Monthly Archives: March 2010

I crochet baby blankets and I am thinking about trying to sell them online. How much would you be willing to pay for a handmade item such as this? I’m pretty talented and can do a wide variety of patterns, many that I have made up myself. I have sold many of my blankets in the past, some baby size and some queen size. They have sold for anywhere from $10.00 to $50.00. What do you think?

Depending on the size, I wouldn’t try to sell one for more than $25. I have seen a few get sold on ebay, but I think it’s few and far between compared to the ones that are actually posted.

We have a local store here where people can rent a booth and sell their handmade items. I have seen many handmade baby blankets, but they range in price from about $25 to over $100. I saw an afghan that was about $35 and it literally took months to sell. I think a lot of people look at stuff like that and don’t want to pay someone else for their time to make it when a lot of them think they can do it themselves (but they don’t).

http://www.mikeyssmail.com Wondering how to loom knit a baby blanket? This is using a rectangular loom on making a standard size baby blanket. Looming is a lot of fun. Looming is simple. Looming is a lazy way to knit but addictive. Grab a loom and try it!

Duration : 0:20:34

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While working on a baby blanket for a new arrival some nasty illness made their rounds at my house. Is there a way to disinfect the item without harming it?

Hand wash it in the sink, use color bleach and hot water. Works great

The bulk of the instruction for this blanket is in part 2. This video details the materials you’ll need and some preliminaries in case you have no idea how to knit. Even if you’re an advanced knitter you’ll want to learn THIS cast on method because it’s super fast and cuts your cast on time in half! This seriously comes in handy for large projects!

I teach the Simple Cast On method in detail here but just in case you need a little extra clarification here’s another link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulFEjY87sZo

You’ll need to know how to knit and how to purl. If you don’t, here are some vids because I don’t go over that in this video:

* The knit stitch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xho-iQdGNE

* The purl stitch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UH-htXoBwQ

Duration : 0:7:20

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