Latest project
My dear friend Tracy is pregnant and is expecting her first baby girl this October. I thought, what a perfect chance for me to make a baby blanket! So I set out the mission to make one.
Once I made the decision, I realized that I have never made a baby blanket before. Strangely, I have done two or three adult size afghans, but never a baby one. I guess I just never had a friend having a baby before. 
So I went for a quest to find a nice and easy pattern…
Boy that proved to be hard. I don’t particularly like the granny square ones. I prefer something simple and clean looking, at the same time pretty and practical. Am I asking for too much? *sigh… I spent a few days digging online to find the “perfect” pattern.
At the end I set my eyes on a teddy bear one. Oh it is so cute! I picked Bernat Softee Baby yarn in pink to do it, but it just looked too pink for me. So after trying with 3 or 4 other yarns and colors, I ended up using one strand of white and one strand of pink. The color looks girlish but not too pink. I kind of like it. :) Here is a picture of what it is supposed to look like.
Teddy Bear baby blanket
While working on this blanket, I discovered another pattern that I just LOVE.
Knit baby blanket
I am starting on both patterns now. How I would love to get both of them finished this month. I just can’t wait.
Here are the links to these two patterns:
- Teddy bear pattern: http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/babyafbear.htm
- Baby blanket pattern: http://andreatung.blogspot.com/2007/08/baby-blanket-pattern.html
And here are all knitting and crochet patterns I have found online: http://www.evernote.com/pub/sandyq/KnittingAndCrochetPatterns/