As I was typing the title to this blog post, I realized I’m one of those people who says “Sher-BERT.” Spell check told me I was wrong. I shouldn’t be surprised.

Growing up we had an ice cream shop known for its soft-serve orange sherbet. You could get it alone or with vanilla twist. The cones came finished with a pair of candy eyes.

I love orange sherbet and anything like it. My favorite thing from Sonic is an orange cream slush—it tastes exactly like an Orange Creamsicle.

Tangent aside, this blanket reminds me of Sherbet. Mostly because I used Lion Brand Ice Cream Yarn Big Scoop. The colorways are mint and lemon meringue, and they work together so seamlessly that it looks like they are one yarn.

This blanket was made using the Corner-to-Corner method (C2C), which can be found in many tutorials on the Internet. I have used it for my Christmas Tree Skirt pattern and in my recent Spring Daffodil Blanket pattern. I am not including a tutorial for this pattern, but simply telling you to use the C2C method.

I used leftover yarn from my two Call the Midwife blankets (here and here) for this blanket and it was a game of yarn chicken!

Yarn chicken (n.)—an action, like a game, when you are crocheting or knitting and running out of yarn. Winners have enough yarn to finish the project. Losers run out of yarn with a few stitches left.

In the end, I had enough yarn with a slight change in my color pattern on the last corner. However, since both yarns had a lot of white in them, I’m probably the only person who will ever notice.

Here’s the pattern.

Sherbet Baby Blanket Pattern

Yarn: Lion Brand Ice Cream Yarn Big Scoop in two coordinating colors. I used Mint and Lemon Meringue

Gauge: One repeat of five rows should equal about 4 inches in length.

Hook: H-hook (5 mm)

With Color A, begin the C2C method. Repeat for the first 5 rows. In the last stitch, switch to Color B.

Using Color B, continue the C2C method for the next 5 rows.

Continue in this pattern until your blanket measures 24” on one side and then begin decreasing on that side only.

When the long side measures 30”, begin decreasing on that side as well.

When you get to the last row, you will have one block of stitches. Fasten off yarn and weave in all ends.

Because I played yarn chicken, I didn’t have enough for a border. The good news is that when done correctly, the C2C method has very crisp edges, so it doesn’t need it.

This blanket is as delicious and comforting and its name implies.