my mom crocheted these blankets for the first kid
One of my mom's things is to crochet receiving blankets and matching burp cloths for baby gifts.
They're 36-in square, double sided flannel that she gets hem-stitched at the flannel and quilting megastore in Bountiful, Utah, then she crochets the edges all around.
My wife learned how to do it, too, and she's started making a few to give to our friends as gifts. It takes maybe an hour/side to do, depending on the complexity of the pattern. I think they use patterns from handkerchiefs.
Anyway, the kid loves them; they wear like iron, get really soft, and the kid rolls the edge in her fingertips as a little comforting device. She's done it since she was old enough to unclench her fists.
Though we barely used some of the dozen or so sets my mom made for kid #1, she wanted to make some new ones for kid #2. We happily accepted.
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