The color block pattern is great because it has a modern look and is versatile. It can be made with a variety of color combinations such as nautical colors, sport team colors, pastel colors or primary colors and can be tailored to any nursery color scheme. I wanted a stitch that looked good in a color block pattern, that was simple to learn, and created a beautiful texture and the lemon peel stitch fit the bill!

The Lemon Peel stitch is done with two basic crochet stitches, the double crochet and the single crochet stitches. For this pattern all you do is alternate double crochet and single crochet stitches across each row, this makes a texture which ends up looking like the rind of a lemon peel. The great thing about the lemon peel stitch is that it creates a blanket that is completely reversable since the pattern is the same on both sides.