Easy Baby Bib with Contrast Trim Crochet Pattern

Easy Baby Bib with Contrast Trim Crochet Pattern

free crochet pattern from cRAfterChick.com

This free crochet pattern is for an easy baby bib that even advanced beginners can make!  I was struggling to find out what to make for all the new little ones in my family for this past Christmas holiday when I stumbled across a cute cupcake bib made of fabric and thought it might turn out cute in crochet. You can never go wrong with cupcakes. 😉  I’m so glad I did.

I ended up making sixteen bibs for gifts. Yes sixteen but they whipped up so fast I was surprised, so here is what I did to make them. There are links for applique patterns I used from other places for the cupcake, car and snowman at end of pattern if you want to try them too.

Easy Baby Bib with Contrast Trim Crochet Pattern Notes

Project requires:
Main color yarn-  (I use a lot of Red Heart Saver yarn for these though you can use all medium to normal weight yarn)
Contrast color yarn for trim
(Note: Depending on what decoration you decide to put on your bib if any, you will need to get those colors as well)
“H” hook  (5.00 mm)
Scissors or yarn cutter
Blunt large eye yarn / tapestry needle to weave in ends

Abbreviations used in this pattern (US crochet stitches):
ch – chain
st- stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet (US)
dc- double crochet (US) 
sctog- single crochet two stitches together (US) 
dctog- double crochet two stitches together (US) 

Pattern Instructions:

Main Bib part: using main color yarn 
Round 1: Chain 19 . Sc into the second loop from the hook and placing 1 sc in each st through chain. Ch 1 and turn. (18 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc  in first st, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in last st. (20 sc)
Round 3: 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in last st. (22 sc)
Round 4-15: Sc in first st and in each st across. Ch 1 and turn. (22 sc)
Round 16: Sctog first two st, 1 sc in next st across,sctog last two st. Ch 2 and turn. (20 sc)
Round 17: Skip first st and dc in second st, dc in following 5 st, sc in next 5 st, dc in the following 6 st, dctog last two st. Ch 2 and turn. (18 st total)
Round 18: Skip first st and dc in second st, dc in following 4 st, sc in next 5 st, dc in the following 5 st, dctog last two st. Ch 2 and turn. (16 st total)
Round 19 : Skip first st and dc in second st, dc in following 3 st, sc in next 5 st, dc in the following 4 st, dctog last two st.  (14 st total)
Pull yarn through after cutting and fasten off.

Contrast Trim: using contrast color yarn
With your contrast yarn color for the trim, sl st on big right after a corner, sc in each stitch around, placing three sc in each corner. In st inside of each of the top corners sl st into st, chain 41 stitches, then starting at 2nd chain from the hook, sc in each back down to sl st into starting st on bib before continuing with the sc in each st around with 3 sc in each corner until all sides are trimmed. Sl st to beginning stitch and fasten off.

For the appliques, there are tons and tons for free online. For the ones in this picture I used:

Car applique here 
Cupcake applique here 
Snowman applique here (picture below)

Here are some of my other completed bibs using this pattern:

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