Friday, December 9, 2011

Disney Princess Baby Blankets...

So, originally I was supposed to knit 3 blankets for Lily's Disney princess babies (Ariel, Belle & Rapunzel). Unfortunately I was not a fan of how they were turning out. I put the needles & yarn down, walked away and haven't looked back for a few weeks. Maybe once the frustration wears off, I'll try again.

In the mean time, I found Tangled fleece at our local Wal-mart, so I bought 15 inches, hoping to make a blanket for baby Rapunzel.

For those who don't know, fleece tie blankets are kind of my thing. I love to make them (so far, my parents, brothers, nephew, niece, husband & daughter have all received one over the course of several past Christmas' as gifts) so I thought I'd try one out for baby Rapunzel. I measured it out, centered Rapunzel's picture as best I could and 30 minutes later I had a finished, albeit tiny, tie blanket.

 Don't mind baby Rapunzel's messy hair-Lily was trying to style it the other day. :) I've decided to buy Disney princess fleece to make blankets for babies Ariel & Belle as well. I don't think I'll be lucky enough to find Little Mermaid & Beauty and the Beast specific fleece, but we'll see.

Lily loves it. She has, in fact, told me to call Santa up and tell him to bring her a Rapunzel tie blanket too. Looks like I'll be making time to add one more tie blanket to my list of gifts to finish up this year!

baby Rapunzel now sleeps in Lily's bed every night, covered in her special blanket. :)

2 comments:

  1. Cute! I love that they'll have matching blankets. :)

    I found these tutorials on Pinterest for finishing the edges differently but haven't tried them: http://helpinglittlehands.blogspot.com/2011/11/double-layered-no-sew-braided-fleece.html & http://helpinglittlehands.blogspot.com/2010/12/braided-fleece-blankets-tutorial.html

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  2. Helpful! Thank you! I can't wait to actually try this (which will be soon...I've got 2 blankets to finish by Christmas-eeek!)

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