MPAY and a Ta Dah

Good morning,
 Well, it is Sunday morning here anyway. I have recently been watching other bloggers participate in My Place and Yours. Then that blog shut down and now you can find it here. This week's theme is your favorite mug. This will be the first time I join in, but it starts every week on Saturday and the link is open all week. Here is my trusty, very large, mug. I have had other prettier ones but they have all broken. This one is tough and holds the huge amount of my daily mocha. I think this mug holds about 2 1/2 cups.

Anyone who reads my blog regularly, or knows me personally, knows that I don't sleep very much and am up by 4 most days. This is probably why. Lol. I love my coffee. Thanks Deb for taking over this weekly fun.

 Now I need opinions from all my crafty and creative friends. I finished this blanket today.

I made this with the scraps left over from my Happy Ripple, which was a stash buster to begin with. It is from Lucy's Blanket Statement pattern, I just added more squares and did the border a little bit differently. Out of all the yarn I had, this is what is left.

I had planned on giving this as a kind of Thank You gift to an adult. Do you think this is suitable for an adult? Or should we keep it and use it on my daughter's bed?

I love the blanket. I want your opinions though. I hate to give it someone and have them not like it, or think it was too loud or something. Maybe I am just being insecure.
 Autumn and I are going to go to the movies and out to lunch this afternoon. I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. Talk to you all soon.

Tuesday's Tally Time

                                                                                

Hello,
 How is everyone today? Time for Tuesday's Tallies. I love looking at all the projects in this group. Some have finished the first projects and are now on new ones. And some are working on huge projects that will take up to a year to complete. This was the first group I joined on Ravelry and I still love it. Time for some updates. Here is my granny ripple, I am calling this the Stylin' Ripple. I used Stylecraft. So I am a dork.

 Here is a closer shot, you can't really see the green on the one above.

Where did that foot come from. I am not the best photographer. I am really enjoying the Stylecraft yarn. I am going to order more next time I buy more yarn. I might get two packs next time. It is really soft and lighter than the worsted wt. I am so used to working with. I think I like it more.
 I mentioned in my last post that my daughter had gotten the flu and that all the linens in the house were messed up. Well, unfortunately, my beloved Grandala blanket was one of the things that was messed on. It was nasty and thankfully I used acryllic yarn. There was no way to clean the blanket without putting it in the washing machine. I have never had a problem washing acryllic blankets before, I have not made a granny blanket before this one either. Needless to say, a whole lot of it came unraveled. I want to cry. It took so long to sew this thing together. If I had known how to join as you go when I started it, I don't think this would have happened. Now I have a lot of mending to do. I was thinking of adding to the border anyway. I have a pillow that I am making with the leftover yarn and it is the same as the blanket, except bordered with dark purple. I will show it in tomorrow's post also. So after I mend it, I think I will go ahead and put the purple border on it.

There are holes like this throughout the blanket. A very valuable lesson learned. Weave the ends in with a much longer piece of yarn than you think you need. That will be my weekend project.  I am not sure if there is a link up for all the One-A-Day projects, but I am off to see what everyone else has been up to. Talk to you tomorrow.