Crazy About Baby!

FINALLY! It’s complete! There is nothing like the feeling of seeing a project fully finished, is there?! Toward the end I was working like mad woman to get it done! Well! Here is my completed blanket for my little boy! I’m very excited as this is OFFICIALLY his first baby blanket.

Below are the various pictures of the pieces as I worked. All the yarn used was Caron Simply Soft. Initially, I was going to sew in the letters to spell his name as well as a crochet car applique which would have all gone on the lower right hand corner. BUUUUT!!! All my color choices for the applique were terribly wrong and it all just blends in with the blanket colors. Either way, I like the simplicity of it now, and looking back, I think adding more stuff to it will be too much!

 

And lastly, behold my awesome kitty who thinks this blankie belongs to her! My fur baby has quite a bit of adjusting ahead of her in anticipation of the new baby! She loves keeping me company while I crochet (aka making it hard to do since she wants to lay on what I’m working on or attack the yarn!)

Chunky Circle Scarf

Hi Everyone!

I have been dying to make a crochet infinity scarf for ages now! Well, I found this handy-dandy pattern for the Chucky Circle Scarf by People’s Web blog. The pattern is really easy to work up and I was able to get this made in 2 days. I have so much Caron Simply Soft yarn at home, so this was super convenient to make (no runs to the store in this crazy cold… BRRRR!).

And yes, I am RAVING about this pattern. I love how quickly it worked up, and I also love how simple it was to create! If you know how to single crochet and double crochet, you pretty much have this pattern down! Also, when complete, it is very warm! I sit in front of the front door of my job and I always catch that nasty cold breeze. I wore the scarf today and it kept me nice and toasty! LOVE!

The texture this creates is absolutely beautiful! When complete, it makes these nifty little starbursts, and the scarf ends up with a nice little ripple.

**However, the only word of caution for this pattern is to watch the gauge. The pattern does warn you that she crochets loosely. I didn’t realize how loosely until I began working on mine. I’m not sure if the problem was that I crochet too tightly! Anyways, when I realized the length was too short, I had to frog it halfway through. Whoops! I ended up using a hook that was a size bigger than recommended in the pattern, 10.5 mm hook. Even then, I had to extend the amount of ch st required for the foundation to make mine long enough.

Regardless of having to start over, I am happy that I worked on this and got it finished so quickly! Try it out!