I hope everyone has had a wonderful week. I've been doing all right. I decided to treat my unemployment and search for a new job as the vacation I was rarely able to take before. I've got a certain amount of work I do every morning: searching job sites, filling out applications, blah, blah, blah. However, once this is done, I have the rest of the day to do what ever I want. That means that I usually spend a lot of time watching movies and crocheting. I guess I could do some house work, but why? Vacations are for doing what you want to do, not what you should do! (I know my logic is faulty, but I'll stay out of your reasoning if you stay out of mine.)
Anyway, one of the things I had time for was this baby blanket. I just love the colors. It reminds me of taffy in a wrapper; so, I've decided to call it Taffy Stripes. What do you think?
If you want to make this, here are the instructions.
Caron Simply Soft Yarn - 2 colors -aproximately 2 to 3 skeins of each
size H hook
stitches: Chain (ch), single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc)
With color 1:
Chain stitch 99
Row 1: Hdc in third chain from hook(counts as first hdc here and throughout), ch 1, skip next ch--repeat across, hdc in last chain--turn
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first hdc and 1 ch), skip next ch, hdc in next hdc--repeat across, hdc in ch 2--turn
Rows 3-10: repeat row 2
Row 11: Ch 1, sc in first hdc in each hdc and ch space all the way across, join color 2 in last sc--turn
Row 12: Ch 1, sc in first sc and in each sc across--turn
Rows 13-23: repeat row 3
Row 24: repeat row 11
Repeat rows 2-24 two more times, then repeat rows 11-24 for last color stripe--do not finish off. Turn Afgan.
At this point you should have four stripes of color 1 and 3 stripes of color 2.
Ruffle edgeing: From now on out, when the directions say to turn, it means to turn the blanket to work on the next edge, rather than working on the back side or front side. For example, if you are working on one of the short edges, turn will mean to start work on the long edge.
Row 1: 2 sc in first sc, 1 sc in next sc and in every sc across to last sc, 2 sc in last sc--turn--1 sc in first row and each row the end--turn--2 sc in first sc, 1 sc in each sc across to last sc, 2 sc in last sc--turn--1 sc in first row and in each row until the end--join in first sc with slip stitch
Row 2: Ch 1, 3 sc in first sc, 1 sc in each sc to last sc, *3 sc in last sc (this is your corner), repeat from * 3 times, slip stitch to join with first sc
Row 3: Repeat row 2
Row 4: Ch 1, 3 sc in first sc, 2 sc in each sc across to last sc, *3 sc in last sc, 2 sc in each sc to last sc, repeat from * 2 times, slipn stitch to join with first sc
Row 4: Ch 1, 3 sc in first sc, *2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next sc, repeat from * across to last sc, **3 sc in next sc, *2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next sc, repeat from * across to last sc, repeat from ** 2 times, slip stitch to join with first sc
Rows 5-6: Repeat row 4, fasten off
Weave in all ends
Well, there you go. This is the first time I've ever written down instructions for something I've made, so I'm sorry if they're hard to understand. If you have any problems, just write me a message, and I'll try to help you out and then fix the directions.
With love,
The Crocheting Cat Lady
