A (long) while ago, I decided that I would crochet my cousin & her hubby-to-be a purple blanket as a little wedding keepsake present - not having finished a complete block/square blanket ever before, mind you. he he. Aim high!
Anyhoo - it ended up being one of the first blankets I made from beginning to end. Yay! I used this lovely Mixed Berry Tarts pattern from Debbie Stoller's Stitch Nation free pattern list (seriously - good stuff, there!). I used three shades of purple - two are darker & sometimes hard to distinguish, but in the sunlight they're lovely. I quite like how she turned out, the lap-sized lovely:
I literally ran outside to photograph this the day before we left town in December before I sent it off to her, thus no picture of the *entire* blankie.
I seriously misjudged the time it would take to weave in all the strings (officially, having a few block blankets under my belt, now - my most unfavorite part of the blanket-making!) and put the blocks together - which I actually did using a flat double-crochet, so the front and back are seamless (I can't find the link I googled to learn how to do that, if I do I'll link it up!).
Needless to say, my family knows me & my sometimes last-minuteness - lol - so my cousin wasn't phased, and recieved the blankie for her September wedding just before Christmas this year - but I took it camping and everything just to get it done! lol. That's right, I crocheted by campfire on a cold trip - & beyond.
My favorite little detail: the cute lil picot edging, I've been using that everywhere I can, now! he he.
I feel actually *finishing* this - my first - big crochet project was a hurdle to overcome this past year! Full blankets, having just learned to crochet in the Spring? Who woulda thunk it!
Any crafty hurdles you've crossed lately?
Or are wanting to cross in the new this year?
I crocheted a bunch of other goodies for Christmas presents over the holiday break, too - we're talking 3 great granny blankies (they're so quick & lovely!) & a larger block blankie from 200 Crochet Squares as a surprise for my mum. I don't think I have pictures of any - literally, I was finishing them on Christmas Eve, but if I do I'll share! They were super-fun to make!
