shop update: rainbow blanket

 i just listed this rainbow throw blanket in my shop !  i made it from the catherine's wheel pattern, and these are my favorite blankets to make ever.
i'm also going to be listing some baby blankets in a few different color combinations soon.

ps,, also, thank you all for the birthday wishes!!

pattern: zig zag blanket

i made this custom queen sized mint and cream blanket for Devon, and i was so pleased with how it came out! i'd love to make one for myself one of these days.

pattern: zig zag blanket

i used:

5.5 mm crochet hook

caron simply soft yarn in soft green and off white (about 18 skeins for this queen sized blanket)

scissors

yarn needle to weave in ends

chain a multiple of 28 stitches (for this queen size blanket, i chained 336)

row 1:  turn. ch 2. 2 dcs in 3rd ch from hook, *10 dcs, dc3together 2 times, 10 dcs, (3 dcs in next stitch) 2 times* ; repeat from * to * across, ending with 3 dcs in last ch.

row 2: turn. ch 2. 2 dcs in first dc, *10 dcs, dc3together 2 times, 10 dcs, (3 dcs in next stitch) 2 times* ; repeat from * to * across, ending with 3 dcs in turning chain.

repeat row 2.

for this 2 color blanket,i switched colors after every seven rows.

this week

new year moving

we moved again! to savannah again! we just got here yesterday and i've been working on unpacking in our bright tiny apartment. which has stairs, which fig really likes.

i've also been working on crochet ideas for the new year, and one of them is baby and throw blankets. these two are for my friend Corrine, but i'll be adding some blankets when i re-open my shop soon!

in our apartment

i hang out in our living room, with my finished blanket on the couch and the horse paint by number i did when i was 12.

i work on some new sweaters and chevron patterns, also a lace dress and a cape

i eat roasted sweet potatoes which are my favorite 

i write return letters to some of my besties

and i start to pack. we found out that things are going to be moving faster than we planned, mike got an internship at a studio in northern california, and me and fig will be living in minnesota for the next little while. starting in three and a half weeks!

weekend

some things i do

last week i decided i need to finally crochet a blanket. right now it's just the size of a throw blanket, but i am planning to keep going until it's nice and big. so that is what i worked on a lot this weekend, just using mostly yarn i already had. and the best part is that i can cover up in it as i work now that it's getting real blanket sized.  here is the catherine's wheel stitch i've been using:

using colors A and B

with color A, ch a multiple of 10 stitches, plus one

row 1:  turn. ch 1, 2 sc,  *skip 3 chs, 7 dcs in next st, sk 3 chs, 3 scs* ; repeat from * to * ending with 2 scs. 

row 2:  turn.  change to color b, ch 2.  dc4together over (sc, sc, dc, dc),  *ch 3, 3 scs, ch 3, dc7tog over (dc, dc, sc, sc, sc, dc, dc)*;  repeat from * to * across, ending with dc4tog over (dc, dc, sc, sc), sk tch. 

row 3:  turn.  ch 2.  4 dcs in dc4tog,  *sk ch-3, 3 scs, sk ch-3, 7 dcs in dc7tog*;  repeat from * to * across, ending with 4 dcs in dc4tog, sk turning ch. 

row 4:  turn.  change to color a, ch 1.  2 scs,  *ch 3, dc7tog (over dc, dc, sc, sc, sc, dc, dc),  ch 3,  3 scs*;  repeat from * to * across, ending with 2 scs, sk turning ch.

repeat rows 1-4

 also this weekend was really nice outside, so we took our pig to the park

 and i got some packages ready to send

and i acquired this owl bank i had been wanting. pale green is one of my faves.

-l