Baby Boy Blanket

This is my most recent project. I made a chevron baby blanket about a month ago and am keeping it to gift when someone I know has a girl. After it was done, I decided I need a similar boy's blanket to keep around for the next baby boy born.. It took me about a week and a half - working an hour or so each night.

I wanted to do something simple, but cute - and I wasn't really interested in using a  pattern. I like to crochet while I watch tv, using a patter requires too much attention. I decided on rows of double crochets in a multi-color yarn, and a white border.

Here's the yarn I used:

Less that 1 skein of Bernat's Softee Baby in white:

2 skeins of Bernat's Softee Baby in Little Boy Blue:

Here's what I did:

I used a size G hook, as specified on the yarn label.

chain to desired width (white)

4 rows of double crochets (white)

2 skeins of double crochets (little boy blue)

            * I didn't count the rows, I just stopped when I had used 2 whole skeins of the yarn

4 rows of double crochets (white)

4 rows of single crochet border


Lesson I learned about buying yarn: Buy all your yarn for a project at once. I bought the two Little Boy Blue skeins a few days apart at Michael's. I got 5 or 6 rows into the 2nd skein before I realized the slight color variation in the dark blue of the yarn. I was so upset. In the end I decided to just keep going, and take this as a lesson learned. I will still gift the blanket - handmade gifts are supposed to have slight mistakes etc. It's part of the charm if you ask me :)

Final Product: