It’s looking more and more like a little blanket! I measured it recently though and it’s like 6″ shorter than the length of foundation sc I measured at the beginning. Does that ever happen to you? What’s up with that?
This is so fun! And there’s still a ton of yarn left — maybe I’ll have enough to make another baby blanket after I’m through with this one!
Well, that’s all for today, I’m keeping it short! Thanks for stopping by!
Last time I posted about this blanket, I mentioned how fast it works up. I miiiiight have just been overexcited about finally starting a crochet project — it seems like it’s taking more time now. I’ve got two reps of the colors done:
As you can see I decided to not jumble the colors up throughout the blanket. I like it so far! I do kinda wish I had incorporated the purple into the body of the blanket and saved a different color for the border, but that’s OK.
Well that’s all for now. Thanks for stopping by!
How do you decide on what order to use your colors?
I like to try to evenly space dark and light colors, cool and warm colors, and colors in the same family, but that’s not always easy! Each color in this blanket (except for the purple that’s for the border) has now been used once, and it’s time to decide whether to repeat this color pattern or do like I did in the as-we-go stripey blanket and mix them up while still trying to follow those “rules.” Decisions, decisions.
This is a very enjoyable pattern; it looks great, is easy to memorize, isn’t too hard on the hands, works up relatively quickly, and is totally unique!
Will update with more soon. Thanks for stopping by!
Finally, something crochet to share with you! I’ve started a blanket using the clamshell tutorial from Cherry Hart (click here for free pattern). This has been on the to-do list literally for years!
So far, so good. I changed a couple things in the pattern: I did a foundation sc rather than a chain and row of sc, and I’m using a different stitch when the pattern says to ch 3 at the beginning of a row, just to make it look neater. The pattern is not hard to memorize and is easy to work.
Here’s the color palette I’m working with:
It’s KnitPicks’ Brava Sport yarn, which is really soft. I think the dark purple will be for a border.
Well that’s all for now. There’ll be an update soon! Thanks for stopping by!
Actually, don’t. Blankets take SOOOOOO long to knit! You guys warned me when I bought the yarn for my latest blanket, but did I listen? Noooo. Should I have? Yes! Here’s my slow progress:
It looks very nice so far, very simple and cozy. But it’s so much slower than crochet! Part of that is undoubtably due to the fact that I’ve been lazy with the crafting lately — it’s hard to pick up the needles when you’re exhausted from work, trying to spend time with friends, and planning a wedding (not to mention it’s so hot here that it turns knitting into sauna time). Part of it is also that my hands get tired and I quit before I can finish a whole skein of yarn. I’m on skein 6 of 15, not counting any border I might want to do. Here are the colors I have left:
These skeins of yarn are happily hibernating in my antique bread box that my parents got me in Arkansas:
Both the yarn and the blanket fit nicely inside the box, which is sitting beside my armchair for easy access:
Well, that’s unfortunately all of the yarny updates I have. I’m hoping to get motivated to pick up either of my 2 hibernating sweaters so that I’ll have something handmade to wear this winter, but we’ll see. As always, thanks for stopping by!
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