crochet anyone ?

v8monkeyboy

Hi all!

Just thought I'd pop on and show you my first completed project. It's only (!) taken 3 months to make and is made with pure wool. Am making a second one as I made twice the amount of squares as OH originally wanted a huuuge blanket, then decided that two smaller ones would be better.....

v8monkeyboy

Kinkyjinks that's amazing! So so pretty - you have a really good eye for colour.

Well done!

Tracy xx

RacyRed

Wow! they are both amazing, well done to you both :T

mumoftwo

Wow, loving the blankets, that looks like a lot of hard work kinkyjinks.

How did you join the squares together v8monkeyboy? I love the squares.

v8monkeyboy

Hi Mumoftwo

The squares were joined with trebles, alternating between each square if you know what I mean? I held two squares together, back to back, then chained 3 in the top right hand corner of the one closest to me, then put a treble stitch in the space opposite that on the other square. I find this easier to do than slip stitching the squares together, and I thought it looks better too

kinkyjinks

v8monkeyboy wrote: »

Kinkyjinks that's amazing! So so pretty - you have a really good eye for colour.

Well done!

Tracy xx

Thank you so much I have to confess that my MIL chose 2 (out of 3 :rotfl:) colours because the original colours I had were wrong (her words not mine lol). I love clashy bright colours myself. The picture doesn't really reflect the true colours, it's a kind of lilac, lemon and dusky pink. I'm equally impressed with your 'proper' sized blanket, when I make my next blanket it's going to be random squares. I LOVE the wool you've used in the first (left corner) square and assume it's the same as the 5th square too? What wool was that?

kinkyjinks

mumoftwo wrote: »

Wow, loving the blankets, that looks like a lot of hard work kinkyjinks.

How did you join the squares together v8monkeyboy? I love the squares.

It was slightly hard work for a first make. I've hated it for a long time but now it's finished all the work was worth it. As well as a lap warmer it can double up as a shoulder warmer I'm thinking a hat might be a nice second project, or socks. Are socks hard to make because you need to get them the same size and I'm not at all confident I could do that.

kinkyjinks

v8monkeyboy wrote: »

Hi Mumoftwo

The squares were joined with trebles, alternating between each square if you know what I mean? I held two squares together, back to back, then chained 3 in the top right hand corner of the one closest to me, then put a treble stitch in the space opposite that on the other square. I find this easier to do than slip stitching the squares together, and I thought it looks better too

And this was your first make??? I'm well impressed because I haven't got the time or patience to join things using slip stitch but couldn't work out how to join the squares, hence the 'Lucy' inspired hexagans which I could join as I work. I understand your explanation perfectly :A

Sagaris

kinkyjinks wrote: »

Ok, I'm going to try and show a picture of my blanket but I've only done this once before so hopefully it'll work. It was meant to be a proper sized blanket but it has turned into a lap warmer, which is really what I wanted I might add more to it when I get fed up of making other things, but my guess is, it will always be my first lap blanket.

I can't make the picture go in here, I've tried using the earlier instructions but I have my dim head on today so here's the link, hopefully that will work.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23855094@N00/5039104850/

Your blanket is amazing - I've been doing crochet for 40 years and would have been thrilled if my first attempt had been like yours!

kinkyjinks

Sagaris wrote: »

Your blanket is amazing - I've been doing crochet for 40 years and would have been thrilled if my first attempt had been like yours!

Thank you very much.