Drop in the Pond Afghan!

I've been working on this Drop in the Pond afghan, by Elizabeth Ham, on and off for awhile now. It's been my evening wind down project so it took longer than if I was only working on this. This one fits on top of my Queen size bed!

The pattern is free and available on Ravelry. She has a video and photo tutorial on her website.

The pattern calls for just 3 colors but I adapted mine to 5 colors.

I used Red Heart Soft in White, Berry, Grape, Lilac and Pink. I love using Red Heart Soft because it's affordable and sooo sooo soft!

 If you would like a Drop in the Pond Afghan for yourself, feel free to email me at jaimeddesigns at hotmail.com!

Blanket Love and Inspiration

Lately I've really been wanting to make a blanket, but it is so time consuming that I have a hard time deciding what I want to make since I'll be working on it FOREVER! So instead I'll spend way to long looking online at all the pretty blankets, bookmarking for the future, and drooling over the colors. Let's have a look through my blanket bookmarks shall we? (At the end I'll show some blankets that I have made. So read on!)

First I love this waffle stitch from Suburban Jubilee.

Photo from here.

I LOVE the color blending that Colour in a Simple Life does. So pretty!

Photo from here.

I also really like the Chevron look like in this blanket from Purl Bee. It's definitely back in style! I even like these colors, but I'd probably do pinks to browns. Like a cherry chocolate chip blanket!

Photo from here.

Finally, the last piece of inspiration. This ripple blanket by Attic24. I love this pattern and have used it MANY times!!! I used it when I made the blanket for Jessica Simpson and am currently in progress of making one for my own family.

Photo from here.

And now for some blankets that I have made!

This ripple blanket was part of a celebrity gift basket for Jessica Simpson's little girl, Maxwell Drew. I adapted Attic24's pattern above to make it work.

Photo from my shop.

I also made this scrappy afghan for a friend's baby shower. They are a bright color loving family. This one measured really big. It was as long as a queen size bed is wide.

Photo from my shop.

 You can see the others I've made on my website!

So are you feeling inspired to make something new? Leave me a comment telling me about it. Feel free to link to a post you've written about a blanket you've made as well!