Here’s a free crochet pattern for a textured baby cocoon using the raspberry stitch. The colors used here are perfect for a baby boy, but they can be changed for a girl, too. I love the scalloped pattern that the raspberry stitch makes!
I’m so pleased with how my newest baby cocoon pattern turned out – the colors are gorgeous and it’s so incredibly soft with a 50% wool and 50% acrylic blend. And the raspberry stitch is so easy to work and makes a beautiful pattern when you change colors often. This will look so good in pictures once our baby arrives! I learned the raspberry stitch from this video - it’s a single crochet, double crochet, single crochet worked into one space.
Materials
- Hook: J-10, 6 mm
- Yarn: Martha Stewart Crafts from Lion Brand Yarn – Extra Soft Wool Blend in Sailor Blue, Holly Berry, Winter Sky, Buttermilk, Green Eucalyptus
Abbreviations
- SC = single crochet
- HDC = half double crochet
- DC = double crochet
- CH = chain
- SL ST = slip stitch
- RBS = raspberry stitch
- SP = space
Pattern
Base of Cocoon – all worked in Buttermilk (cream) yarn
Row 1
- CH 3
- Join with a SL ST to make a ring
- CH 2 (counts as first HDC)
- Work 11 HDC in ring (12 HDC total)
- Join to top of CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 2
- CH 2
- Work 2 HDC in each SP (24 total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 3
- CH 2
- Work 1 HDC in each SP (24 total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 4
- CH 2
- 1 HDC in the same SP (2 total)
- 1 HDC in the next SP
- *2 HDC in the next SP
- 1 HDC in the next SP
- Repeat from * all the way around (36 total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 5
- CH 2
- 1 HDC in each SP (36 total)
- Join to beginning Ch 2 with a SL ST
Row 6
- CH 2
- 1 HDC in the same SP (2 total)
- 1 HDC in each of the next 2 SP’s
- *2 HDC in the next SP
- 1 HDC in each of the next 2 SP’s
- Repeat from * all the way around (48 total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 7
- I changed to Holly Berry here (red) and attached with a SL ST
- CH 2
- 1 HDC in the same SP (2 total)
- 1 HDC in each of the next 3 SP’s
- *2 HDC in the next SP
- 1 HDC in each of the next 3 SP’s
- Repeat from * all the way around (60 total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 8
- CH 2
- 1 HDC in the next SP
- 1 HDC in each SP around (60 total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 9 – Start the Raspberry Stitch
- CH 2
- 1 DC & 1 SC in the same SP
- Skip 2 SP’s
- Work an RBS
- *Skip 2 SP’s
- Work an RBS
- Repeat from * all the way around (20 RBS’s total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 with a SL ST
Row 10
- I switched to Winter Sky (light blue) here, attach with a SL ST in between 2 of the RBS’s
- CH 2 or work a SC
- 1 DC & 1 SC in the same SP
- Work a RBS in the next SP & in each SP all the way around (in between the RBS’s) (20 RBS’s total)
- Join to beginning CH 2 or SC with a SL ST
Repeat row 10 for the length of the entire cocoon – I worked 70 more rows.
Finished size is 8 inches wide by 22 inches long, including the base.
This is too cute! I love that stitch pattern. I’ve never seen it before but it looks really easy and it has such great texture. I may have to try it out on a hat
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I love this! The colours you chose are so vibrant and bright! I also love the stitch you used. It gives the cocoon such a great texture. You must be getting really excited about your new baby’s arrival
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Thank you for the pattern!!! It looks awesome.
Wonderful pattern! Such a lovely texture, use of color and sweet gift idea! Love everything about it! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Susan!
I was wondering if you have a pattern for a newborn cap in this stitch to match the cocoon..
I do have one that matches but is not raspberry stitch but does have a puff stitch. I’ll be posting that one soon!
Thanks so much for this adorable pattern! I can’t wait to try it. I’ve got several projects to do first though but I wish I didn’t! Congratulations on having a new baby and thanks for this pattern.
Thanks so much, Marianne! The cocoon has been working out so well with our new baby – it’s super warm and keeps him nice and swaddled. He sleeps for hours in it!
I love the colors for this and just the endless color pallete anyone could use would be amazing! I Guess I need to practice , practice , practice on the Raspberry stitch because I’d love to make this! Thank you so much for sharing this Amazing Pattern!!!!
Hi, love the pattern! Mine is not coming out textured though! Am I doing something wrong? When I watch the video it says you need to turn the item inside out, do we need to do this?
Hi Beth! I did not turn mine inside out, so I think it might be your tension. You might need tighter tension or a smaller hook. Are you using the recommended hook size for your yarn?
It has taken me 18+ inches in length for me to figure out that I have done something really wrong because my cocoon has just been getting wider and wider. I guess I didn’t know it wasn’t supposed to until now that I am almost at the length it is supposed to be and I realized the width has also almost doubled that I figured I have done something wrong. Do you know what i did wrong to cause this increase?