Baby Blanket

I have just recently re-taught myself to crochet.  One of my friends from college is having a baby in October this year and has elected to not find out the sex of the baby.  So, I thought found a easy crochet pattern for a yellow baby blanket. You can find the pattern here at Red Heart Yarn. I couldn't find the "cornmeal" color yarn in the local stores, so I purchased 5 "Pale Yellow".

At first look, I was a little apprehensive, but reassured myself that it was labeled "Easy" and that I can do it. The "written" instructions were in fact easy to follow, but then I saw the "pattern" instructions:

Now, there were no written instructions for the pattern....or so I thought. It took me 45 min and many internet searches (which taught me nothing) to figure out ow to follow that pattern.  I finally realized that in the written instructions, it tells you how to do a "block" and a "space", and the "X" is for a "block" and the "space" is for a "space". Easy Peasy. 

Then, I needed a system to remember how to know which direction to follow the pattern, so I just counted my stitches and put an "arrow" for the direction the row was to be stitched. 

 I was so happy when I finally was able to see my first bunny!!! 

Now, I decided that repeating the design twice was too big for my liking, so I only have 3 rows of bunnies instead of 4 for my blanket. 

Once, I finished, I started the edging, which was easy to do. Just a simple shelling. 

And here is my finished blanket for my friend's baby! And I just found out that one of the colors of the nursery is yellow! How cool?! I am pretty proud of my first finished "big" project of crochet. Now I need to finish my daughter's blanket......which I will blog about! Please stay tuned!

I only used 3.5 of the 5 yarns I purchased. I plan on using the leftover yarn to make Rapunzel braids for my daughter's 2nd birthday party (Tangled Theme).