{"id":94,"date":"2010-12-14T12:30:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T19:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2010-12-14T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T04:21:03","slug":"personalize-with-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/2010\/12\/personalize-with-crochet\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet a Border on a Store-Bought Lap Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Woohoo – fast and easy Homemade Christmas project. The store-bought throws that are $5-$10 at every store during the holidays often have a whipstitched edge, which works perfectly as a base row for a personalized crochet border!<\/p>\n

Talk about an easy AND satisfying first crochet project – lots more useful than making crocheted washcloths and potholders by the dozen.<\/p>\n

This border was made with three stitches, the Single Crochet Stitch, and Double Crochet Stitch alternated with a Chain Stitch. Older children will easily be able to master these stitches, and may have some fun creating their own. Here are two video tutorials I found useful. (Yes, you can teach yourself to crochet via YouTube. I did!)<\/p>\n

Single Crochet Tutorial on YouTube<\/a>
\n Double Crochet Tutorial on YouTube<\/a>
\n Chain Stitch Crochet Tutorial on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

This one is headed to a local nursing home, along with a new pair of slippers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woohoo – fast and easy Homemade Christmas project. The store-bought throws that are $5-$10 at every store during the holidays often have a whipstitched edge, which works perfectly as a base row for a personalized crochet border! Talk about an easy AND satisfying first crochet project – lots more useful than making crocheted washcloths and &hellip Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[45],"tags":[52,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}