One finished object off the needle…

 

LOL – normally it would be “off the needles” with a plural “s”, but on this occasion, the singular form is intentional, as I have indeed managed to finish a (for me) large crocheted item. Now that I’ve gotten the hang of crocheting, I am determined to get a few things under my belt, in order that I don’t forget. I must admit I didn’t use a pattern for this item, as I decided to crochet a  baby blanket for a new wee family member.

 

I started with a multicoloured cotton, which is part of a batch I bought in Lidl a couple of years ago. The yarn is Zettl Colorado and is gorgeously soft. From previous experience it also washes really well and stays soft when dried in the tumble drier. I crocheted the six skeins of Zettl in double crochet.

I wanted the blanket a wee bit larger than what the 300g of Zettl would allow me and went off to John Lewis in Oxford Street one day at lunch time, to see whether I could find an equally as nice cotton in a suitable colour to complement the multicoloured yarn.

 
I was in luck – I didn’t just find one, I found two beautiful colours in the Rowan Handknit Cotton range. The yellow is colour number 325 and the pink, number 310. The colours remind me of candyfloss and all things sweet, so perfectly suited to a blanket for a new wee baby girl.

The final outcome produced a blanket measuring around 100cm x 85cm. I considered continuing to make 100cm x 100 cm, but what with it being made from cotton, it was becoming a tad heavy, so I called it a day and finished off the broad stripes with a few rounds of double crochet in the three different colours.

All in all, I’m really pleased with the outcome and am looking forward to shipping the blanket off to China, where my cousin and his fiancée just had their first born baby girl.

 

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