crochet clamshell blanket: blocking

The blanket is not as big as I’d planned, but it’s big enough, and it will be augmented by the border.  I’ll get to that when this has dried.

crochet clamshell blanket blockingIt looks a bit dark, both because this photo was taken at night and because it’s wet.

Each color was used 5 times, and the tails were woven in by crocheting over them as I went along (see this page for more details on how to do that).

 

crochet clamshell blanket: 4 reps done!

4 repeats of the color pattern are complete, and just 1 more to go before the border!

crochet clamshell blanket 4 reps done

It’s definitely smaller than I had planned so I’m going to block it before I add the border.  When I get to that point I’ll share some new techniques I’m going to try!

Well, that’s all for now.  Thanks for stopping by!

new yarn!

I’ve tried a new Etsy store!  Here are the yarns I purchased:

welthase yarn

Welthase yarn is dyed in Germany and it’s lovely!  I balled it up using my ball winder (well, Chris wound it, I used my knees and arms to act as a swift) and there were no knots in any of the hanks (NO KNOTS!!!).  I got 600m of the lace merinosilk in coral,  800m in lace supersilk in silver, and 262m of BFL sporty DK in shimmering grey.  The yarn is very soft, particularly the supersilk!

I have plans for each of these — a knit project and a crochet project — and I’ll have leftovers of some of them.  I’ll update later on how they are while working on a project.  I can’t wait to get started!

That’s all for now, thanks for stopping by!

crochet clamshell blanket: 3 reps done!

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?

crochet clamshell blanket 3 reps doneThis 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!

 

crochet clamshell blanket: 2 reps done!

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:

crochet clamshell blanket: 2 color reps 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!