The Making Of.... Crochet Baby Blanket

A behind the scenes look at how this baby blanket was made!

Maybe you've seen my Instagram posts and wondered more about the process of making it.  Or you've been following my Facebook page.  Or maybe you've seen it for sale on my Etsy page.  It doesn't really matter how you've gotten here, but I hope you will stay and learn a little bit more.

The blanket is made up of a whole bunch of different crocheted motifs and attached together using different methods.  For some of the blocks I used single crochet to join and others I used join as you go techniques and still others were alternating joins.  It was actually a lot of fun to try out different joins to see which ones I liked best.  (By the way, the continuous final round join as you go technique won HANDS DOWN).

It was made from Knitca Wavy 100% cotton yarn.  I love the bright and cheerful colourways.  I used white, light blue, light yellow and lime green in this blanket.  (I will be soon adding Knitca yarns to my Etsy shop so watch out for those changes coming soon).

This is a picture of me getting ready to start one of the join as you go techniques.  You can see the completed block on the left and then the partially completed blocks on the right.  The idea is that you join the partially competed ones at the same time as doing the final round for that block.  It really is a lot of fun.

Once all of the joins were completed for the different sections then I had to attach all of the sections together and do the border around the whole blanket. 

I think it turned out beautifully and I hope that you enjoyed this blog post on the making of!

Welcome to my Blog

There is sort of an excitement that comes when creating a first post to a blog!

My biggest goal with this blog is to share my knowledge of knitting and crocheting to more people.  I love my craft and I can't wait to provide tips to get everyone knitting and crocheting their own items in no time.  I am working on a new video series that I hope to have up and running within a couple of months time.  It will be a beginner knitting series and will feature a pattern of my own that I have been working on.  I will post more details about it closer to its launch.

I am also starting an Etsy shop with some of my own knitted and crocheted works as well as some knitting notions, needles and crochet hooks.  I hope to have this up and running within a couple of months time as well.  I'll start with just a few things and build up as I go.  I will post regularly about items being sold on Etsy.  If all goes well, I will also be selling my own patterns by the end of the year.

For those of you that live close to Waterloo, ON I will also be offering knitting and crochet classes in my home.  These are personalized classes suited to your needs.  If you need to learn knitting and crochet from the beginning or need some guidance on a specialized technique I can guide you through it.  I can also help you to finish those unfinished objects (UFO's) that you have lying around or even to finish them for you if you don't have the time to do it yourself.

All in all it should be a very busy crafting year for me and I hope that you will join me on this adventure!