Today we look at the newest blanket Cotton Waves Crochet Baby Blanket. I love the cotton yarn which is especially nice to crochet with in the summer heat. I will show you my newest painted pieces and there is a quick blurb about what Mercerization is and why it’s important for cotton yarn.
Yarn Cakes and Projects
I’ve been making yarn cakes with the yarn winder. As my daughter says its mesmerizing to watch especially the yarn cake style yarns. The cake changes from one color to another as you turn the handle. It’s the end of several 4 or 5 projects and time to gather all the partial skeins and put them away. The yarn box erupted all over the living room and a hostile takeover of yarn and crochet books was happening. There is a very important party next week. I hardly ever have parties but this is for family and in honor of our newest grandbaby. She is soon to maker her arrival in the coming weeks and we might get to see her if this virus settles down.
In the process of winding all the yarn into cakes I’ve come across several crochet blankets in process and my goal for the rest of the year is to finish what I start. It will be nice to finish these afghans and put them in the shop. Hopefully they are finished sooner rather than later. How many blankets are in line. It reads like a who’s who of blanket designs; a ripple, a hexagon, 2 stitch samplers, a scrap granny square blanket, 2 cotton baby blankets, a linen stitch afghan, and a corner to corner. That is more blankets started than I thought there were. If you add the other little projects it is quite a list of at least 14 projects. I need to get this list finished.
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Cotton Waves Crochet Baby Blanket
Here is one of the first patterns I’ve written in a long time. This new baby blanket pattern is now available. It uses Lion Brand 24/7 cotton exclusively. It is a wonderful mercerized cotton yarn
What is mercerized you ask?
“Mercerized cotton threads have a beautiful luster. A. Mercerizing is a process of treating cotton thread (and fabric) in a caustic solution under tension, which causes the fibers to swell. This process allows dye to better penetrate the fibers, thereby increasing the luster while also strengthening the thread” according to www.superiorthreads.com
The colors in this new baby afghan are incredible and they should stay that way due to the mercerization.
Gorgeous colors and vibrant stripes finish out this beautiful striped baby blanket. The cotton will wash softer and softer just like your favorite jeans while the colors retain their vibrancy.
The baby blanket is 36″ long x 30 1/2″ wide.
You can find the pattern here on Etsy and here in the shop.
Painting
The week has been long and not much painting has happened except for plain solid colors. These metal bar stools with nice wood seats were on the sidewalk at River CIty Trading Post recently. Aren’t they perfect. Grey and red are one of my favorite color combinations.
Talk to you later,
Karen
Hi. I made the granny Afghan ombré pattern years ago and I want to make three lap blankets out of the same pattern and yarn
I think 35×40 is lap blanket size. I need to know how much yarn to order of each of the many colors and how many stitches to cast on if using an h I or j hook. I can’t remember what the pattern called for. I would probably use a J hook.
Can you help me with this so I don’t over buy on the yarn. I can certainly go a bit larger but don’t want to go smaller.
Anne Horne. Itrustujesus@gmail.com
Hi Anne,
You aren’t the only one that has asked me this question lately. The next blog post should tell you how to figure this out. I know it will set you free on adapting striped patterns for enlarging or minimizing striped crochet patterns. I hope it helps. Life has been pretty busy here and I’m sorry this response is so late in coming. I’m writing as fast as I can to answer this question for you.
Thanks,
Karen