After at least a month of crochet I finally turned a pile of random yarns into a pile of random squares. Fifty of them to be exact. Which gave me a huge sense of accomplishment, followed by the crushing realization that I need to assemble them to actually have a blanket. (Can't we teach the baby to do that itself?)
I first had to find a properly neutral yarn to tie it all together, the Sweet Grape from Malabrigo won out as the best choice. Then I edged each square in single crochet.
I laid out the squares in piles of five, trying not to clump similar colors too much. I'm just a little OCD, so it's best for me to not plan everything too closely, that way madness lies..
Then all the strips are stitched together...
Tadaaa! All those random brights and lovely purples blended into a wildly colored blanket. I expect I will use the rest of the Grape yarn to trim the outer edge in a double crochet or such.
Of course, just after taking this photo I spotted one last pile of five squares, the cat had been sleeping on them for a few days. So glad I didn't trim the blanket yet...
What's the biggest thing you've ever crocheted or knitted?
1 comment:
Yay! It's wonderful! I love a good scrappy afghan!
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