I am extremely pleased to announce that the red, white and blue granny square crochet blanket is finished! That's right - finshed; completed; done! It's been a long old slog and at times I wondered if it would ever get done, but now it's lying on my eldest's bed after being a WIP for almost four years.
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| Aug 2012 |
The blanket started life in August 2012 amid the fervour of the Queen's Jubilee and the London Olympics (hence the patriotic colour scheme).
After playing around with the layout I decided on a design inspired by a patchwork quilt.
The granny square centres crocheted up pretty quickly but as I added the outer rounds the project stalled again and again. You see, I'm impatient. My eye is constantly darting from one thing to the next; so many pretty patterns, so many different yarns, so many colours and so little time to fit it all in. I didn't want to spend ALL of my time on this one project because then it would be months before I could try anything new. MONTHS! So it got shelved, abandoned, forgotton - repeatedly. Every now and again I'd remember my poor, unfinished crochet blanket and work on it diligently for a week or two before losing interest all over again.
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| Nov 2014 |
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| April 2015 |
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| Jan 2016 |
But then there were fewer and fewer gaps, and the end was tantalisingly within sight. Then one day the last of the blue squares was completed and there was a blanket! Almost. I could have finished there but it didn't look quite right; it needed a proper edge so I pushed through the inertia and gave it a simple two rounds of treble crochet. Nothing fancy, just get it done. And then finally, the weaving in. After the nightmare of ends that I was faced with after the
crochet baby blanket, this was almost a pleasure. Little by little, block by block, the ends disappeared from the back of the blanket until on the evening of 20th May 2016 I was able to say "Ta-dah!!!".
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| It's finished! |
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| Where it belongs - at last! |
Needless to say there was a HUGE sigh of satisfaction and much happy dancing. My eldest scooped it up with delight and wrapped himself up in it like a caterpillar in a cocoon. That was probably the best moment. It is now draped over his top bunk and he loves to lie on it and under it.
I take my hat off! It is a fab granny quilt and it must feel so great to have completed it. WELL DONE, Lilian! Your son is such a lucky boy!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm glad I finished it but even more pleased that it's so well-loved.
DeleteIt is lovely..
ReplyDeleteThanks Gaia. I do like how it turned out.
DeleteBeautiful colors and huge work you've done. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mari! I'm glad to have finished it.
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