Brynlee's Baby Blanket

Hello everyone!

If you follow me on Instagram, then you have seen a few black and white photos on my feed in the past couple weeks. If you don't follow me on Instagram - well shame on you! - you should click here and start following the fun!  

It is finally time to reveal the colors of the baby blanket that I had to post in black and white!  

FYI - I had to post in B&W because I didn't want to ruin the surprise for the mommy-to-be, but I will be at the baby shower when this post is scheduled to go live.  So, no more worrying about ruining the surprise.

I thought about so many different patterns to crochet for this baby blanket.

I was set on the colors I wanted to use - Brynlee's nursery is peacock theme, so this was my way of going with that, without being to matchy-matchy.

The good old granny square seemed to be the perfect fit to show off how fun these colors are.

A simple scalloped edge seemed to be the perfect edging for this project.

I am so in love with this blanket!

I think my dear friend, Holly, will enjoy wrapping up little Brynlee with this granny square blanket.

Thank you all for coming by to check out this baby blanket!  

Enjoy your day!

Solid Circle in Square

Hello and Happy Wednesday!!

I recently made an afghan using squares with circles inside of them.  I was originally planning to make and keep the blanket for myself, and I wanted it to be completely solid.  No toes sticking through it while cuddling on the couch!

Well, I ended up making it into a baby afghan, because I had other projects come in and I did not want this cute afghan to be cast into the pile of "I will finish it later", since I just got done finishing all of the projects I had in that pile and I do not want to start a new one!

Here is a collage of the Lollipop Circles and Squares afghan.

I was asked for the pattern on Instagram, but did not follow a pattern since I could not find a square with a prominent circle that was completely solid.  There is a similar square by Manner's Crochet and Craft that is similar.  I almost used this square, but I didn't want the hole in the middle of the circle, and I needed a bigger square (the bigger the square the less squares I would need to join).

So, I got my hook and yarn and started to experiment.

This is how I do my version of the circle in the square, granny.

You will need:

5.5 mm crochet hook

worsted weight yarn (I used Red Heart Super Saver)

scissors

needle

Abbreviations:

ch - chain

sl st = slip stitch

dc - double crochet

tr - treble crochet

Pattern:

ch 3

Row 1: 12 dc in 3rd ch from hook, sl st into first dc (12 dc)

Row 2: ch 2, 2dc in first dc and in each dc around, sl st into first dc (24 dc)

Row 3: ch 2, *1 dc in first dc, 2 dc in next dc** repeat from * to** around, sl st into first dc (36 dc)

Fasten Off

Join contrasting color with a sl st to any dc

Row 4: ch 2, 1 dc in each of the first 4 dc, *(1 dc, 2 tr, 1 dc) in next dc, 1 dc in each of the next 8 dc** repeat from *to** twice, (1 dc, 2 tr, 1 dc) in next dc, 1 dc in each of the next 4 dc, sl st into first dc 

Row 5: ch 2, 1 dc in each of the next 5 dc, *(2 dc, 1tr) in first tr, (1tr, 2 dc) in next tr, 1 dc in each of the next 10 dc** repeat from *to** twice, (2dc, 1 tr) in first tr, (1 tr, 2 dc) in next tr, 1 dc in each of the next 5 dc, sl st into first dc

Fasten off and weave in ends

Here are row by row photos.

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

Row 4

Row 5...FINISHED!!!

~Best Wishes~