Robbie's Crocheted Blanket

Hey Everyone!

I'm back.  I know I've been gone longer than what's acceptable but I know you'll forgive me.  I've been busy cooking up a storm, making drapes for my living room, crocheting a blanket for my nephew who will make his appearance into this world on June 4th.  I've also been working in my garden and hope to post some recipes of what I'm going to do or am doing with my bounty, so stay tuned.

For now, I'll just show you the blanket I crocheted.  I've been working on it for several months now and finished it the day before my sister's shower. 

I did a tiramisu stitch (or what I think is a tiramisu stitch).  It looks fancy and sounds fancy, but is soooo simple.  Then I bordered it with a bobble stitch and threw on a name.  I made my pretty big for a blanket so I used 5 skeins of yarn (but bought 6 since I was alternating colors).  Next time I'll try to make it a little smaller and only use 4.

Basic instructions:
Chain an even number to the length you want it.
For the first row: Skip the first loop, then SC in the next, DC in the next and repeat until the first row is done (you should be ending on a SC)
For the rest of the blanket: Chain one. Skip the first loop (the SC loop from the previous row), then SC and then DC in the next loop (the DC loop of the previous row).  Skip the next loop and then SC and DC in the next one.

If you give yourself enough time, I bet you could do something like this too!