Baby Blanket Gift: New crochet approach
Started on a baby blanket for a friend this weekend. Usually the baby blankets I make are rows and rows of half double crochet. This time I’m taking a clue from the new Craftivity book . The book has exact instructions for many projects, but I enjoy how it sprinkles hints and ideas, and lets you take the ball and roll with it.
The pattern, by Callie Janoff (minister in the Church of Craft), consists of a number of concentric circles, regular spirals, and irregular spirals which all asymetrically come together in the end.
We just found out that our friend is having a boy. I usually like to make babies non-gender-specific colored blankets (usually yellow or green). In this case,I had some really fun blue yarn that would work for this pattern.
No pictures of the blanket yet. I’ll have updates tomorrow. Instead I’ll leave you with some bits of crochet that I may or may not be related to. (I’ll have to check with Mary Lou.) The orange embroidery floss looks familiar. These are TINY lace-like crochet swatches.
Finally, going to see David Sedaris tonight at the Lied Center. His sister Amy is a great comedienne and craftster. For Sarah’s birthday, I got herthe 70s-fab craft book that Amy wrote. It is SUPER FUNNY.