Kyle has started Year 3 (Juniors) at school - in a mixed class (Year 3/4) of the eldest children from Year 3 and the youngest from Year 4. All due to the number of children! We took the now traditional first day at school photos ready for a LO in the future but here he is - one of his mad poses!
My best friend Suzy has bought us (well, baby!) a gorgeous sleeping bag from Mothercare's Baby K range - I love the colours - purple, orange, teal, black, white & grey! So much so I was contemplating on buying the blanket from the same range but at £32 for a blanket I decided against it!
Instead I decided to do my own in the ripple pattern I saw on Attic 24 blog - so I bought this beautiful soft cotton wool (by Sirdar)
then had to buy some more because I hadn't bought enough the first time and got to work! After 110 rows and a double row of edging all around, I now have (well, the baby now has!) a lovely soft blanket to snuggle under!
And did I save any money by doing the blanket myself - NO and YES!NO - the wool cost me £50 including postage in the end (still have some left over) and
YES - its more than twice the size of the Mothercare blanket, its homemade and it was made with Love!!!
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Gorgeous blanket Ally, well done! Im sure it will last a lot longer than the mothercare one too as its held together with love xx
ReplyDeleteAwesome blanket Ally! I definitely agree that it's better than the shop bought one. I'm sure little pink ribbon will love it!! LOL @ Kyle's expression too. hee hee.
ReplyDeleteOh you got be blubbing now!!! Made with love!!!
ReplyDeleteits gorgeous Ally and you are so talented and I so can't wait to see pics of your precious bundle!!! so get a bloomin' move on girly
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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, your precious Red ribbon is going to look so cute in the blanket.
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