{"id":978,"date":"2016-12-28T14:42:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2017-04-06T09:41:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:41:57","slug":"train-baby-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/28\/train-baby-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"Train Baby Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-981 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.comwp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0990-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"img_0990\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0990-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0990-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0990-1024x805.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I needed to make a baby blanket quickly this week. So quickly that I didn&#8217;t have time to buy yarn. I used up most of what I had left of my cotton\/acrylic blend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=738958&amp;u=1497269&amp;m=59159&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\">Comfy Worsted Yarn<\/a>, which is why it has so many different colors around the edge. I really like that this yarn has so many bright colors. This is a very simple blanket to make, it&#8217;s almost all simple rectangles and circles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-980 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.comwp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0989-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_0989\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0989-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0989-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0989-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0989-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fun part about this blanket is that you can have little dolls fit into the train. Just don&#8217;t sew the upper edges of each cart and the engine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-979 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.comwp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0987-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"img_0987\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0987-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0987-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lolliesorcandy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0987-1024x892.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a close up of the little dolls. The general pattern is bellow. You can also make ears similar to the pattern for the arms to make a bunny.<\/p>\n<p>Head:<\/p>\n<p>ch 4, sl st to form ring<\/p>\n<p>rnd 1: 7sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 2: 14 sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 3: 21 sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 4: 24 sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 5-8: 26 sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 9: 21 sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 10: 14 sc<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Body:<\/p>\n<p>Make 11 rows for the bear and only 8 for the bird -switch colors so first rows are for feet and for the bear switch colors for the shirt ad pants<\/p>\n<p>ch 4, sl st to form ring<\/p>\n<p>rnd 1: 7sc<\/p>\n<p>rnd 2-11: 14 sc<\/p>\n<p>Arms<\/p>\n<p>ch 4, sl st to form ring<\/p>\n<p>rnd 1-6: 6 sc<\/p>\n<p>Wings:<\/p>\n<p>Make 2 triangles with sc st and then fold in half and sew to body<\/p>\n<p>Bear ears:<\/p>\n<p>Ch 2 , work 6 sc into the first ch<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more crocheting project ideas take a look at my <a href=\"https:\/\/au.pinterest.com\/stephhesselson\/crochet\/\">Pinterest board<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 221px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 76px; left: 270px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 76px; left: 270px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 76px; left: 270px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links. 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