Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Pink Afghan

One of my best friends from high school just had her first baby, a girl named Hannah.I've been working on this afghan for a couple of months now, on and off. It's basically like a giant granny square. Except you'll see from the last picture that mine is a lot more crooked. But, really, crocheting is a great way to keep your hands busy while you're driving in the car or watching a movie. Once you get into the rhythm of it, you really don't have to pay attention to it that much. Plus, they make these sweet and soft little keepsakes. 

Someone made a blanket like this for my first daughter when she was born. She was so attached to it and it went with her everywhere. So, when my second daughter was born, I made one for her, too, so that my first daughter wounldn't have to give hers up. (I'll have to admit, my second daughter has never shown interest in her purple afghan, but just in case they decide to try to fight over one of them some day, we'll be prepared.)  

So, for this third daughter, (yes, we found out it is a girl!!) I'm going to make another one. My first two daughters have pink and white and purple and white. But, after the two that I made this year, I really want to do cream instead of white.  So, what color do you think I should put with the cream? I was thinking of a buttery marigold yellow or maybe a warm green like the one I did for my nephew. What do you think?

Thursday, June 10, 2010

black apple doll

These dolls are beautiful and simple and easy to make. They are classics.There is so much room for creativity (or in this case, simplicity). We did this one with fleece arms and face and hair instead of felt and I expect it to hold up much better (our felt ones are getting those little fuzzy balls. Probably because we used cheap felt instead of wool felt, but who can afford wool felt?) Plus, now she's washable. This was a first birthday present for our little neighbor. Her big sister loves it so much, though, that I think she will need one, too!