Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Easy, Handmade Baby Gifts



Today's edition of Works for Me Wednesday sponsored by Rocks in My Dryer is about baby gifts.
Now I don't know about you, but I go to a LOT of baby showers. And it is customary to bring a gift to every shower. Averaging $10 a shower (for a cheap gift) gets expensive fast. What to do?
Well, I picked up a hobby I learned when I was a kid. Crocheting. Add a little older-and-wiser mathematical knowledge and voila!





Easy, unique, and special baby blankets! With some mathematical help from my handsome husband, I created the crochet pattern for these blankets and I think they turn out pretty well! (The pink and blue blankets pictured are for a set of twins :)
Plus, they are soft, cuddly, machine wash/dryable, and they make babies happy! As evidenced by Evan modeling for me:



Sweet and special - hey that works for me!

3 comments:

  1. May I have a copy of your pattern? I promise it is NOT to sale but for personal use?

    Thanks.
    Dolly

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  2. I can personally testify to the soft cuddliness of that purple blanket. ;-) I didn't realize you created the pattern yourself! Awesome! I never was able to figure out croqueting, but at least I'm figuring out my sewing machine. :-)

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  3. Hi Dolly,

    I need an email address so I can send you the pattern. Please contact me and I will be glad to send it to you!

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