Countdown to Baby Blueprint: Kyla Mod Stroller Blanket

What would a baby crochet book be without a granny square afghan? Only problem is that I really don't like the look of the traditional ones with blocks all of the same size- big surprise, right?

Instead, I designed one with rectangles and squares together. All the blocks are tactile in some way, either lacy for easy thumb sucking or bumpy for rubbing, or both. The yarn is super soft in Blue Sky Alpaca's dyed worsted weight cotton. The BS yarn comes in fantastic colors too, as you see. The blocks are joined by a simple sc join, where you use the back side of the stitch for the front of the work. That's how you get the little dots between the blocks.

The blanket comes with ties so you can strap it onto a stroller or car seat so it doesn't get kicked off.

I named the blanket after one of the names we were considering for CJ. We had about 10 when we left for the hospital. We decided on her name right before she came out. I still liked all of our names, so I used a few in the book. Especially for this blanket, since the color combo was her theme colors in the baby room in our Cincinnati house.

I have to thank Diane for the great work on this blanket. She crocheted it while CJ was just a few days old. It was so great to open the box to find how lovely it turned out while I was still so sleep deprived.