It took me around six months to finish this one, but even with the relentless knot behind my shoulder blade, I was determined to press on. And I finished it! What do you think? I was a little hesitant about adding the gray in with the nice, bright pink and teal, but I think it looks good. This time I decided to go with big chunky stripes, each making up a quarter of the blanket.
Overall this blanket took 8 regular sized skeins of yarn. And besides the months long breaks I took, it really does work up quickly. Click here and you can see the great yarn deal I got at Michaels. This blanket cost me less than $15 to make! I was itching to use this bright and cheery yarn for a project last fall and just before this summer rolled around I finished it up. I think that's pretty good yarn turnover time! Just ask a friend who knits or crochets.
I do have a question to ask of any fellow crochet bloggers. How do you photograph your blankets? I've tried several different ways and I just don't love any of them. I found it difficult to take pictures of a blanket with stripes this big. None of my pictures really portray how warm and cuddly it really is. If you have any suggestions, leave them down below.
Here is a link to the pattern I used. It's a pattern that doubles up on the yarn holding two strands and using them as one strand. This time I used Craft Smart yarn in turquoise, white, fuchsia and gray. Instead of switching out for the stripes on that pattern, just work two whole skeins (holding a strand from each and crocheting as one) of yarn then switch to the next color. If you browse my page I'm sure you can see this is one of my favorite patterns!
Now I'm off to make a hat and figure out what I'm going to enter in the fair this year!
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