baby blanket

Green Summer Granny Blanket

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This Spring, as is normal, there is once again a mini “baby boom” amongst my friends and colleagues at work. I’ve 4 baby blankets to make in the span of 1.5 months. On top of moving, getting a shed redone (see other post) and everything else going on – somehow I have found time to work up two baby blankets very quickly.

What do you do for 6 hours waiting on your GNIB residency permit? Well, you make a baby blanket, of course. The Second one of the 4 I made is a pale green & dark green blanket in acrylic yarn. This is for some friends who aren’t going to find out the baby’s gender until after it comes. Thus, the “neutral” green.

What do you do for 6 hours waiting on your GNIB residency permit? Crochet nearly an entire baby blanket- that's what!! #waiting #boredom #gnib #ireland #residency #crochet #crochetaddict #creative #babyblanket #green #grannysquare #phoenixrosedesign #dub

This one was completed May 20, 2014, and most of it was done in a single day. It’s made in single strand crochet, and is a light airy summery soft feel to it. I’m sure, being that they live in Utah, it’ll be a big hit.

As always, you can find lovely creations like this in my shop – Phoenix Rose Design on Etsy

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Non Traditional Granny Blanket

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This Spring, as is normal, there is once again a mini “baby boom” amongst my friends and colleagues at work. I’ve 4 baby blankets to make in the span of 1.5 months. On top of moving, getting a shed redone (see other post) and everything else going on – somehow I have found time to work up two baby blankets very quickly.

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The first one is a non traditional baby blanket for a little boy. The colors are mulberry, olive green, and airforce blue.

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The trim is in blue and the olive green, with a picot type edging on it. I think it turned out rather well – considering it took me 3 evenings (about 6 hours) from start to finish in double crochet acrylic yarn.

Non-Traditional colored Granny rectangle baby crochet Afghan in Mulberry, Olive, and Airforce blue. Completed June 10,2014. #crochet #phoenixrosedesign #handmade #handwork #craft #boy #craftylady #skills #creative #yarn #mulberry #olive #airforce #blue #c

As always, you can find lovely creations like this in my shop – Phoenix Rose Design on Etsy

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6 Sided Granny Square Baby Blanket

6 sided Granny Baby Blanket crochet

My latest Crochet work is a baby blanket using scrap yarn. This has been in the works off and on for the last few months as I would finish a project and then have a bunch of yarn left over. It’s not very big, as I realized it won’t lay flat, but it will do to cover a newborn in a carseat or a moses type basket. You can also see where I ran out of some of the colors – eg. the blue and the Yellow – or where the weights of the yarn weren’t quite the same (thus the double strand green / white edge).

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I’m thinking I’ll try this again – but learn to modify the Granny pattern (to have more single crochet) in between each set of 3 stitches as it gets bigger. I’m hopeful that will make the blanket lay flat as it develops.

6 sided Granny Baby Blanket crochet

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