Crochet blankets

Little lion baby blanket pdf pattern & step-by-step tutorial

13/03/2015 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns, Crochet blankets 18 Comments

I’ve finally finished this cute little lion blanket pattern! And I’m finally writing a new post! I’m pretty aware that this is only my second blog post this year… I can’t promise to post more often in the future though, because designing and writing new patterns is so time consuming, especially if you’d like everything to be perfect. Which is impossible, I know. But still… I won’t stop trying…

Cute little lion crochet blanket pattern

I must admit that I feel great because I finished such a big project (and believe me this was BIG! – 23 pages, more than 100 photographs, 2 crochet charts…) and I’m happy with how it turned out! Now I can concentrate on my next project which I’m very excited about! It’s still only in my head, but it seems like another great adventure… I love this part of creative process, when nothing is defined yet, when I still have all the freedom to create whatever I want, when I’m aware of the endless possibilities, all that fascinates me. I love all of this… imagining, playing with ideas and creating something which haven’t existed before…

Little lion crochet baby blanket pattern

I wanted this blanket to be cute & colorful, because in fact, I love cute and colorful stuff. I always did. This winter was pretty rainy and gloomy, and I needed some really worm colors, to brighten up my days. Happily, it worked!

As with my previous patterns and step-by-step tutorials, I wanted this one also to be “beginner friendly”, because not so long ago I was a beginner, too. So, the pattern is very detailed with lot of pictures, and (I hope) clear explanations.

Crochet baby blanket pattern and step by step tutorial

I hate when I take a look at some pattern, and I don’t know even where or how to start, let alone how to finish it. I don’t like patterns which requires IQ above 125. I like using my brain of course, but when it comes to crochet I want to relax a little, so I made a “brain friendly” tutorial which doesn’t require full attention of your brain. You just have to open the tutorial, look at the pictures and do the same thing. It’s simple like that.

This pattern was one of my most enjoyable projects. I can’t explain why I felt so happy every time I finished a square and looked at the cute and smiling little lion’s face. But I did. Every single time.

The Little Lion Baby Blanket pattern & step-by-step tutorial is now available in Dada’s place shop (payment options: Credit cards & PayPal).

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)

Crochet Teddy Bear Baby Blanket

26/11/2014 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet baby blanket patterns, Crochet blankets 18 Comments

I finally finished the pattern & tutorial for this Teddy Bear Baby Blanket! And I really love how the little white bears blanket turned out!

At first, I had totally different color combination in mind. I tried on different colors, but when I finally found the perfect combination, I didn’t manage to find one of the needed colors. So, I had to make a plan B. In the end, I think that the plan B turned out pretty nice.

This 21 page pattern includes:
* Step by step instruction on how to make teddy bear square, circle square and border
* Step by step instruction on how to join squares
* Written pattern for granny squares and border
* More than 90 photographs
* 6 Crochet charts and diagrams

For this blanket I used 100% cotton yarn (“Tango” from St. George), and 3.5 mm crochet hook (USA E – size 4) Finished Size: 33.5″ (85 cm) wide; 41″ (105 cm) long

This is a table of contents page from the pattern.

The Teddy Bear Baby Blanket pattern and step-by-step tutorial is now available in Dada’s place shop (payment options: Credit cards & PayPal).

You can also buy it in my Ravelry shop and in my Etsy shop. (payment option: PayPal)

Click here to get the Teddy Bear Baby Blanket pattern.

Little flowers baby blanket

20/05/2014 by Dada Filed Under: Crochet blankets 25 Comments

This is the third baby blanket I have made. And also my third design. Previously I made Teddy bear baby blanket, and Primavera flower baby blanket. This one I called Little flowers baby blanket.

For this blanket I used 100% cotton yarn “Tango” and “Golf” (125m/50g) manufactured by St. George from Serbia. I used “Golf” yarn for the flowers, and “Tango” for the background and for plain squares. I joined the squares with “Una” yarn, also from St. George. This yarn isn’t 100% cotton, it’s 50% acrylic, 45% cotton and 5% metalized polyester.

The blanket measures 77 x 95 cm and has 80 squares (8 x 10). I joined the squares with simple crochet, as I always do.

I love how that blue-purple yarn shimmers. Unfortunately it isn’t so visible in the pictures, so you can’t get the real impression of the blanket.

The border is also my design. I wanted something lacy and luxuriously and romantic, but not too much…

I will probably make a pattern and tutorial for this blanket, and hope it will be the first pattern for sale in Dada’s place shop, which I’m planning to open as soon as I manage to cope with the various difficulties that I faced along the way…

Have a lovely week! 🙂
xxx Dragana