Feeling confident about crocheting, I decided to tackle a bigger project. Martha Stewart's site has a baby blanket pattern I thought was cute and would allow me to practice single crochet. This blanket really helped boost my confidence because I could gain speed and polish off a row rather quickly.So why all the tears? At the time I started this project The Little Tomato hated going to bed. As she cried and protested I would sit outside her door and furiously crochet the blanket. I would keep saying to myself, finish another row and hopefully she'll stop crying or better yet, fall asleep. Sometimes this worked and sometimes I would end up in tears myself. Thankfully The Little Tomato goes to bed with little fuss now and the blanket is finished!
- Pattern: Crochet Baby Blanket from marthastewart.com
- Red Heart Super Saver yarn in aran & sage
- Hook: F/5 (first time to break a hook)
- Lessons learned: gauge (it turned into more of an afghan than baby blanket), switching colors, turning/even edges - first part of the blanket is a bit wavy
1 comment:
We've had times of our little tomatoes doing the same thing! I'm so glad they are both in stages now where they go to sleep pretty easily. Crocheting seems like a good antidote but I can imagine myself in tears as well over the no-sleep situation!
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