Crochet a bib for baby and add some wash cloths or a burp rag for a complete set.
If you can crochet, you've got an instant skill to transform your next baby shower gift from ordinary to one-of-a-kind. Crochet a baby bib using cotton yarn so it will be both adorable and absorbent. Your gift will be easy for mom to wash and baby will stand out as the star of the show wherever she goes. All that's required is basic knowledge of crocheting skills and techniques to crochet a baby bib.
Instructions
1. Make 41 chain stitches using your main yarn color and a crochet hook size US I. Half double crochet in the second chain from the hook and in each chain across for a total of 40 stitches.
2. Chain one and turn; half double crochet in every stitch across. Repeat this step until the bib's height matches its width.
3. Chain one and turn; half double crochet two together over the first two stitches of the row, then half double crochet across all of the center stitches and half double crochet two together over the last two stitches of the row.
4. Fasten off. To do this, cut the working yarn and leave a 5-inch tail. Make a final slip stitch and pull the tail all the way through the stitch to secure it.
5. Use the second color of yarn and join the yarn to the bib with a slip stitch in your starting chain. Chain 50, then make slip stitches all the way back down the chain until you reach the body of the bib.
6. Make a single crochet in every stitch across the top of the bib; you will be working across the opposite side of your starting chain stitches. When you reach the opposite corner, chain 50 and slip stitch back down as you did for the first bib tie.
7. Single crochet down the side, around the bottom and up the opposite side of the bib. Fasten off with a slip stitch. Thread the yarn tail onto an embroidery needle and weave the yarn in and out of the bib stitches to hide it. Repeat this with any remaining tails.
Tags: double crochet, half double crochet, slip stitch, half double, your starting chain, back down, chain stitches