I crocheted this baby blanket out of stash yarn my MIL had. I didn't know that we were having a baby boy when I started, but I love the stripes for either sex anyway. The green yarn is a 'shimmer' type of yarn that has the tiniest bit of sparkle, and the white is really more of an off white color. I still have enough yarn left over to knit a baby cap on my handy knitting loom and enough to try my hand at some baby booties.
I made the blanket by doing a simple double crochet. 72 stitches wide and 5 rows per stripe. So simple, I heart double crochet. Simple to do, but looks totally hard.I also finished two pouch-style baby slings from some fabulous fabric I got at Jo Anns. The fabric is a sweatshirt type material and is fleece lined. I used this page to get some general direction. More specifically, I used the video on that page as a guideline. Easy Peasy.
Because I couldn't decide on a single sling type that I really liked, I decided to make a few different styles, so there will be a few more slings posted in the future :)
I also made something NOT for the baby :)
This scarf was made for my brother's girlfriend. Again, a double crochet and super easy. It's made from some leftover Homestyle yarn from Lion Brand. The yarn was in my grandma's stash and she didn't know what to do with it, so she gave it to me. It was kind of hard to work with, but it turned out cute.
And a close up detail of the stitches...
That's all I have for now. I hope to get a few more things done this week so I have another post. Viva Refashion!!!
1 comment:
The sling is very cute. Have you ever done "babywearing" before? I have a ring sling that I made when I was pregnant and my son hated it when he was first born. He preferred the mei tai that I made instead. Once he got a little bigger, he LOVED the ring sling! I loved that he was close by and I could push a loaded shopping cart with two hands!
He is now 8 months old and about 25pounds and I still carry him around faithfully. We also practice elimination communication and it really helps with that too. Have fun trying out different slings, it's a lot of fun! Congrats on your soon to be little boy!!!
Ps. I found you on wardrobe refashion. Love that place!
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