Dax's Baby Blanket

Finished this just in time as Dax is scheduled to arrive on April 1st.

**Note: The pictures are not true to color. The yarn is much more pastel than it looks in these photos.





Hook size: G

Yarn:
Bernat Baby Coordinates in

• Soft Mauve (purple)
  
• Iced Mint (green)
  
• Soft Blue
  
• Lemon Custard (yellow)
  
• Baby Pink
  
• White for border

Pattern:
Five rows of each color; Alternating 5 colors, half double crochet throughout
Border: round of half double crochet, 2 rounds of double crochet making a shell design

Dimensions: approx. 34" wide by 37" long

Monday Madness

Only 2 months until the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival! I'm so excited!! They are updating the site and the schedule looks great. The Queen and I will be up bright and early to arrive before the gates open.

A few WIPs updates:

Dax's Baby Blanket is on its way to completion. I'm working on the white border - some shell stitches all around look good so far.



I recently bought some of Bernat's Baby Coordinates Sweet Stripes in Splash. The bold green and blue caught my eye at the store and I just had to have it. I thought it would be a good selection for a baby starghan but the change in color took away from the overall design. I frogged the started starghan and began a baby blanket crocheted on the diagonal. It's looking good and may resemble this knitted version when it's done. Problem is that I've been using an F hook and I don't like how stiff the blanket is. I may frog it entirely and use a G hook. Here's a preview:



I'm looking forward to starting the starghan with all the baby colors used in Dax's blanket. The only problem is that it is a lot of yarn to carry with me while commuting. That's why I'm liking the one skein idea of a project made with the Bernat Sweet Stripes. Once my order gets here, I'll have yarn for the skull oven mitts. Those should be a very portable project.

Update: Dax's Baby Blanket

Dax's baby blanket has become too large for me to carry along on my weekday commute with all the other stuff I've been bringing back and forth to work. While I've taken it with me on weekend road trips when my husband is driving, the progress has stalled a bit. Happy to report that the border is all that remains.



I'm not sure what kind of border I'm going to do. Probably just a half double crochet all around to begin with - but then what? Scalloped? Or just a larger stitch? Or something funky? Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Blanket for Dax

Here is a photo of the aforementioned frogging incident. I had pulled it down to where you see in the photo; it previously had blue, yellow and pink above it. Yep - about 18 rows had to be frogged. Sad, just sad.

Lucky for me I saw the Momma-to-be and she's got a thing about receiving gifts prior to the birth. Turns out it's an Irish thing and a Jewish thing (another friend pointed out) and I'm sure there are many others who also shy away from pre-birth gifts. I'm glad to know it as it gives me more time to finish it and it allowed Momma-to-be to customize part of the blanket. She's requested a white border and what Momma wants, Momma gets.

Here are the details of this blanket:

Hook size: G

Yarn:
Bernat Baby Coordinates in

• Soft Mauve (purple)
  
• Iced Mint (green)
  
• Soft Blue
  
• Lemon Custard (yellow)
  
• Baby Pink
  
• White for border

Pattern:
Five rows of each color; Alternating 5 colors, half double crochet throughout (border TBD)

Dimensions so far:
Gauge - I just made it long enough for a baby blanket. I'm really bad at checking my gauge with anything.
Width of blanket - 31 inches
Width of 25 rows / five colors - 7.5 inches

Anticipating repeating pattern 4 times and adding a white border. Finished blanket will be approximately 32" x 32" (unless I beef up the border)

Baby Dax is due for her arrival in April. Plenty o' time to finish this one and the other one (nickname TBD) who is also due in April. The Dax name? You Star Trek fans will know this one already. Dax was a character on Deep Space Nine and actually, there was a second Dax on the show - yet there was just one. You see, the two Daxes were just vessels in which a trill symbiont lives. While the politically correct name is a symbiotic relationship, it really is more like a parasitic relationship, such as in - say it with me now - as in pregnancy. The kid takes all its nourishment from you and uses your body for a comfy incubator. Thus, my friend and her husband have nicknamed the baby Dax. I love it! Can't wait to see the little parasite baby in April.