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Tabitha’s Crochet Wrap Soaker Pattern for Newborns
This is my first pattern, so any feedback is greatly appreciated! I hope it is easy to read and works up quickly for you. The ones I’ve made so far have worked very well – I use them for my daughter’s night diapers every night! Good luck and happy crocheting! The model is my 8 month old daughter, wearing one of the soakers from this pattern. It’s just a bit too small and she is 15 lbs, just to give an idea.

With four different wrapping options, the finished measurements are: waist 9 inches to 17 inches; Rise 12 inches to 15 ½ inches; Leg openings 4 inches to 8 ½ inches

Gauge 14 rows = 4”, 16 stitches = 4” with worsted weight wool
Hook = H
4 markers

This pattern works from the back to the front, then adds leg gussets

SS = Slip Stitch
SC = Single Crochet
DC = Double Crochet
Decrease = Insert hook into loops, YO and draw yarn through loops as if to SC, now there will be two loops on hook, SC in following stitch drawing through all three loops thereby reducing by 1 stitch
Increase = SC twice in same stitch

Chain 36 loosely, Turn
R1 – SC in second stitch from hook and in each stitch for total of 35 SC, Chain 3, Turn
R2 – DC in 4th stitch from hook (first 3 stitches count as first DC now and throughout pattern), DC in each remaining 34 stitches for total of 35 DC, Chain 1, Turn
R3 – SC in each DC for total of 35 SC, Chain 3, Turn
R4 - SC in 4th stitch from hook, DC in each remaining 34 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
R5 - SC in each DC for 35 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
R6 – SC in each SC for 33 stitches, Decrease 1, Chain 1, Turn
R7 – SC in each SC up to the last two stitches of row, Decrease 1, Chain 1, Turn
Repeat R7 for 11 rows until 21 stitches remain
R18 – Decrease 1, SC for 17, Decrease 1, for a row total of 19 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
R19 - Decrease 1, SC for 15, Decrease 1, for a row total of 17 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
R20 – SC in each SC for total of 17 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
Repeat R20 for 11 rows
R31 – Decrease 1, SC up to the last two stitches of row, Decrease 1, Chain 1, Turn
Repeat R31 for 4 rows until 9 stitches remain
R35 – SC in each SC for 9 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
Repeat R35 for 8 rows
R43 – Increase 1, SC up to the last stitch of row, Increase 1, Chain 1, Turn
Repeat R43 for 4 rows up to 17 stitches
R47 – Increase 1, SC for 16 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
Repeat R47 for 10 rows increasing stitches to 27
R57 – SC in each stitch for 27 stitches, Chain 3, Turn
R58 - SC in 4th stitch from the end, DC in next 26 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
R59 – SC in each SC for 27 stitches, Chain 3, Turn
R60 - SC in 4th stitch from the end, DC in next 26 stitches, Chain 1, Turn
R61 – SC in each SC for 27 stitches, Finish Off

Leg Gussets

Fold wrap so that the top of the front and the top of the back line up evenly. At R43, place one marker at the beginning and the end of the row. Going up two rows in the back, place a marker at the beginning and the end of the same row - R21 – This does not have to be exact, but both markers have to be on the same row.

R1 - At a marker, SC in the horizontal bar, and in each horizontal bar along the leg opening to the back marker, Chain 3, Turn
R2 - SC in 4th stitch from the end, DC in next 21 stitches, SC into horizontal bar two rows up, Chain 1, Turn
R3 – *Decrease 1, SC one, Decrease 1, SC one*, Repeat from * to * until end of row, SC into horizontal bar two rows up, Chain 2, Turn
R4 - SC in 4th stitch from the end, DC in next 10 stitches, SC into horizontal bar one row up, Chain 1, Turn
R5 - *Decrease 1, SC one, Decrease 1, SC one*, Repeat from * to * until end of row, SC into horizontal bar one row up, Chain 1, Turn
R6 – *Decrease 1, SC one, Decrease 1, SC one*, Repeat from * to * until end of row, SC into horizontal bar one row up, Finish Off

Repeat all rows for other gusset, making sure to keep gusset on the inside of cover. Sew buttons on inside of back flap, one on each side. Can be folded four different ways to accommodate growth and padding for boys in front or girls in back of diaper. See photos. For extra security around waist, chain 110 stitches and SC in each chain then Finish off. Thread through sets of 2 of first DS row of back flap. Refer to photos.

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