A Blanket For Baby

I have just finished my most recent crochet project.  A friend from work is having a baby so I decided to make a blanket set for her.  Her theme is kind of safari/zoo so I figured a nice giraffe set would go well.  This project involved a blanket, a pillow, and a toy.  This is the first "set" project I have done.  I think it turned out pretty well.  It took about 3 months but it was well worth it.  I hope baby likes it!

First the blanket.  I made the base first (the green and blue).  Then added the tree and grass.  Then came the leaves and clouds.  I then made both the giraffes and sewed them to the blanket.  Last came the clouds and the fringe.

 

 

 

Once the blanket was done it was on to the pillow and the toy.  The pillow was pretty simple.  Make the pillow then add the trees, leaves, cloud, and grass.  Then leg loops for the toy to sit in.  I took an old pillow case and cut and sewed it to fit in the pillow instead of just stuffing the pillow to keep the stuffing from pulling through the crochet.  I could not do the same for the toy so hopefully the stuffing stays in the toy where it should be.

 

If my pictures would have been better you might get a better view of the cute smile on the toy but you will just have to imagine.  I am really happy with how it turned out.  Half the instructions were "Follow the picture" and the picture didn't even show most of the project so I think I did a pretty good job.  Sometimes you just have to toot your own horn!  The mom seemed to like it so that's the main thing.

On to the next project!  Not sure if I'll move on to the next baby set (a sheep theme that is really hard) or whip up some quick dish clothes or slippers for my sister or a blanket for my mom!  Ahh!  So many projects, so little time!  And Christmas is right around the corner!  Better get working!

SUCCESS!!

Well, I did the run and lived to tell the story. The total raised as of run day was $785! So I set my goal at 7 miles.

Here is the elliptical in our basement.  Don't mind the mess!

Here is the air mattress in case I died!  And the TV to entertain me.  I caught up on all my Rescue Me episodes!

I tracked the mileage on the elliptical and the time on the IPod so I could keep track of the time per mile.  And the timer on the elliptical did not go high enough!

  And it starts!

 

 1 mile!  Still feeling good! And 27 minutes, not bad.

 

 Mile 2, still good.  Hmm...25 minutes, I guess I'm getting faster!

 

 3 miles!  Alright I'm feeling it a bit, still 3 seconds faster on this mile.  Craziness!

 

 Mile 4, faster still!?!  What the heck!  Oh well, for sure the next mile will be slower!  On to the 3rd episode of Rescue Me!

 

 Ugh! Mile 5! Wait a minute, only 24 and a half minutes? Look at me go!

 

Mile 6, can barely feel my legs anymore.  Don't know if I'll make 7 but I will do my best!  Hmmm...23 minutes and 24 seconds.  Cool!

 Yeah! I made it!  Somebody shoot me!  And check it out, 22 minutes 41 seconds!  The fastest mile of them all!  Craziness!  7 miles in 2 hours, 55 minutes.  Pretty good if you ask me!

 

 Here's the calorie count:

 

My legs still hurt and I have bruises on the tops of my feet and I've been sick ever since, but I'm glad I did it.  I raised a bunch of money and proved to myself that I could do it if I wanted to.  Excellent!  And surprisingly enough every mile I got a little faster.  Crazy!  Thanks for all your support!  It really meant a lot to me!  Hopefully it will help find a cure!