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<\/a><\/p>\nI had a big spool of this double worsted weight cotton yarn that I could not imagine a use for. Since I didn’t know how far it would go, I decided to just make a big granny square, so that it was done when it ran out.<\/p>\n
This lap blanket is made in bulky weight yarn that my aunt and uncle bought at a yard sale. The design is my own Boardwalk Ripple Edged Afghan<\/a>.<\/p>\n When sorting through my enormous stash of yarn, I found where I had made a few inches of this baby blanket. I thought the yarn worked well for this pattern, but my original start was for a full sized blanket. I ripped it out, and made a preemie set. I improvised the hat to be of the same pattern. The pattern is Rainbow Sprinkles by Kathy Wesley, published in American School of Needlework #1255, The Ultimate Book of Baby Afghans.<\/p>\n This is made from Caron Simply Soft yarn. I worked on this for seven months off and on. It is my own Stained Glass Ripple Afghan<\/a> pattern.<\/p>\n I don’t know why I originally bought this chunky yarn, but I love how it turned out in this long wave patterned lap blanket.<\/p>\n I used a Caron One Pound skein to make this lap blanket in a butterfly lace pattern.<\/p>\n I made this lap blanket with one skein of Caron Jumbo Prints. I love the prints because they are so soft. This is a pattern I have used before<\/a> and I’m sure I will use again. The pattern is Diamond Ripple by Anne Halliday in Leisure Arts #108214, Afghans for All Seasons, Book 2.<\/p>\n When crocheting with Lion Brand Homespun I\u00a0like to use a pattern that is mostly crocheting into chain spaces rather than trying to find stitches. I have used this pattern<\/a> a couple<\/a> of times before<\/a>, and I’m sure I’ll use it many times more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I made eight donations to the July 2011 batch for hospice. I had a big spool of this double worsted weight cotton yarn that I could not imagine a use for. Since I didn’t know how far it would go, I decided to just make a big granny square, so that it was done when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n