Receiving Blankets

Here is some cute receiving blanket that I crocheted around the edges. I am happy with how they turned out, and hope the new mom they are for will love them as much as I loved making them.

12 Patch Baby Blanket

For the pattern I used LionBrand's Pattern for their 9-Patch Baby Blanket found here. After finishing the pattern I found that this pattern was WAY too small for a baby, so I added an extra row to each side for a total of 12 patches rather that 9. For the edge I did a simple shell.

Border: Sc in any space on the edge, skip next space, work 5 dc in next space, skip next space, repeat from star around the entire blanket until you get to the first sc. Slip stitch in first sc and finish off. It is ok if you don't have the exact amount of spaces needed. Just kinda fudge it a little. It will look the same.

Double-sided Star Shaped Blanket

Side A

Side B

I designed this adorable little star blanket hoping to use up some extra yarn I had laying around. I ended up buying way more yarn to finish it, and the yarn I used was really thin so the blanket didn't look quite right to me. Hence the reason for it being double sided. In the future I am sure I will use worsted weight yarn instead, but this did turn out beautifully if I do say so myself.

For the main pattern I used Beth's Little Star Afghan Pattern found here.

I used Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn in Soft Blue and White.

You will need 2 skeins of each color.

For Side A I followed the Little Star Pattern, started with soft blue and a size H crochet hook.

Rounds 1-16 in soft blue

Rounds 17-20 in white

Round 18 in soft blue

Rounds 19-22 in white

Round 23 in soft blue

Round 24 in white

For Side B

Rounds 1-16 in white

Rounds 17-20 in soft blue

Round 18 in white

Rounds 19-22 in soft blue

Round 23 in white

Round 24 in soft blue

After completing the 2 pieces I put the wrong sides together, and making sure I started in the same stitch of each side, I did a single crochet to connect the two sides. This turned out to be a luxuriously soft baby blanket, and I loved it!

Cute Jacket I Crocheted

Well after about a year of not doing anything crafty, I decided to pick it up again since I know somebody who is about to have a baby. I wanted to try making a jacket, since all I have really done is hats and blankets. I wanted something unique, and something that wasn't old fashioned looking. I'm not really a fan of those vintage patterns. So this is my finished project, it turned out really cute and only took me about 3 days to complete. I used a pattern I bought off the internet, and it works up really quickly. For the pattern go to monpetitviolon.etsy.com and type in Sorrento Hooded Cardigan, and I think it was only like $3.99. Pretty cheap.

Here is the final result, I found this adorable onesie at Walmart for 2 bucks, it has cute little stars on it, and these dark beige pants to match. It tied my whole outfit together. I was very pleased.

Here is the outfit I'm going to put in the gift box.

Oh so cute wooden buttons were so charming.

The back of the jacket.

The front of the jacket.