Why Not? Blanket

The yarn was on clearance. I bought all that they had, and made this little blanket. Yarn was super chunky, so I went with the new square pattern that I learned two posts ago- to avoid having too many huge holes. Blanket is thick! Warm! About a yard x a yard.

Small Multi-color Afghan

A long while back, I had some odds and ends in some brighter, pastel colors, and I decided to work it all into little squares, as there wasn't enough of any of them to work out a pattern for something larger. After finishing a couple more projects, and discovering a bag full of old yarn at my parent's house, I had some more scrap yarn to work with, and made up more squares to go with the original batch.

Each square is about 4 inches wide/tall, and I decided to make this blanket 10 squares by 10 squares, to make it larger rather than smaller. It did end up pretty big for a baby; my mom said that it was about "crib-size", but I could also see it being about the right size for a toddler. It's pretty gender-neutral, doesn't really scream all pink! or all blue!. I also added a border around the edge, of one row of single crochet and another of half-double crochet to hold it all together, weave in seams, and add some sturdiness to some of the slip stitch edges on the squares. I used the same white for the border as I used to slip stitch the squares together on the back side.

I did still end up with 3 extra squares, to start off the next little-square project.

Green Afghan- New Square Pattern

I learned a new pattern for a granny square, and decided to make an afghan out of it. This pattern is a little less holey than traditional granny squares, and has an X-shape built into the pattern. I had to learn how to make 'clusters' to make this pattern, but once I had made one or two of these squares I had it down. I think it turned out pretty nice, and I like knowing how to make more than just my standard square. This blanket turned out to be a pretty good size, as pictured. The entire blanket was done in a light green color, and there's a two row, single crochet border around the edge to hold it all together and tuck in loose yarn ends.

As a reminder, since I know a couple of my friends out there are on their way to becoming aunties and uncles- unless I mention that a project was for someone, all blankets and hats are up for grabs, until donated to charity. Hats go to the UIC hospital, blankets get donated through Project Linus ( http://www.projectlinus.org/ ) to various hospitals throughout the area. So: this afghan could be yours, for your home or as a gift for friend or family member, just let me know if you want it! Otherwise, it will go on my pile and eventually be donated to Project Linus.