A new year, a new baby blanket to give to a friend!
I blocked the blanket last night, and I’m glad I did – the
mum, whose daughter is in Little Flower’s pre-school class, is having the baby
today! The little girl’s grandma brought her to pre-school today,
which made all of us parents smile and introduce ourselves and start guessing
gender, size and names...
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| Blocking the little blanket |
This will be her third child, and she has lots of friends
and family in the area. I know she probably has oodles of baby blankets and paraphernalia,
so I decided to create a *useful* item. This is a small blanket, intended for
car seats and prams, a lap blanket for a buggy – any place you don’t want to have to
fold and tuck a big blanket. Then, when baby is older, it will be a manageable
size for a snuggly blankie.
I love the crochet stitch; being January, I wanted a compact
fabric, warmer than more traditional lacy baby blankets. This is Sirdar Snuggly
yarn, so soft to touch but very easy to care for.
To add a wee bit of colour, I worked pale green into the border (I had a bit left over from this baby blanket I made last summer). After edging with one round
of dc in white, I added a round of dc (US: sc) in green.
I wanted an actual stripe of green, not a row of little
stitches, so I went round the back loops only of the green, with a htr (US:
hdc) in white.
A pretty edge is a must for a baby blanket, but big ruffles wouldn't suit this small piece. So I went for
a little picot-type border with dc, ch1, dc in every other stitch. Easy peasy!
Now that this blanket is finished, it’s time to face the
music with the hexies I have neglected for so long...
Poor little dears, look at them. All rumpled, yarn ends
dangling, a little gang of crochet urchins. Time to clean up these sweet blooms
and get back on track with this project!
I have a very long list of crochet WIPs that I must tend to,
but I don’t want to keep these hexies in the back of the cupboard any longer.
So I will do what women do best: multitask. A few hexie flowers, a few rows on
that purple scarf. A few hexie flowers, the wolf that has been waiting so long
to join Little Red Riding Hood. A
few hexie flowers, the crochet doily lace that I bought fine thread for in
November. I could go on, and on, and on. Life is one big WIP!
What are you hooking this week? As usual, link up below!
Happy crafting!
Chrissie x
