I want to crochet a colorful rainbow blanket and came across a few ideas. Here are some that have inspired me.
A stripe blanket.
An updated granny square blanket.
I love the bright colors and different sized squares on this one.
Look at all these crazy colors! I love it!
I also kind of like this honeycomb style.
I need to find a crochet book that explains how to make lacy granny squares. This blog post was what got me thinking I'd like to try making a blanket in the first place.
3 comments:
Sparkle britches! Have you ever seen my insane rainbow blankie? My mom made it for me throughout my childhood - it was finally finished when I was a teenager. Remind me to show it to you sometime.
I want to learn how to crochet (better). I can hardly do it, even though I crocheted a small lap blanket years ago (just a basic shell pattern, but even that evades me now). I want to do either
#1 OPTION: An African Flower Blanket like these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rettg/5087440997/in/faves-jennhx/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elizabethcat/4356890594/in/faves-jennhx/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andamento/5083778462/in/faves-jennhx/
OR, #2 OPTION:
Babette's Blanket, which has been circulating the crafting zone for a few years now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monster-yarn/2916241138/in/faves-jennhx/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/feitoamao/1234438810/in/pool-purlbeebabette#/photos/feitoamao/1234438810/in/pool-65116578@N00/
Someday.......!
P.S. Here is where I first read about the African Flower blankets:
http://byelizabethcat.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-african-flower-passion.html
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