My Nephew's Crochet Blanket

This blanket was so much fun to make!  I made the pattern up all on my own, by doing some single crochet, some double and triple crochet.  I started with just four colors, and just kept it with those 4, to keep it natural and simple.  The big blocks of stitches are all single crochet.  They are all added together with 50 stitches in row.

Then, in the middle I did do something fun and very open, and used a shell hook pattern.  This is a really easy stitch which you use a second crochet stitch, and just keep going to the same spot to start say 5 stitches.  It makes a pretty fan!

Here's a close up of this stitch.  It is upside down from where you would start, but it is pretty isn't it?  The entire point is you can create your own blanket with some innovation and some new ideas.  The mix of patterns is very nice, and adds a lot of texture to this blanket!