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Related: About this forumWorking on a baby blanket for a shower on Nov 13.
Right now I am practicing the stitch pattern on some junk yarn. The stitch is called Sober Granny. It is similar to Drunken Granny; the stitch sequence is a bit smaller.
Fortunately, baby blankets work up really fast.
I am making the blanket in pink and gray.This is a rather popular color combination this year. This future mom and another one have both chosen this as a color theme.
There is a third blanket, for a boy. He is also the 3rd baby for this family so I wanted to make something just for him. Looking for good color combo for a baby boy, and a good stitch/pattern.
There are so many designs! Thanks to You Tube I have found so many that are new to me.
mercuryblues
(15,266 posts)magnetarowlfish
(11 posts)I adore neutral baby colors like green and yellow. I have a boy and I mostly wear green, yellow, and blue
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)yarns. I love that kind of yarn.
After discussion with my daughter and the mother of the new mom I decided to make it larger than a baby blanket. My daughter said she got a lot of blankets but many of them were too small after just a few months.
So this one is large enough that the mom can snuggle with the baby in it, use it as a coverlet on the bed she grows into after crib days are over, drape over a chair etc . If I have enough yarn left I may make one for the carseat.
I used Painbox yarn which is very reasonably price; I ordered it from Lovecraft. The ladies who do the video tutorials really praised this yarn so I thought I would give it a try. I love this yarn!! It comes in 56 colors in the acrylic version.
For my boy baby blanket I am thinking of a shaded blue ombre or a cake yarn with a lot of different blues I am not thinking about those two blankets right away.
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)this is the blanket I made a year ago
I used V stitch
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)His name is Adrian.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNGOeExbkufDP-dV-NXtOSXz35jCvFt_hAs8ORp
This was Birch and blue Bernat Pop
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)this is the Sober Granny stitch. Stitch detail https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNInrc23fr-DFiYiknFSddFrcEo6AZASy11FZpj
Yarn is Paintbox
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNAUXdDB_o-TUn45-1aq2GQceSg-IcfDhu3yQIy
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)Yarn is Bernat Pop cake yarn Ebony & Ivory It is just a regular granny stitch
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOFRGUqOAH23YaEfCLipNTBjWWYsGfn0eD1eJ0z
I am working on another one with this yarn; the stitch is a larksfoot.
I love learning a new stitch. I got bored doing just granny stitches
This one is a rectangular granny also with Bernat Pop I don't remember the name of the colorway though
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOkIGU4dd3YoxvE3JRq7mxKE4IBnUtrP6GhNIch
I didn't realize how many I had actually made!!!!