The last baby blanket

This is the last baby blanket I am making for someone I know, at least until someone else gets pregnant.
I made this blanket for some dear friends who are going to be first time grandparents.

I got the pattern from a blog I follow The Crochet Dude, he calls it the Monet Afghan. (It is not a baby blanket but a full size adult blanket.) I just used sport weight baby yarn.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/drew-emborsky/free-pattern-monet-afghan/ebook/product-267539.html

This is an easy pattern to follow and a cool way to crochet blocks together. I didn't crochet it together the way he does because I didn't want a lot of holes for the baby's fingers and toes to get hung up in.
It is quite large for a baby blanket if you wanted to make it smaller you could do 9 blocks instead of 12.

I plan on using this same pattern for another blanket sometime in the future. My next project is an afghan I am making for my son.

Redneck Wine Glasses

My Mom and I saw some redneck wine glasses at a truck stop here in Texas a couple of months ago and she just had a fit over them. The price on them was $30, a little high in our opinion so for her birthday I made her a couple. These cost $3.25 not including the beads, which I had leftover from other projects.

The G is etched using a glass etching solution I got from Hobby Lobby. I found a font I liked printed it and taped it to contact paper, cut out the G then put the contact paper on the glass and applied the solution.

I remembered we had seen these when Ann posted about hers here.

Quilt style blanket

I made this blanket for my friend Jeanne who is going to be a first time Grandma in October.

I love the bright colors, you could do so many different varieties of color patterns.
She did not want the typical "baby" blanket. I used sport weight yarns and some baby yarns that I had left over from other blankets. I think it turned out really pretty.

White Basketweave Baby Afghan

I made this afghan for my supervisor's daughter. Her baby is due next month. Congratulations Jennifer and Dan!

I love this design. But man does it take a long time to crochet. Each row took me 15 minutes to crochet. 165 rows = 41 hours

Butterfly time

It's time for butterflies!

These guys are all over my place.

This is a cool shot because it's wings are closed.

Wings open!

Mary had a little lamb

Once upon a time "Mary had a little lamb" and maybe he looked a little like this guy.

So very cute!

My Mom took this picture. I forgot to take any before I gave it away.  D'OH!

My Mom's twin is having another Great Grandbaby! Congrats Aunt Billie.

Baby Boy Walton baby blanket

I made this baby blanket for my Big Boss's grandbaby.

Me at work showing off the blanket. Busy, busy, work, work, work!

                                                    I really love how this one turned out.

It's backwards!

The edging is really cool. You crochet it going left to right. You single crochet chain 2 skip a stitch then single crochet. It really makes a cool looking edge.