I have been wanting to share baby Francesca’s blanket with you for the longest time but alas, time, as it does, caught up with me. Subsequently I have crocheted another baby blanket for a great nephew who is due in the next few weeks and knitted and crocheted myself two cowls which were great fun.
I made both baby blankets using trebles – this goes so much faster than double crochet or half treble and will keep baby nice and warm and snug.
I must admit to having, for the first time ever, a problem with this second blanket. I can only think it is the silver strip that is wound into the wool – it was not the easiet to work with and it seems the blanket grew a wee bit on the one end – something else I have never had a problem with before. No matter as it was still made with love.
This knitted cowl is a mini verson of the one I saw over at Sarah’s Place. I say mini as I used a much thinner wool than what was called for and it worked out very well and fits snuggly but lose enough around my neck without me feeling I am being strangled. Pop over to Sarah’s Place for pattern.
For this cowl, I used a 10mm crochet hook and 2 50g balls of tweed wool. I made a chain of 120 which I could have reduced to 110 and then joined the chain with a slip stich to form a complete round. First round, 1 chain, skip first stich and work round in double crochet. Next 7 rounds, 3 chain, skip first stich, work in trebles. Last 2 rounds double crochet.
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