My latest finished object is a crochet blanket that I’m really rather proud of
It’s taken four months, but my Rainbow Picnic Blanket is finally done, and I love it.
When you’re not following a pattern, just making it all up as you go along, you don’t really know how the thing is going to turn out. I didn’t know if the squares I’d chosen would work with this particular yarn. I didn’t know if the colours would go together. I didn’t even know how big the blanket would turn out. Did the squares need a border or just the blanket as a whole?
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| The finished blanket. The colours work well and I like the scalloped border. |
But half the fun of creating your own pieces is the experimentation. I liked the way the squares turned out, they both really showed off the varigated nature of the yarn. But I wasn’t sure what to do about the border. In the end I decided to join the square in strips. I was going to crochet a border around each strip, but some good advice via Facebook meant I didn’t. Instead I sewed the strips together and put a border around the whole thing.
I really don’t think I’d change anything about this design
My concern with simply joining the squares was that the colours might get lost next to each other, but I really didn’t need to worry. The colours work really well and definitely stand out. I always knew I wanted a white border around the whole of the blanket, finished off with scalloped edging using a fan stitch. So that’s what I did.
I really like the finished object. The colours are lovely, the yarn is soft but hardwearing (ideal for a picnic blanket), it’s just the right size and the border finishes it off perfectly. I really don’t think I’d change anything about this design.
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| The blanket has got the all-important Betty seal of approval. |
