Friday, October 18, 2013

Nacho Baby's Typical Blanket


I had an interesting request for a custom order baby blanket. A nacho chip including the cheese and a jalapeño. All I knew is that the chip needed to be a triangle shape and a slight idea of how to do the rest. I could not find any patterns anywhere for a jalapeño slice so I had to figure it out and go from pictures. In two weeks time this is what I came up with. 
 

Thanks for looking......T. Mitchell 

Friday, October 4, 2013

Colors, Colors, and More Colors....

I'm just a few strands away from finishing the Sunburst Granny blanket. That means its time to start another project. Once it's done I will post updated pictures of the finished product. There are so many things that I want to do next...blankets, sweaters, coats,hats. I have a lot of different colors to use so I was looking for a stash buster that would use up some of the yarn I have so when I buy more I won't fell bad :/ and so I can continue to build my blanket stash. These are the colors that I want to use to work with.
Colors I want to use in next blanket
These are ten skeins from my stash. Some have never been used and others are partials. I have frogged three blankets before remembering that I saw this at Petunia Pill's BlogSpot. I couldn't pass this one by.
 
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On her website she gives a how-to for this blanket. So far I'm happy with how it is turning out. Since this picture I've added 5 more rows. I started using a smaller hook a size H I think but the "puff's" weren't puffing out like they should so I switched to a size K and it's looking good I think.
 

Puff Stitch Started


 
Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful day,
 
                  T. Mitchell