Crochet Washcloths and Cat Toy

 
I had some extra yarn after some of the baby blankets I have made, so I decided to use the last little bit of yarn up to make some nice washcloths and gave them to the babies for bath time.  They were quick to do and fun because I was able to play around with some different stitches to just see how they look in a finished project.


Brandon's Grandma use to make some pot scrubbers out of cotton yarn, so I also made a few of those.  She made them 1 layer and crocheted in the round.  I decided to make this one a multilayer one to see if it helped clean dishes better.  I haven't found out since the boys love to have this in the bathtub to scrub themselves clean!

This was suppose to be a second layer on one of my scrubbers, but instead the cats have decided that it is a fun little toy for them to bat around.  I might need to make more and lace them with some catnip!

Pink and Brown Baby Blanket

I made this blanket for a good friend of ours and their new baby girl.  I used the same pattern as the purple and pink one.  The yarn had a different type of variegation and makes the blanket look a lot different.

I think she likes it!

Pink and Purple Crocheted Baby Blanket

 
I crocheted this baby blanket for my niece, Leah, who was born on February 3rd.  I started this blanket in November, so it has taken me awhile to find the time to crochet it.  It's a very simple pattern using only 2 main stitches, a double crochet and a front post double crochet.  Alternating every other, gives this blanket a waffle texture and depth,  I tried to take a close up of the blanket so you could see the texture, and it also is a better representation of the colors of this blanket.  The edging on the blanket is 4 rows of single crochet followed by a row of crab stitching.  The blanket unstretched, measures about 48 inches x 28 inches.

Kitchen Essentials

This month Vicki crocheted a bunch of kitchen scrubbies and knitted a few kitchen dish sink cloths.

Kitchen Necessities

This month Vicki and Gail had a knit-a-long where Cathy and Emily taught them the basics of knitting and crocheting.  They crocheted kitchen scrubbies and hot pads.  Then knitted dish cloths (bonus points if you can read what the red one says:)).  Not too bad for a weekend of work with 2 first timers.  Thanks Cathy and Emily!!

Kitchen Scrubbies

This month Vicki made some kitchen scrubbies.  She crocheted them using rough netting.  They work so much better than the regular scotch kitchen pads.