Thick Striped Baby Blanket

This blanket was a gift for my cousin's son, Seamus, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

To make a blanket like this, the Chunky Crochet Baby Blanket Tutorial provides easy-to-follow instructions. As I've mentioned before, my favorite thing about this pattern is how creative you can be.  You can use three colors like I did with the Thick & Quick Baby Blanket or use two colors like I did with the Pittsburgh Steelers Kid's Scarves.

For this project, I decided to try a two color variation but with stripes.  The colors were inspired by my cousin's father who passed away last spring-- one of Uncle Dennis's favorite things was John Deere tractors.

For yarn, I used:
- Red Heart with Love, Pewter (1-1/2 skeins, 370 yards each)
- Red Heart Super Saver, Glowworm (1 skein, 364 yards)
- Red Heart Super Saver, Bright Yellow (1 skein, 364 yards)

To achieve the striped pattern, I used a size M crochet hook and crocheted six rows of single crochet stitches with gray and green yarn. When I got to the end of the sixth row, I snipped the green yarn.  Then, I tied the green and yellow yarns together and continued with six rows of gray and yellow.  I continued switching back and forth between green/gray and yellow/gray.

The blanket measures approximately 29 inches by 35 inches, and would be great for tummy-time or even as a crib blanket.

I hope this gives you some new ideas and inspiration for using this pattern.  See-- the possibilities are endless!  Happy stitching!

Jilliane


Update:  Seamus Theodore was born on December 9 and he's adorable!

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Pittsburgh Steelers Kid's Scarves

Last winter, I was feeling motivated and decided to make black and yellow Pittsburgh Steelers scarves for our three nephews who are big Steelers fans.  I wanted each scarf to be unique so that the boys could tell them apart from each other, so I picked these three distinct patterns.  If my memory serves me right, I used Caron's Simply Soft yarn-- one skein each in black and yellow.

Scarf #1:

I followed Red Heart's Rib Crochet Striped Pattern and then added some fringe on the ends.  (This scarf was so soft and squishy!)

Scarf #2:  

I adapted the Chunky Crochet Baby Blanket tutorial slightly to achieve this look with two strands of yarn-- with more fringe, of course.

Scarf #3:

I followed the Crochet Crowd's video tutorial for the wave/ripple pattern and then added fringe to finish it up.  

I hope this gives you some inspiration... Happy stitching!

Jilliane


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