Do new moms still like crocheted blankets?

Haven’t been around much lately have you? This has been a hot topic on the board.

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It’s a giant, resounding NO for me and all the moms I know IRL.

The moms I know are different from myshelly’s. Many appreciate them if made out of wash and dry-able soft yarn. 

I think it depends, but usually they are well received. I know my great, great newphew loves blankets of any kind. He was born with a rare brain deformity so that is probably some of his obsessiveness of the blankets, buy his sister loves them as well. I have a friend that has passed and I promised her I would keep in touch with her grand children. One just had a new baby and she loves homemade blankets.

I read the previous thread and I really do think a lot of it has to do with climate, however ymmv. We live where it is cold and like peabay said, they are well used here, on car seats and when moving about in the cold.

I gift a lot of crochet blankets and baby quilts and have yet to have anyone respond negatively. As elaine mentioned, the material matters and my blankets and quilts are all machine washable and able to go in the dryer.

I loved the ones I got when Ds was born 22 years ago. He also loves them, and took them to college!

I live in the South and they are used often here as well - because of the air conditioning!


kluski - The only way to know for sure is to ask your colleague.  If you don't want to ask her directly, maybe put out some feelers with your other colleagues?  Otherwise, just give the blanket from your heart.  I do agree with the others that it should be from very soft yarn, as well as machine washable/dryable.   

I am a newborn photographer and I get plenty of clients who bring along homemade crocheted/knit blankets they want included in a photo.

The only way to know is if they either ask you directly to make one - or if you ask them but even if you ask, most people who don't want one won't be rude enough to say it directly to you.

I'm a crocheter myself so keep that in mind...I understand what it's like to want to make something, but just because we enjoy a hobby doesn't mean we have to inflict it on others. Making things for other people is usually more about the person wanting to make something than it is about if the other person really wants/will use it.

Now I don't recall seeing any of your work specifically so this isn't a personal comment - but I am in a few FB crochet groups and some of the blankets people post are downright ugly and badly made and/or use horrible colours. I've seen so posts where it says "I made this for a co-workers baby" and it's some misshapen monstrosity in brown and purple and lime green.

So I think the skill with which a blanket is made and the color choices are directly proportional to the desirability of the blanket.

Also if you're going to worry about "appreciate" - then don't do it.
Crochet blankets are a niche item and I think people either love or hate them...and the crocheters themselves love them more than most recipients do.

I received several crocheted blankets for my baby born in January and I love all of them.

I think it's pointless to ask anyone other than the intended recipient whether she likes them or not,  peas could tell you they loved them till the cows come home but that doesn't mean this person will.

My DIL has a deformed finger from when she was a baby and wrapped in a crocheted blanket. Her little hand got caught in a thread that cut off the blood supply. She wouldn’t use the knitted, lacey shawl that I used for my babies, nor anything else that wasn’t a close weave. Best to ask imho.

My two daughters-in-law who have babies have both been thrilled with the ones they received and have used them regularly - often as a light blanket over the car seat.

My daughter crochets and receives requests from her pregnant friends all the time to make blankets for them. Patter I adore that blanket. The stitches and colors are dreamy.

If you want to know for sure, ask the recipient.
Or, give the blanket from the heart and dont worry about it. If any of the crocheted blankets I got for DS had been soft, I would have used them more. I still used them occasionally and I appreciated the time and effort the giver put into such a thoughtful gift.