I am excited to present a new baby lovey that features a round ripple pattern. It has a centerhole which is created by crocheting around a thick ponytail hair tie. By crocheting the baby lovey with a centerhole, you can use a store-bought stuffed animal for the project. That way you can wash the round ripple lovey separate from the stuffed animal.

Here is the lovey with the stuffed animal removed so you can see how it looks separated.

Here is another round ripple lovey that I crocheted using the same round ripple idea for the project.

I want to detail how I start my round ripple lovies. I use a 2″ thick ponytail tie for the center and it gives a 1.75″ opening on 24 stitches. Here is a photo with the first round of single crochet (SC) stitches around the ponytail hair tie. I work 24 stitches around the tie as show and slip stitch to join.

My round ripple baby lovey is based off of Aggie May’s round ripple (RR) blanket pattern. After the 24 single crochet stitches for the center start, and following Aggie May’s RR pattern, work row 3: Ch 3, 1 DC, ch-2, 2 DC in same stitch as join. Then skip 1 stitch and work 2 DC, ch-2, 2 DC in next stitch and repeat. Join to top of ch 3. Total of 12 sets of shells. See photo below for a closeup photo of this round.

As in Aggie May’s RR blanket pattern, crochet 2 rounds of shells followed by one round of V stitches (1 DC, ch-2, 1 DC, in each of the ch-2 space peaks. Continue the pattern doing 2 rounds of shells and one round of V stitches for total of 14 rounds. Finish with a round of SC in each stitch and 2 SC in the ch-2 peak spaces.

If you like how I did my pink rose bunny lovey, I crocheted with the pink rose yarn for 11 rounds, then I did one round in white yarn, followed by one round in pink rose again, and finished with the white yarn for the last full DC round and then crocheted the SC trim round with the white too.

My lovies are 21 inches wide but you can make yours smaller or larger as desired. If you have problems with the round ripple not laying down flat, work a V stitch round instead of a shell stitch round as this helps with ruffling issues. I had to do this with the white yarn for the bunny lovey as it was very thin and the pink rose yarn was heavier.

If you have problems getting Aggie May’s original round ripple blanket pattern, just comment below or email me. I have a copy from her but she doesn’t want it posted on the Internet. But she has allowed me to privately share it if you need a copy.