Aka the PJ Blanket 2020 has been the year of the baby blankets. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had a baby girl, and I wanted to make something special for the little one. Why do I call it PJ blanket? Because PJs mom loves potatoes, so we called her Potato Jr, or PJ for short! There are several ideas and goals I had for the blanket. I knew I wanted to: make a continuous, one-piece blanket, as opposed to the granny square style of the Blinky Blanket only use Zen colors to really feature the cohesiveness of the Zen bundle have an ombre vibe try out a unique border. Scallops is […]

If you follow @mindfulknitsgram on Instagram, you may have seen my series of posts where I detail how I created the Blinky Blanket, which was a present for my newborn niece, Blinky. I’d like to share some more details on how I created the blanket here, so that you can create it with mindfulknits yarn, if you so desire! This is a great project if you are a beginner crocheter and if you have never made a blanket before. Some things I had to consider when I was on the hunt for inspiration for the Blinky Blanket: I am all about instant gratification. If a project takes too long, or […]