Crochet Baby Blanket

I made this cute little blanket for my newest nephew, Jameson.  I will post more pictures, that will, hopefully, be cuter, when my sister sends me some with the little man himself.  

Yes, I know there are a lot of texture pictures, but the texture is certainly the best thing about this blanket, besides the navy blue stripes.  :)

 I found the pattern I used from this book, which has been a favorite of mine recently.

This is the blanket I based mine on.  The pattern ended up being pretty small, but I enlarged it.  I LOVE the blanket in the photo, but I really wanted to include navy blue in the blanket for my sister, Julie, and her bundle of joy. 

This how I wrapped up the blanket to send.  I braided the yarns I used on the blanket to make a matching bow, and it turned out really cute. 

I hope you have enjoyed this post - It feels so good to have things to post about, instead of having a number of unfinished projects!  Please feel FREE to leave comments, as they are SO much fun to read, and potentially helpful as well! ;)

Preemie Crochet Blanket to Match Dress

Remember this dress?

Here is the blanket to go with it.

Just one giant granny square.

Crochet Mug Cozies

 For my sister Julie's birthday, I purchased a set of 12 plain white mugs, knowing she would like those best, and made colorful cozies for them.  

 I had no pattern for these, but it wasn't too hard to come up with one on my own.

I used a comfy, worsted weight, cotton blend yarn that I found on knitpicks.com, that I really like.  It comes in little skeins (109 yards), but is fairly affordable, so really worth it!  Plus the colors are fantastic! :)  Here are some examples from their website.

 I had a lot of fun with this project.  Working with the buttons was fun, and is sort of a new thing for me.  I feel like I want to use buttons on everything now. :)

 The reason I wanted to do 12 mugs is that my sister and her husband have 9 beautiful kids.  I wanted there to be enough for everyone, and have a spare, in case there is another child in their future.  

I really like wood buttons for my sister, and the subtle leaves on them, I thought, were a really nice touch.