I recently learned some wonderful news, we have another great
niece or nephew on the way.
How lucky are we that our family keeps growing! My lovely niece Hailey is expecting her
first child. Now what is a great
auntie to do when the parents to be are not going to find out if it is a boy or girl? Why create two blankets of course. I’m knitting a pink basket weave patterned blanket for a
little girl. I’ve knit the pattern
numerous times so a pink version will be a fun easy knit. For a baby boy?
I found this adorable pattern ‘all star blanket’ by designer Doris Chan to crochet.
The yarn is elsebeth lavold Eucool that I've in stash. The colors; blue, red, tan and creame
for the squares and brown for the connecting rows and trim.
The magic of this
pattern is how the shapes of the individual squares change with every round; Round one a circle, round two
creates the star, round three a circle again and round four the square shape that will
make up the blanket.
Magic!
I'm thinking 30x30, so I'll need about 36 squares. I’m loving watching it progress.
Stay tuned for the ta-da…
Hi Karen!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the new baby coming!
I love this pattern so much that I checked out the link for the book.
I just ordered myself a slightly used copy from Amazon. Gotta love Amazon!
We just recently got the good news that our youngest, Chelsea is expecting in May. I might have to do up the same blankie.
Can't wait to see the "ta~da" on yours :)))
Happy Day to You Dearie!
Danette
Karen this is going to be gorgeous--I can't wait to see it finished! Love the colors-- you have a great eye for combining colors. Carry on-- can't wait to see it!
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those are beautiful crochet star squares that will make a nice blanket! congratulations on your growing family as well that is great news :) love your blog it's so warm and inviting :)
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It's Thanksgiving Day, and our family eats an early dinner instead of lunch. Just now there is a lull between the hectic preparations and all the guests arriving for the meal. I wanted to take some of that time to visit my blogging friends. I needed to say thank you. Thank you for the inspiration you provide here in your place and for the comments you leave behind when you visit mine. Happy Thanksgiving, friend.
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