I've told my husband that this blanket is my new happy place. It brings me so much joy to look at all seventeen of the beautiful colors. Like I mentioned previously, the colors came as a pack from the Attic24 section of www.woolwarehouse.co.uk so I didn't have to worry about whether or not they would go well together. I was a little on the fence about some of the colors, especially some of the greens. However, when everything finally came together, I think the color choices were perfect. I also loved how each new color round made the whole blanket look different... it was such an incredible transformation.
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 Overall, this blanket was pretty simple to put together. It's a giant granny square, so it's a continuous pattern of double crochet clusters all the way around, with chains added in the corners. I'll list the order of the colors in just a minute. I worked the colors from 1-17, then started with 16 and worked my way back. When I finished color 6, I started down my border. With color 5, I started rows of single crochet. I continued this with colors 4, 3 and 2. When I finished color 2, I started the final row and did a scalloped border (slip stitch to start, skip a stitch, 5 double crochets into the next stitch, skip a stitch and slip stitch into the next stitch; repeat all the way around). |
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| The Border.... so beautiful and dainty |
The colors:
1. Plum
2. Clematis
3. Wisteria
4. Magenta
5. Lavender
6. Aster
7. Cloud Blue
8. Turquoise
9. Sherbet
10. Spring Green
11. Aspen
12. Meadow
13. Saffron
14. Shrimp
15. Fondant
16. Pomegranate
17. Lipstick
So, are you ready for The Big Reveal? I'm so excited to show you the finished product!!!
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| In all of its glory! |
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| Love to see all the colors spread out from this angle... |
So there you have it! I've placed it over the back of my couch (probably to my husband's dismay) so I can see it all the time and of course, allow my friends to bask in the happiness that exudes from this blanket whenever they come for a visit!
Until next time,
Callie
