{"id":6331,"date":"2016-09-01T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2016-09-02T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T16:36:02","slug":"crochet-a-study-in-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/01\/crochet-a-study-in-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet: A Study in Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/29226604995\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Crochet: Study in Blue\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8004\/29226604995_d512b4ef73_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" alt=\"Crochet: Study in Blue\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Pattern:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/rainbow-ripple-baby-blanket\">Rainbow Ripply Baby Blanket<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 33 rounds, plus one round of <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/07\/crochet-get-crabby\/\" target=\"_blank\">crab stitch<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Hook:<\/b> 5.5mm (US I\/9)<br \/>\n<b>Yarns:<\/b> Hobby Lobby&#8217;s &#8220;I Love This Yarn!&#8221; in four shades of blue, completely replicated from the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/people\/AFwifeCrochetNut\" target=\"_blank2\">AFwifeCrochetNut<\/a>, who hit it out of the park, again. Here&#8217;s her blanket: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/AFwifeCrochetNut\/rainbow-ripple-baby-blanket-57\" target=\"_blank\">Little Boy Blue<\/a>. I only changed the darkest color. I found a more&#8230;greenish(?) teal for that.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/28938836060\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Crochet: Study in Blue, full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8430\/28938836060_12f9a81940.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Crochet: Study in Blue, full\"><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/29226623975\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Crochet: Study in Blue, edge\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/8\/7763\/29226623975_7e9d6fb8a4.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Crochet: Study in Blue, edge\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Do you remember my <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/18\/crochet-a-study-in-pink\/\" target=\"_blank1\">Study in Pink<\/a> blanket from last year? Well, I loved it so much I HAD to make it in blue. We were blessed to have a cousin expecting a baby and I knew it&#8217;d be the perfect blanket. By the way, she delivered a beautiful baby boy, last month! I think he&#8217;s grandma&#8217;s tenth or eleventh great grandson. Can you believe that out of thirteen or so great grands, only two are girls? Bananas! I don&#8217;t complain because I love love love blue.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/29192774486\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"closer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8133\/29192774486_d849e5d549_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"closer\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/29226629475\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"side\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8455\/29226629475_90130dbeec_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"side\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/29226613805\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"just the blues\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8082\/29226613805_895a58f878_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"just the blues\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/29226617255\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"crab stitch border\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/9\/8160\/29226617255_f59de7c23c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" alt=\"crab stitch border\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"+1\">Have you made any baby blankets, lately? Do you find yourself gravitating to the same patterns over and over?<\/font><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F09%2F01%2Fcrochet-a-study-in-blue%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F06.jpg&description=Crochet%3A+A+Study+in+Blue%2C+round+ripple+baby+blanket+via+%40goodknits\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">Pin It<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8004\/29226604995_d512b4ef73_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" alt=\"Crochet: Study in Blue\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pattern: Rainbow Ripply Baby Blanket Size: 33 rounds, plus one round of crab stitch Hook: 5.5mm (US I\/9) Yarns: Hobby Lobby&#8217;s &#8220;I Love This Yarn!&#8221; in four shades of blue, completely replicated from the wonderful AFwifeCrochetNut, who hit it out of the park, again. Here&#8217;s her blanket: Little Boy Blue. I only changed the darkest color. I found a more&#8230;greenish(?) teal for that.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" [Read More...]\n<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F09%2F01%2Fcrochet-a-study-in-blue%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fgoodknits.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F06.jpg&description=Crochet%3A+A+Study+in+Blue%2C+round+ripple+baby+blanket+via+%40goodknits\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">Pin It<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31,206,228],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6331"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6343,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions\/6343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}