During one of my recent stash sale yarn purchases, I picked up a few skeins of TLC Baby Amore in Baby Print. This is a Coats & Clark yarn, and I had never tried it before, but as I’ve continued my crochet charity work, I’ve discovered not only is there a huge (massive really) need for baby items, but I really enjoy making them as well. Thus, while I have no human babies in my life, I seem to be keeping pretty darn busy making baby items like blankets, booties, and especially baby hats.
The Crochet-List group has started a new charity challenge for July, and again, I’m working away on crocheted baby items, so I was able to pull out the TLC yarn and give it a try. I made one hat, but though I enjoyed working with the yarn, I’m not 100% thrilled with the results compared to the hats I made with Bernat baby yarn (which I also adore). The TLC is super soft and doesn’t hold a shape as well, so I’m going to use the rest for a blanket and see how that goes. It’s got a mix of blue, pink, yellow, and green. I have some solid green and solid yellow that I can combine to make a small blanket, something simple probably like double crochet, or at least a stitch or two that is easy to do while watching tele in the evening and chilling out.
Anyway, sometimes you never know what type of yarn you’ll really get when you buy an unknown brand (unknown to you I mean) on-line, and it’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised when you start working with it and it feels soft pulled between your fingers. I can just imagine a little baby snuggling up to the finished product.
