This is a sweet little baby blanket set. The flowers are crocheted as the blanket and the hat are crocheted together.
 Only one side has the lovely white flowers with the yellow centers.
Talk to you later,
Karen
Tag: crochet baby blanket
New Baby Blankets
I must start a new crochet afghan. I finished the last one a week ago and also some new baby blankets. I haven’t crocheted much since. Secretly, I am exhausted. Getting well and healing is hard work. I had my first physical therapy appointment today. Wow, I am tired. I will admit that I have lost some inches while on the crutches. I noticed this when I cinched up my belt yesterday. Crutches are just a whole body workout for the arms, upper body and abs. Not to mention, standing on one foot while doing everything that requires standing. So, over the last three months I have lost about two inches overall but, I am tired, deeply tired. I hope the tired phase passes quickly and that I never find the inches I have lost. While I am resting,  I need to start another crochet blanket. If I had my choice I would go buy some more yarn in addition to the large order I just had delivered via the USPS. It is a chunkier yarn somewhere between the Stylecraft I have been using and the Lion brand chunky of the boot cuffs. The pattern is cool and I am excited to get it kicked into high gear. I started it about four months ago, trying out a new pattern and it has this wonderful visual texture of skinny and thick stripes.
We will see how I feel later today about shopping and buying new yarn. Here is a look at what I have finished this past week.
It is gorgeous and I love the textures in it. I am really tempted to make more just like it in nice wonderful solid colors. I also stitched up some baby blankets.
This one has a nice lacy border that I was trying out.
I love the colors in this baby afghan. It is just so bright and joyous!
Here is the last one. A pretty blanket for a baby girl.
Well, I shall go off and think about which blanket pattern I want to try! I hope I get it settled pretty soon.
Talk to you later,
Karen
p.s. I’m sorry I wasn’t blogging more last week. The shenanigans in Washington D.C. had me really angry. So, while I blogged a lot to burn off some steam, I decided not to post any of it. The rest of the blogosphere was really doing a great job talking about it on their own without my 2 cents.
Blue baby blanket
Who needs anymore stress on Monday? So here are some beautiful photos of a blue baby blanket that I just finished and shipped off on Saturday!
I simply love the beautiful colors and it is wonderfully soft. It is 36″ square. It was a custom order and started from these beautiful yarns. It was a super quick crochet job as I started it on Sunday and shipped on Saturday!
I am working on another custom order now and it is huge. I believe it is going to take 150 crocheted granny squares. Yes, 150! Yikes, I have a plan though and it is happening pretty quickly. I have about 80 centers worked now. I will show you more at a later this week.
See you on Tuesday!
Karen
Baby Granny Blanket
This is a fun little granny square baby blanket that I crocheted up quickly a week or so ago. I started it during the move and then ran out of yarn as I only picked up one skein. So I added the green and pink to make it large enough. It starts with a 20 round granny square of the multi-color yarn. Then it has a row of green, another variegated round and two rounds of pink. I then added sweet little two round granny squares to the ends to make the blanket a rectangle.The whole thing is bordered with two rows of green and the pink scalloped border. Here is a detail photo of the cute little granny squares. 
I apologize for the snap shots of the baby afghan. I have lost my good camera sometime during the move. I really think it is hidden in a box that is not unpacked yet. Hopefully it will turn up soon. This pretty little blanket will be in the shop as soon as some decent photos are taken. It was really just a quick little fun project! The good news is that I used up the variegated yarn.
What have you been working on?
Talk to you later,
Karen
P.S. I can always make one in blue and white for that baby boy in your life!
New baby blanket
I just had to show my newest creation Noelle’s baby blanket. It is a custom order baby blanket and I just love the colors. They are a bit daring and different for this part of the country. It completely updates the granny square afghan and in beautiful modern colors. The yarn  is soft, cuddly and completely washable. Pop it in the washer and the dryer and have it out clean and ready to go in no time. Perfect for new babies.
Check out the bright and beautiful granny stripes.
Completely bordered with granny circles. This beautiful baby afghan is finished with beautiful scalloped edging and a ChocolateDogStudio tag. There is a teeny tiny baby bonnet with flower to go with it. I am so excited that it turned out so well. It was tricky to get it finished while moving from one state to another. So finishing it on time was the icing on the cake. This one won’t be in the Chocolate Dog Studio shop but I sure hope to make another in a similar style also complete with bonnet! So keep checking back and I hope to have the next one up quickly.
You can find the pattern here.
talk to you later,
Karen