Hello everyone,
After many weeks of making and joining squares and then waiting for some more yarn for the border, my Patchwork Blanket is finished. Yay! I started this blanket on Valentine's Day and it took six weeks to make and join 621 squares. I then asked my friend, Tracy, to send me some more Stylecraft yarn in Meadow so I could make a border. She lives in England and was kind enough to send it to me. It got lost somewhere and after I finally gave up on it, the package turned up on our doorstep in the middle of the night last Saturday. When we went to bed it wasn't there. I got up at 3 am to close some windows because it was raining and saw a box sitting propped up against our side door. I recognized Tracy's handwriting and ran outside to get it.
My yarn had arrived. The box was soggy, but the yarn was dry. Needless to say, I did not go back to bed. I had to start on the border. I finished the blanket about an hour ago. Here it is.
Don't mind the messes on the sides of the bed. I literally threw everything on the floor so I could take a photo. I should have waited until the light was better, the colors don't look as nice as they do in real life, but I couldn't wait. I love this blanket. It is all mine, even though Autumn is modeling it here. This is my sofa blanket. Autumn and Will both have several blankets that I have made for them. This one is a blanket I had planned for a long time and finally got to make this year and I love it.
Timing is everything too, when I got home from work today and was excited that I only had half of the last round of the border to do, there was a package waiting for me. Can anyone guess what it was?
I bought that note pad a few weeks ago and loved the colors. I thought about it and decided that I had to make a blanket in the same colors. Then there was a sale on Stylecraft last week. 15% off is hard to resist with free shipping too. I have a tutorial to finish writing, on how to make a flat oval for a basket lining. My same lovely friend, Tracy, has a basket with an oval bottom and I told her I would write a tutorial on how to make the lining. There is also one more blanket that I have to border and then I start on this new project. I can't wait. I haven't actually bought this much yarn in years. Most of my blankets start with scraps and stash. Not quite sure what kind of blanket it will be yet. I will talk to everyone soon. Happy stitching. :)
