Miss Mouse Lovey Blanket

Instructions

1. I used a ball of Bernat Pop! yarn in a vibrant pink and grey striping to make some basic 12” x 12” granny squares (you can find granny square patterns in the hundreds online).

2. After completing four squares, I seamed them together into one large square.

3. To edge the blanket, I just did one round of sc around, with 3 sc in each corner.

4. Then I used the grey portion of the yarn to make a mouse head. Basically, I just crocheted rounds of sc (starting with ch 4; sl st to first ch to close; sc in each ch around, sc/2 sc alternating around, etc.) that were narrow at the beginning, then increased as I went along to make a conical shape, as you can see in the pictures.

5. Then after completing her face, I stuffed the head with Polyfil, then crocheted the back closed. (You’ll notice in the photo that there’s a pink spot on her forehead. There was a flaw in the yarn, so I’m just calling that her “birthmark”!)

6. For the ears, I crocheted two rounds of dc, then used my yarn needle to sew each to the top of the head. For the face, I used black yarn to embroider her nose and eyes.

7. Last, I sewed the bottom of the head to the center of the blanket.

8. Voila! You have the very easy-to-make Miss Mouse lovey blanket.