Dove in the Rock

Haven’t decided if I’m really going to keep this blog up much, but since most of my hits are about crocheting, I thought I’d really like to share this with everyone to inspire others.

This blanket was done for a friend’s baby whose gender was unknown until her birth. I had decided to do the Afghan of the Sandman again, in white this time so that it would be gender-neutral (I did it in blue before). When Jenna was born and I got the call, I bought some red ribbon to girl-ify her blanket.

I had originally planned to just thread the ribbon through the border, but I’d tried that before with Bug’s blanket and found it to be a choking hazard. So after a bit of trial-and-error, I found an alternative that just thrills me! I slip-stiched the ribbon around the posts of a single crochet row in the border. It is gorgeous, and totally secure with no way to be pulled loose.

Very few people leave their baby’s gender a surprise till birth anymore, but for those that do, I think this will become my standby plan: create a blanket in a neutral color and then embellish with ribbon if the baby turns out to be a girl!

This was crocheted with Bernat Softee Baby white sport yarn, size H crochet hook.

Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Dove
Filed under: Domestic Arts