Well here we are on the very last day of the year and i ve been working on my usual end of year review posts which i always enjoy.
Attic 24 cosy stripe baby blanket.
By lucy of attic24.
By lucy of attic24.
I was beginning to assemble all my crochet photos from 2014 when i suddenly realised that i hadn t shared a proper ta dah moment for my cosy stripe blanket dear oh dear how very slack of me.
With such beautiful bedding even simple furniture will be eye catching.
Oooooooooooo i almost forgot before i dash off to collect my delicious little people from school i just want to quickly give you a little bit more info about the baby blanket yarn.
There are more than 1500 versions of it on ravelry and today s post is a still growing compilation of various color schemes and takes on this project.
By lucy of attic24.
Please meet our next eye catching blanket.
Next i had to decide on the size of the blanket.
However i am now on the last row of edging only finished one side but i feel that it is making the blanket fluted wavy along the edge and not lying flat.
By lucy of attic24.
By lucy of attic24.
The red and pink stripes are still work in progress more pictures to follow in part 2.
These 15 balls are enough to make a single bed size blanket with a finished size of approximately 4ft x 6ft 120 cm x 180 cm.
The pattern recommends starting with a chain of anything that is a multiple of 3.
If you are using the attic24 cosy pack of yarn colours that s them in the bag above i ll be sharing the progress of my own cosy stripe blanket including the exact random.
New to crochet and have been to five classes so my cosy stripe blanket is miniature size in baby colours to fit a pram and delighted with my results.
I have used 15 x 100g balls of stylecraft special dk worked on a 4mm hook to make my cosy stripe blanket.
As you all know i decided to share this blanket journey each and.
As you know it s from the us and is a jil eaton yarn called minnowmerino a worsted weight single ply 100 merino yarn with a micron count as lovely as.
Now pink and red completed see here cosy stripe blanket part 2 the size and hook.
A cozy stripe blanket free crochet pattern.
By lucy of attic24.
All you need to think about is the quantity it takes roughly 15 x 100g balls to make a single bed size blanket and twice as many to make a full king size bed blanket.