[Nfb-krafters-korner] Making a baby blanket

[Lisamaria Martinez]

Lily,

I personally love Bernat Baby Blanket yarn. It is a 5 or 6 weight yarn
that works up super duper fast. I typically use a N, P or Q hook to
crochet a blanket. You can purchase Bernat Baby Blanket in a 10.5 oz
ball which is about 3 and a hhalf small balls in one. It usually runs
$10, but Joanne's usually has it at a 25% discount so I buy it for
$7.50.

Right now they have some beautiful colors. I recently saw this
gorgeious purple that was a beautiful medium to deep purple which I
fell in love with. They have peach, coral, blue, green, brown, white,
and many more. It also comes in mixed colors too.

Anyways ... that is my personal favorite yarn for baby blanket making.

My goal is to make one of Bernat Pipsqueak. It is furrier and lighter
in weight.

On 3/31/14, Cathy <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lily,
>
> It is always nice to hear about new babies coming into the world. Right now
> I am making a set of
> hat and booties using my new cindywood loom.
>
> As for yarn, most brands of yarn have specific yarns that are designed for
> baby items. These yarns
> are usually in pastel shades and are especially soft. As a mother myself, I
> would prefer a blanket
> that was acrylic or an acrylic blend so that I could throw it into the wash
> when needed.
> As for the time to make a blanket, it really depends on how fast you can
> crochet, and what
> thickness of yarn and sized crochet hook you use. If the baby in question is
> due in the summer you
> would want alight worsted weight yarn and this would take a smaller hook and
> thus take longer to
> make.
> Have fun with your project and let us know if we can be of any further help
> here.
>
> Cathy F
>
>
>
>
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