Baby Blanket no.2

Hours of sitting on the bed, feeding and watching my little baby sleep has allowed me to start another Baby Blanket.

Here it is, and here is how I've made it...

Firstly, chain stitch as many stitches as you like, to make the blanket the width you desire. I Chain Stitched 60 stitches in order for the blanket to cover my baby plus another 2 chains to build it up to the next row.

Then I simply Single Stitched rows of various colours (variations of Coral, Cream and Olive Green). You can be as creative as you like making the stripes as thick or thin as you want.

Here is a step by step guide of the simple Single Stitch.

1. With one hoop of yarn on your crochet needle...

2. Wrap the yarn around your crochet needle once...

3. Push the crochet needle through the first loop of the chain...

4. Wrap the yarn once again around the crochet needle...

5. Pull the yarn through the hoop, so that there are now three stitches on your crochet needle...

6. Wrap the yarn around the crochet needle once...

7. Pull the yarn through the three stitches on your crochet needle...

8. Until you have just one stitch on your crochet needle...

9. Repeat instructions from 1 to 8 until you reach the end of the chain of stitches. Turn the blanket. Chain 2, and start again repeating from 1 to 8. Change colour at the end of the row, whenever you like, to make your stripes.

I'm making each row different sizes, as and how the mood takes me, but you can be more orderly, if you fancy...

For more details on Changing Coloured Yarn, check out Pip Lincolne's Blog Meet Me at Mikes and her Step by Step guide to making Granny Squares is pretty useful!