Bright Baby Blanket & Pouf

My best (and longest) friend’s daughter is having her first baby this spring, and I’m going to her baby’s shower in February. I already bought a store-bought gift from her registry, but really wanted to make her something handmade as well.

After finding out that there was a mural of a flamingo painted in the nursery, I came up with this east and fun baby blanket. It’s a simple single crochet back-and-forth in three bright colors, with a small smaller white strip in between. I think what I like most about it is the bubble border at the edge.

I used Herrschner’s Cheerful Fleece yarn in the colors, Tango, Lime, Flamingo, and Polar. The bobble stitched border is made with a much thinner #4 white yarn that I got at Walmart.

Since I had a little bit of each left over, I attempted to make a small pillow, but it got out of hand and I ended up with a big “pouf.” It’s kind of like an ottoman but smaller. I think it will be perfect when the baby is older. She can use it as a pillow or a cushion.

I’m so pleased with how both of these came out. I don’t have a pattern for the single crochet. I just made that up as I went along.The same is true for the pouf. But I did use a YouTube video for the bobble stitched border. You can find that HERE.