Wool Eater Baby Blanket

I have made a baby blanket for each of my boys and I was not going to break tradition this time. The biggest difference in this blanket is a more intricate pattern than the other two as I decided upon simpler patterns with my first two boys.

If you have ever wandered why some people call this pattern wool eater crochet you will once you work on this project. It uses a whole bunch of yarn, but it is so gorgeous that you have to try it at least once in your life. In the pictures above the left is the right side of the work and the right is the reverse side. As you can see both sides are equally beautiful (though my husband has expressed a preference for the reverse side).

I found my inspiration for this blanket at fav crafts, however I found the directions to  be nothing less than a pain in my rear. After frogging my work three times I choose to find different directions. I found a tutorial also on fav crafts for the stitch pattern which proved to be much more helpful...not in the written directions, but in the photographs which allowed me to get a count on the corner stitches where I was having an issue. If you are interested in looking at the tutorial you can find it here.

I followed the tutorial until I got the hang of the stitch pattern, then I just took off on my own. Since I am having a third boy I chose a light blue, white, mint green, dark blue, and burgundy. Feel free to mix and match your colors as you choose and make your blanket as big or small as you like.