Just recently I haven't talked much about anything crafty because I have got fed up talking about something I've started but not finished. I wanted to show something I've finished so here it is!
A crocheted blanket for either a premature baby or to go over a baby in a car seat etc. It is done in some cheap baby DK and a size 4.00mm (F) hook. The pattern can be found here. I changed the border as there seemed to be too many stitches and it wasn't laying flat and I didn't like so I omitted the middle row and altered the way I did the other 2 rows.
It was very quick to and I've started another one and bought more yarn for yet another one. I will be giving them to our local hospital. There is a stall selling donated knitted and crocheted items for babies and small children. The money raised goes towards things for the special care baby unit I think.
Recognise these 2 yarns? I bought them at a show last year (can't remember which one, If you are really interested you could find out from a previous post). Of course I haven't done anything with them.
Yesterday afternoon I decided to do something with the lower one. I am crocheting it into a shawl and am using a pattern I found through Raverly called Muffin's stole. The blog I got it off is Norwegian but the photos were quite clear so I was able to follow what to do. Knitting or crocheting a shawl was one of my 2008 goals so if I finish it I will have achieved at least one of this year's goals. I haven't achieved any of them yet and we are half way through the year!I have decided to bow out of Nicole's 2 colour quilt challenge as I really haven't got time at present to do it and I really want to finish what I've got started. Once I've finished one of the quilts I've got on the go I will start this 2 colour quilt as I am keen on it and I've got an idea I want to try out on it.
6 comments:
Lovely little blanket!
I also have a husband who is not of a romantic 'bent'. I don't like gushy stuff either, but I would love to have received those flowers! Somehow they just mean so much, don't they...
I think that unexpected flowers are far more romantic than the token every Friday night bunch of flowers that some people get.
The shawl looks really nice and I think the colours that you have chosen for the Muffin stole are just gorgeous.
The blanket is gorgeous!
What a lovely bouquet! Beautiful crochet piece! Thanks for sharing!
The flowers are beautiful! I agree it's more special when it's from the heart and not from habit.
I love the yarns. Can't wait to see the shawl.
What beautiful flowers! How lucky are you? Love the little baby blankets , that is such a generous thing to do. I also find I get sick of not having finished anything, I always have plenty on the go but don't seem to have the time or are as quick as others who are forever showing completed projects!!
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