Gray and Yellow

I love zig-zags or chevrons. And gray and yellow is very hot at the moment!

Thanks Elma for the picture!

Rainbow blanket

My boss´ daughter wanted a rainbow blanket, so I gladly complied.

Using one of my favourite ripple patterns, this baby was finished in a weekend. Enjoy your blankie Nora!

The same but different

When a friend of mine announced they had two little twin boys, I immediately set out to make two blankies.

But not just any blankies:

The TWINBlankie – “The same, but different”

The two blankies are crocheted on the same usual hexagon pattern, but I changed the colour scheme. One moves from light to dark, and the other from dark to light.

I never expected that the result would look so different, yet be almost exactly the same!

By the way, I found a new way of packaging my blankies. Nice and compact, and in my view quite professional-looking.

“You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.”

~Robert Brault

The MANBlanket

 

So this time I set out on a quest: To make a MANBlanket.

Crochet is often associated with being old-fashioned and also quite feminine. Yet many of my male friends like to cuddle up on the couch with a blanket.

Now I am not on a quest to change the world, or to change any perceptions, but giving a blankie to a real man´s-man is a challenge.

Well maybe that is my first mistake, I shouldn´t call it a blankie…

So I chose colours that are strong, and made a simple yet striking pattern.

So meet the MANBlanket:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think? I am handing it over next week, will keep you posted on whether it was a success…

The secret project

For a couple of weeks I have been working on a secret project:

A birthday gift for my mother. I have seen how she stares with longing to all the blankies I make for friends and friends´ babies, so I thought it was a perfect occasion to make her one of her own. Since my mother likes purple, I started out with a purple zigzag pattern, but quickly got bored of it, and decided to make it a rainbow blanket.

The zigzag (often called chevron pattern) is easy to master and provides enough distraction compared to just making stripes.

I used my old-faithfull 100% Paris Drops cotton from Wollyhood. It washes perfectly in the washing machine (40 degrees), and can even be tumble dried at a low heat.

So three weeks ago it was finally finished and I popped it into a large pink box with some other trinkets and sent it off to sunny South Africa.

Yesterday I got an excited call: It has arrived! And she loves it. It will be perfect on the couch, on the veranda, on the bed, on vacation, on….

I am glad I took the effort.