keep them company. If you’re looking for crochet safety blanket patterns, start with Basilio the mouse. If you’re reading this blog from Mexico, I invite you to join the Tejiendo Katia desde México Facebook group to get the Zanzi the zebra pattern.
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Basilio, the mouse by @lossospechosos
This baby blanket with a cute amigurumi mouse is a very quick project that you can make while you watch your favorite series. Of course, the pompoms are optional and, regarding the color combination for Basilio the mouse, I suggest a calm color palette. As always, if you want to give it your personal touch, you have a vast range of different color combinations for your crochet safety blanket.
Materials
- Katia Missouri color 35 (grey), color 3 (off-white), color 36 (light pink), color 40 (bubble-gum), color 42 (blue): 1 ball
- 3-mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
- Stuffing
- 2 medium safety eyes (we recommend embroidering the eyes, if you think plastic eyes may come lose from the fabric)
Stitches and techniques
Videos: click on the name of each stitch or technique to see how to do it.
- Magic ring
- Slip stitch
- Chain
- Single crochet
- Double crochet
- Increase: work 2 sts into the same st.
- Decrease: work 2 sts together.
- Front loop only: work st through the front loop.
Notes
Stuff the head and arms as you work.
The blanket is made in 4 pieces:
- Head
- Arms (x2)
- Ears (x2)
- Blanket
Abbreviations
- ch – chain
- dec – decrease
- flo – front loop only
- inc– increase
- prev – previous
- R and r(s) – row(s)
- rep – repeat
- sc – single crochet
- st(s) – stitch(es)
Head (x1)
With Katia Missouri color 36 (light pink).
R1: magic ring and sc5. [5 sts]
R2: inc1 into each st. [10 sts]
Change to Katia Missouri color 3 (off-white).
R3-R4: sc1 into each st. [10 sts]
R5: *sc1, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [15 sts]
R6-R7: sc1 into each st. [15 sts]
R8: *sc2, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [20 sts]
R9-R10: sc1 into each st. [20 sts]
R11: *sc3, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [25 sts]
R12-R13: sc1 into each st. [25 sts]
R14: *sc4, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [30 sts]
R15-R16: sc1 into each st. [30 sts]
R17: *sc5, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [35 sts]
R18-R19: sc1 into each st. [35 sts]
Eyes
Next, place eyes 12 sts apart between rs 20 and 21.
R20: *sc6, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [40 sts]
R21-22: sc1 into each st. [40 sts]
R23: *sc7, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [45 sts]
R24-R33: sc1 into each st. [45 sts]
R34: *sc7, dec1*, rep ** to end of r. [40 sts]
R35: *sc6, dec1*, rep ** to end of r. [35 sts]
R36: *sc5, dec1*, rep ** to end of r. [30 sts]
R37: *sc3, dec1*, rep ** to end of r. [24 sts]
R38: *sc2, dec1*, rep ** to end of r. [18 sts]
R39: *sc1, dec1*, rep ** to end of r. [12 sts]
Cut yarn leaving a few cm and pull through st.
With the tapestry needle, thread the tail through the 12 sts through the front loop only. Then, pull to close the circle and weave in the end inside the head.
Arms (x2)
With Katia Missouri color 36 (light pink).
R1: magic ring and sc5. [5 sts]
R2: inc1 into each st. [10 sts]
R3-R7: sc1 into each st. [10 sts]
Change to Katia Missouri color 3 (off-white).
R8-R21: sc1 into each st. [10 sts]
Lastly, cut, leaving a log tail to sew and pull through st.
Ears (x2)
With Katia Missouri color 36 (light pink).
R1: magic ring and sc5. [5 sts]
R2: inc1 into each st. [10 sts]
R3: *sc1, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [15 sts]
R4: *sc2, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [20 sts]
R5: *sc3, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [25 sts]
R6: *sc4, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [30 sts]
R7: sc1 flo into each st. [30 sts]
Change to Katia Missouri color 3 (off-white).
Work sts for next r through back loops of prev r.
R8: *sc5, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [35 sts]
R9: *sc6, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [40 sts]
R10: *sc7, inc1*, rep ** to end of r. [45 sts]
Cut leaving a log tail to sew and pull through st.
Hexagonal blanket with pompoms
Work 20 rs following the chart, changing colors on the following rs:
R1-R3: with Katia Missouri color 35 (grey).
R4: with Katia Missouri color 42 (blue).
R5-R6: with Katia Missouri color 40 (bubble-gum).
R7: with Katia Missouri color 42 (blue).
R8-R20: rep R1-R7. At the end of R20 you will have 240 sts in total (40 sts per side).
Finishes
Join the head and arms to the center of the hexagonal blanket. Next, with Katia Missouri color 41 (blue), make 6 pompoms and attach to the vertices of the crochet safety blanket.
