I was admiring a blanket a friend of mine crocheted recently and then she sent me a picture of it with a wee cute baby in it and the blanket was cuter by an order of magnitude!
Immediately, I decided that I’d love to have pics of the blankies I make with their babies…so, after I mailed the next blanket, the gracious mom was kind enough to send me some photos of her adorable son with his new blanket. I’m thrilled! He’s SUCH a cutie! and he has such lovely blue eyes! and yes, the blanket does look better with its owner. Thank you so much for sharing, T!

My UT star baby blanket won honorable mention at the Texas State Fair this year so, TH and I and family road tripped to Dallas to see it on display. My FIL’s comment was, “it’s orange?”! He and the Mrs. went to tu but all of their kids went to aTm and married Aggies, so he didn’t quite follow why I made a burnt orange afghan. So, I told him the story of how I have a REALLY good friend, the kind you’d not only help hide a body, but you’d let them bury it in your yard and be their alibi…..but, she went to tu, so when I wanted to make her a baby blanket, I decided to overlook the rivalry and make her a longhorn colored blanket. What do you think of the aTm t-shirt with the UT blanket?

Here, you can see it with the rest of the display. Overall, I was very pleased with how it was shown.

Another friend, Sam, entered a blanket for the first time this year. She was my crochet mentor when I started the pinwheel blanket many moons ago. We even went to the P.O. together to mail our entries. I was thrilled for her that she won Honorable Mention.

Another square from the Neopolitan baby blanket, inspired by my super-fabulous SIL…

The chocolate cables and pink bobbles are modified from the Seaweed square (square 30) on page 41 of 100 more afghan squares to knit by Debbie Abrahams



I’m not sure why this makes me think of ice cream, but I like it.