Shell Stitch Baby Blanket
So that project I wasn’t mentioning: I’ve been spending my time making a little blanket for a friend who is having her first baby. I finally gave it to her today so now I can talk about it! I had lots of fun making this, it was a neat little project, and quite pretty when it was finished.
The details: It was made from four colors of Bernat Organic Natural Cotton Solid in muslin, hemp, cactus and mineral spring. It is (obviously) organic cotton which is quite lovely in person. I chose it because it’s (1) eminently washable, which is awesome for babies and (2) a fiber that gets softer with more use and washings. Pretty awesome. The pattern is pretty obviously named and is from Lion Brand (it was actually designed for Lion Brand’s organic cotton but I didn’t like the colors). The blanket is the crochet shell stitch baby blanket. I love shell stitch! Makes a great edging.
When I was done with the blanket, I had some yarn left over and so I decided to make a couple of toys. Not that I have patterns, I just kind of decided to make some rattles and this is what resulted. They’re soft and bitable and washable, too. My cat took quite a shine to them and tried to take them, so I might make a couple for her, too.
Here’s some detail – the stitch, for example. Also, the thing about switching colors is that it produced lots and lots and lots of stray ends, as you can see. Weaving them all in was quite an interesting challenge, and made me tempted to make it a fringed blanket. I think perhaps after this I might now be capable of doing some mighty nice and fine tapestry crochet.
So! Quite a happy little project.
5 Comments
feel free to leave a few words of your own...Vicki — Fri Nov 28, 2008 at 12:33 am (link)It’s so lovely! The colours are just wonderful. Although that picture with all the ends gave me the chills; I do hate weaving ends.
Abby — Wed Dec 3, 2008 at 2:25 pm (link)you’re a great secret-keeper and even better crocheter (word?). AND a good friend to boot! A real Renaissance lady.
Oh, my grandparents had the same plates you just brought home.
Abby
Miriam — Wed Dec 3, 2008 at 10:40 pm (link)Vicki – the ends were by far the most laborious and time-consuming portion. I was thinking the blanket was going to look like it got a little too personal with a hedgehog.
_medieval_ lady, hehe
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