Your blankets are wonderful. A relative made one for me when I was pregnant with my first… that blanket has been so durable and lasted through all three of my children (and is now in the cedar chest waiting to be wrapped around maybe a grandchild).

So now, these are my favorite gift to make for babies! One trick I have learned is that when using a heavy fabric (or maybe even just a tightly woven flannel) and it is diffictult to get the crochet hook through the fabric, I will do a ‘blanket stitch’ around the edge using the crochet thread. Then, I can do the first round of crochet using each stitch of the blaket stitch. Just be sure to make the blanket stitch as even as possible.

Another trick I use: I actually will use my pattern marking tracing wheel & paper to trace a ‘dotted line’ around the edge and then I know exactly where to place my needle (for the blanket stitch) or for the crochet hook if inserting directly into the fabric ~ perfectly spaced/sized stitches every time!

Thanks for all your wonderful posts…as you can see I enjoy them so much I can’t stand to miss a one even when I get back-logged on my reading!

Shirley

Try wiggling your hook through one layer then the next. Just keep working at it.

Hope this helps.