After a very long and painful wait trying to adopt, my cousin finally got word she was going to get a baby girl. I had already had my eye on a few patterns for a baby blanket for her when the time came, so I pulled up all my bookmarked patterns and looked through the yarn I had trying to decide which was right for her. I am a member of
www.ravelry.com and I got the Rainbow Ripple Baby Blanket pattern by Celeste Young from Ravelry as a free download. If you crochet or knit and you are not a member of that site, go join now. :)
I found the pattern to be very easy to follow. It was well written and all the stitch counts came out correctly. I changed up the color combinations and the number of rows per color to fit my own color palette, and that was not difficult to do either. I used cotton yarn which made it very soft. I got a lot of compliments on this afghan and my cousin has used the afghan in several of this sweet baby's portraits since her birth 5 months ago.
Don't you just want to squeeze her!!
I love the colors you chose. I started working on a blanket just like this YEARS ago, but I used sage green and dark green yarn... I never finished it! I got tired of going around and around and around and around and around... Great job. I should finish mine... one day. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I know I'm crazy, because my sister always talks about how she prefers granny square blankets because it breaks up the monotony.... I love the ripple pattern best, though.
DeleteOh I love this blanket. It makes me want to crochet. I've tried it. In fact I have the supplies around here somewhere. I am a professional novice. Meaning I know one stitch, have never followed a pattern, but managed to make three baby blankets anyway. I'm so tempted to try this next, it's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm a sucker for baby blankets. It is one of my favorite things to make.
DeleteThat is a beautiful blanket! Nice work! And the diaper cover is darling too.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Can't take credit for the cover though. haha.
DeleteThat is such a fabulous blanket and a fantastic photo! What a sweeeetie!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create!
<3 Christina
Thanks! And thanks for featuring my door mat! Excellent vacation present. :)
DeleteHow pretty! Congrats to her and it's such a cute little baby (and butt!)
ReplyDeleteThanks! She is precious!
DeleteWhat a great blanket! And yes I just wanna squeeze her! Thanks for sharing!
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