Labyrinth Blanket

I finished ChocolateDaugther's Labyrinth blanket this weekend. The blanket is a replacement for the first "big sister" blanket that I made her. That blanket is a disaster. I had been told in the first few years of my crocheting that you never tie a knot, you just crochet a stitch together to change from one yarn to another. It turns out that there is some other rule like only with thick yarns or something. This blanket is all baby soft yarn and all little pieces a few inches long and all started unraveling very quickly. I'd like to throw it away but ChocolateWife says it is fixable. To me it's upsetting and I'd rather not think about it.

In the meantime, when I made and gave the first Labyrinth blanket , ChocolateDaughter really liked it so I asked if she would like one. She was very excited so I've been working on her blanket simultaneous to working on the large afghan for my MIL and the baby blanket I also just finished. She was very excited about it and she and ChocolateSon started playing on it immediately.

I'm also really proud of the fact that the mother of the recipient of the first Labyrinth blanket posted a picture he drew of his favorite new and old presents - a plastic godzilla, his new bike, something else, and the labyrinth blanket!

LD's Labyrinth Blanket.

LD holding the blanket

Labyrinth

When I was about to start on the blanket for our best friends's baby, I mentioned to her that I had tried to do a very fancy lace pattern (which Rachel ended up making) and found it too challenging. She suggested the labyrinth blanket (which I have made 4 times before) and I said it was too heavy for a baby.  So she suggested another blanket which I made.  But my plan was hatched.  Since her birthday is 9/9 and her due date was 9/10, I made a labyrinth blanket for her.  She was very surprised when we gave it to her on Monday.  

Big Brother Blanket/Labyrinth Blanket

I finished my third Labyrinth blanket this weekend for our relative's (sort-of) son who will be a big brother soon. The first two were a big brother blanket and ChococolateDaughter's blanket. This time I made the background red and then used a blue yarn with silver in it for the walls.

Baby Blanket

I finished this blanket this week. Our friends and mekhutonim (sister-in-law's brother) are expecting their second baby next month. I made the Labyrinth blanket for the big brother and this blanket for the baby. I found the pattern on Ravelry. It was a fun but very stitch intensive and yarn intensive blanket. I used some remnant yarn but also bought 5-6 skeins of yarn for some base colors. It was a fun blanket to make but I also think that I made more mistakes on this blanket than any other. For some reason I kept forgetting to attach with a slip stitch between the bottom halves of the circles, particularly on the corners. Nonetheless, I think it is a beautiful blanket and will be appreciated.

Labyrinth Blanket

I finished another (my 4th) labyrinth blanket this weekend.  A good friend asked me if I would make one so she can give it to a friend's son (the friend had a baby so it will be a big brother blanket).  My friend is knitting the baby blanket.  I said sure and she bought the yarn. I didn't think that the variegated yarn would come out well on the solid background but I gave it a try and it looks great.  She was very happy with it and I hope the big brother will be as well.