Pink & White Blanket (for a sweet little girl)

I made this blanket for my youngest daughter Claire.

Did you know it is very hard to photograph a blanket when it is all laid out? Balancing on a stool with a camera held above my head trying to get a decent picture....not at all a simple feat.

I purchased the yarn used for this blanket a few summers ago at a huge sale. Both colors - the white and the pink/white twist - were factory mill ends stuffed into bags and priced at a mere $3.00 per bag.

I followed this pattern which is the same one I used to make a blanket for my nephew a little over a year ago. I really do enjoy this pattern, there is something incredibly soothing about the repeating stitches back and forth across the rows.

One thing I did change a bit from the original pattern was the edging. I found a coordinating solid pink in my yarn stash and then did one row of single crochet in white, pink, and then white around the blanket. I finished off with a picot edge in solid pink. I am very happy with how the edging turned out. The solid colors really frame the blanket and the picot edging makes it look a little more fancy.

Now this blanket is in the room of this girl where is gets lots of love, giggles, and cuddles.

She is the sweetest and most adorable little girl.