how to sew name on baby blanket

[snb0705]

Hi everyone! Newbie here, just thought id try posting here and see if anyone could help me since my 87 yr old grandma-in-law didn't have any advice for me. I am looking for some advice/help. My Cousin-in-law is having a baby shower in a few weeks, and after i found out she was pregnant i had already crocheted the baby blanket. Now they have picked out a name and i was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to add the name to an already finished baby blanket. Is there a way to crochet it say on the top side of the blanket or am i stuck doing embroidery which i am no good at :eek

[goofy]

i would say to do embroidery. What is the pattern stitch that you used?

[shelly_bean]

you can cut letters out of felt and stitch those on there. I suck at embroidery too. So felt would be my next option.

[snb0705]

the actual stitch throughout the whole blanket is single crochet mixed with slip stitch. so i figured the embroidery was probably going to be my only option. Thanks for the advice tho!!

[CyM]

You can use surface crochet. It's super easy and looks pretty decent on the back, too.

Hold the yarn on the wrong side, stick a hook in the right side, pull a loop through. Then go to the next spot you want to aim your line towards and stick the hook through there and pull up a loop. Just do this in whatever design you want. WAY easier than embroidery and all you have to do is weave in the ends. It has a nice look on the front. If you want to make the writing thicker, try two strands of yarn.

[Dorothy]

:thinkCould you do a border around the Blanket in SC and Crochet the name across the top In a different color as you do the border
Here is a web site you can make a name graph

http://www.celticxstitch.ie/cgi-bin/stitches.cgi

[crazycrochet]

You could try cross stitching the name on the blanket in a contrasting color. There are some beautiful cross stitch alphabets out there.:hook