Wild Flower Winds Crochet Blankets

Welcome to the April Craft Room De-Stash Challenge! This month I'm sharing a couple crochet baby blankets I made to donate to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society for their Budget for Baby Program. My husband and I attended the class back in 2011 when I was pregnant with our first child. The class provides information on ways to save and to develop a budget including the costs of baby items, and attendees receive a Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society layette gift, which includes a handmade baby blanket. So I decided that making baby blankets for this program would be a great way to use up some of my yarn stash and to give back to my military community.  

I've decided to make a bunch of baby blankets starting with this Wild Flower Winds yarn (I Love This Yarn). For this blanket, I followed the Frankenyarn Blanket pattern by Projectarian. I crocheted 25 squares.

I followed the pattern and used the continuous join as you go method to join the squares.  

Still joining...

Once all the squares were joined, I crocheted the border. I did a couple rows of moss stitch in white, and the I finished it off with a row of colorful pom poms.

The blanket is complete... I may block it. The info letter given to crocheters making blankets for the program says the blankets don't need to be blocked.

I also made a corner to corner crochet blanket with this yarn. 

I love the colors. 

I added a pom pom border with dark blue yarn.

Corner to corner crochet is my go to stitch for quick baby blankets.

Making these two blankets used up all 5 of my skeins of Wild Flower Winds yarn. Yay! I believe this yarn has been discontinued, which is sad because it's really pretty! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

↡Scroll down to see what the other crafters have created from their craft supply stashes!↡

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Every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C'mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! Everyone is allowed a $10 allowance for necessities to complete their project (i.e. paint brushes, glue, etc), but the bulk of it must be created from their own stash of goodies.

APRIL CRAFT ROOM DE-STASH CHALLENGE PROJECTS:

C'mon Get Crafty | Easy Pom Pom Bookmark

Slices of Life | Easter Cards

Chas' Crazy Creations | How to Make a Snack Station

 Sew Crafty Crochet | Wild Flower Winds Crochet Blankets

Created Homemade | Toddler Apron from Fabric Quarters

Purple Hues and Me | Mother's Day Favor Bag DIY