Custom Order: Duplicate worn baby blanket (Requestor identified original yarn)
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Ready to go!
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Please enjoy my hilarious attempts to figure out how on earth to package a baby blanket
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This has been the blanket of many hard truths. I could NOT figure out why it was so SMALL but I found two almost completely intact skeins AFTER finishing & washing....my flabbers are gasted.
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Top & Bottom 90 stitches (43 shells)
Left & Right 98 stitches (52 shells)
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5dc + chain 2 much better
7dc + chain 2 might be a little too flappy...
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Sept 5 - Finally at the edging!!!! I love doing scallops. One of the few crochet things I genuinely enjoy.
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Tip: Independent Shells
Most shell patterns say just skip 1 chain, but I like to slip stitch 2 chains directly into foundation row, allowing the succeeding shell to fill the space before the prior shell.
Makes floppier shells that independently move and centers the shell row from the center shell stitch rather than the between-shells stitch.
Less of a rigid border but much more fun to ruffle with your fingers.
Flappy shell example: work up a foundation chain, dc7, work 3 slip stitches in a row, repeat. For corners, dc 9-10
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Square completed:
Top:90, 44 squares across
Left Side: 98
Bottom:96
Right Side:108 - Will have to reduce 1 every 10 on right side
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Cannibalization in progress. Much more regular piece since I figured out the stitch. Hopefully will only be like 10 more hours, and then however long the scallops take.
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2nd attempt, new stitch math
10 stitches = 2.5 inch
CO 160 stitches = 40 inches
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Aug 30 - After about 15 hours, had to cannibalize this guy. Too wide and only had one ball of yarn left. Not sure where my math went wrong. ---
I have never liked crochet not only because I find it much more difficult on your wrists, elbows, and shoulders, but because I can't understand written patterns the way I do knitting.
I compared the written pattern to the YouTube video transcript to find the discrepancy:
"chain into the chain one space" (actual instruction)
vs
"chain one into the chain one _" (nonsense)
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Aug 5 - swatch with two single crochet in main color, single crochet in white, and scallop white transition to mimic original blanket as closely as possible
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Requestor was able to source original blue.
Jul 28: Maybe a spike stitch? Mini Bean stitch? Basic woven crochet? More fancy woven stitch?
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Jul 22 2026 - original baby blanket reference pics!
