MOD CROCHET V-STITCH BABY BLANKET PATTERN ~Full Receiving Size – Girl

MOD V-Stitch Baby Blanket FINISHED; 28”-W x 30”-L. Girl; Crochet. Baby Sport.

I designed this baby blanket yesterday afternoon, and finished it around 1:30 A.M. this morning.

The stitches are simple, quick, and easy.

V-Stitch Pattern.

Materials: Pink – Super-Size skein, Bernat Baby Sport yarn; skein Variegated Baby yarn; #G or 6/4¼ Susan Bates aluminum crochet hook; Scissors, Tapestry Needle

Terms:

ch = chain

cc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

rpt = repeat

ea = each

MC = main color

CC = contrast color

EO = end off

With MC, make a ch of 149 ct; sc ea st across row. Ch 1 - T.

Row 1: Dc in 5^th ch from hook, skip next 4 ch, *(dc-ch 1-dc) in each of next 2 ch, skip next 4 ch; rpt from * across row – end with (dc-ch 1-dc) in last ch, and turn.

Row 2: Ch 4 (counts as a dc + ch 1), dc in next ch-1 space, skip next ch-1 space, *(dc-ch 1- dc) I each of next 2 dc, skip next 2 ch-1 spaces; rpt from * across to turning ch (dc-ch 1-dc) in 3^rd ch of turning ch, turn.

Repeat Row 2 for pattern to a length of 29”.

Then sc 98 sts evenly across the uneven top edge so piece will measure 28” wide; ch 1, turn and work another row of sc across top edge + 1 extra sc in the corner.

Sc an edge around entire baby blanket.

Work 114 sc evenly along side + 1 extra sc in corner … 98 sts evenly across bottom edge (it will look bunchy, but make sure you have 98 sts spaced evenly) + 1 extra sc in corner… and 114 sc up the other side edge, + 1 extra sc in the corner. EO MC.

You are now ready to add the trim.

Vintage Picot Shell Edging: With CC, start in 3^rd st from corner with 1 sc; * skip 2 st, dc in next st, ch 3, sl st in 1^st ch (this makes a picot); dc in same st, work picot; dc in same st, make picot; dc in same st, skip 2 st, 1 sc in next st; rpt from * around entire blanket – having a picot shell in each corner. EO and weave in all ends.

Vintage Picot Shell Edging.

HAPPY SURPRISES

Last night, I designed, worked on … and finished a full-size baby blanket for the local Caring Pregnancy Center; I started the blanket while whipping up some recipes for my Cookathon meals (all three meals, took an hour or more to cook) – and I finished the last st on the edging around 1:30 A.M. while watching an old black-n-white movie on Youtube.

MOD V-Stitch Baby Blanket FINISHED ~Full Receiving Size.

(https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2022/05/mod-crochet-v-stitch-baby-blanket-full.html)

I slept in ‘til 9:30 A.M. this morning, so skipped I Fellowship. While stepping out of the shower and shaking my towel out – I hawked up a loogie onto the edge of my towel. In a moment of frustration while cleaning the towel so I could still use it, it came to mind that I hadn’t used my asthma inhaler since last Sunday – I hadn’t even given my inhaler a thought until that surprising loogie brought me up short with that surprising thought. Hallelujah and Praise the Lord! The gunk was being cleared out of my lungs without using my inhaler. I was at Fellowship last Sunday, and specifically asked for prayer for that; the inhaler is helpful, but it is not good for my body. I really want a touch from the Lord, so I never have to use it again. Since 2022 was ushered in by Father Time, I’ve had to use my inhaler at least once a day; so, not having to use it at all for a full week is truly a gracious blessing from Elohim.

Thank You, Yeshua 😊

Eating breakfast and cruising the Blog Hops, I got another nice surprise: Sara, at Creative Jewish Mom highlighted my knit fingertip towels 😊

Everyone here, enjoys using them … and they look nice in a woven basket 😉

MOD Fingertip Towels highlighted on the 'Creative Jewish Mom' Blog Hop

MOD Fingertip Towels in the spare bath at home.

I just got back from Supper with friends; and tonight, I’ll design/work on a baby blanket for a boy; I don’t think I’ll be up ‘til the wee hours of the morning like I was this morning, but I’ll have a good head start on the project 😉

Doing these baby items gives me pleasure in knowing that life continues despite death’s hovering overshadow; and the demonrats manic push for infanticide – and working on/putting finishing touches on my own designs, fleshes out my in-house-rainy-days: I never do the same thing twice; everything I design and work up, is a 1-of-a-kind item. Aside from repetitive driving of scenic routes I enjoy … repetition of artistic inspiration bores me.

But death does happen, hence the small box of 15-inch Angel Baby Blankets I designed and crafted for grieving parents who lost their babies to miscarriage or sudden infant death syndrome: no two are alike … just like the tiny infants.

This box will be mailed off next time I am downtown.

Angel Baby Blankets ready to mail off.