Here is a little granny square baby afghan I made using some unusual yarn, or at least a little different than what I am used to using, Baby’s First from Lion Brand Yarn. I used colors called Honey Bee, Beanstalk, Splish Splash, and Fairy Tale. It is a mix of 45% cotton and 55% acrylic and is bulky (# 5).

I kind of have mixed feelings about this yarn, and I’m not sure if I would use it again or not. It feels really nice and soft; however, it can split like crazy when you are working on it. Plus, while the skeins look really large, you don’t get a lot of bang for your buck. I used 4 skeins and could barely squeeze out a 25 inch baby afghan out of them, which is really too small, but I will be d*mned if I’m going to buy more yarn!

Here is a picture of how close I was to getting one last row of the green, but nope! I had to frog the whole last row and contend with a few rows of single crochet to add a trim.

Anyone noticing a yarn shortage trend around here?