Tuesday 27 November 2018

The Neapolitan Blanket

Everso aptly named by Jennifer from Thistlebear, my baby blanket which echoes the palette of a Neapolitan ice cream tub is complete. 


Gentle strawberry, chocolate and mint colours ripple into a pleasing baby blanket.


I left the wavy edge and finished it with two rounds of double crochet and my favourite border, crab stitch. I could have been all girly and added a shell edge but the wavy edge made that quite perplexing.


This project has well and truly allowed me to fall back in love with my evening yarn time all over again. After a run of bad luck with the needles this one made me feel successful once more.


No rhyme or reason, I just added another two rows of whichever colour came out of the basket. Yarn wise I used Sirdar Country style which was in a donated bag given to me last year. I have one whole ball of mint and one whole ball of pale pink left to make a little baby knit to go with it: maybe a cardigan, hat or booties.




Such a soothing photo. Happy days!

Jo xxxxx

11 comments:

  1. It is very lovely Jo, pretty colours. I have picked up the crochet hook just yesterday, to make my first ever shawl. xx

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  2. Wonderful colour combination and very aptly named. You did a super job and someone will be very happy with that gift, is there enough yarn left for a little toy? x

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  3. Loved the colour combination and such a professional finish. Not a lot of crochet getting done here I am giving the shoulder a rest.

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  4. I love colors you choose for this blanket - match great and looks just enough sweet (not too sweet if you know what I mean :) ) beautiful work and ideal gift!

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  5. S o pretty. Is it knitted or crocheted?

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    1. Crochet and it was really relaxing to do.

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  6. It's so beautiful, Jo! I love it. And now with the mint green, it's looking like spumoni ice cream too. Just lovely. What a beautiful and thoughtful gift.

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  7. Thanks for sharing your lovely blanket...it is scrumptious! :) xx

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  8. I love the colours! It’s a lovely pattern and blanket.

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  9. I think that everythink about it is beautiful, and I didn't think I liked pastel colours. I was wrong. I learned to ripple this year and made my first blanket.x

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  10. I love it! I made one with much thicker stripes from cream, chocolate, strawberry and mint green for a baby once. I just loved it because it looked so yummy.

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