At last, I have finished this green crochet blanket, and it turns out it’s not that big. I had thought it was going to be just a bit smaller than a single bed size, but it’s probably a third of that. I also thought I’d made somewhere over 100 circles, but when it came to getting them all together, there weren’t as many as I thought.
I think some circles went missing, or I completely miscounted. It is only 8×11 squares, which is rubbish. Seriously, I was expecting more. But there is that feeling of having completed a job that means when you are wrong, you really don’t want to keep on going. So I gave up on doing any more, and I’m glad I did because as I wrote in this post, I had do redo some anyway. In the end, it turned out I only had to make two extra circles as I forced the other ones to fit with some jiggery pokery (they were on the edge where it wouldn’t make such a difference). If you look closely, you can spot some really bad crochet.
I’ve taken a ridiculous amount of photographs of this crochet blanket, but none of them show the actual colours. I’m not sure how to rectify this, so I’ve given up chasing the perfect photo. The pictures I’ve taken on my phone do it more justice. I think I’ll put those on my Facebook page, which is over there on the right!
I was originally inspired the colours of Meg and Mog books. I’d been reading the books to my youngest [2], and I kept thinking that the colours would make a nice bright blanket. I remember drawing Meg and Mog pictures when I was at primary school.
I had a surplus of green yarn in my stash from some abandoned idea. That ended up being the main colour just because. I then got started, which was in April or thereabouts.
I didn’t really pay close attention when I was actually picking out the balls of wool so the end product doesn’t really look like it has anything to do with Meg or Mog.
It’s incredibly bright in real life. It’s all Stylecraft Special DK, as that is what they sell in the shop down the road. The pattern for the circles comes via Tiny Tin Bird. It is by Priscilla Hewit, and I printed out the PDF a couple of years ago with the intention of doing something blankety with it then. I didn’t get around to it until this year.
It’s the slowest crochet project I’ve worked on, probably ever. I think it’s due to not liking it very much! It’s the colours, not the pattern. I’m not sure. It’ll come camping with us in a couple of weeks, and I won’t mind if it gets scuffed up.
For the crochet edging, I gave up on finding something new and used one I have used quite a lot; Attic 24’s bobble shell edging, but with three slip stitches between each bobble to have a little gap between them.
In the meantime, I’ve got a couple of small things on the go and another blanket I want to make.
It looks lovely! You inspired me to start my own circle blanket after I saw your last post. I can’t decide on a background colour yet and the thought of crocheting hundreds of circles is a bit daunting. My husband always asks why my blankets only fit the toddler beds!
Cool! I never get the sizing right unless I’m pilfering someone else’s design!I made all the inner circles first, then moved on to all the middles etc. I’ve always done one cir le/square at a time before now but this way was definitely quicker.
I agree. I did one circle at the start then like you, decided to do centres, then middles, etc. and it actually feels like I am getting somewhere. it will sill be a challenge to go beyond tiny bed size though!
I’ll look forward to seeing its progress! I get a bit excited when I start a new blanket.
Edie loves Meg and Mog and I love the blanket.
Maybe she could have the blanket? I haven’t decided if I want to keep it or not yet… I’ll let you know!!
I think it looks lovely and reflects the book’s colours well. And hey, it’s a finish!
Thanks. It might be growing on me now!