Granny’s Little Baby Blanket

Baby blankets are such a wonderfully thoughtful and welcome gift for an expectant mother.  I simply love making them!  When I found out last year that a family member was pregnant with triplets, I immediately got busy figuring out what kind of blanket I wanted to make because I knew it would take me some time to make 3 blankets.  It didn’t take long to choose my beloved granny square as the basis for “Granny’s Little Baby Blanket”.

Each blanket is 7 rows of 7 squares (49 in all) and each square has 5 rounds.  The final dimensions of the blanket are 33″ by 33″.  I chose Plymouth Yarn’s Dreambaby DK because it has such a soft feel, is incredibly durable, and offers a wide range of color possibilities.  I knew the triplets were going to be boys so I chose 3 color combinations in blue.

 

Royal/Lemon/Blue with flecks

 

 

 

 

Denim/Mint/Lime

 

 

 

Teal/Eggcream/Blue-Orange

 

 

 

 

The edging is 4 rows of single crochet.

 

 

 

For 4 months, granny squares became my constant companion.  Meetings, car trips, watching TV…you name it, I was crocheting.  All summer long, the piles of granny squares grew and grew.  And, at the end of the summer and into the fall, assembly and edging was completed.

I finally passed the blankets on to the triplets.  Look how cute and cuddly they are!

 

If you’d like to make one of these precious blankets, visit Craftsy, Ravelry, or Etsy.  The pattern is available on all 3 sites as a downloadable pdf.