Wednesday 5 September 2012

WIP Weds: Yes, it's another blanket!

Hello, my name is Hazel and I'm a blanket-holic. I feel like I'm making loads of blankets and quilts. This one is a little bit of a love/hate project. It's incredibly dull making so many granny squares (252) in so few colours (5 colours in total and the yellow is only used for two squares!). I started it just over 8 days ago and I'm up to 130 squares. Pretty impressive for me, especially as I had an assignment due today!

130 granny squares
I have to admit I'm not loving crocheting the brown. I thoguht I would get very bored with the blue but I actually didn't. There seemed to be a 'milestone' to aim for and everytime I hit one, another wasn't far away so it was easy to keep going. The brown though is another story, so I might break it up and do a bunch of reds after I finish my current ball.

Wondering what it is? Well, it's going to be this Mario Blanket by RussMcAllister.

And I couldn't finish this post without mentioning that Orla had a settling in session at nursery today for 1 hour. She insisted on wearing her uniform, which is a little long on her!



For more WIP Weds news see Tami's Amis.

8 comments:

  1. You're a fast crocheter. :-) Maybe you could take a second shade of brown.

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  2. You are a blanket making machine!

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  3. Wow Hazel, that's some fast work! Bless those sweet little faces - glad Orla got on well. Have a great week!
    x

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  4. Looking good!! All those squares is the one thing keeping me from making that Mario blanket. I'm impressed that you've gotten so many doen so quickly!

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  5. WOW! 130 squares in 8 days! That's an incredible amount of progress!

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  6. You know I just saw that blanket when I was searching the Ravelry database for a stash-busting square project :) I LOVE Mario! You've done an incredible amount in a short amount of time. Can't wait to see it altogether :)

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  7. that's going to be an awesome blanket! i've seen the diagram & it looks like a lot of work & you are doing great! the girls are too cute! :o)

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  8. Thanks. I expect I'll come to a bit of a halt when it comes to weaving the ends in. I hate that part.

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