Crochet an adorable baby blanket made of many soft and colorful flowers
Blankets are an indispensable accessory for babies, and even when they are older, it is not a certain thing that we will never need blankets for some other use. In choosing blankets, we prefer materials that are as safe, warm and soft as possible - and perhaps that are also decorated in a colorful and pleasant way.
One way to ensure all this, if we want to invest the work, is to make blankets by hand using the crochet technique. This way, we will be able to choose the best type of yarn, and use the colors we like best, creating a blanket which suits us exactly. Here are some ideas to make some really adorable blankets - some made of many soft flowers joined together, and much more.
Five-petal flowers, each made with a central button that is made with a ring on which you will put 12 single crochets; then each of the petals is made with a special crochet hook to create the full and soft look, mimicking a flower.
You have to create lots of little flowers, and once you get the hang of it, it will take a lot less time than you think. When you have enough flowers, you can sew them together
You can choose a limited color palette of 5-7 colors in the same range, so as to create a very delicate, tone-on-tone effect. But you can also indulge yourself with more saturated shades and colorful, cheerful combinations.
Tutorial via lakeviewmaker.com
They are very cute, even in solid colors, given the beauty of the single flowers.
And using a single color, you can also join the stitches directly together, without anchoring them to a ring: this means that you can work sequentially - one flower after another - joining them directly together without having to sew them one at a time.
And if you like the idea of a flower that seems almost to be drawn, then you could try this texture, which remains flatter: there are many daisies on a delicately perforated background. The result is a blanket or cover suitable for mid-season (if you do it with a warmer yarn) or for summer (if you use cotton instead). In any case, given the delicacy of the background texture and the thin individual petals of the daisies, it is best to work with fairly thin yarn.
Tutorial via yarnspirations.com
If you prefer something more stylized and minimal, then these groups of barely raised polka dots in the middle of a more compact texture might be for you.
Would you like to make blanket and covers like these in crochet?
