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Candy Blankies: Unique Crochet for Babies & Toddlers

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This book has it all...beautifully designed blankets that go well beyond pink, blue and white granny square or chevron afghan, with easy-to-follow instructions and quality photography.

Candy Blankies contains 29 patterns that are sophisticated yet simple to make, deriving their beauty from whimsical color choices and great design. Many of the patterns, for example, call for weaving in contrasting or complementary colors into finished pieces, a simple way to add dimension and complexity without much time and effort.

The front of the book showcases the patterns, each with its own 2-page spread; the second half includes instructions, again with each pattern across two pages, which include a photograph of the finished piece lying flat.

Though this book contains only afghan patterns, it has served as inspiration for me on many other projects, including scarves, purses and pillows.

This book is what initially attracted me to crochet. I have lots of babies in my life and these blankets are cute and modern. Definitely a great book to make out of the ordinary crochet projects.

The patterns are appropriate for crochet-ers of all levels...I am sucessfully working on a project as a newbie myself!

This book is by far the crochet book that I use the most. The patterns are practical and require minimal crochet skills, but still produce AMAZING results. My favorite thing about the book is that Candi made the patterns simple to complete, using weaving end embroidery for embellishments rather than requiring complex, time consuming hook tricks. It is also simple to translate these patterns into bigger afghans because the book uses bright, bold colors instead of just baby pastels. You need this book!

Okay, I'm a sucker for cute babies and cute crochet/knit projects....so sue me.

I like that Ms Jensen has included some designs that move away from the over done but somehow obligatory pastel pink and blue.

I worry, though, how safe her added "sheep", flowers, and pom poms are.

This is a beautiful book full of cute baby blankets. But though it claims to have projects "from easy to advanced" I can find nowhere that lists which are which. I am a beginning crocheter and I'm sure that if I were more advanced I could tell which projects would be easy. But as it stands now I wish I could tell before I invest in the yarn and start a project. If anyone knows how to get this information, please post.
Becky

I love the pictures in this book and the directions are clear and concise. I was a bit disappointed that the blankets were not especially unique in design..just different colors. However, for one just stating out, this might exactly what you need.

I came upon this book at a local yarn store, and immediately fell in love with it. It helped that the store had re-created one of the patterns from the book, an adorable 9-square teddy bear face blanket with blue trim and 3D ears. I bought all the yard I'd need to make a similar blanket (no doubt that's what the store had in mind!), and I'm just now finishing my own version (using fuzzy yarn for the faces).

I can't recommend this book highly enough. First off, the photography is gorgeous, a real treat to page through. The patterns are so beautiful, and are presented clearly and neatly. I have yet to find any mistakes in them. Some of the patterns are more complex than others, but I've found you can tell pretty quickly what the level of expertise required is, simply by looking at the complexity of the pattern presented. The last few pages of the book also include helfpul refresher tips (or how-to pictures for beginners) related to the stitches and techniques required in the patterns.

If you love to crochet, and want to have a source for really creative, lovely, and customizable blankets, then this is the best book out there that I've found. I'm really very happy with this purchase.

This is a very nice book of crocheting "blankies" for kids. It is well done with good pictures and very understandable directions. Great variety of different types of afghans for babies. If you like this book, check out "Candy Babies" and "Candy Tots" also by Candi Jensen. She is a very creative crocheter and for someone like me who really is drawn to baby and tottlers' clothes and blankets, she is a great resource.

I too fell in love with this book and another of the same author for baby clothing while browsing in my local craft store. As a person who makes several baby blankets per year I am always looking for new, fun designs and patterns. I have made two of the patterns in the book and was disappointed with the directions for both.

One of the patterns only directs you to make 8 squares to complete it, when the pictures clearly show that it took 9 to complete the blanket. If that had been the only issue I might have let it go as a small error. However, in the 2nd book with adorable baby clothes 2 of those patterns had some direction issues. One of the patterns called for the use of a stitch that was NOT the one used in the picture and if I followed the directions exactly (yes I checked my guage), the end product was so large the 12 month old was swimming in it!

Small details also seem to be omitted, like how she sewed in a zipper or added some of the details.

The pictures of the final products ARE beautiful and inspiring. I just wish the same care had been taken with the directions.

Item was prompt with delivery and came in good condition.
My fiance loves this book and says it's very easy to understand and follow.
I would recommend this to anyone getting involved in Crochet.
I would buy from this vendor again with pleasure.