New Baby Blanket in Progress

This is the fifth baby blanket I’m crocheting this year. But unlike the previous ones, the work on this one is moving very slowly.

The winter months are over and the clock has been switched for the daytime savings, which means less crocheting time for me. The weather is warm and sunny, and I have started working in my garden.

Gardening is another lifelong hobby of mine. I grow flowers, vegetables, and berries. Earlier this year I planted three fruit trees.

But back to the blanket.

It’s my own pattern, and I write down notes along crocheting. Once the blanket is finished, I’ll share the pattern. I use Snuggly Wuggly yarn by Loops & Threads. In the picture, the color seems cream, but in reality it’s bright yellow.

My babies are taking their naps right now, so I’m off to the garden.

I hope you all are having a great week!

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 6

If you have gotten this far without any trouble, the rest should be a piece of cake!

From now on, we are going to repeat our pattern starting with Row 2 and ending with Row 7. We need to repeat the pattern additional 14 times. That will give us the total of

7 + 6*14 = 91

91 rows!

The picture below shows Rows 2-7 worked one additional time. That is 13 rows in total (7 + 6 = 13)

And this picture shows how my baby blanket is growing in size, but it’s not big enough yet.

And finally here I have 91 rows!

In the next step we will work on the trim of our lacy baby blanket. I'll post it next week.

Lacy Baby Blanket, Free Pattern

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 1

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 2

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 3

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 4 

Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 5

Croco Flower

I’m not sure why this flower is called “croco”. But I think “croco” is short for crocodile. The petals of this flower resemble crocodile stitch, and perhaps that’s where the flower got its name.

The pattern was designed and shared by Bonita Patterns. Click here to see the free pattern.

The flower was quick to make and the pattern was straightforward to follow.

However, the petals on my flower didn’t come out as pointy as in the original pattern. I guess it depends on what kind of yarn one uses. But otherwise I love this pattern!

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Easter Egg Crochet Ornament

To make these eggs, I used small amounts of yarn (Snugly Wuggly by Loops & Threads, and Pound of Love by Lion Brand)  left from the baby blankets I made. Soft baby colors were perfect for making Easter eggs.

The size is about 1 ¾ by 1 ½ inches. And I used US size E hook.

Ch 5, join into a ring with a sl st.

Working into ring: ch 3, dc, tr, ch 1 ,tr, 11 dc; join with a sl st into 3^rd ch of beginning ch-3.

Fasten off. Wave in the end.