Baby Blanket Progress

If you follow me on instagram or flickr, these pictures aren't new to you! This past week I set asdie my granny squares to work on Judah's Ripple Blanket. The clock is ticking & he'll be here REALLY soon.. like within the next MONTH! Crazy. So I've been working on this every spare moment I get and I don't get those alot. I really need to put in some serious hours on this to get it finished! I've got about 6 more weeks until my due date ;) Hopefully I can get it finished before then!(And YES, we finally decided on a baby name: Judah River :D  I'm sure I'm going to call him River & his daddy will call him Judah. :P)

Do you see that belly?! Lol. (Mini update from my post a few days ago about Judah being breech, he's head down now :) which makes my heart skippy and my eyes tear up a bit. This whole Vbac thing is really going to happen! I feel so happy & blessed!)

I took this picture the day I started the blanket. A ripple blanket works up so quickly! And doing just two rows of colors each, you're constantly changing out yarn! Which, to me, breaks it up and it's easy to finish two rows in one sitting ;)
I'm using Attic24's pattern from memory :). It's seriously the easiest thing to remember once you get your "foundation" chain & first row finished. Lucy does a fantastic job of making things really easy to understand too! You might remember this blanket that I made for my nephew:

I used that same pattern for it! It's awesome cause you can make it as big or as small as you want it, just by the number of chains you make in the beginning!

Here are some other really awesome ideas:

Source: iheartrunwithscissors.com via heather on Pinterest

You could channel the Missoni Line at Target with Vickie Howell's newest pattern! She has a new yarn out with Caron too called Sheepish! I looks lovely! She refers to it as a Chevron Pattern, which is pretty much the same thing as a ripple blanket from what I can tell! But you can purchase these EXACT colors and follow her pattern for an identical blanket! Um, can we say CROCHET ALONG? We should all do it! What do you think?! I would LOVE to have a little project to work on with everyone! Not to mention, I want this blanket REALLY bad! I just looks so beautiful & colorful!

Source: lionbrand.com via heather on Pinterest

You could make a sweet ripple cowl!!! This one looks so soft & yummy!

Source: thelazyhobbyhopper.blogspot.com via heather on Pinterest

OR a granny ripple! How pretty is this? It would be interesting to de-stash with this pattern. I just imagine the mix-matchy-ness of a hundred differnt colors would look neat!

There are so many project I want to be working on right now and it's getting that time of year to snuggle up with a little hooky business & a cup of hot tea and just swing outside or let the cool breeze in through the windows. *sigh* Did I ever mention that I love fall? ;)

Ripply Goodness

Ladies and Gentlemen! Introducing the Baby Ripple Blankie!

TA-DA!

Ah, looks so cozy. Robin refuses to let me give away the ripple blanket. He loves it. He wants one I'm sure!

I am so please with the way it turned out! If you remember I followed this pattern/tutorial from Attic 24. (My beloved crochet heaven.)

I think I chained somewhere in the range of 120.. I honestly can't remember. I think for a baby blanket this one is actually too large. But, hey baby will grow! Blanket will be big enough!

I edged it out in brown with a simple single crochet. :) It makes me happy.

As for yarn I use the Michael's Store Brand Loops & Threads Impeccable in chocolate, aran, pumpkin, cadet, fern & cherry. I really like the way the Impeccable yarn works up! It's nice and firm without being itchy or scratchy. It moves across the fingers nicely.

Now that I'm free and one day off of this BIG high of finishing this blanket! I can't wait for my next project!

I'm wanting to do a granny square blanket kind of like these pictures but joined with grey yarn! I already have the yarn on hand & I am starting the process tomorrow @ Destiny's House. We are having a madetory Crochet Day! I can't wait! Robin is watching the baby and I am going to crochet till my hands fall off! YES!

What are you planning? crafting? doing? this week.

Much Better, Thank You.

After a good nights sleep, a good talk with my amazing Daddy & a fun phone call from my brother AND Robin cleaning the bedroom I feel so much better. Thank you for the comments Cuppy, Courtney & Amy. Thank you. You really lifted my spirits! *hugs*

Onward to fun things! And back to that happy-go-lucky mentality!

CROCHET! Yea, you know how much I love it & lately thanks to all the long car rides to town & back I've been able to get a lot done!

Mainly, I've been working on things for my neice/nephew on the way! My brother & his wife are expecting, with only three more months to go! They are waiting to find out the gender till the baby's birthday! So, lots of neutral colors!

Simple Granny Square Baby Blanket with Scalloped Edges! I didn't follow a pattern, I just changed colors whenever I felt like it! I knew I wanted to trim it in brown though. It took me about 3 weeks to finish it. The majority of it was done when I went to Natalie's house for the weekend!

I love the look of scalloped boarders! It takes FOREVER, but it's so worth it!

Baby Ripple Blanket!

This is another blanket I'm working on right now! It's everywhere I am! These are the colors of the baby's nursery! My brother, who is a Hobby person as well, painted the baby room a beautiful shade of sage green. He also painted stripes in these colors on the bottom half of the wall! It's so pretty! They have dark hard wood in thier house and its so cozy feeling!!

Don't these colors just look so good together? I'm using Impeccable Yarn by Loops & Thread. It's my new favorite! (I still love Hobby Lobby's I Love This Yarn Best though!)

Ha, I just noticed that I skipped the second stripe of blue. Wow. I've ran into a few problems while making this one. But I've corrected them as I've went. I used a pattern from one of my most loved blogs:

Attic 24

The pattern is here.

It is super simple & anyone with basic crochet knowledge could look at her blog and be able to do this! Lucy explains things so well. It's very understandable! She has a ton more tutorials that you can look at in her side bar! A really great crochet resource!!

Ah, it looks so warm and cozy!

My Pumpkin Patch:

I've been making tons of pumpkins before the blanket craze! Here are the little guys I have left! I gave two away! ;) So, I did have more! But I am PLANNING to GIVE AWAY anther one to one of my lovely blog readers! Keep checking back here for the give away! I can't wait to get it all ready for you! I should have the post up tomorrow!