{A blanket of puff shells}

After finally finishing a blanket for my son, I figured I should do one for my daughter as well. Lucky for me, a local small yarn shop was having a sale! There, I picked up 30 balls of lemony Rowan "Cotton Rope" yarn (that's right, 30 balls! and it cost the total of only $30). This particular pattern - 3D, or puff shells - is not complicated at all; what takes time is the sheer size that I decided to attempt. The result looks beautiful, and what's more important, my daughter just loves it!

{Thick Baby Blanket}

Here it is, my first finished project to share with all of you - a blanket for my baby boy!

I'm not going to lie, this one took a really REALLY long time; granted, I only did a little bit at a time, but it's a time-consuming pattern nonetheless.

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I adapted the pattern from a beautiful crocheted hat I found HERE (it's in Russian, but you'll find the actual pattern diagram there as well).