Guys, it's true. The blanket I thought would take a few weeks (try: twelve) is DONE.
Isn't it a great match for the drapes in the room where it'll live?
And that border - what a dream!
Okay... maybe it's not *perfect*.
Like, really not.
Though who's to say it's not just beckoning a passerby to unfurl it, the better to curl up and cosy?
I swear I added extra ease on the corners, but there's only so much you can do when the tension on the sides is irregular, owing to the person crocheting it having no clue what they were doing.
And it's not like curly corners affect function, right? Ditto the wavy belling inside the borders, caused by the same problem...
I had to pinch a bit and skip openings when I was setting up the border, which I did like three times trying to get it as flat as possible.
Still, I'm happy with it. It's a first try at both blanket and crochet, and it's warm when it's on me and pretty when it's folded up.
In the end it came out a bit over three feet wide and a bit over four and a half feet long, which is the perfect length for tucking under on a chilly evening to crochet.
Except... now I'm out of something to crochet.
Next!
Just kidding. I will of course be knitting socks while under the blanket, and repairing socks, and weaving that scarf I still haven't finished after five years.
(but maybe not till I've finished the second blanket?)
Hope you've got a cheery warm weekend lined up even if it means staying indoors to make it happen, or something else that's fun. You deserve it, amiright? And thanks as always for spending a bit of your time with me. See you next Saturday with anybody's guess for a project to share!
