Elliot's Ripple Baby Blanket

For my first pregnancy I was determined to learn a new craft because I wanted to make something special for the baby that he could have forever. I could knit but I found it frustrating so I researched classes in Dublin city and a crochet class popped up. Perfect!!

Remarkably only 2 of us signed up so we had almost one to one lessons it was amazing. We had a ball gossiping, drinking endless cups of tea and crocheting. 

I came away with all of the basic stitches and a few nifty tricks so I started my baby project.

A blanket seemed the best first project as it was repetitive and easy to manage.

For the yarn I chose Stylecraft Special DK because of the amazing range of colours for its very reasonable price...and because its acrylic. Im very allergic to wool sadly cannot use it. 
Not to worry acrylic is an excellent choice, it washes and dries like a dream and doesn't ball or fray.

Not knowing the sex of the baby I thought every colour will do so I got all of these!!

Here are a list of the colours if you wish to do the same scheme.

• 1259 Bright green
• 1061 Plum
• 1026 Apricot
• 1020 Lemon
• 1241 Fondant
• 1245 Lipstick
• 1117 Royal
• 1132 Shrimp
• 1063 Graphite
• 1034 Sherbet
• 1116 Green
• 1256 Jaffa
• 1390 Clematis
• 1001 White

The pattern is a beautiful easy pattern by the blogger Attic24. If you can do the basic crochet stitches you can do this pattern, just follow the instructions carefully. I find youtube tutorials great for learning new tricks. You will find how to do the increase and decrease stitches no problem. 

See the pattern here...

So pop the kettle on, put the feet up, turn on a good movie and get crocheting!! 

Nic xx